CE 415: Selected Topics in Engineering and Construction Management “Sustainable Construction”

Catalog Course Description:
This course will present the “why,” “what” and “how” for sustainable construction projects. Students gain a working understanding of how to minimize the negative impacts of buildings and other large construction projects. Students will develop their technical and creative ability to plan and design for a sustainable future. Students perform quantitative analyses of the environmental and economic impacts of engineering alternatives.
 
Goal: Students will begin learning how they can create a future that they want to live in.

Recommended Textbook:    Annie Pearce, Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure: Paths to the Future, 2nd Edition.