ASCE’s groundbreaking new course on the Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering will give you a framework for strategic design and implementation of sustainability. It will cover critical issues associated with the Triple Bottom Line approach to sustainable infrastructure development, which calls for the support of economic growth, social progress and environmental stewardship on all projects. Through photographs, diagrams, videos and discussions you will gain the body of knowledge required to design and deliver sustainable infrastructure projects. The course will also cover problems and issues associated with sustainable development, as well as the misperceptions. You will learn techniques for life cycle cost and benefit assessments, probabilistic and sensitivity analyses, benefit-to-cost ratios and comparing incommensurate benefits and costs. Case studies and examples are used throughout the course to highlight the concepts and incorporation of the Triple Bottom Line in real-world projects.

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Course Outline:

• Introduction
• Transformational Projects
• Trends and Issues
• Earth Systems
• Five Capitals
• Social Factors: The Community
• Social Factors: Individual Behavior
• Sustainability Quadrant
• Moving toward SQ
• Project Pathway & Performance
• Life Cycle Cost/Benefit
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Roles of Env. Pol, Regs. & Innovation
• World View
• Delivering Sustainable Projects
• Leadership Perspectives
• Wrap-Up

Instructor Information:
Cliff Davidson, Ph.D., M. ASCE
Craig Farkos, P.E.., M. ASCE
Nancy Kralik, P.E., M. ASCE
Dominique Lueckenhoff
William Wallace, M. ASCE
Richard N Wright, Ph.D., P.E., NAE, Dist.M.ASCE Chair, Sustainable Infrastructure Education (SIE) Subcommittee of ASCE’s Committee on Sustainability (COS)

Course Length: 15 Hours