Teaching Responsibility

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LJMU Partner Taught

Learning Methods

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Practical
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Module Offerings

7507CATSCI-APR-PAR

Aims

a) Following an interdisciplinary approach, critically evaluate the environmental impacts, wider social and health implications, in-use performance and usability of materials, in order that students can then apply well informed and sound judgement to the choice and use of materials in practice when applying adaptation and sustainability principles within the built environment. b) Obtain a comprehensive understanding of how environmentally sustainable materials can offer creative opportunities for the use and development of high quality, healthy, low environmental impact, effective, and long lasting products. c) Critically discern how to use the advantages and overcome or minimise the disadvantages associated with the use of environmentally sustainable materials under an adaptation and sustainability ethos. d) Evaluate the implications of availability, cost, physical properties and construction methods of environmentally responsive materials for ease of use, mainstream acceptance, design limitations, logistical considerations, and economic viability in relation to the built environment.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Demonstrate a deep and critical awareness of environmental assessment and potential use of materials as regards to their environmental impact, social and health implications and sustainability under an adaptation transformation ethos;
2.
Develop comprehensive understanding of the interdependency of all the aspects of sustainable building materials related to sustainability and adaptation planning as applicable to the use of materials and resources;
3.
Critically evaluate and assess theories and designs related to environmentally responsive materials under a transformational adaptation ethos, and use information sourced from multiple resources to review the properties and attitudes towards environmentally sustainable materials;
4.
Effectively communicate complex information about methods to assess sustainable materials to a broader, non-specialist, audience.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Details of syllabus required
Additional Information:This module is available onsite or via distance learning.

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