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(2014/02/09) Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering
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• Renewable energies (solar, wind, and biologicals)

• Sustainable energy building design

Facilities and the Built Environment

Courses in the Facilities and the Built Environment specialization will focus on the following topics:

• Applications and modeling using GIS

• Sustainable and lean construction

• Environmental systems modeling and optimization

• Energy resources and renewable system

Infrastructure

Courses in the Infrastructure specialization will focus on the following topics:

• Applications and modeling using GIS

• Sustainable infrastructure systems and management practices

• Sustainable resource utilization (energy, water, land, and waste)

4. Outras organizações não universitárias

4.1. Center for Sustainable Engineering

4.1.1. The Center

As the world population grows and global standards of living rise, there are increasing demands on the

world’s resources and capacity to assimilate wastes. Engineers are tasked with accommodating the needs of

increasing numbers of people and improving living conditions, and thus they are at the forefront of making

decisions that will have long-term implications for the planet. Given the finite capacity of the earth, it is re-

cognized that engineers of the future must be trained to make decisions in such a way that our environment is
preserved, social justice is promoted, and the needs of all people are provided through the global economy.

The Center for Sustainable Engineering (CSE) is a partnership among five universities: Syracuse University

(lead institution), Arizona State University, Carnegie-Mellon University, Georgia Institute of Technology,
and the University of Texas at Austin. Supported by the National Science Foundation and the Environmental

Protection Agency, the Center is dedicated to helping engineering professors update their courses and deve-

lop new ones to account for rapidly changing world conditions that are transforming the practice of enginee-

ring. This is achieved through workshops conducted by the CSE, which provide guidance so that the impacts

of engineering decisions on the environment, society, and the economy can be included in courses across the
engineering curriculum.

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