Building Environment and Energy Engineering-School of Environmental Science & Engineering

Undergraduate Program for Specialty in Building

Environment and Energy Engineering

Ⅰ．Program Objectives

This program offers students comprehensive, balanced and initiative study to be engineering technicians. Students wishing to acquire the knowledge and skills in house environment devices system, building public utility system, building energy system and urban gas engineering system will be able to do research, development, teaching and management jobs in building environment and energy engineering and in various other fields.

Ⅱ．Learning Outcomes

Through the study in this program, graduates should be with the following knowledge and capability:

Graduation requirement 1: With the fundamental and special knowledge of mathematics, natural science, heating ventilation and air conditioning and city gas, which can be utilized in discovering, expressing and analyzing the related complex problems in cooling, heating and transmission and distribution.

Graduation requirement 2: With the capability of comprehensive engineering practice including modeling, designing, doing experiment and research on the complex engineering problems related to Building Environment and Energy Engineering, with innovative sense.

Graduation requirement 3: With proficient mastery of information technical tools, with the capability of collecting, searching, reading and analyzing information; with proficient mastery of modern engineering tools, can simulate the complex engineering problems related to Building Environment and Energy Engineering, with the capability of evaluating and optimizing the solutions and results and showing the innovative capability.

Graduation requirement 4: With the capability of understanding the tendency of the discipline front, paying attention to the new theory, new methods and new technologies in the cross-areas with other disciplines, with international vision and global sense.

Graduation requirement 5: Understanding the policy and law of the national long-term development in the related industry, with right cognition and evaluation of the influence of engineering practice on environment, society, health, security and culture, keeping sustainable and harmonious development with society and environment.

Graduation requirement 6: With good humanistic quality and social responsibility, understanding and following the professional ethics.

Graduation requirement 7: With open and comprehensive attitude, can communicate and share actively, with team-work capability and leadership, with at least one fluent foreign language, with strong writing and oral expression capability.

Graduation requirement 8: Keeping curious and ambitious for advancement, with capability of self-dependent study and continuous updating core knowledge, can work effectively in different and multi-disciplinary environment, adaptive to disciplinary and professional development tendency.

Ⅲ．Program Highlights

Courses on basic science and discipline related specific theoretical studies are emphasized，in parallel to the education of humanities and arts. Specific engineering skill training are characterized with continuous knowledge and vision broadening, accompanied by Engineering practices, Heating, Ventilation and air-conditioning, urban gas engineering, and building automation are our three characteristic Sub-disciplines, which are closely related to the demands of the national strategic development of efficient energy use in buildings, healthy and comfort indoor environment, and West-to-East national gas Transmission Projects.

Ⅳ．Main Disciplines

Building Environment and Energy Engineering

Ⅴ．Program Length and Degree

Duration: 4 years

Degrees Conferred: Bachelor of Engineer

Ⅵ．Credits Hours and Units

Minimum Credits of Curricular (Comprising course system and intensified internship practical training)：164.3 credits

Major-related basic courses and core courses cannot be covered using credits from other courses in the program.

Minimum Extracurricular Credits: 5 credits.

1. Hours/Credits of Course System

Course Classified		Required /Elective	Hrs/Crs	Percentage (%)
Essential-qualities-oriented Education General Courses		Required	616/34.5	21.0
Essential-qualities-oriented Education General Courses		Elective	160/10	6.1
Basic Courses in General Discipline		Required	1128/67.3	41.0
Courses in Specialty	Common Core Courses	Required	152/9	5.5
Courses in Specialty	Specialty-Oriented Courses	Elective	400/25	15.2
Intensified Internship and Practical Training		Required	37w/18.5	11.3
Total			2456+37w/164.3	100

2. Weeks/Credits of Intensified Internship and Practical Training

Internship & Practical Training	Required /Elective	Weeks/Credits	Percentage (%)
Military Training	Required	2/1	5.4
Laboring for Public Benefit	Required	1/0.5	2.7
Engineering Training（6）	Required	2/1	5.4
Surveying Practice	Required	1/0.5	2.7
Acquaintanceship Practice	Required	1/0.5	2.7
Engineering Internship	Required	3/1.5	8.1
Internship of Innovation of Building Environment and Energy Engineering	Required	4/2	10.8
Course Project	Required	9/4.5	24.3
Undergraduate Thesis	Required	14/7	37.9
Total		37/18.5	100

