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PEC672: Climate Sensible Home Design

This unit considers the principles and practice of designing houses that are suited to the local climate anywhere in the world. It discusses the approach to design, the choice of materials and construction methods and the selection of appliances for passive solar housing.

Points

4

Enrolment Options

Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external

Contact Time

Lectures: 3 hours per week.

Prerequisites

PEC470/PEC670 Energy Efficient Building Design and enrolment in the MSc in Environmental Architecture.
Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.

School

School of Engineering and Energy

Unit Coordinator

Dr Elaine Walker

  • Position:
Associate Lecturer
  • E-mail:
E.Walker@murdoch.edu.au
  • Location:
Murdoch Campus
Physical Sciences
Room 3.023A
  • Phone:
    Prefix: +618
9360 2866
Unit Contacts
Contact Phone
Prefix: +618
Location
Teaching Period(s)
Dr Elaine Walker
Associate Lecturer
(E.Walker@murdoch.edu.au)
9360 2866 Murdoch Campus
Physical Sciences
Room 3.023A
MURDOCH S2: Internal
(02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)
 
MURDOCH S2: External
(02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)
 
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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations:

APMISIN

Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore)

CEJTOKYO

Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo)

JKURASHIKI

NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan)

KDUPG

KDU College (Penang, Malaysia)

KDUPJ

KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)

SGP-REPOLY

Republic Polytechnic (Singapore)

SMANUFED

Singapore Manufacturing Federation

ZHENGZHOU

Zhengzhou University (China)