Overview
This unit will introduce building ergonomics, including its effects on human performance and comfort; "universal access" design considerations; and engineering services associated with residential, low rise commercial and industrial building projects. Using industry regulations, standards and codes of practice, students will examine the principles of building services requirements, installation, operation and maintenance relating to: energy usage and needs; natural, extractive and air conditioning ventilation; natural and artificial lighting; security and communications, hydraulic service supply and disposal systems; fire protection; and acoustics.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2024
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from The student Unit Teaching Evaluation T2- 2023
The lecturer is very knowledgeable on the subject and provides fairly clear guidance and teaching. He was always early to answer questions and prompt in forum and email responses.
If possible, same lecturer will deliver the unit next time. Same learning and teaching strategies to be adopted in future deliveries is recommended.
Feedback from The student Unit Teaching Evaluation T2- 2023
Some parts of the marking criteria were found to be vague leaves it open to interpretation.
Internal review of assessment tasks and their marking criteria is recommended.
Feedback from The student Unit Teaching Evaluation T2- 2023
Word counts are inappropriately high which leads the assignments to demand quantity over quality.
It is recommended to review this issue during previously suggested internal review of assessment tasks.
- Describe building ergonomic factors affecting human performance and comfort
- Identify “universal access” service amenities required for the physically disabled
- Discuss energy usage and needs for residential, low rise commercial and industrial building projects
- Explain natural, extractive and air conditioning ventilation, natural and artificial lighting, security and communications, and hydraulic service supply and disposal systems using industry regulations, standards and codes
- Identify fire protection measures used in residential, low rise commercial and industrial building projects
- Interpret building acoustic requirements using industry regulations, standards and codes
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 25% | ||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 35% | ||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Microphone and headset
- Microsoft Office
- Webcam
- Microsoft Teams
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
h.khan@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Ergonomics
Chapter
Topic 1
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Universal access design needs
Chapter
Topic 2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Responses in stress situations
Chapter
Topic 3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Energy usage and needs
Chapter
Topic 4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Energy usage and needs (Continued)
Chapter
Topic 4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Enjoy the break!
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Building ventilation and internal climate control
Chapter
Topic 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Building ventilation and internal climate control (Continued)
Chapter
Topic 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lighting and electrical services
Chapter
Topic 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lighting and electrical services (Continued)
Chapter
Topic 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Water supply and hydraulic services
Chapter
Topic 7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Fire protection and services
Chapter
Topic 8
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Acoustic impacts of building services
Chapter
Topic 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
This assessment covers learning outcomes 1 and 2. The assessment will include a number of questions from Topics 1 to Topic 3. The students are required to conduct further research in addition to the unit learning.
Week 4 Friday (2 Aug 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Please submit via the assessment portal on the Moodle home page .
Week 6 Friday (23 Aug 2024)
Review of the assessment will be returned within two weeks of the submission due date.
- Clarity and succinctness of expression.
- Adequate coverage of the topics discussed.
- Use of supporting information where appropriate and associated references.
- Original thought.
- Overall presentation and the ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
- Where appropriate, use graphs, illustrations, and other diagrams that visually support the context of your submission.
- Demonstration of the core knowledge associated with this unit and appropriate application of this knowledge.
- Describe building ergonomic factors affecting human performance and comfort
- Identify “universal access” service amenities required for the physically disabled
2 Written Assessment
This assessment covers learning outcomes 2, 3, and 4. The assessment will include a number of questions from Topics 4 and 5. The students are required to conduct further research in addition to the unit learning.
Week 8 Friday (6 Sept 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Please submit via the assessment portal on the Moodle home page .
Week 10 Friday (20 Sept 2024)
Review of the assessment will be returned within two weeks of the submission due date.
- Clarity and succinctness of expression.
- Adequate coverage of the topics discussed.
- Use of supporting information where appropriate and associated references.
- Original thought.
- Overall presentation and the ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
- Where appropriate, use graphs, illustrations, and other diagrams that visually support the context of your submission.
- Demonstration of the core knowledge associated with this unit and appropriate application of this knowledge.
- Identify “universal access” service amenities required for the physically disabled
- Discuss energy usage and needs for residential, low rise commercial and industrial building projects
- Explain natural, extractive and air conditioning ventilation, natural and artificial lighting, security and communications, and hydraulic service supply and disposal systems using industry regulations, standards and codes
3 Written Assessment
This assessment covers learning outcomes 3, 4, 5, and 6. The assessment will include a number of questions from Topics 6 to Topic 9. The students are required to conduct further research in addition to the unit learning.
Review/Exam Week Friday (11 Oct 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Please submit via the assessment portal on the Moodle home page .
Exam Week Friday (18 Oct 2024)
Within two weeks of submission due date but before the certification of grades
- Clarity and succinctness of expression.
- Adequate coverage of the topics discussed.
- Use of supporting information where appropriate and associated references.
- Original thought.
- Overall presentation and the ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
- Where appropriate, use graphs, illustrations, and other diagrams that visually support the context of your submission.
- Demonstration of the core knowledge associated with this unit and appropriate application of this knowledge.
- Discuss energy usage and needs for residential, low rise commercial and industrial building projects
- Explain natural, extractive and air conditioning ventilation, natural and artificial lighting, security and communications, and hydraulic service supply and disposal systems using industry regulations, standards and codes
- Identify fire protection measures used in residential, low rise commercial and industrial building projects
- Interpret building acoustic requirements using industry regulations, standards and codes
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
