Learn how to plan and adopt sustainability strategies in architecture, engineering, construction, or manufacturing.
Sustainability for Design, Construction, and Manufacturing
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- A cross-industry approach to sustainability
- Similarity in different words: Sustainability, ESG, social responsibility
- Sustainability moving up as a business priority
- Design, construction, and manufacturing for a sustainably-built environment
- Sustainability in design: Architecture and engineering
- Sustainability in construction
- Sustainability in manufacturing
- Starting a sustainability program from scratch: Lessons learned
- Phases of sustainability
- Setting sustainability goals for success
- Sustainability plan and implementation
- Sustainability reporting and communication
- What are key sustainability concepts?
- Systems thinking
- Circular economy
- Life cycle assessment
- Green buildings
- Healthy buildings
- Environmental management systems
- What is climate change?
- What are greenhouse gas emissions?
- The Paris Agreement
- Climate change mitigation
- Climate change adaptation
- Next steps
Taught by
Fulya Kocak Gin
