1.964 Design for Sustainability, Fall 2004

1.964 Design for Sustainability, Fall 2004

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 alternati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Connor, J. J. (Jerome J.), Ochsendorf, John Allen
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Learning Object
Language:en-US
Published: 2004
Subjects:
sustainability
engineering
built environment
life-cycle assessment
LCA
product impact
product life cycle
infrastructure
computational methods
water
wastewater
energy
materials
construction
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39134
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Summary: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.

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