309691 (v.1) Building Technology 344

Area:	Department of Construction Management
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	12099 (v.5) Building Technology 343 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Construction industry impacts on the environment, society and the economy. Sustainable development and ecological issues related to commercial, residential and industrial buildings.
Syllabus:	Sustainable development and ecological issues related to commercial, residential and industrial building construction. The unit comprises a series of lectures on different environmental, ecological and sustainability issues and concentrates on specific areas that affect and are affected by the construction industry. The lectures are augmented with a series of guest speakers drawn from government and industry organisations, together with relevant site visits where appropriate. Students are able to gain an appreciation of how construction has considerable impact on the environment, society and the economy, including land use, deforestation, pollution, noise and the use of natural resources. Class exercises are undertaken throughout the semester to allowthe students to apply theoretical knowledge gained in lectures to practical situations.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	040300 Building (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External