Sustainable Systems and Engineering Coursework 2 Summative Assessment Brief May 2025 | BBP

0-39% Fail

40-49% Marginal Fail

50-59% Pass

60-69% Merit

70-79% Distinction

80-100% High

Distinction

LO1: Critically

Lacks understanding of sustainability concepts (TBL, SDGs); can't apply them to engineering; no critical thinking; uses irrelevant or no engineering examples; no supporting evidence; writing is disorganised, unclear, and full of errors.

Demonstrates

Demonstrates

Demonstrates good

Demonstrates an

Demonstrates

analyse and

limited

satisfactory

understanding of

excellent

outstanding,

apply

understanding of

understanding of

sustainability

understanding of

comprehensive, in-

sustainability

sustainability

sustainability

concepts; applies

sustainability

depth understanding

concepts and frameworks such as the Triple Bottom Line and the SDGs within various

concepts; struggles

to apply them, with significant errors; minimal analysis, lacks accuracy; uses poorly chosen

or weakly explained

concepts; attempts to

apply them, but lacks depth; performs simple analysis, but lacks critical evaluation; uses

relevant engineering examples, but

them clearly and with

some analysis; shows some critical thinking and evaluation; uses relevant engineering examples with clear

connections; provides good, integrated

concepts; applies

them effectively and with strong analysis; demonstrates thoughtful critical evaluation; uses well-

defined, thoroughly analysed engineering

of sustainability

concepts; applies them expertly and with insightful analysis; shows exceptional critical

thinking and evaluation; uses

engineering

engineering

application is

evidence; writing is

examples; provides

complex, thoroughly

contexts.

examples; very

superficial; provides

clear, well-organised,

excellent, integrated

analysed engineering

little weak

satisfactory evidence;

and communicates

evidence; writing is

examples with

evidence; writing is

writing is adequately

effectively.

highly clear, well-

compelling evidence;

poorly structured

structured and clear.

structured, and

writing is

and lacks clarity.

persuasive.

exceptionally clear,

well-organised, and

convincingly

supported.

LO2: Critically

Lacks understanding

Demonstrates

Demonstrates

Demonstrates good

Demonstrates

Demonstrates

assess and

of environmental

limited

satisfactory

understanding of

excellent

outstanding,

evaluate the

impacts or climate

understanding of

understanding of

environmental

understanding of

comprehensive, in-

environmental

change effects; can't

environmental

environmental

impacts and climate

environmental

depth understanding

impacts of

assess or evaluate

impacts and

impacts and climate

change; assesses

impacts and climate

of environmental

engineering

projects; unable to

climate change;

change effects;

projects clearly and

change; assesses

impacts and climate

projects,

propose any

struggles to assess

attempts to assess

with some analysis;

projects effectively

change; assesses

including the effects of climate change, and propose strategies for mitigation and adaptation.

mitigation/adaptation strategies; no relevant engineering examples; no supporting evidence; writing is disorganized and unclear.

or evaluate projects, with significant errors; proposes weak or irrelevant strategies; uses poorly chosen or weakly explained engineering examples; very little weak evidence; writing is poorly structured and lacks clarity.

projects but lacks depth; proposes simple mitigation/adaptation strategies, but lacks critical evaluation; uses relevant engineering examples, but application is superficial; provides satisfactory evidence; writing is adequately structured and clear.

proposes relevant mitigation/adaptation strategies with clear connections; uses relevant engineering examples with good integration; provides good, integrated evidence; writing is clear, well-organized, and communicates effectively.

and with strong analysis; proposes well-defined, critically evaluated mitigation/adaptation strategies; uses well- defined, thoroughly analysed engineering examples; provides excellent, integrated evidence; writing is highly clear, well- structured, and persuasive.

projects expertly and with insightful analysis; proposes complex, thoroughly evaluated mitigation/adaptation strategies with compelling evidence; uses complex, thoroughly analysed engineering examples; writing is exceptionally clear, well-organized, and convincingly

supported.

LO3: Critically evaluate sustainable engineering solutions, integrating economic, social, and environmental considerations, including lifecycle impacts.

