Key information
- Faculty
- Faculty of the Built Environment
- Teaching department
- Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources
- Credit value
- 15
- Restrictions
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All students completing the MSc SEBE should have the required knowledge following Term 1 modules.
Limited spaces are reserved for students on MSc EDE, who will need to have an understanding of introductory building physics (e.g., concepts of energy balance and steady-state calculations of heat transfer ideally applied to buildings), introductory statistics and basic programming (either R or Python). The concept of demand-side energy flexibility and an appreciation of energy system issues and concepts are also relevant, and students are expected to fill that knowledge gap independently.
- Timetable
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Alternative credit options
There are no alternative credit options available for this module.
Digitalisation of the built environment has a great potential to improve its energy efficiency, to enable demand-side energy flexibility and to reduce associated costs and barriers. The module takes an international overview of drivers and barriers for the digitalisation of the built environment. It focusses on the uses of data collected in buildings from smart technologies to understand and evaluate their energy performance and how participating in demand-side energy flexibility may impact on it, in addition to the potential for unintended consequences that may affect the comfort or healthy environment for occupants. Data collection principles and data management approaches are also discussed to enable students to understand the principles underpinning good practice in the field.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Intended teaching term:
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Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)
Teaching and assessment
- Mode of study
- In person
- Methods of assessment
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20%
Viva or oral presentation
80%
Coursework
- Mark scheme
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Numeric Marks
Other information
- Number of students on module in previous year
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13
- Module leader
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Dr Virginia Gori
- Who to contact for more information
- bseer-studentqueries@ucl.ac.uk
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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