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CIVE210 - Sustainability in Civil Engineering

Description

Global and local sustainability context; planetary boundaries; footprints. Conceptions of sustainability. Tools, methods and frameworks in sustainable assessment, planning and design - life cycle assessment, substance flow analysis of socioeconomic metabolism, resource efficiency analysis, energy return on investment and accounting of externalities. Uncertainty and risk management. Related policy - environmental impact assessment, pressure state response model. Sustainable Energy. Green design case studies.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-0

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Complete 1 of:
      • CHEM101 - Fundamentals of Chemistry from Atoms to Materials (1.5)
      • CHEM150 - Engineering Chemistry (1.5)
    • Complete 1 of:
      • CSC110 - Fundamentals of Programming I (1.5)
      • CSC111 - Fundamentals of Programming with Engineering Applications (1.5)
    • Complete 1 of:
    • Complete 1 of the following
      • Complete all of:
        • PHYS110 - Introductory Physics I (1.5)
        • PHYS111 - Introductory Physics II (1.5)
      • Complete all of:
      • Complete all of:

Course offered by

Department of Civil Engineering

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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