3. Extracurricular Credits

No.	Extracurricular Activities and Social Practice	Requirements		Extracurricular Credits
1	Activities of Social Practice	Submit report and pass oral defense		2
1	Activities of Social Practice	Entitled as Activist by the Communist Youth League of HUST or Hubei Province; Membership of the group which is entitled as Excellent Social Practice Group by the Communist Youth League of HUST or Hubei Province		2
2	Ideological and political course Social Practice	Submit a report and obtain a passing score		2
3	Examinations in English and Computer	CET-6	Students whose Band-6 exam scores accord our requirements	2
		TOEFL	90 Points or Higher	3
		IELTS	6.5 Points or Higher	3
		GRE	290 Points or Higher	3
		National Computer Rank Examination	Win certificate of Band-2 or higher	2
		National Computer Software Qualification	Win certificate of programmer	2
			Win certificate of Advanced Programmer	3
			Win certificate of System Analyst	4
4	Competitions	University Level	Win first prize	3
			Win second prize	2
			Win third prize	1
		Provincial Level	Win first prize	4
			Win second prize	3
			Win third prize	2
		National Level	Win first prize	6
			Win second prize	4
			Win third prize	3
5	Thesis	Those whose thesis appears in national publications	Per piece	2~3
6	Scientific Research	Depending on both the time spent in and ability demonstrated in scientific research project	Each item	1~3
7	Experiments	Depending on innovative extent	Each item	1~3

Note: In HUST Sports Meeting, the first and the second prize, the third to the fifth prize, and the sixth prize to the eighth prize are deemed respectively the first prize, the second prize and the third prize of university level.

Ⅶ．Main Courses and Innovation (Entrepreneurship) Courses

1. Main Courses

Fluid Mechanics，Engineering Thermodynamics，Heat Transfer，Electronics in Electrical Engineering, Theory of Automata Control, Building Environmental Science, Fluid Transmission Network, Theoretical Foundation of the Gas Combustion, Principles and Equipment of Heat and Mass Transfer, Measurement Technology In Environment, Air Conditioning Engineering, Gas Transmission and Distribution, Heating Engineering, Gas Combustion and Application, Ventilation Engineering, Building Automation

2. Innovation (Entrepreneurship) Courses

Internship of Innovation of Building Environment and Energy Engineering

Ⅷ．Practicum Module (experiments included)

Industrial Practice, Course Project, Engineering Internship, Professional Practice of Specialty, undergraduate Thesis

Ⅸ．Table of Teaching Schedule

School (Department): School of Environmental Science and Technology, Specialty: Building Environment and Energy Engineering

