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ARC 526 Health and Sustainability in the Built Environment
Explores opportunities in the design and aligned fields for facilitating higher sustainability and health targets, associated thresholds, and certification achievements in the built environment. Building rating systems are reviewed that address categories such as social equity, carbon neutrality, material toxicity, nourishment, fitness, mind, justness, and more. Reaching beyond the standards of current green building practice and public policy, the class will explore methods and case studies using cutting-edge building certification frameworks to target carbon neutral, net-zero, and health-promotive design. Student teams will be working on specific projects with professional firms for their final projects.
This is a graduate-level seminar open to all NCSU master's degree students but can be open to advanced standing undergraduate students with instructors' approval. No prerequisites.
Typically offered in Spring only