School of the Natural & Built Environment
ARC7074 Project Planning for Sustainability AY2024/2025
Assignment No 1: Use of sources
October 2024
A. Instructions
Using only the six sources listed below, discuss some of the key sustainability-related challenges facing the construction sector today and how they can be addressed.
Use a maximum of 1000 words, excluding the title and references, but including the in-text citations.
Tunji-Olayeni, P., F., Omuh, I., O., Afolabi, A., O., Ojelabi A., O., and Eshofonie, E., E., (2019), Effects of construction activities on the planetary boundaries, in J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1299 (2019) 012005.
Fei, W., Opoku, A., Agyekum, K., Oppon, J., A., Ahmed, V., Chen, C., Lok, K., L., 2021, The Critical Role of the Construction Industry in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):Delivering Projects for the Common Good, in Sustainability, 2021, 13, 9112.
Rck, M., Saade, M.,R.,M., Balouktsi, M., Rasmussen, F., N., Birgisdottir, H., Frischknecht, R., Habert, G., Lutzkendorf T., and Passer A., 2020, Embodied GHG emissions of buildings The hidden challenge for effective climate change mitigation, in Applied Energy 258, 2020.
Bilal, M., Khan, K., I., A., Thaheem, M., J., Nasir, A., 2020, Current state and barriers to the circular economy in the building sector: Towards a mitigation framework, in Journal of Cleaner Production 276 (2020) 123250..Pomponi, F., & Stephen, A., (2021), Water, energy and carbon dioxide footprints of the construction sector: A case study on developed and developing economies, in Water Research, 194 (2021) 116935.
Narain, D., Maron, M., Hoong Chen Teo, Hussey K., and Lechner A., M., Best-practice biodiversity safeguards for Belt and Road Initiatives financiers, in Nature Sustainability, VOL 650 3, August 2020, 650657.
B. Submission Instructions
The essay should be submitted via Canvas by: 1200 noon on Wednesday 23rd October 2024. The submission should be in PDF (.pdf) if possible.
Part time students (including HLA students) can take one additional week, until 1200 noon on Wednesday 30th October 2024, if you need to.
Do not use a cover sheet. Do not exceed 1000 words, there is no 10% leeway in this assignment.
This assignment will contribute 10% of your grade for this module.
Late submissions will be penalised in line with the QUB Regulations. Work submitted after the deadline will be penalised at a rate of 5% of the total marks available for each working day late up to a maximum of five working days, after which a mark of zero shall be awarded.
Exemptions will be granted to this only if there are exceptional circumstances, and where the student has made an application in according with the exceptional circumstances procedure, within three working days of the deadline for submission. The Regulations and related guidance are found at the Assessment Support Hub.
C. Marking
Marks will be given based on:
How well the question was answered
Appropriate use of material and ideas from the source documents
Use of techniques to avoid plagiarism and other academic offences
Correct use of Harvard Referencing for both in-text citations and the reference list