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MSc/PgDip
Sustainable Energy Systems

Location
Southwark

Duration
1 year (full-time)
2 - 2.5 years (part-time)

Start date
September

Simple timetable information
Full-time: 2 days per week
Part-time: 1 day per week

How to apply
Direct to LSBU

LSBU code
Full-time: 2441
Part-time: 2442

Course contact
Gordon Lowry

Course Director
gordon.lowry@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 7214

Non-standard entry requirements
Additional requirements: qualifications and/or experience should be in a relevant discipline.

Course units

– Renewable Energy Technologies

– Solar Energy

– Energy Resources Utilisation and Economics

– Energy Systems Analysis

– Environmental Management

– Power Distribution Systems

– Sustainable Refrigeration

– Management (with residential weekend course at Cumberland Lodge)

– Dissertation Project (4 units)

Course description

course is for engineers who wish to develop their skills and knowledge in energy systems that will meet future energy needs. Such energy systems will need to be designed and implemented in accordance with principles of sustainability.

The course content is designed to be relevant to international, national and local government energy policies and strategies, and will be of value to anyone working in an energy related engineering discipline. It is also intended to provide the Masters level academic requirements leading to Chartered Engineer status when following on from an appropriate accredited BEng degree. The primary focus of the course is for graduates in building services, mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering.

The aims of the course are to:

– Present and take forward arguments for sustainability in the design and implementation of energy delivery systems

– Provide students with a broad basis of advanced understanding in the technologies that deliver high quality energy services with minimum environmental impact

– Design appropriate decentralised energy delivery systems, based on a range of criteria including environment, cost and engineering potential

– Develop students’ understanding of policy, market and institutional factors that promote or constrain innovation.


Career opportunities

The emergence of sustainable energy technologies, together with targets for implementation, mean that specialist engineers will increasingly be in demand to specify, design and install these systems. Many engineering consultancies and energy service companies are developing specialist sustainability teams, and already there is a shortage of skilled personnel.

Typical background of applicant

Typical applicants have undergraduate degrees in building services, mechanical, electrical, or chemical engineering, or other relevant engineering disciplines.

Professional contacts/industry links

This course is approved by the CIBSE and the Energy Institute as Further Learning to meet the academic requirements of becoming a Chartered Engineer (with a suitable first degree).

Recent guest lecturers

– Dr Guy Hundy, president, Institute of Refrigeration

– David Hughes, president, CIBSE

– Professor Martin Fry, energy consultant

– Jonathan Evans, Norton Rose