Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Module Offerings
5506NCCG-APR-PAR
5506NCCG-JAN-PAR
5506NCCG-SEP-PAR
5506NCCG-SEP_NS-PAR
Aims
On successful completion of this module the student with possess a wide range of knowledge and understanding of the issues and topics associated with sustainability and low carbon engineering.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Determine the nature and scope of the technical challenges of ensuring sustainable development.
2.
Articulate the importance of collaborating with other disciplines in developing technical solutions to sustainability problems.
3.
Evaluate the use of alternative energy generation techniques in relation to their contribution to a low carbon economy.
4.
Analyse a variety of data sources to estimate the carbon footprint of a sociotechnical case study.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The scope and social context of sustainability: sustainable development Brundtland definition, global demographics, trends and predictions, population growth, standard of living, urbanisation and the balance of urban/rural space, sustainable design
Environmental issues: climate change, planetary energy balance, carbon cycle science, the climate change obligation, carbon capture and sequestration, pollution, pollution prevention and management, carbon trading
Eco-systems and habitat resources: food, water and energy
Systems thinking and socio-technical systems: the politics and economics of sustainability
Sustainable infrastructures: low carbon transport systems, sustainable cities, green building, power storage and distribution, sustainable logistics, waste and recycling
Alternative energy resources: nuclear, solar, wind, tidal and wave, biomass and bioenergy, whole life cycle costing, precautionary principle
Types of carbon footprint: organisational value chain, product carbon footprint science Calculation methodologies: direct and indirect, system boundaries, case study examples