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Course description

This course develops engineering skills with the focus on planning, design, and construction of sustainable infrastructure with the key purpose to support and connect our communities. It is not simply the short-term provision of infrastructure that is of prime importance but planning and designing infrastructure which takes full account of its own impact and its operational needs and use. Sustainable infrastructure design is not just about new infrastructure, it is about rehabilitation, reuse, or optimisation of existing infrastructure. Infrastructures should set an aim to set a responsible standard of sustainable design in both the short- and the long-term. Infrastructure must be sustainable if it is to benefit coming generations and make a positive contribution to the future. Students will learn how to use their knowledge of these processes by designing sustainably and quantitatively assess alternative design options. Design-based problems and case studies are used to build on theory and challenge students to use their skills in applied settings. Current sustainability certification schemes are used in developing a framework for sustainable design and assessment, and students are taught how to apply these critically. This consistent with the principles of urban sustainability and global sustainable development goals. (e.g., SDGs, EMF, ISCA - IS Ratings, Green Star, LEED, BREEAM).

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