Course: Sustainable Building Practices

Year level: Junior/Senior students

Number of students: 17

Meeting frequency: Twice a week for 1 hour 15 minutes per class

Introduction:

With the increasing urgency for sustainable solutions in the building and infrastructure sectors, this project encourages students to innovate within selected LEED categories, such as 'Energy and Atmosphere' or 'Water Efficiency', focusing on specific credits like 'Indoor Water Use Reduction'. Students will identify challenges or "pain points" related to these credits and develop innovative solutions to improve sustainability in building practices. 

Business Canvas Model template

Schedule of phases and deadlines

LEED categories and credits overview

Project Guidelines for pain-storming, sketching, and prototyping

Rubric

This project challenges students to combine their engineering, creativity, and business skills to develop innovative, sustainable solutions within the building and infrastructure sectors, focusing on specific LEED credits (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) to address real-world challenges such as climate change, resource depletion, and social inequality.