Sustainability and Design for Environment ME415, ENVIR 415, and CEE 495 Course Homepage  UWME Design for Environment Homepage Winter 2009 Syllabus   Lecture & discussion Speakers, activities, and deadlines Week 1 Class administration (pdf) Introduction and sustainability concepts (pdf) Class project team formation Weeks 2-6 Analytical methods estimating flows, credits, and impacts (pdf) Suggested reading: LCA 101 (87 pages) Jan. 15 Environmental claim critique by Lexy Cherry and Shazib Vijilee Project topic and literature review due Jan. 20 Environmental claim critique by Jason Perkizas and Milan Radic Jan. 22 Environmental claim critique by Andrew Clark and Nichole Pita Project proposals (goal and scope) due Jan. 27 Environmental claim critique by Aaron Salzbrun and Grant Marchelli Jan. 29 Environmental claim critique by Christine Coltellaro and Hamish Rudram Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, presentation by Scott Butner, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Jan. 30 Project analysis plan due Feb. 3 Environmental claim critique by Vera Tran Feb. 5 Environmental claim critique by Tamara Mitchell and Marina Pita Feb. 10 DFE lab graduate student project consulting Sustainability at the Woodland Park Zoo, presentation by Seung-Jin Lee, UWME DFE Laboratory Feb. 12 Environmental claim critique by Emmie Johnson, Jonathan Nieman, Ben Palmer and Eri Amasawa Weeks 7-8 Reducing Impacts (pdf) Pollution prevention and environmental management systems Design for environment Design targeting environmental communications Feb. 17 Environmental claim critique by Patrick Leslie and Ancelmo McCarthy Sustainable UW Housing and Food Services, presentation by JR Fulton, UW Capital Planning & Sustainability Manager Environmental Claim Critique reports due Feb. 19 Environmental claim critique by Brian Abbey, Joe Jenkins, and Jeff Keeton Feb. 20 Project inventory analysis due Feb 24 Sustainability by MITHŪN, presentation by Sean Cryan, a LEED-accredited designer at MITHŪN Week 9 Public initiatives and environmental policy Class summary and conclusions Mar. 3 EWASTE activities in our region and state, presentation by Lisa Sepanski, King County Solid Waste Division Week 10 + Project presentations (Mar. 10 and 12) Final project reports due: Mar. 17 For more information, contact Associate Professor Joyce Smith Cooper at cooper@me.washington.edu