The proposed NOAA Weather Center in Caribou, Maine, an excellent example of sustainable design. (Image courtesy of the
NOAA.)
Course Highlights
This course on sustainable design features a set of
lecture notes from the class, and the
assignments presented during the semester.
Course Description
This course on sustainability will cover the implications of this topic on engineering, design, and architecture. The course will begin with a general survey and discussion of current trends, followed by the introduction of the life cycle assessment (LCA) method as a rigorous, quantitative alternative to current popular sustainability measures for the built environment.