syllabus

Design for Environment Lab

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