Minors

Smart and Sustainable Building

Minor	Smart and Sustainable Building 智能與可持續建築
Offering Academic Unit	Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Note: The following curriculum information is subject to periodic review and changes.

Aims of Minor

The Minor aims to equip students with the fundamental understanding of the global challenges and the latest technologies in smart and sustainable buildings. Students will acquire the basic principles of sustainability and its impacts on the society and economy. They would also learn the emerging technologies related to building smartness, building energy reduction, and indoor environmental quality improvement. With the knowledge in smart and sustainable buildings, students of various disciplines would become more competitive in a society which continuously strives for smartness and sustainability.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Minor (MINILOs)

Upon successful completion of this minor, students should be able to:

Develop a broad-based knowledge in smart and sustainable buildings.

Minor Requirements (15 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2024/25

Core Course (3 credit units)

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
CA3565	Smart Building and Infrastructure	3

Electives (12 credit units)

Students are required to take at least 3 credit units from the courses of Group 1 and Group 2 respectively.

Group 1

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
CA3712	Electrical Services	3	Pre-cursor(s): For ARCE major: CA2627 & CA2123. For other students: CA2627 or SEE2001
CA3722	HVAC Engineering	3	Pre-cursor(s): For ARCE major: CA2626, CA2627 & CA2123. For other students: CA2627 or SEE2101
CA3732	Fire Engineering and Piped Services	3	Pre-cursor(s): For ARCE major: CA2626, CA2627 & CA2123. For other students: CA2627 or SEE2101
CA4718	Power Electronics and Smart Lighting Controls	3
CA4728	Smart Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality	3
CA4737	Fire Science and Modelling	3	Pre-cursor: CA3732
GE2327	Green and Intelligent Buildings	3

Group 2

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
SEE2204	Principles of Sustainability	3
SEE3002	Energy and Environmental Economics	3
SEE3003	Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies	3
SEE3205	Urban Sustainability	3

Additional Information

Students admitted in 2022 and thereafter: The credit units earned to fulfill the minor requirement cannot be used towards meeting the requirement for another major and/or minor taken by the student.
To earn a minor, a student must attain a GPA of 1.7 or above of the courses in the minor programme.
A student who intends to take the minor should seek approval from his/her parent department and the department offering the minor.
For courses set with pre-cursor(s), ACE Department requires that all students must have attempted (including class attendance, coursework submission and examination) the precursor course(s) so identified.
Where courses are assessed by a combination of coursework and examination, to pass a course, students must obtain minimum marks of 30% in both coursework and examination components, and an overall mark of at least 40%.
The teaching schedules of some courses offered in Summer Term may start a few weeks earlier than the normal University schedule; students are advised to check the teaching schedules with the Course Leaders before registering for the courses.