ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Course Description

The objective of this course is provide knowledge on environmental impacts and environmental impact assessment. The course content includes history and basics of environmental impact assessment; framework and legal considerations for impact assessment; predictions of impacts on air, soil and water quality, noise level, and the biological environment; methods of impact analysis; public participation in the environmental impact assessment process; environmental impact assessment reports. Examples of previously used environmental impact assessment reports of various engineering projects are studied as cases studies in the lectures. The course uses lecture notes and discussions for the theoretical information and a term project practicing on how to conduct an environmental impact assessment on an imaginary project learning to use the theory in practice.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

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Course outcomes

1. 01 Learn the theory and the practice about Solar Energy.
2. 02 Learn the usage of the methods for research, design and development in the analysis of the energy transformation at applications of solar energy.
3. 03 Plan and size the grid-connected PV systems.
4. 04 Plan and size the off-grid PV systems.
5. 05 Learn the types and technologies of solar cells

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 S.A. Kalogirou, Solar Energy Enginering Processes and Systems, Elsevier 2009.
2. 02 Antonio Luque and Steven Hegedus, Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, Wiley 2011
3. 03 Planning and Installing Photovoltaic Systems 2nd Ed, Earthscan 2010.

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 To define Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
2. L02 To describe environmental impacts
3. L03 To list the environmental impacts of energy systems
4. L04 To imagine a project, asses its impacts and report a technial summary of an environmental impacts assessment

Program Outcomes

1. P01 Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of key concepts across the breadth of effective application and use of MIS and innovative information technologies in organizations.
2. P02 Demonstrate autonomy and responsibility in managing MIS projects and improving organizational processes
3. P03 Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of appropriate enterprise frameworks, theories from the MIS to research and assess contemporary issues in the field and related allied fields and disciplines
4. P04 Apply MIS knowledge to facilitate the acquisition, development, deployment, and management of information systems
5. P05 Apply MIS knowledge to the exploitation of opportunities created by information technology innovations ensuring the alignment between MIS strategy and organizational strategy
6. P06 Demonstrate ethical reasoning in relation to crucial MIS issues such as privacy, information security, and ethical use of information
7. P07 Apply appropriate technologies and techniques to the collection and analysis of organizational and environmental data to facilitate evidence-based decision-making
8. P08 Analyse organizational data to accurately identify organizational problems and propose solutions using MIS
9. P09 Apply effective communication skills consistent with the professional environment
10. P10 Apply effective collaboration skills consistent with the professional environment

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