Printable Version| VAST 203 - Sustainability of Built Systems-UGrad |
Course Description:
In this course we take a cross-disciplinary approach to explore the concept of sustainability and
its application to built or engineered systems - e.g., a transportation network, a water supply
and distribution system, an energy production and delivery system, etc.
Textbook: No required texts; readings provided as needed as exerpts from books, articles, and other sources. This is a seminar/discussion-based class - thus you are encouraged to bring additional news, articles, observations, commentary to class that relates to sustainability of built systems.
Location and Hours: Tuesday & Thursdays,
Sec.01: 8:00-9:15am, AEC 325, WA: Shannon Noll (nolls@)
Sec.02 11:00-12:15pm, AEC 325, WA: Matthew Warrener (warrenem@)
| Syllabus | | Handouts | | Assignments | | Term Projects | | Links |
Course Handouts in PDF
Class Lectures
| No. | Slides | Readings | Reading Aid |
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| 1 | Lecture 1 | Reading 1 Reading 2 |
Reading Aid 1 Reading Aid 2 |
| 2 | Lecture 2 Shale gas (Fracking) student group work files: Sec01-Econ, Sec02-Energy, Sec01-Envrion, Sec02-Envrion, Sec01-Soc, Sec02-Soc |
Reading 3 | |
| 3 | Lecture 3a Lecture 3b |
Reading 4 | Due 2/19 |
| 4 | Lecture 4 MGD Progress and 2012 link |
Reading 5 Reading 6 |
Due 2/26 |
| 5 | Lecture 5 |
Reading 7 Reading 8 |
Due 3/7 |
| 5 | Lecture 6a Lecture 6b Lect6 example |
LCA Green Roof | Other Gen. Refs: 1.LCA Overview 2.Bottle vs Tap |
| 6 | Lecture 7 | | |
| 7 | Lecture 8-1 Lecture 8-2 |
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| 8 | Lecture 9 | | |
| 9 | Lecture 10 | Handout1 Handout2 Handout3 Reading 9 Reading 10 |
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