Design the built environment: physical and environmental influences
Unit summary
Students will gain an understanding of health, safety and environmental factors influencing the design of the built environment and investigate the provision of primary services utilities to the design of buildings in terms of the main features, basic operating principles and the materials used. Students will also understand the impact of projected climate change on the design of the built environment and on ways of minimising energy demand and reducing emissions to air, land and water.
Unit details
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05 Construction, Planning and the Built Environment
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05.2
Building and Construction
Task-based controlled assessment
| Learning Outcome |
Assessment Criteria |
| 1 Understand the factors that influence good design practice in terms of health, safety and welfare, risk management and the environment |
1 Health, safety and welfare, risk management and environmental considerations
a identify and describe factors influencing the built environment:
i health, safety and welfare
ii environmental
b analyse factors influencing the built environment in terms of:
i regulatory requirements
ii risk assessments and environmental assessments
iii risk management as part of the design process
iv security of people using the built environment
v design implications of the above
c evaluate good design practice in health, safety and welfare and environmental terms. |
| 2 know how primary services utilities are planned, distributed and installed to maximise environmental efficiency |
2 Primary services utilities
a evaluate the provision of primary services utilities to buildings in terms of:
i accommodation of services within the design process
ii main features and characteristics:
• provision
• location
• entry to building
• accessibility
• maintenance
• scaling down to provide effective supply
• environmental implications
• effective management of services
iii basic operating principles
iv materials used. |
| 3 Understand issues associated with climate change, the potential impact on the community and the actions that must be taken to reduce this impact. |
3 Climate change issues relating to the design of the built environment
a assess projected climate change issues in terms of:
i global warming
ii water extraction
iii emissions to air, land and water
iv waste disposal
v impact on the design of the built environment of:
• changes in water table and drought
• need to minimise energy demand
• need to control emissions to air, land and water
• need to maximise energy efficiency, including effective heat exhaust
vi renewable energy issues
• technical
• economic
• social
b assess a range of sustainable construction techniques. |