PHYS5033 Environmental Footprints and input-output analysis  


ASSESSMENT MATRIX – SUSTAINABILITY REPORT  
Total Mark out of 40  
Category Criteria Total marks Marks awarded  

Presentation  
(10 marks)  
No grammatical, typographical and spelling  
errors.  
3  
All three elements are addressed.  
• Information is presented in a coherent and  
logical sequence.  
• Legible and well set-out. Use of single/double  
spacing is up to the student to decide.  
• The text flows well from one paragraph to next.  
3  
Quality of presentation – the assignment is  
written in professional academic English  
2  
Well-structured with appropriate use of  
headings/sub-headings and figures/tables.  
2  


Content  
(27 marks)  

Presents a comprehensive introduction on the  
need for reducing greenhouse gas emissions;  
including both a national and a global  
perspective; and the need for quantitative methods  
5  
Adequately explains the technique of input-output  
analysis for footprint assessments, ensuring the  
information is provided in a format that is readily  
accessible for a non-expert reader (- in this case  
sustainability manager of a council).  
4  
Input-output equations are adequately presented  
in the report  
3  
Comprehensively presents the results of the  
footprint assessment, including, but not limited to,  
a comparison of per-capita footprints with those  
of an average Australian and for other countries  
as well.  
4  
Provides an excellent discussion of the results in  
the broader context of sustainability.  
4  
The conclusions/recommendations of the report  
are comprehensive, feasible and reasonable.  
Recommendations are provided both at an  
individual and council level.  
4  
Supplementary Information document is  
provided, which includes evidence of the process  
the student followed for carrying out the carbon  
footprint assessment  
3  


References  
(3 marks)  

• References listed within the report  
• References listed at the end of the report.  
• References cited/formatted correctly.  
Any reference format is OK. However, students  
should pick ONE format and be consistent with  
it.  
3  
TOTAL 40