Abstract: Designing for sustainability demands systems thinking and problem-based learning focused on the types of ill-structured problems found in the real world. The approach detailed in this paper uses the Envision Gold–certified ...

Abstract: Civil infrastructure systems that fail to achieve intended goals drain financial resources and erode public willingness to invest in future upgrades and new systems. Starting the engineering design process with perspective ...

Abstract: The federal government is the country’s largest energy user and government facilities are responsible for 4% of total energy emissions, yet traditional energy-efficiency methods are not reducing emissions at the federal ...