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Programme Aims

The mission of the High Performance Buildings (HPB) programme is to engage in education and research for the advancement of high performance buildings. In particular, the HPB programme provides an opportunity for students to broaden and deepen their knowledge on assessment of High Performance Buildings, which impose minimal impacts on global carbon footprints (global impacts), and facilitate optimised performance of building systems (building impacts), as well as the best indoor environments for the health and well-being of occupants.

To fulfil this mission, the High Performance Buildings programme adopts an interdisciplinary approach by linking sustainable development and high-rise building construction together with socio-economic development, focusing on climate changes, carbon footprint assessment, building services system management and optimisation, and indoor environmental quality evaluation. It is designed to cut across traditional boundaries of management, engineering and environmental sciences to take a broad view of sustainability issues. Integrating knowledge of high performance buildings and urban construction, this programme provides the most up-to-date knowledge based upon contemporary research findings.

Characteristics

The multidisciplinary nature of the programme not only offers students advanced knowledge in their specialist areas, but also expands their perspective of the broader field of building services engineering. Students can take a combination of subjects to suit their careers, and can also choose an appropriate dissertation project.

Recognition & Prospects

This programme is recognised by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) under the specialism of Environment and Building Surveying.

This programme is also accredited by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) as suitable further learning to meet the academic requirement for CEng registration.

Curriculum

Programme Structure

Students can select from a wide range of subjects, each of which normally requires 39 hours of attendance over a 13-week semester.

For the MSc with Dissertation

Students must complete 7 taught subjects, including 4 Compulsory Subjects, 3 Core Subjects and a Dissertation that is relevant to their area of specialisation.

For the MSc without Dissertation

Students must complete 10 taught subjects, including 4 Compulsory Subjects, and at least 3 other Core Subjects.

Students can exit at the PgD level, having satisfactorily completed 7 subjects (21 credits), including 4 Compulsory Subjects, 2 Core Subjects and 1 Elective Subject.

Core Areas of Study

The following is a brief summary of the core areas of study.

Compulsory Subjects

• Building System Performance
• Building Carbon Footprint Assessment
• Indoor Environmental Quality Assessment
• Research Project

Core Subjects

• Lighting Engineering
• Engineering Intelligent Buildings
• Fire Engineering Systems
• Energy Efficient Buildings
• Noise and Vibration in Sustainable Built Environments
• Applied Solar Energy in Buildings
• Maintenance Management of Built Assets
• Safety Management Systems & Safety Auditing
• Sustainability & the Built Environment
• Information Management for Construction & Real Estate
• Indoor Air Quality Engineering

Application Deadline - 30-Apr-2025.