794-114 Environ'tal Managem't & Site Engineering

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Subject Description

The objective of this subject is to extend participants' ability to:

• understand, measure or derive SI engineering units;

• select and describe various energy systems for use in horticultural applications;

• use the psychrometric chart to explain environmental control processes;

• understand the processes required to modify a controlled environment and be able to measure the environment;

• calculate heating and cooling loads of horticultural buildings and describe the operation of environmental control processes;

• describe site preparation for horticultural structures;

• perform basic surveying operations for horticultural sites;

• understand basic design principles for horticultural structures.

The content includes: SI Engineering units, derivation and measurement, the forms and uses of energy in horticulture, comparison and the cost of different forms of energy, provision of environmental control systems in green houses, properties of the atmosphere and climatic data and instrumentation, planning, site selection and evaluation of the structural requirements for small structures, terminology, regulations and codes that affect buildings, the principles and practice of plane surveying, levelling, and contouring will be developed.

Assessment

Three examinations of one hour (20% each); two laboratory reports (10% each); assignment of 2000 words (20%).