Overview
The unit provides an introduction to: energy management systems and strategies for non-residential buildings; ventilation Strategies-principles of air-conditioning and ventilation systems including an understanding of flow analysis for natural ventilation; plant and ducting requirements for air conditioning installations; fire services for commercial class buildings under the Building Code of Australia; communications and security systems in non-residential buildings; storage requirements for fuels such as gas and diesel; transportation systems including escalators and moving walk-ways, lifts (electric and electro-hydraulic) including safety and regulation issues; and building services maintenance and management strategies and procedures. Students will develop an understanding of energy, ventilation and fire safety strategies for commercial class buildings (as designated in the Building Code of Australia). In addition students will be introduced to communications, transportation and services maintenance requirements for buildings. N.B. Students should have completed introductory studies in building services to ensure an adequate level of entry knowledge.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prereq: BLAR11043 or [BLAR12001 & BLAR12005]
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 1 - 2020
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 Students and Co-ordinator
Review waiting of assignment in reflection of their length and complexity
Reassess weighting of assessments.
- discuss the concept of Energy Management, the associated economic assessment and the importance of Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS)
- understand the principles of air conditioning and ventilation systems, flow analysis for natural ventilation and the plant and ducting requirements for air conditioning installations
- discuss fire detection and alarm systems and fire suppression systems with respect to the relevant codes and standards
- discuss the basic elements of a communication system and the basic elements of a security system
- discuss the storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
- discuss the types, functions and regulations concerning lifts, escalators, and moving walkways
- discuss the importance of maintenance in terms of function, procedures and operations
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 5% | |||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 5% | |||||||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||||
| 5 - Written Assessment - 5% | |||||||
| 6 - Written Assessment - 35% | |||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 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 | |||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 5% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 5% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 5 - Written Assessment - 5% | ||||||||||
| 6 - Written Assessment - 35% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Microphone and camera for use with Zoom
- Micorsoft word
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
k.j.stone@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Topic 1: Energy management and efficiency
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Topic 2: Energy efficiency regulations in commercial building services
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Topic 3: Ventilation systems and services
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Topic 4: Ventilation strategies
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Topic 5: Lighting services
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Topic 6: Electrical systems and lighting services compliance
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Topic 7: Water and hydraulic services
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Topic 8: Fire protection and fire fighting services
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Topic 9: Storage and handling for flammable and combustible fuels
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Topic 10: Transportation systems and services
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Topic 11: Communications and security systems
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Topic 12: Building maintenance and control systems
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Review week
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1 Written Assessment
This assessment relates to course learning outcomes 1 to 2. Assessment 1 will require you to research and answer questions that explore a range of relevant building systems, features and processes.
Week 3 Friday (27 Mar 2020) 11:55 pm AEST
Week 5 Friday (10 Apr 2020)
This assessment relates to course learning outcomes 1 to 2. Assessment 1 will require you to research and answer questions that explore a range of relevant building systems, features and processes.
As with all assessments, formatting and presentation are really important, technical accuracy and referencing where required is paramount with an overarching requirement for demonstrating your answer / submission / design with clarity.
Please refer to the course Moodle site for the prescribed assessment length for each question. This assessment may include sketches, brief response answers and worked calculations as required.
Your assessment should be produced in electronic format either as
- a single word-processed document
All submissions should be submitted through the assessment link in Moodle, by uploading your file following the on-screen instructions.
Note: that all submissions are processed through the similarity detection software (called Turnitin)
You must ensure that all of the work is your own, in line with University requirements.
Note: you will find further support material for this assessment on the Moodle site for this course.
The assessment will be assessed on the following basis:
- Clarity of expression and comprehensive coverage of issues
- Use of quality supporting documentation as appropriate
- Use of original thought and content
Presentation and your ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation and the use of appropriate diagrams and other visual communication.
Demonstration of core knowledge and demonstration of the appropriate application of knowledge.
