Assignment Task
Scenario
For this assignment, assume that you are an independent sustainability consultant. Your client is Universal Group plc, a property developer which plans to build low-cost housing on a site recently cleared of buildings. Universal is a forward-thinking company and they have asked you to advise them on innovative and sustainable methods of construction for this project.
You do not have to assume this site is in the UK, it could be anywhere in the world. However, you must tell us where it is and the nature of the climate in that region. State these assumptions in your introduction.
Task
Provide a fully researched, referenced and well-structured professional report about an innovation that could be used on this project to minimise the amount of energy needed to maintain these homes at a comfortable internal temperature throughout the year.
Your chosen innovation could be a building material, a component or a complete element. Your report should:
identify and explain your chosen innovation;
critically assess key issues relating to the following:
innovation
sustainability
environmental impact;
critically discuss whether your chosen innovation will be an improvement over more traditional methods of construction;
provide a conclusion that critically appraises the benefits the chosen item can bring to this project in particular and to the construction industry in general;
provide appropriate
Your report should include:
a clear and informative title page which includes the number of words used;
a contents page listing numbered pages, sections and subsections;
an introduction – including assumptions;
the main body of the report, well-structured and laid out with all sources cited;
a good selection of images, charts, graphs and tables to illustrate points made;
a conclusion;
