Design for Environment Lab
Design for Environment Lab
Sustainability and Design for Environment
Syllabus
ME415, ENVIR 415, and CEE 495, Winter Quarter 2011
WEEK 1: Jan. 5
Class into, team formation and project proposal preparation (lecture in pdf)
Class sessions and other dates
In class
Assignments
Jan. 10
Project proposal
WEEK 2: Jan. 12
Identifying and quantifying materials and energy flows (lecture in pdf)
Guest speaker: Lisa Sepanski (King County Solid Waste Division): E-waste recycling in King County and Washington State
WEEK 3: Jan. 19
Logistics
Quantifying emissions (lecture in pdf)
Jan. 21
Baseline design characterization
WEEK 4: Jan. 26
Life cycle materials and energy flows
(lecture in pdf) and more on regional elect in pdf
Guest speaker: JR Fulton (UW) Capital Planning & Sustainability at the University of Washington
WEEK 5: Feb. 2
The impact of materials and energy flows
(lecture in pdf) & the charact. factors in xls
WEEK 6: Feb. 9
Identifying resource conservation and pollution prevention options (lecture in pdf)
Guest speaker: Larry Brown (King County DPH/EHD - Environmental Hazards) The Industrial Materials Exchange
WEEK 7: Feb. 16
Improvements and consequences (lecture in pdf)
WEEK 8: Feb. 23
Business/ economic and social implications (lecture in pdf)
Mar. 4 NEWER DATE
Improved inventory analysis and impact assessment
WEEK 9
Mar. 2
Guest speaker: Brenda Fukai-Allison (The Boeing Company, 787 - Environmental Performance) Boeing Environmental Programs (Mar. 2)
Project presentations
WEEK 10
Mar. 9
More project presentations
Feb. 11 NEW DATE
Baseline life cycle inventory analysis and impact assessment
Feb. 18 NEW DATE
Improvements to the baseline design
Finals week:
Mar. 15
Final report is due
For more information, contact Associate Professor Joyce Smith Cooper at cooperjs@u.washington.edu