CEEGĀ 442. Sustainability Principles for Engineers. 1 Credit.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:4
An introduction to concepts for the application of sustainable engineering principles. Topics include life-cycle assessment, biogeochemical cycles, climate change, fossil fuels and renewable energy, embedded water, global and cultural context, market externalities, sustainability metrics, and carbon footprint. Prerequisite: CEEG 340 or third- or fourth-year engineers with permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as CEEG 642.