Northumbria University NEWCASTLE KB5031 UG MCE Semester 2: SUMMATIVE WRITING ASSESSMENT SUMMATIVE WRITING TASK a) Using the sources used in class (listed below), write a short essay of 400 words (5-8 paragraphs) in formal academic style on the following question: Are green buildings the buildings of the future? Discuss. b) Include your completed weekly reading task pasted after your essay Instructions: . Make sure to answer the question fully, not just describe the topic or paraphrase the texts (critical thinking). . Support your discussion with evidence from the texts we read in class - you should cite a minimum of four of the sources . Use ONLY the sources provided - do not use other sources . You will need to paraphrase and summarise relevant information from the texts using your own words, sentence structures, and text organization - include citations. · Use one or two short direct quotations ( 'quotation' ), when appropriate, in your essay; give citations for these. · Use Harvard-style citations and references (you must include a reference list). · Word process your essay in MS Word; use Calibri 12 font and single line space; block paragraphs; add page numbers bottom right. . Students whose work receives a similarity score of 15% or more or an Al-generated text score of 15% or more from Turnitin will be required to resubmit work that falls below these scores IMPORTANT: · PLEASE put your name on your work (1st page, top right) · PLEASE save your work as an MS Word file (no pdfs) like this - File name: your ALS class code, day and time of class, FAMILY NAME and 'formative', like this: KB5031_Monday_13_SMITH_formative Also use this as the name / title of your document uploading to Turnitin. Please enter details into Turnitin clearly, so your work can be easily identified. Thank you! 1 HẢI TẢI Northumbria University NEWCASTLE These are the sources used in class: Allen, J.G., MacNaughton, P., Laurent, J.G.C. et al. (2015) 'Green Buildings and Health', Current Environmental Health Reports, 2, pp. 250-258. B1M. (2018) When Trees Meet Buildings. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w7lsydq8ks (Accessed: 18/11/20). Darko, A. and Chan, A. P. C. (2017). 'Review of Barriers to Green Building Adoption.' Sustainable Development, 25, 167-179 International Facility Management Association (2015) Green Building Rating Systems. Available at http://cdn.ifma.org/sfcdn/membership-documents/green-rating-systems-htg- final.pdf (Accessed: 18/11/20). Roxburgh, H. (2017) 'Inside Shanghai Tower: China's tallest skyscraper claims to be world's greenest.' The Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/aug/23/inside-shanghai-tower-china-tallest- building-green-skyscrapers#img-1 (Accessed: 10/1/18). Extra help - Skills Plus (NU library) Help with essay planning and academic writing: https://library.northumbria.ac.uk/skillsplus/academicwriting Cite them Right (referencing): https://library.northumbria.ac.uk/skillsplus/referencing-plagiarism#table1 Skills Plus guide - referencing and plagiarism: https://library.northumbria.ac.uk/skillsplus/referencing-plagiarism 2 Northumbria University NEWCASTLE KB5031 UG MCE - Semester 2: SUMMATIVE PRESENTATION TASK Task Prepare and deliver a 5-minute individual Powerpoint presentation on a topic of one of your Engineering and Environment assessments. Submit your PPT to Turnitin on Blackboard. Instructions • Think about the assessments you are doing for your other EE modules this semester . Choose one of these assessments to present on (for example, a project you are doing) · Prepare to explain it to the audience (your class) at a non-expert level • Make a PPT to help your presentation. For your ppt, you must have a cover slide, an outline slide, and a references slide. The main body of the ppt should be no more than four slides · The presentation must be no longer than five minutes long, but not considerably shorter than 5 mins . You must not read out your presentation verbatim from a script or from your PPT · Presentations must be your own original work and you must not repeat a presentation already given or read out an assignment . Presentations will take place in Weeks 19 and 20 ONLY (order to be decided on the day - so be ready!) 3