Building Services Engineering (with Foundation Year)

The foundation of your future

There’s more than one way into a building services engineering career. If you don’t meet the entry requirements for a degree course, but have the experience, maturity and determination to work in the sector, then this course is for you.

This foundation year isn’t a freestanding degree - but it’s the perfect preparation for one. Think of it as the first year in a four-year period of studying that will lead to a Building Services Engineering undergraduate degree programme at LSBU (upon successful completion of the foundation year).

Course Modules

Foundation Year
• Technology and Environment
• Communicating Ideas
• Numeracy and Laboratory Practice
• Data in Action: Modelling and Analysis
• Foundation Further Mathematics
• Project-based Learning
Year 1
• Engineering mathematics
• Building services engineering principles
• Construction practice
• Introduction to building services
• Internal environment and comfort
• Heating and ventilation systems
Year 2
• Advanced engineering mathematics
• Thermofluids engineering
• Refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump engineering
• Integrated building design
• Project and business management
• Electrical services in buildings
Year 3
• Optional placement year
Year 4
• Energy management and controls
• Passive building design
• Major project
Plus two modules from either the electrical or mechanical route:
Electrical route
• Electrical power systems and distribution
• Lighting and electrical systems
Mechanical route
• Heat and mass transfer applications
• Thermal energy systems

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Energy Institute, The
• Engineering Council