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Design for Sustainability

Graduate · Historical course

Fall 2006

Topics

  • Sustainability and the Building Industry Prof. John Ochsendorf, MIT Architecture
  • Current U.S. Trends Prof. John Ochsendorf, MIT Architecture
  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Dana Ozik, MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Sustainable Design in Practice Mark Webster, SGH Consulting Engineers
  • The Genzyme Building Rick Aimes, Next Phase Studios Byron Stigge, Buro Happold Consulting Engineers
  • Student Presentations
  • Energy in Buildings Prof. Leslie Norford, MIT Architecture
  • Materials Prof. John Fernandez, MIT Architecture
  • Water and Sanitation Dr. Eric Adams, MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Stata Center Tour Robert Cunkelman, MIT
  • Project Working Session
  • Final Presentations 1
  • Final Presentations 2

Readings

  • Chaturvedi, Swati, and John Ochsendorf. “Global Environmental Impacts due to Cement and Steel.” Structural Engineering International (August 2004).
    Listed reading
  • Dholakia, R., and M. Wackernagel. “Ecological Footprint Accounts: Moving Sustainability from Concept to Measurable Goal.” Oakland: Redefining Progress (October 1999).
    Listed reading
  • Ford, Edward. “The Theory and Practice of Impermanence.” Harvard Design Magazine 3 (Fall 1997). ( PDF ) ↗
    Listed reading
  • Hawken, Paul, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins. “Building Blocks.” Chapter 5 in Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution . Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1999. ISBN: 0316353167.
    Listed reading
  • ISO: 14040 “Environmental management — Life Cycle Assessment — Principles and Framework.” Geneva: ISO, 1997.
    Listed reading
  • LEED. “Building Rating System for New Construction and Major Renovations.” Version 2.1. U.S. Green Building Council, 2002. (PDF)
    Listed reading
  • Matos, G., and L. Wagner. “Consumption of Materials in the United States, 1900-1995.” Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 23 (November 1998).
    Listed reading
  • Meadows, Donella H., Jorgen Randers, and Dennis L. Meadows. “Author’s Preface” and “Overshoot.” Chapter 1 in Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update . White River Jct.: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, June 1, 2004. ISBN: 193149858X.
    Listed reading
  • Ochsendorf, J. “Sustainable Structural Design: Lessons from History.” Structural Engineering International (August 2004).
    Listed reading
  • Womack, James P., and Daniel T. Jones. “The Value Stream.” Chapter 2 in Lean Thinking . New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, September 9, 1996. ISBN: 0684810352.
    Listed reading
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