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Sustainibility Assessment & Risk Analysis - CVEN9892
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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

The design of water and energy systems has advanced from a cost-benefit basis to the incorporation of quantitative assessments of environmental burdens and the human and environmental risks associated with competing options. This course will equip students with the ability to apply life cycle assessment for quantifying environmental burdens, and an understanding of the factors that define human health and environmental risks. The latter include the presence of chemicals and pathogenic organisms, and the reliability of engineered systems.

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