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Engineering and the Environment

Module code: CEU22E07 · Semester: 1

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Topics

  • Population, urbanisation, energy and environmental impact; sustainability and the UN SDGs LO1–2
  • Water, wastewater and solid waste treatment; energy from waste LO1, LO6
  • Hydrology: hydrological cycle, rivers, groundwater, wetlands LO1, LO4
  • River organic and nutrient pollution; catchment pressures LO1, LO3
  • Greenhouse gases, carbon cycle and climate change LO1–2
  • Energy demand by sector LO2
  • Low-carbon supply: wind, wave, tidal, solar, biofuels, nuclear, geothermal, storage LO5
Learning outcomes
  1. Know the causes of environmental impact and basic ways to analyse it
  2. Know the main measures of environmental and energy sustainability
  3. Build skills in environmental analysis, reasoning and communication
  4. Gain practical skills in environmental and energy measurement
  5. Appraise sustainability claims of emerging technologies
  6. Identify problems and apply basic science and engineering to them
  7. Communicate with engineers and other professionals

Summarised from the module descriptor, checked November 2026.