The design of infrastructure systems can have significant positive and negative environmental impacts. Across its construction, operation and retirement, contemporary infrastructure must be designed to consider the environment, not just on a local scale but nationally and internationally. This course will consider the impacts of design decisions on large- and small-scale infrastructure across all stages of the life-cycle. Infrastructure design to support significant transitions such as zero-carbon, -emissions, and -waste will be explored along with design can build resilience to external shocks for infrastructure. Case studies across key sectors including energy, waste, transport and buildings in urban and rural settings will be used to investigate the application of design principles and the impacts of decisions. Various design approaches will be introduced to explore the role of design and decision-making to ensure positive environmental impacts from infrastructure systems. These include sustainable infrastructure design, green building design, cradle-to-cradle design, bio-mimicry, regenerative design, and design with country. This course will provide an important focus on indigenous perspectives and contributions to this field of study. Students will be able to draw on course materials that provide diverse gender, cultural, and geographical perspectives on these topics.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Understand and critique a range of sustainable design approaches suitable for infrastructure design
- Describe and critique current and proposed engineering transitions
- Select and apply design approaches to develop sustainable infrastructure
- Design and evaluate infrastructure for its environmental impact
- Reflect on the impact of design decisions on the sustainability of infrastructure across the life-cycle
Other Information
Course will be offered from Semester 2, 2023 onwards.
Indicative Assessment
- Workshop quizzes (20) [LO 1,2,5]
- Infrastructure design report (15) [LO 1,5]
- Team infrastructure design scope (15) [LO 1,2]
- Engineering transition presentation (20) [LO 2,5]
- Team infrastructure design report and presentation (30) [LO 3,4,5]
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Workload
130 hours per semester consisting of the following activities:
3-hr Design Workshop / week
Workshop preparation and pre-material / week
Independent research and assessment preparation
Engagement in teamwork activities
Inherent Requirements
Information on inherent requirements for this course are currently not available.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
None
Preliminary Reading
Assumed Knowledge
ENGN4902 Understanding and Managing Environmental Impacts
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 2
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $4860 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $6180 |
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Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7426 | 24 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Aug 2023 | 27 Oct 2023 | In Person | View |
