Sustainable Building: Design and Specification
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Sustainable Building: Design and Specification at Coursera Overview
Duration | 12 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Sustainable Building: Design and Specification at Coursera Highlights
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 3 of 4 in the Healthier Materials and Sustainable Building Specialization
- Intermediate Level Recommended advanced leadership level experience as a designer, contractor, or similar field
- Approx. 12 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: English
Sustainable Building: Design and Specification at Coursera Course details
- This course is an examination of the role designers play in protecting health through specification of materials and choices made in the building design phase. You learn about strategies and principles employed in the execution of healthier design projects. Finally, you look at how the use of healthier materials can lead to a healthier world. Participants in the course should have leadership-level career experience in design, architecture, contracting, or a similar field.
- This course will enable you to:
- Shift from traditional design to a healthier materials design approach
- Evaluate tools and resources for protecting human health
- • Apply strategies for choosing healthier materials
Sustainable Building: Design and Specification at Coursera Curriculum
The Path to Becoming a Material Influencer
Introduction to Healthier Materials and Sustainable Building
Introduction to Sustainable Building: Design and Specification
Introduction to The Path to Becoming a Material Influencer
Designing with Material Health in Mind
Materials Considerations and Priorities
Engaging Communities and Social Justice: Q&A with Anasa Scott-Laude, LEED AP BDC
Design Principles and Defining Goals
Operational Considerations of What We Specify
There Is No One-Stop Shop for Healthier Materials
Inspiring Clients (to Achieve Healthier Projects)
The Path to Becoming a Material Influencer Conclusion
Welcome and Course Methods
Course Presenter Profiles
Key Terminologies and Concepts
Protocols and Global Material Health
Exploring Parsons Healthy Materials Lab's Method Cards
Rising Demand for Healthier Buildings
The Path to Becoming a Material Influencer: Summative Assessment
Establishing the Material Evaluation Process
Introduction to Establishing the Material Evaluation Process
Transparency and Disclosure Criteria
Performance, Quality, and Affordability
Where to Start
Review and Outreach to Manufacturers
Approaches to Reviewing Product Health: Levels of Confidence
Utilizing Chemicals of Concern Research to Practice Healthier Design Approaches
Establishing the Material Evaluation Process Conclusion
The Construction Material Pyramid and Sourcing Healthier Furnishings
Understanding Your Options: Using the Red List and HPDs
Global Resources and Approaches
Establishing the Material Evaluation Process: Summative Assessment
Beyond Design Aesthetics: Healthier Materials for a Healthier World
Introduction to Beyond Design Aesthetics: Healthier Materials for a Healthier World
Translating Transparency Documents Into Actions
Hidden Hazards: What's not on the Label
Biodesign: Exploring Healthier Alternatives
Circularity and Embodied Carbon
No Perfect Products: Progress Despite Constraints
Transforming the Market
Beyond Design Aesthetics: Healthier Materials for a Healthier World Conclusion
Sustainable Building: Design and Specification Conclusion
Spec Guidance for Healthier Model Making Materials
Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Circular Economy
A Visionary's Guide to the Future
Beyond Design Aesthetics: Healthier Materials for a Healthier World: Summative Assessment
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