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CIVIL-239: Engineering a sustainable built environment

Summary

This course explicitly addresses the issue of sustainability in the built environment through an engineering lens. It covers the sustainability and energy landscape, approaches to sustainability in civil engineering, and specific tools for enacting sustainability in civil engineering.

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Instructor

Andrew James Sonta

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/engineering-a-sustainable-built-environment-CIVIL-239

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/CIVIL-239

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Summary

Lectures

Instructor

Andrew James Sonta

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/engineering-a-sustainable-built-environment-CIVIL-239

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/CIVIL-239

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Ontological neighbourhood

Environmental science

Environmental policy: Topics in environmental policy

Environmental studies: Topics in environmental studies

Anthropology

Urbanism: Topics in urbanism

Mechanical engineering

Thermal engineering: Ventilation

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