Energy Efficiency, Resource and Environment (P02885)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : EEL-P--P-PGEERE

Concerns over energy sustainability and climate change are driving governments to seriously question their national energy consumption rates. Long term opportunities include the development of new renewable energy sources but there already exist opportunities to extend the lifetimes of existing resources through energy efficiency and new, low energy technology. These will be explored in this course.

? Keywords : energy, efficiency, sustainability, resource, environment

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Mechanical, (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module the student will be able to:
(i) Discuss and describe the availability of natural resources and appreciate the implications of finite fossil resources.
(ii) Understand the concept of proved reserves and R/P ratios
(iii) Describe and discuss techniques for energy efficiency in buildings, including passive solar design.
(iv) Understand technologies such as heat-pumps which can be used domestically or industrially to provide heat.
(v) Appreciate the contribution of transport to the energy budget and how this can be reduced through technology and practice
(vi) Understand the relationships between energy use and climate change.