{"id":4703,"date":"2019-02-18T14:14:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T17:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artel.engr.mun.ca\/?p=4703"},"modified":"2022-08-24T12:23:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T16:23:43","slug":"sustainability-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/artel\/2019\/sustainability-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering and Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7316\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/artel\/wp-content\/uploads\/Engineering-and-Sustainability.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/artel\/wp-content\/uploads\/Engineering-and-Sustainability.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/artel\/wp-content\/uploads\/Engineering-and-Sustainability-240x180.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/artel\/wp-content\/uploads\/Engineering-and-Sustainability-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/artel\/wp-content\/uploads\/Engineering-and-Sustainability-160x120.jpeg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/artel\/wp-content\/uploads\/Engineering-and-Sustainability-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/artel\/wp-content\/uploads\/Engineering-and-Sustainability-360x270.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Course ID: CIVE 240 (University of Waterloo), Offered in: Spring 2016, Enrollments: 110, Class hours: 3hr\/wk<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Major Topics <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction to Sustainability\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quantifying sustainability, Sustainability Index, The IPAT Equation, Ecological Footprint, Carbon Footprint, Water Footprint<\/li>\n<li>MDGs and SDGs, Earth carrying capacity and population growth; J-shaped (Logistic curve) and S-shaped growth concepts<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable design; People-centered design and IDEO\u2019s human-centered design, Triple bottom line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Concepts of Life Cycle Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Life Cycle Thinking, Definition of Product, Functional Unit, Reference Flow<\/li>\n<li>Importance of life cycle thinking<\/li>\n<li>Life cycle assessment framework<\/li>\n<li>LCA Phases: Definition of goal and scope; inventory analysis of data, impact analysis<\/li>\n<li>Materials flow analysis techniques<\/li>\n<li>Embodied water; Embodied energy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Transportation Sustainability <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A big picture of transportation engineering; historical development of technologies in transportation<\/li>\n<li>Emerging technologies for transportation sustainability<\/li>\n<li>Transportation infrastructure and sustainability<\/li>\n<li>Transportation theories and models &#8211; an overview<\/li>\n<li>Utility theory and transportation mode choice<\/li>\n<li>Urban transportation systems and the impact on environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sustainable Built Environment 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