Bachelor of Engineering - Sustainable Design Engineering

The course covers building construction systems in terms of materials, methods and technology. It reviews foundation types, structural systems of precast and pre-stressed concrete, steel and timber framing; building envelope: with more emphasis placed on exterior cladding and insulation materials, building science, curtain walls, window walls, glazing, roofing, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and sprinkler systems. In addition, it examines selection of materials, systems and methods in terms of their efficiency, life cycle costing and cost effectiveness.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This course introduces the student to the properties of concrete, asphalt and other construction materials and their applications in land development. Tests on fine and course aggregates are performed to determine their suitability in concrete and asphalt mix designs. The relationship between the curing time and the compressive strength of concrete is determined by means of destructive testing on concrete cylinders.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This course will allow students to develop their knowledge of various green rating systems and sustainable goals that are common in the building industry. Rating systems that will be examined will include: LEED, Green Globes, net zero, Passive House and low carbon design.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This course develops theoretical and practical skills necessary to design pipe and open flow systems. Topics that directly related to Water Resources and Water Structures in Civil Engineering are covered. Subjects such as orifices and restrictives, open channel flow and design, flow control and flow measurement in open channels and culvert design will be examined.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites: MECH72125 OR MECH72126
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

The Building Science Fundamentals course uses best practices to teach you the principles of heat transfer, psychrometrics, moisture management and air movement as they apply in building envelope assembly. This course helps you develop the skills you need to compare the performance of various materials, construction types, and building designs in terms of energy efficiency and costs.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This is a project-based course focused on the fundamental aspects of environmental engineering. Students will use their knowledge to design and model open channel water flows using; irrigation canals, laboratory flumes, spillway chutes, drops, culverts, roadside gutters, etc. while mitigating environmental disruption and using appropriate regulations and standards.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites: CIVL72000
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This course will focus on the Ontario Building Code's Supplementary Standard SB-10 Energy Efficiency Requirements and Supplementary Standard SB-12 Energy Efficiency for Housing. Students will be taught how to follow the prescriptive energy requirements and the performance energy requirements.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This course covers concepts on Phase One and Phase Two Environmental Site Assessments; filing a Record of Site Condition; regulatory requirements; assessment methodologies; remediation for various site conditions; and an introduction to risk assessment.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

Topics in this course include: travel forecasting; evaluating, designing and managing transportation systems; integration of trails and bike paths into transportation systems; using tool to evaluate transportation investments; and discussing transportation impacts due to winter road operations.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This course provides students with an introduction to HVAC systems and design. It reinforces building science fundamentals for the evaluation, design, and construction of durable and energy efficient buildings. Using the concepts learned, various building envelope systems and assemblies will be analyzed along with their impact on HVAC systems; best-practices for assembly design and detailing fundamentals for the building envelope; and HVAC design will be covered.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This course covers topics relating to water supply and wastewater in urban systems. Topics such as estimating municipal water supply quantities, water distribution, and water treatment processing;  estimating the quantities of domestic sewage flows, layout planning of waste water collection systems, design and construction of sewers, sewage treatment processes, disposal of effluent and sludge.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This course will provide students with the opportunity to investigate various forms of renewable energy, design a renewable energy system and apply it to a building project. Topics covered in this course include: electrical basics needed for renewable energy design; modelling and/or designing solar energy (photo-voltaics) systems, electrical power from wind energy, electrical power from water, including wave energy, tidal energy, micro-hydro.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

Topics in this course include: solving problems by searching (uninformed search algorithms, informed search algorithms, nonclassical search) and learning (regression and classification with linear models and artificial neural networks). The students will develop computer programs for solving a given problem using different searching methods and for simple character recognition using neural networks.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: PROG71985 OR PROG72355
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: MATR72050
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This course will provide an overview of the energy savings verification protocol most commonly used, the IPMVP (Introduction to Measurement and Verification) protocol. The students will develop an understanding of the methods used to conduct measurement and verification (M&V) on a building (or individual building systems), the central purpose of M&V, the calculations required for performance analysis and the accuracy limits, and the practical consideration and limitation of the M&V process. With this knowledge, the students will learn how to apply the M&V process to optimize building energy performance in real life applications.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This course teaches the principles of restoration and realignment of watercourses/channels to emulate their natural physical form. Topics will include assessment, natural erosion and deposition, ecological functions of the watercourse, and design principles

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This course will introduce the student to the process involved in the commissioning of buildings and retro-commissioning. The operation and maintenance of HVAC, electrical and elevating systems will be covered. Students will learn how to use building controls to evaluate the performance of building systems and their controls, and identify opportunities for optimizing energy use.

• Hours: 70
• Credits: 5
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This course will introduce the student to the process involved in the commissioning of buildings and retro-commissioning. The operation and maintenance of HVAC, electrical and elevating systems will be covered. Students will learn how to use building controls to evaluate the performance of building systems and their controls, and identify opportunities for optimizing energy use.

• Hours: 70
• Credits: 5
• Pre-Requisites:
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• Estimated resource cost: No resources required