- discuss the concept of Energy Management, the associated economic assessment and the importance of Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS)
- understand the principles of air conditioning and ventilation systems, flow analysis for natural ventilation and the plant and ducting requirements for air conditioning installations
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
This assessment relates to course learning outcomes 1 to 2. Assessment 2 will require you to research and answer questions that explore a range of relevant building systems, features, and processes.
Week 4 Friday (3 Apr 2020) 11:55 pm AEST
Vacation Week Friday (17 Apr 2020)
This assessment relates to course learning outcomes 1 to 2. Assessment 2 will require you to research and answer questions that explore a range of relevant building systems, features, and processes.
As with all assessments, formatting and presentation are very important, technical accuracy and referencing where required is paramount with an overarching requirement for demonstrating your answer / submission / design with clarity.
Please refer to the course Moodle site for the prescribed assessment length for each question. This assessment may include sketches, brief response answers and worked calculations as required.
Your assessment should be produced in electronic format either as
- a single word-processed document, or
- a single pdf format document.
All submissions should be submitted through the assessment link in Moodle, by uploading your file following the on-screen instructions.
Note: that all submissions are processed through the similarity detection software (called Turnitin)
You must ensure that all of the work is your own, in line with University requirements.
Note: you will find further support material for this assessment on the Moodle site for this course.
The assessment will be assessed on the following basis:
- Clarity of expression and comprehensive coverage of issues
- Use of quality supporting documentation as appropriate
- Use of original thought and content
Presentation and your ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation and the use of appropriate diagrams and other visual communication.
Demonstration of core knowledge and demonstration of appropriate application of knowledge.
- discuss the concept of Energy Management, the associated economic assessment and the importance of Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS)
- understand the principles of air conditioning and ventilation systems, flow analysis for natural ventilation and the plant and ducting requirements for air conditioning installations
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
This assessment relates to course learning outcome 2. Assessment 3 will require you to research and answer questions that explore a range of relevant building systems, features and processes.
Week 6 Friday (24 Apr 2020) 11:55 pm AEST
Week 8 Friday (8 May 2020)
This assessment relates to course learning outcome 2. Assessment 3 will require you to research and answer questions that explore a range of relevant building systems, features and processes.
As with all assessments, formatting and presentation are really important, technical accuracy and referencing where required is paramount with an overarching requirement for demonstrating your answer / submission / design with clarity.
Please refer to the course Moodle site for the prescribed assessment length for each question. This assessment may include sketches, brief response answers and worked calculations as required.
Your assessment should be produced in electronic format either as
- a single word-processed document, or
- a single pdf format document.
All submissions should be submitted through the assessment link in Moodle, by uploading your file following the on-screen instructions.
Note: that all submissions are processed through the similarity detection software (called Turnitin)
You must ensure that all of the work is your own, in line with University requirements.
Note: you will find further support material for this assessment on the Moodle site for this course.
The assessment will be assessed on the following basis:
- Clarity of expression and comprehensive coverage of issues
- Use of quality supporting documentation as appropriate
- Use of original thought and content
Presentation and ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation and the use of appropriate diagrams and other visual communication is essential.
Demonstration of core knowledge and demonstration of appropriate application of knowledge.
- understand the principles of air conditioning and ventilation systems, flow analysis for natural ventilation and the plant and ducting requirements for air conditioning installations
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
4 Written Assessment
This assessment relates to course learning outcome 3. Assessment 4 will require you to research and answer questions that explore a range of relevant building systems, features and processes.
Week 8 Friday (8 May 2020) 11:55 pm AEST
Week 10 Friday (22 May 2020)
This assessment relates to course learning outcome 3. Assessment 4 will require you to research and answer questions that explore a range of relevant building systems, features and processes.
As with all assessments, formatting and presentation are really important, technical accuracy and referencing where required is paramount with an overarching requirement for demonstrating your answer / submission / design with clarity.
Please refer to the course Moodle site for the prescribed assessment length for each question. This assessment may include sketches, brief response answers and worked calculations as required.
