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This module aims to provide an understanding of air conditioning technology and develop skills in the design of air conditioning systems.

This module covers the cooling and heating technologies for building applications, focusing on vapour compression, absorption, adsorption and ejector cooling technologies, as well as the design and performance calculations for these systems.

Advanced multi-stage, multi-effect and combined systems designed to offer efficient use of thermal energy will also be introduced. The suitability of these technologies for applications in buildings will be discussed in relation to the efficient use of energy.

The module will address issues of thermal comfort, indoor air quality, air conditioning processes, psychrometrics, and cooling and heating load calculations. The design of systems for building cooling and heating is also discussed including the thermal comfort design conditions, the methods of delivery and sizing. With the knowledge provided by this module, students will be able to understand how to design efficient cooling/heating systems for various building applications.

This module aims to provide students with an overview of indoor air flow and CFD from which skills in CFD modelling of air flow, heat transfer and pollutant transport processes in buildings are developed.

This module will provide the basics of air flow and heat transfer associated with building ventilation and a brief introduction to the principles of CFD (computational fluid dynamics) for building applications. Students will be introduced to a commercial CFD package (ANSYS Fluent), which will be used to develop practical modelling skills through exploring air flow, heat transfer and pollutant dispersion in and around buildings based on a variety of ventilation strategies.

This module aims to provide students with a comprehensive grounding in renewable energy sources and allied conversion systems with the focus on their application within the built environment.

Specifically the module will cover:

1. energy principles
2. solar energy resources
3. solar thermal collectors
4. solar photovoltaics
5. wind energy
6. district heating and heat pumps
7. biomass energy
8. CHP
9. efficient boilers
10. heat recovery

For each of the renewable and energy efficient systems, the student will learn and develop an understanding of principle of operation, basic components, merit and limitations, and investigate the contribution they can make to a building's energy requirement with reference to their environmental impact.

This module enables students to acquire the core skills used in research, and to practice these through exploration of a specialist subject relevant to architecture and the built environment.

This module covers the skills and resources needed to conduct independent academic research, including how to present findings effectively. It will cover choosing a research topic, how to shape research literature search techniques, including the use of the web.

As a result, students will be able to conduct their own primary research, including quantitative and qualitative methodologies; data collection and simple statistical analysis. Opportunities to practice these skills will be presented through participation in a mixture of lectures, seminars and workshops designed to introduce specialist subject areas relevant to the field of architecture and related disciplines.

This module develops research skills through a collaborative design project that explores the integration of sustainability concepts and strategies. This provides opportunities to apply different approaches to assessing performance and developing a holistic understanding of a building and its systems.

This is a research-based module with emphasis on modelling, design and analysis. Students will be equipped with knowledge and skills for assessing the interactions between a building, its occupants and local microclimate conditions.

Through optimisation and other procedures, integrated design solutions are explored that seek to reduce energy use in building heating, cooling and lighting whilst achieving acceptable environmental performance.

Students will work in groups to develop a building design from which individual projects are identified that will assess baseline energy performance and investigate appropriate energy efficient and sustainable strategies to improve efficiency.

The module will further students’ knowledge and skills, and provide awareness of the technical and economic aspects of sustainable technologies available for building sustainability including, selection, design, installation and operation.

This module introduces a range of sustainable technologies suitable for integration into the built environment for enhanced building performance.

It provides students with the tools to assess the impact of integration of these sustainable technologies, including green roofs and walls, smart windows, super insulated walls, daylighting technologies, passive cooling and ventilation, renewable energy technologies, etc., on the operational performance of buildings, in line with building performance analysis tools.

This module delivers an understanding of sustainability principles and how the construction industry can contribute to sustainable development. It includes themes such as sustainable development and construction, environmental and social impacts of construction and how to assess impacts through methods such as environmental life-cycle assessments and life-cycle cost analysis. 

This module will examine aspects of performance analysis and system design/sizing of renewable energy systems for building integration. The course provides opportunities to gain experience in issues of technology selection, system design, installation and performance analysis of a range of renewable energy systems. The module will emphasize solar energy technologies (photovoltaic and solar thermal systems) and small-scale wind turbines, and their integration into buildings.

This includes aspects of weather data resource/collection, system performance analysis, system design parameters, design/simulation tools, field evaluation of these technologies and cost appraisal.

This module aims to enable students to plan, implement and write up a substantial piece of original research which will make a contribution to the intellectual life of the discipline.