Traditionally, decision makers in the built environment have focused on economic metrics to determine project success. Far less effort has been devoted to weighing environmental and other societal costs, often resulting in unappealing and unsustainable communities. In this course we will explore how choices related to both what to build and how to build it have substantial impacts on people and the communities in which they live. Students will leave the course with 1) a clear understanding of what sustainability in the built environment means, and 2) frameworks and tools that they can use to clarify and negotiate the inevitable differences that arise in complex multi-party processes. Students who take the course should expect a highly interactive experience that will include case studies, negotiation simulations, and a group project.
You do NOT require an engineering background or any economics pre-requisites to take this class. We welcome non-engineers to attend.
