Sustainability for Design, Construction, and Manufacturing

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Sustainability Courses Engineering Courses Climate Change Courses Manufacturing Courses Construction Courses Architecture Courses Circular Economy Courses Green Building Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn how to plan and adopt sustainability strategies in architecture, engineering, construction, or manufacturing.

Syllabus

Introduction

A cross-industry approach to sustainability

1. Defining Sustainability in Today's World

Similarity in different words: Sustainability, ESG, social responsibility
Sustainability moving up as a business priority
Design, construction, and manufacturing for a sustainably-built environment
Sustainability in design: Architecture and engineering
Sustainability in construction
Sustainability in manufacturing

2. Step by Step Setting up a Sustainability Program from Scratch

Starting a sustainability program from scratch: Lessons learned
Phases of sustainability
Setting sustainability goals for success
Sustainability plan and implementation
Sustainability reporting and communication

3. Key Sustainability Concepts

What are key sustainability concepts?
Systems thinking
Circular economy
Life cycle assessment
Green buildings
Healthy buildings
Environmental management systems

4. Climate Change Risk and Opportunities

What is climate change?
What are greenhouse gas emissions?
The Paris Agreement
Climate change mitigation
Climate change adaptation

Conclusion

Next steps

Taught by

Fulya Kocak Gin

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