Course Title: Energy Policy and Management
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Energy Policy and Management
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
ENVI1059 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
330H Social Science & Planning |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2006 |
ENVI1059 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
365H Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2007, Sem 1 2008, Sem 1 2009, Sem 1 2012, Sem 1 2013, Sem 1 2014, Sem 2 2016 |
Course Coordinator: Adjunct Professor Alan Pears
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 2885
Course Coordinator Email: alan.pears@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Building 8, Level 11
Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
No formal course pre-requisites.
The course does not require detailed mathematical skills but does require a broad understanding of environmental issues and capability to use internet searching and web-based documents.
Course Description
Energy is a key element in social and economic development, and has major environmental impacts. Existing energy use is clearly ecologically unsustainable. This course introduces energy as a social, economic and environmental issue. It facilitates development of an understanding of energy policy and practice issues so that the student will be able to implement basic energy management strategies at home and in business, and develop and evaluate energy policies and strategies. Emphasis is placed on energy issues of relevance to urban and regional planning, energy management within organizations, and government policy and programs. Energy provides a useful case study of the challenges involved in social and technological change and how governments and organizations respond.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
Objectives:
- To explore:
- the roles of energy in social and economic development
- the environmental impacts of energy supply and use
- patterns and trends in energy supply and use
- energy policies and policies influencing energy supply and use at the national, state and local levels
- scenarios of future energy supply and demand and evaluation of their consistency with principles of ecological sustainability
To develop skills in:
- Evaluation of energy use patterns in homes and business
- Assessment and analysis of effectiveness of policies and strategies
- Use of case studies as a basis for development of policy
- Research, presentations and writing
Overview of Learning Activities
- Contribution to class blog
- Lectures
- Demonstrations of computer models and analytical tools
- Interactive seminars
- Presentation of seminar papers
- Research including library searches, internet searches
- Preparation of essay
Overview of Learning Resources
You will be able to use a prescribed text.
Overview of Assessment
You will be able to prepare assessment tasks with a total word length or equivalent of 4,000 words.