Lacks understanding of sustainable engineering solutions or their evaluation; ignores economic, social, and environmental factors; fails to consider lifecycle impacts; no relevant engineering examples; no supporting evidence; writing is disorganized and unclear.

Demonstrates very limited understanding of sustainable solutions and evaluation; struggles to integrate economic, social, and environmental factors, with significant errors; lifecycle impacts are overlooked or poorly addressed; uses poorly chosen

or weakly

Demonstrates satisfactory understanding of sustainable solutions and evaluation; attempts to integrate economic, social, and environmental factors, but lacks depth; lifecycle impacts are mentioned, but analysis is superficial; uses relevant engineering examples, but

application is

Demonstrates good understanding of sustainable solutions and evaluation; integrates economic, social, and environmental factors clearly and with some analysis; lifecycle impacts are considered with clear connections; uses relevant engineering examples with good integration; provides good, integrated

evidence; writing is

Demonstrates excellent understanding of sustainable solutions and evaluation; integrates economic, social, and environmental factors effectively and with strong analysis; lifecycle impacts are thoroughly analysed and evaluated; uses well-defined, thoroughly analysed

engineering

Demonstrates outstanding comprehensive, in- depth understanding of sustainable solutions and evaluation; integrates economic, social, and environmental  factors expertly and with insightful analysis; lifecycle impacts are comprehensively and critically evaluated with compelling

evidence; uses

explained engineering examples; very little weak evidence; writing is poorly structured and lacks clarity.

superficial; provides satisfactory evidence; writing is adequately structured and clear.

clear, well-organized, and communicates effectively.

examples; provides excellent, integrated evidence; writing is highly clear, well- structured, and persuasive.

complex, thoroughly analysed engineering examples; writing is exceptionally clear, well-organized, and convincingly supported.

LO4: Apply and

Lacks description of

Demonstrates a

Demonstrates

Demonstrates good

Demonstrates

Describes LCA

critically

LCA or its evaluation;

limited description

satisfactory

understanding of LCA

excellent

concepts

evaluate

fails to explain its

of LCA; struggles to

understanding of LCA

concepts; explains its

understanding of LCA

outstanding,

sustainability

importance; cannot

explain its

concepts; attempts to

importance with

concepts; explains its

comprehensively, and

metrics,

outline LCA steps; no

importance, with

explain its

some analysis;

importance

in-depth; explains its

lifecycle

attempt at

significant errors;

importance, but lacks

outlines LCA steps

effectively and with

importance expertly

assessment

conducting an LCA or

outlines

depth; outlines basic

correctly with clear

strong analysis;

and with insightful

(LCA), and

inventory analysis; no

incomplete or

LCA steps, but with

connections;

outlines LCA steps

analysis; outlines LCA

assessment

identification of

incorrect LCA

gaps; conducts a

conducts a relevant

thoroughly and

steps meticulously

tools in

inputs/outputs;

steps; attempts a

superficial LCA with

LCA with good

accurately; conducts

and accurately;

engineering

writing is

flawed LCA, with

basic inventory

inventory analysis;

a well-defined LCA

conducts a complex,

projects to

disorganized, unclear.

minimal inventory

analysis; identifies

identifies

with detailed

thoroughly analysed

enhance

analysis; struggles

some inputs/outputs

inputs/outputs with

inventory analysis;

LCA with detailed and

decision-

to identify

but lacks detail;

clear connections;

identifies

insightful inventory

making.

inputs/outputs;

writing is adequately

writing is clear, well-

inputs/outputs

analysis; identifies

writing is poorly

structured and clear.

organized, and

comprehensively and

inputs/outputs

structured and

communicates

with strong analysis;

meticulously and with

lacks clarity.

effectively.

writing is highly clear,

compelling evidence;

well-structured, and

writing is

persuasive.

exceptionally clear,

well-organized, and

convincingly

supported.

Academic skills

Inadequate academic/ intellectual skills with

Basic

academic/intellectual

Satisfactory

academic/intellectual

Good

academic/intellectual

Excellent

academic/intellectual

Outstanding

academic/intellectual