Sustainability: a campus initiative

• Autores: Corinna Fleischmann, Sarah Thompson, Luke Zitzman, Luis Garcia, Nicole Gurr
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 26, no. Extra 2, 2010, págs. 479-488
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The United States Coast Guard Academy is in the process of developing a policy that will encourage and, in some cases, even mandatethe implementation of sustainable practices and design for the campus. Buy in from Facilities Engineering and the schoolSuperintendent indicates the policies and procedures developed will dictate property management, facilities operation, and futureconstruction. To execute this initiative, a civil engineering student senior design team was formed to provide a campus starting point,research and create guidelines for the formation of a sustainability policy, and submit a design that would improve the Academy’senvironmental stewardship. This paper describes the background, motivation, process and ultimate outcomes realized due to the creativeand dedicated efforts of the senior design team.