Sustainability Practice

Catalog description

This course covers theoretical and practical issues associated with analysis and progress towards sustainability. Methods and concepts covered include optimization, stochastic analysis, multicriteria decision-making and resource economics. Societal perception and response to sustainability is covered sector by sector (industry, government, academia and civil society) and through integrative case studies of particular sustainability issues (e.g. natural gas fracking). Emerging sustainability governance mechanisms are explored, in particular environmental certifications and standards (e.g. LEED, EnergyStar) and multilateral agreements.