Energy Management and Climate Change
ENEN2002

Year 2, Sem1 Core Enabling Knowledge and Skills Technical Competence Engineering Application Experience

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Code ENEN2002
Credits 25
Graduate Attributes

Introduction

Welcome to ENEN2002 Energy Management and Climate Change.

This unit has two main sections:

1-Climate Change (including global environmental issues and mitigation measures); and

2-Energy Management (including definition of energy, energy balances, energy managment strategies, energy audits, energy bills, ecomonics analysis and lifecycle costing, energy integration, sustainable cities and renewable energy).
Lecture 1 x 2 Hours Weekly 
Workshop 1 x 2 Hours Weekly 

Unit Learning Outcomes

  • 1 express basic concepts related to energy such as units of energy, energy conversion, and efficiency, magnitudes of energy and energy density, GC1, GC3
  • 2 explain available techniques for energy production, GC1, GC3, GC5, GC6
  • 3 determine the relative advantages and disadvantages of different energy sources, GC1, GC2, GC4, GC5, GC6
  • 4 analyse the impacts of different energy sources based on the sustainability pillars related to society, environment and economy, GC1, GC4, GC5, GC6

Course Learning Outcomes

  • 4 Apply systems thinking for innovative solutions to global environmental engineering challenges, discern knowledge and undertake applied research in a discipline of environmental engineering
  • 6 Demonstrate lifelong learning habits, teamwork and leadership abilities, project management skills, and the ability to identify opportunities for career-wide professional growth, necessary for advancing a career in engineering and beyond

Assessment Breakdown

Recent Unit Changes & Response to Student Feedback

Students are encouraged to provide feedback through student surveys (such as Insight and the annual Student Experience Survey) and interactions with teaching staff.

Listed below are some recent changes to the unit as a result of student feedback.

Students are encouraged to provide feedback through student surveys (such as Insight and the annual Student Experience Survey) and interactions with teaching staff. There have been no recent changes to the unit as a result of student feedback