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Foundation degree framework specification

 

Option pathways: Mechanical

Mandatory DLOs: Sustainable and renewable technologies.

  1. Compare the relative features of alternative energy and water sources and establish the feasibility of their usage for specific applications.
  2. Produce energy efficient building services engineering designs and establish effective strategies for achieving sustainable building services engineering solutions.
  3. Establish energy and environmental performance rating of buildings and their services installations and make comparisons with established performance indicators and targets.

O3 Control Theory (L5)

  1. Define the needs for controls in buildings.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of control terminology and principles associated with building services systems.
  3. Explain the characteristics and features of control components used in buildings.
  4. Examine the factors involved in the selection of final control elements and their integration into building services systems.
  5. Assess the control requirements of and propose control systems and strategies for a range of complex building services systems.

O4 and O5: Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (Levels 4 & 5)

  1. Analyse buildings and identify the need for ventilation and air conditioning.
  2. Determine cooling loads and energy requirements for buildings and potential peak summertime temperatures for spaces without air conditioning.
  3. Evaluate alternative ventilation and air conditioning proposals and strategies to establish feasible design solutions.
  4. Produce detailed ventilation and air conditioning designs to satisfy the needs of complex buildings.
  5. Analyse the operational characteristics of refrigerants, cooling plant and associated equipment for air conditioning systems.
  6. Analyse buildings and identify their heating needs.
  7. Determine space heating loads and energy requirements for heating schemes in complex buildings.
  8. Evaluate alternative heating proposals and strategies to establish feasible design solutions.
  9. Produce detailed heating system designs to satisfy the needs of complex buildings.
  10. Select and specify appropriate heating plant and energy sources for space heating and hot water generation systems.
  11. Determine energy requirements using data related to climate, building envelope, occupancy and use.
  12. Produce designs for fire and smoke management ventilation systems in buildings.
  13. Design large multi-zone air conditioning systems for complex commercial/industrial buildings.
  14. Investigate the engineering, economic and design factors relating to the use of high pressure/velocity air distribution systems.
  15. Analyse and evaluate the operation and application of refrigeration and chilled water distribution systems within air conditioning applications.
  16. Produce and analyse designs for steam systems for space and process heating.
  17. Produce and analyse designs for high temperature hot water space and process heating.
  18. Evaluate the use of district heating schemes.
  19. Select and specify appropriate high temperature hot water and steam heating plant and primary energy sources for heating and hot water generation.
  20. Design and evaluate the use of electrical heating systems for commercial/industrial buildings.

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O6 and O7: Refrigeration (Levels 4 & 5)

  1. Identify the applications of refrigeration and define appropriate operating conditions.
  2. Define the characteristics and properties of primary and secondary refrigerants and propose appropriate refrigerants for a wide range of applications.
  3. Describe the legislation and regulations associated with refrigerants, including the impact of international agreements on environmental protection and climate change.
  4. Analyse the design of practical vapour compression refrigeration cycles and quantify the impact of system parameters on energy efficiency.
  5. Describe the components of vapour compression refrigeration systems, and select components to design systems with optimised capital costs and efficiency.
  6. Evaluate methods of heat rejection and explore opportunities for free cooling.
  7. Assess and quantify the opportunities for recovering heat from refrigeration processes.
  8. Develop a design for a commercial refrigeration system that has multi-temperature requirements.
  9. Evaluate the performance of heat pump systems and ground source heat pump systems.
  10. Demonstrate an understanding of the operating characteristics of local DX, split-DX and variable refrigerant flow systems.
  11. Evaluate the performance of absorption chillers on pressure-temperature-concentration diagrams.

O8: Public Health Engineering

  1. Analyse complex buildings and identify the clients need for water and other public health services.
  2. Produce and evaluate detailed designs for cold and hot water supply systems for complex buildings.
  3. Produce and evaluate detailed designs for sanitary accommodation, pipework and drainage for complex buildings.
  4. Produce proposals and recommendations for solid and liquid waste management systems for buildings and their surrounding areas.
  5. Produce proposals and recommendations for water treatment systems and installations associated with specialist or industrial processes, swimming pools, water features and irrigation systems.
  6. Produce and evaluate detailed designs for fuel gas, industrial & medical gas and compressed air installations.

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O9: Utility Services

  1. Describe the organisation of the main utility industries.
  2. Describe the legislative and regulatory frameworks of the major utilities.
  3. Describe the wholesale and supply markets for utilities.
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of the physical interface between the delivered utilities and buildings.
  5. Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of basic designs for the main utilities in commercial and industrial buildings.
  6. Explore the impact of sustainability on the relationship between utility and customer.

O10 and O11: Fire Engineering (Levels 1 & 2) Up to 2 modules

  1. Describe the principles and characteristics of fire and smoke dynamics.
  2. Investigate legislation, standards and strategies required for fire safety and fire engineering.
  3. Investigate means of escape and strategies within buildings to prevent spread of flame and smoke.
  4. Produce and evaluate detailed designs for fire detection, alarm and emergency lighting installations for complex buildings.
  5. Produce designs for fire and smoke management ventilation systems in buildings.
  6. Produce and evaluate detailed designs for fire fighting and fire suppression/protection installations.

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O12 : Controls and Building Management Systems

  1. Identify the control and management needs of buildings and the characteristics of building management systems (BMS).
  2. Investigate BMS hardware, functions and applications.
  3. Produce designs for BMS installations and generate BMS software to achieve required control strategies.
  4. Monitor and adjust BMS installations to optimise the performance and benefits derived from the system.
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