Your assessment should be produced in electronic format either as
- a single word-processed document, or
- a single pdf format document.
All submissions should be submitted through the assessment link in Moodle, by uploading your file following the on-screen instructions.
Note: that all submissions are processed through the similarity detection software (called Turnitin)
You must ensure that all of the work is your own, in line with University requirements.
Note: you will find further support material for this assessment on the Moodle site for this course.
The assessment will be assessed on the following basis:
- Clarity of expression and comprehensive coverage of issues
- Use of quality supporting documentation as appropriate
- Use of original thought and content
Presentation and ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation and the use of appropriate diagrams and other visual communication are essential.
Demonstration of core knowledge and demonstration of appropriate application of knowledge.
- discuss fire detection and alarm systems and fire suppression systems with respect to the relevant codes and standards
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
5 Written Assessment
This assessment relates to course learning outcomes 3 and 5. Assessment 5 will require you to research and answer questions that explore a range of relevant building systems, features and processes.
Week 10 Friday (22 May 2020) 11:55 pm AEST
Week 12 Friday (5 June 2020)
This assessment relates to course learning outcomes 3 and 5. Assessment 5 will require you to research and answer questions that explore a range of relevant building systems, features, and processes.
As with all assessments, formatting and presentation are very important, technical accuracy and referencing where required is paramount with an overarching requirement for demonstrating your answer / submission / design with clarity.
Please refer to the course Moodle site for the prescribed assessment length for each question. This assessment may include sketches, brief response answers and worked calculations as required.
Your assessment should be produced in electronic format either as
- a single word-processed document, or
- a single pdf format document.
All submissions should be submitted through the assessment link in Moodle, by uploading your file following the on-screen instructions.
Note: that all submissions are processed through the similarity detection software (called Turnitin)
You must ensure that all of the work is your own, in line with University requirements.
Note: you will find further support material for this assessment on the Moodle site for this course.
The assessment will be assessed on the following basis:
- Clarity of expression and comprehensive coverage of issues
- Use of quality supporting documentation as appropriate
- Use of original thought and content
Presentation and ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation and the use of appropriate diagrams and other visual communication is essential.
Demonstration of core knowledge and demonstration of appropriate application of knowledge.
- discuss fire detection and alarm systems and fire suppression systems with respect to the relevant codes and standards
- discuss the storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
6 Written Assessment
This assessment relates to course learning outcomes 4 to 7. Assessment 6 will require you to research and answer questions that explore a range of relevant building systems, features and processes.
Week 12 Friday (5 June 2020) 11:55 pm AEST
Exam Week Friday (19 June 2020)
This assessment relates to course learning outcomes 4 to 7. Assessment 6 will require you to research and answer questions that explore a range of relevant building systems, features, and processes.
As with all assessments, formatting and presentation are really important, technical accuracy and referencing where required is paramount with an overarching requirement for demonstrating your answer / submission / design with clarity.
Please refer to the course Moodle site for the prescribed assessment length for each question. This assessment may include sketches, brief response answers and worked calculations as required.
Your assessment should be produced in electronic format either as
- a single word-processed document, or
- a single pdf format document.
All submissions should be submitted through the assessment link in Moodle, by uploading your file following the on-screen instructions.
Note: that all submissions are processed through the similarity detection software (called Turnitin)
You must ensure that all of the work is your own, in line with University requirements.
Note: you will find further support material for this assessment on the Moodle site for this course.
The assessment will be assessed on the following basis:
- Clarity of expression and comprehensive coverage of issues
- Use of quality supporting documentation as appropriate
- Use of original thought and content
Presentation and ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation and the use of appropriate diagrams and other visual communication is essential.
Demonstration of core knowledge and demonstration of appropriate application of knowledge.
- discuss the basic elements of a communication system and the basic elements of a security system
- discuss the storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
- discuss the types, functions and regulations concerning lifts, escalators, and moving walkways
- discuss the importance of maintenance in terms of function, procedures and operations
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
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?
