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EMS402U Engineering Design

EMS402U Coursework Project Report

Brief

You are a team of interns doing a summer placement at Arup, a global engineering consultancy firm. Your Team has been tasked with proposing designs or retrofits to remaining infrastructure to support the rebuilding effort in a disater zone somewhere in the world. The nature of the challenges faced in the selected disaster zone can be natural or man-made. Your proposed design must reduce greenhouse gas emissions with the aim of achieving net zero in line with the Paris Agreement.

Purpose

The purpose of the Design Project Report is for you to present your design project in its entirety. Assume you are presenting the culmination of your work to the Client who commissioned it. You are showcasing your Team’s work over the semester, so make it shine. There are individual components and a Team submission, so please follow the instructions you are given during our seminar sessions and via QMplus.

Background

To cap global warming at 1.5°C – as called for in the Paris Agreement – greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced by 45% by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. The built environment generates 40% (27% operation and 13% construction) of annual CO₂ emissions. Although there was an increase in energy efficiency investment of 16% in 2021 (compared to 2020), the global sector’s emissions increased by 5%. Couple this fact with the projected doubling of global built floor area by 2060, it is no surprise COP27 agreed the gap between the climate performance of the sector and the 2050 decarbonization pathway is widening^a. This is the problem we will tackle on this project.

Scope

Your Team may explore innovative architectural designs using biogenic and other regenerative building materials that will reduce the embodied (structural) and operational CO₂ emissions of the built environment. Your Team can choose to consider single homes, multiple dwellings and other building types (e.g. commercial or industrial). Your Team may choose to consider new-build or retrofitting existing infrastructure. Teams will also choose a specific geographical location for their design and may incorporate ideas from traditional building methods, architectural designs and self-sufficient (off-grid) living. Ultimately, for any new design to be adopted, it must serve an unmet need or reduce cost. User experience (UX) and aesthetics are critical design attributes.

^a Data sources: International Energy Agency (IEA), UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Architecture 2030.

Potential Design Areas

We will work on these during our seminar sessions. Please ensure you attend your timetabled seminar and schedule additional team meetings for the weeks in which you do not have a seminar session in your timetable. You could use the Tuesday ‘lecture’ session – all students are available then.

Ensure you keep notes for every team meeting.

The project proposal should include:

i. A general description of the location and proposed design. ii. Bullet point answers to the 5Ws (i.e. rationale for the project).

ii. A versus table of weighted design attributes.

iii. The design concepts that you propose to address the brief – include annotated sketches and a brief explanation of each concept (one per Team Member).

iv. A decision matrix to evaluate the proposed concepts against the weighted attributes.

v. A potential refinement step to your winning design concept including (where necessary) a final proposed design after the refinement step.

vi. Engineering drawing/s and CAD model of your final proposed design.

Hints: Present an aesthetically pleasing document. You are “selling” something here. Consider the main stakeholder; the Client – they are paying! Write short sentences with ideas that flow in a logical manner. Explain any ambiguity. Present neat annotated concept sketches.

Any questions: Please use the forum on the module’s QMplus page.

Formatting Details:

File type:	Only PDF files will be accepted
Page format:	A4 pages in landscape
Number of pages:	No minimum, title page + 12 slides absolute maximum

Mark Distribution:

Mark Distribution ^(a)			Grade Type
Formats, clarity and layout		10	Team
Design brief [(i) and (ii)]		10	Team
Weighted design attributes [(iii)]		10	Team
Design concepts [(iv)]		10	Individual
Decision matrix [(v)]		10	Team
Refinement step [(vi)]		10	Team
Eng. Draw and CAD [(vii)]		20	Individual
Teamwork and peer-review ^(b)		20	Individual
	CW Total:	100	50% Team 50% Individual
	Module Total:	100%

We will finalise the mark distribution (weighting) at our co-creation session W8-W9.
We will work on the peer-review elements in our seminar sessions W6-W10.

EMS402U Assessment Marking Structure

We will discuss the marking rubric and feedback grid in our seminar sessions – check QMplus.

	Marking Rubric and Feedback Grid
Meeting general CW requirements and completion criteria as per CW Info Sheet:	Inadequate	Partially met		Fully met
Classification:	Fail	3^rd – 2ii	2i		1st
Grade:	0-35%	40-55%	60-65%	70-80%		85-95%
Formats, clarity and layout	Poor quality. No, or very limited adherence to design report structure.	Mediocre quality. Limited adhenence to design report structure.	Good quality. Follows design report structure, but some areas are lacking.	Excellent quality. Follows design report structure. With little editing, can be released to the Client.		Outstanding quality. Follows design report structure. Ready for release to the Client.
Design brief [(i) and (ii)] Weighted design attributes [(iii)] Design concepts [(iv)] Descision matrix [(v)] Refinement step [(vi)]	No, or very limited understanding of the design brief.	Very basic consideration of the design brief, but significant omissions are apparent.	Good consideration of the design brief, but some omissions are apparent.	Excellent, informed consideration of the design brief, including the wider context.		Outstanding, in-depth consideration of the design brief, including the wider context, ready for Client submission.
Eng drawings and CAD [(vii)]	Poor quality. No, or very limited technical skill.	Basic technical skill. Limited connection with the design brief.	Good technical skill, but limited connection with the design brief.	Excellent technical skill. Directly addresses the design brief. Almost Clientready.		Outstanding technical skill. Addresses the design brief perfectly. Client-ready.
Teamwork and peer-review	No, or poor contribution to the process and the project.	Some, but inadequate, contribution to the process and the project.	Good contribution to the process and the project, but some areas lacking.	Excellent contribution to the process and the project, but not always consistent.