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ENVI3114: Energy and the Environment
2025 unit information
This unit covers many aspects of energy and the environment: energy resources and use; electrical power generation including fossil fuelled and alternate methods; environmental impacts of energy use and power generation including greenhouse gas emissions; transportation and pollution; energy management in buildings; solar thermal energy, photovoltaics, wind power and nuclear energy; embodied energy and net emissions analysis and, importantly, socio-economic and political issues related to energy provision.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Science
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Physics Academic Operations |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points of 2000-level units |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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ENVI3001 or PHYS3600 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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Junior Physics units or Intermediate Environmental Science units |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. be aware of the profound importance of energy in modern societies
- LO2. understand fundamental energy concepts such as energy sources, energy conversion and energy efficiency
- LO3. make connections between energy use, energy technology, policy and sustainable development
- LO4. have developed analytical skills for assessing energy issues
- LO5. have demonstrated critical thinking in the seminars and in essays on topics relating different scientific aspects of energy use
- LO6. have a good overview of renewable energy technologies
- LO7. explain the current general energy situation with social and economic factors, and how it is related to greenhouse gas emissions, then generalise these into different future energy scenarios
- LO8. argue coherently for a particular point of view, both verbally and in a written form
- LO9. do simple but comprehensive energy calculations.
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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