12-737 Special Topics: Innovation and the Built and Natural Environment

12 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course will address innovation applied to issues of broad scale and scope affecting long term harmony between the built and natural environment. These significant topics have big impacts from ongoing access to clean water, to creating where we live and work, to climate concerns. Because of their nature and stakeholders, these issues pose special challenges of design, execution and ongoing sustainability. Class will consider What key concepts are important for innovation What distinguishes innovation for the built and natural environment What is the role of human, organizational and institutional factors What tools and approaches help promote successful innovations Case studies and guest lectures from practitioners will provide context and present specific applications for consideration.

Prerequisites: none listed

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