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(2014/02/09) Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering
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2.2.1.2. Product Details

ASCE’s groundbreaking new course on the Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering will give you a fra-

mework for strategic design and implementation of sustainability. It will cover critical issues associated with

the Triple Bottom Line approach to sustainable infrastructure development, which calls for the support of
economic growth, social progress and environmental stewardship on all projects. Through photographs, dia-

grams, videos and discussions you will gain the body of knowledge required to design and deliver sustaina-

ble infrastructure projects. The course will also cover problems and issues associated with sustainable deve-

lopment, as well as the misperceptions. You will learn techniques for life cycle cost and benefit assessments,

probabilistic and sensitivity analyses, benefit-to-cost ratios and comparing incommensurate benefits and
costs. Case studies and examples are used throughout the course to highlight the concepts and incorporation

of the Triple Bottom Line in real-world projects.

Course Outline:

• Introduction

• Transformational Projects

• Trends and Issues

• Earth Systems

• Five Capitals

• Social Factors: The Community

• Social Factors: Individual Behavior

• Sustainability Quadrant

• Moving toward SQ

• Project Pathway & Performance

• Life Cycle Cost/Benefit

• Life Cycle Assessment

• Roles of Env. Pol, Regs. & Innovation

• World View

• Delivering Sustainable Projects

• Leadership Perspectives

• Wrap-Up

Course Length: 15 Hours $795.00

2.2.1.3. ASCE Sustainable development publications

ASCE has published dozens of books and references that contain hard guidance on putting sustainable tech-

niques into practice. These cover most disciplines and specialties.

Sustainable Engineering Practice: An Introduction. ASCE Committee on Sustainability, 2004.

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