12-612 Intro to Sustainable Engineering

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course presents an overview of the concept of sustainability, including changing attitudes and values toward technology and the environment through the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Relevant issues in sustainable engineering, including population growth, urbanization, energy, water, food and material resources are discussed. Tools for sustainable engineering are presented, including metrics of sustainability, principles of design for the environment, and use of material and energy balances in sustainable systems.

Prerequisites: none listed

Offered: Fall 2026, Fall 2025

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