Assignment Brief (RQF)

Higher National Diploma in Engineering

(Electrical & Electronic Pathway)
Student Name/ID Number:

Unit Number and Title: 44. Industrial Power, Electronics and Storage

Academic Year: 2020/2021

Unit Assessor: Ronan Keaney

Assignment Title: Assignment 2 – Energy Efficiency in Building and Transport sectors

Issue Date:

Submission Date:

Internal Verifier Name: Garry Westley

Date: 16/12/2020

Submission Format:
The submission is in the form of an individual written report. All work must be supported with research and
referenced appropriately. The recommended word limit is around 1000 words, you will not be penalised for
exceeding the total word limit.

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO2 Discuss current energy efficiency measures, technologies and policies specific to the
building and transportation sectors.

Assignment Brief and Guidance:

Scenario
In your workplace you have been tasked with examining a renewable energy system for an upcoming
project which includes energy efficient buildings and electric cars. Please prepare a report for your line
manager.

Assignment Brief

● Discuss current energy efficiency measures

● Determine the main factors that impact on energy use and efficiency in a building
● Discuss the technologies that could be used to support more sustainable transport

Please refer to info. below from spec. Please be aware the focus is on Buildings and Electric cars.
Merit and Distinctions to come.

Energy auditing, management, costs, requirements, bench marking and optimisation:

Energy management, planning, monitoring, policy, ecology and environment

Energy and buildings:

Overview of the significance of energy use and energy processes
Internal and external factors on energy use and the attributes of the factors Status of energy use in
buildings and estimation of energy use in a building
Standards for thermal performance of building envelope and evaluation of the overall thermal
transfer
Measures and technologies to improve energy efficiency in buildings

Energy and electric vehicles:

Electrical vehicle configurations, requirements, and circuit topology; electric and plug in hybrid
vehicles
Policies, measures and technologies to support more sustainable transportation
Use of Matlab/Simulink or alternative appropriate software to model, simulate and analyse the energy
efficiency of a typical standard house or electric vehicle

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria:

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DCL 1 – Public (Unclassified)
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Learning Outcomes Pass Merit Distinction
LO2 Explore current P4 Discuss current M3 Apply modelling of D2 Analyse the
energy efficiency energy efficiency energy management in dynamic performance
measures, technologies measures a building or electric of a power electronic
and policies specific to vehicle using converter for a given
the building and Matlab/Simulink (or renewable energy
transportation sectors equivalent) source and calculate
the energy and cost
savings against
conventional power
sources, including
consideration for
development and
installation costs
P5 Determine the main M4 Evaluate the
factors that impact on selection of suitable
energy use and technologies to
efficiency in a building improve energy
efficiency in a building
or electric vehicle
P6 Discuss the
technologies that could
be used to support
more sustainable
transport

Prepared by: Higher Education Qualifications (HEQ) Approved by: HEQ, QDAM (HE)
Version 1.0 – November 2017
DCL 1 – Public (Unclassified)
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 STUDENT ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION AND DECLARATION
When submitting evidence for assessment, each student must sign a declaration confirming that the work is their
own.

Student name: Assessor name:

Ronan Keaney

Issue date: Submission date: Submitted on:

Programme:

Higher National Diploma in Engineering (Electrical & Electronic Pathway)

Unit:

44. Industrial Power, Electronics and Storage

Assignment number and title:

Assignment 2 – Energy Efficiency in Building and Transport sectors

Plagiarism
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rules, however innocently, may be penalised. It is your responsibility to ensure that you understand correct
referencing practices. As a university level student, you are expected to use appropriate references throughout
and keep carefully detailed notes of all your sources of materials for material you have used in your work,
including any material downloaded from the Internet. Please consult the relevant unit lecturer or your course
tutor if you need any further advice.

Student Declaration
Student declaration

I certify that the assignment submission is entirely my own work and I fully understand the
consequences of plagiarism. I understand that making a false declaration is a form of
malpractice.

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Higher Nationals - Summative Assignment Feedback
Form

Student Name/ID

Unit Title 44. Industrial Power, Electronics and Storage

Assignment 2 Assessor Ronan Keaney

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Date
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submission
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a) Strengths of performance
b) Limitations of performance
c) Any improvements needed in future assessments

Feedback should be against the learning outcomes and assessment criteria to help students understand
how these inform the process of judging the overall grade.

Feedback should give full guidance to the students on how they have met the learning outcomes
and assessment criteria.

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