Module Overview

Built environment for environmental health

Built Environment - Synthesis and Analysis. The module aims to impart a knowledge and understanding of the role of Environmental Health Professionals in the development of a sustainable built environment. 

Module Code

TFBE 4002

ECTS Credits

5

*Curricular information is subject to change

Project Stages / EIA, EIS in context. Planning Control Systems, Planning and Development Regulations. Building regulations. Dangerous Building Materials. Urban Infrastructural/ commercial project completed or under construction. Report writing. Tendering and contract award. Building contract law. Housing assessment and inspections. Sustainable building technologies. Structural design. Drainage and flooding. Indoor air quality

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Health impacts from the built environment. Building regulations, housing assessment and inspections. Building Materials. Nature based solutions. Urban Infrastructural/ commercial projects. Report writing. . Sustainable building technologies. Structural design. Drainage and flooding. Indoor air quality. Public transportation and active travel. Environmental and anthropogenic causes of flooding and the environmental health impacts

Lectures, tutorials, field visits and/or workshops

Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown %
Formal Examination50
Other Assessment(s)50