course type	required/ elective	course code	course name	hrs	crs	Including		semester
course type	required/ elective	course code	course name	hrs	crs	exp.	operation	semester
Essential-qualities-oriented Education General Courses	Required	MAX0022	Morals & Ethics & Fundamentals of Law	40	2.5			1
	Required	MAX0042	Survey of Modern Chinese History	40	2.5			2
	Required	MAX0013	Basic Principles of Marxism	40	2.5			3
	Required	MAX0002	General Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought and Socialist Theory with Chinese Characteristics	72	4.5			4
	Required	MAX0031	Situation and Policy	32	2			5-7
	Required	CHI0001	Chinese	32	2			2
	Required	SFL0001	Comprehensive English （Ⅰ）	56	3.5			1
	Required	SFL0011	Comprehensive English （Ⅱ）	56	3.5			2
	Required	PHE0001	Physical Education(Ⅰ)	32	1			1
	Required	PHE0011	Physical Education(Ⅱ)	32	1			2
	Required	PHE0021	Physical Education(Ⅲ)	32	1			3
	Required	PHE0031	Physical Education(Ⅳ)	32	1			4
	Required	RMWZ0001	Military Theory	16	1			1
	Required	NCC0001	Fundamental of Computer Programming (C++)	48	3		8	1
	Required	NCC0031	Computer network technology	32	2		8	2
	Required	ESE064	Introduction to Subject of Environment and Architecture	16	1			1
			General Education Courses(elective)	160	10			2-8
Discipline- related General Courses	Required	MAT0551	Calculus（Ⅰ）	88	5.5			1
	Required	MAT0531	Calculus（Ⅰ）	88	5.5			2
	Required	PHY0511	Physics（Ⅰ）	64	4			2
	Required	EEE0531	Electronics in Electrical Engineering（Ⅲ）	48	3	8		3
	Required	ESE0671	Internet of Things	32	2			3
	Required	PHY0521	Physics（Ⅱ）	64	4			3
	Required	PHY0551	Physics Experiments（Ⅰ）	32	1	32		2
	Required	PHY0561	Physics Experiments（Ⅱ）	24	0.8	24		3
	Required	MAT0721	Linear Algebra	40	2.5			2
	Required	MAT0591	Probability and Mathematics Statistic	40	2.5			3
	Required	MESE0851	Engineering Graphics（Ⅳ）	40	2.5			1
	Required	MESE0861	Engineering Graphics（Ⅳ）	32	2			2
	Required	CEM0532	Engineering Mechanics（Ⅰ）	6 4	4			3
	Required	CEM2261	Engineering Surveying	32	2	12		3
	Required	ESE0621	General Chemistry	32	2			1
	Required	ESE0631	General Chemistry Experiment	16	0.5			1
	Required	EPE2081	Theory of Automation Control	40	2.5		8	3
	Required	AUP2341	Introduction to Architecture	24	1.5			4
	Required	ESE2121	Building Environmental Science	32	2			4
	Required	MESE0901	The Fundamental of Machine Design	48	3	6		5
Specialty Core Courses	Required	ESE2151	Comprehensive Experiment of Architecture Environment Basics (Ⅲ)	16	0.5	16		7
	Required	ESE2171	Air Conditioning Engineering	32	2			6
	Required	ESE2211	Gas Transmission and Distribution	40	2.5			6
	Required	ESE2161	Building Automation	32	2		8	6
	Required	ESE2051	Heating Engineering	32	2			6
Specialty-Oriented Courses			Group Options (Either A or B)	192	12
			Group A	192	12
	Elective	ESE5241	Fluid Transmission Network	40	2.5			5
	Elective	ESE5421	Principals and Equipment of Heat and Mass Transfer	32	2			6
	Elective	ESE5681	Refrigeration Technology	32	2			5
	Elective	ESE5371	Gas Combustion and Application	32	2			6
	Elective	ESE5561	Ventilation Engineering	32	2			6
	Elective	ESE5211	Water Supply and Discharge in Buildings	24	1.5			7
			Group B	192	12
	Elective	ESE5251	Fluid Transmission Network	40	2.5			5
	Elective	ESE5431	Principals and Equipment of Heat and Mass Transfer	32	2			6
	Elective	ESE5361	Theoretical Foundation of the Gas Combustion	32	2			5
	Elective	ESE5381	Gas Combustion and Application	32	2			6
	Elective	ESE5571	Ventilation Engineering	32	2			6
	Elective	ESE5401	Gas Manufacturing Technology	24	1.5			7
			Trans-discipline election (No Less Than 5 credits)	80	5
	Elective	AUP5611	Engineering Safety and Anti-disaster	16	1			7
	Elective	ESE5091	Management of Engineering Projects	16	1			5
	Elective	CEM6121	Laws of Construction Engineering	16	1			5
	Elective	ESE5271	Economics of Energy Engineering	16	1			4
	Elective	ESE5011	Environment Protect and Continuous Development	16	1			4
	Elective	MESE1041	Computer-aided Architectural Design	24	1.5		12	3
			Additional elections (no less than 8 credits)	128	8
	Elective	ESE5041	City Natural Gas Engineering	24	1.5			6
	Elective	ESE5701	Specialty English （Ⅰ）	16	1			5
	Elective	ESE5711	Specialty English （Ⅱ）	16	1			6
	Elective	ESE5231	Technology of Building Energy Efficiency	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5351	Gas Detection Technology	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5221	Built Environment Simulation Technology and Equipment	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5411	Heat Pump Technology	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5101	Boiler and Boiler House Equipment	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5691	Intelligent Buildings	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5291	HVAC Construction	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5391	Gas Construction	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5451	Interior Pollution Control & Clean Technology	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5281	New Technology in HVAC	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5201	Electricity for Building	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5341	Gas Pipeline Network Risk Assessment and Integrity Management	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5671	Noise Control Engineering	24	1.5			7
	Required	RMWZ3511	Military Training	2w	1			1
	Required	CEM3531	Surveying Practice	1w	0.5			3
	Required	ENG3561	Engineering Training（6）	2w	1			5
	Required	ESE3661	Acquaintanceship Practice	1w	0.5			4
	Required	MESE3691	Course Project of The Fundamental of Machine Design	2w	1			5
	Required	ESE3571	Course Project of Heating Engineering	1w	0.5			7
	Required	ESE3611	Course Project of Air Conditioning Engineering	1w	0.5			7
	Required	ESE3651	Course Project of Gas Transmission and Distribution	1w	0.5			7
	Required	ESE3641	Course Project of Gas Combustion and Application	1w	0.5			7
	Required	ESE3701	Course Project of Ventilation Engineering	1w	0.5			7
	Required	ESE3801	Course Project of Intelligent Buildings	1w	0.5			7
	Required	ESE3781	Course Project of Intelligent Gas Systems	1w	0.5			7
	Required	ESE3673	Engineering Internship	3w	1.5			7
	Required	HQJT3511	Social Work	1w	0.5			7
	Required	ESE3791	Internship of Innovation of Building Environment and Energy Engineering	4w	2			8
	Required	ESE3521	Undergraduate Thesis	14w	7			8