SUSTAINABLE FACILITIES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the environmental impacts of residential and commercial buildings Audience: Graduate 2. Explain the stages of the building life-cycle, identify the decision-makers, and analyze how the environmental impacts and opportunities change in each stage Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate improvement strategies appropriate to each life-cycle stage of a building Audience: Graduate 4. Utilize benchmarking and analysis tools used in the building sector for environmental and energy performance Audience: Graduate 5. Compare and justify policies used to influence the building sector, and critique their effectiveness Audience: Graduate 6. Create and deliver a presentation on a selected green building strategy, citing resources and case studies Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the environmental impacts of residential and commercial buildings Audience: Graduate 2. Explain the stages of the building life-cycle, identify the decision-makers, and analyze how the environmental impacts and opportunities change in each stage Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate improvement strategies appropriate to each life-cycle stage of a building Audience: Graduate 4. Utilize benchmarking and analysis tools used in the building sector for environmental and energy performance Audience: Graduate 5. Compare and justify policies used to influence the building sector, and critique their effectiveness Audience: Graduate 6. Create and deliver a presentation on a selected green building strategy, citing resources and case studies Audience: Graduate