SUPR 202 Environmental Core Design
This studio course examines multiple approaches to sustainable design and accountability as measured by LEED, USGBC, the 2030 Challenge, and the World Economic Forum's Zero-Net Carbon Challenge. Students learn to assess physical building performance through an introduction to evolving building technologies, computer-based analysis tools, and other diagnostic metrics. Class content prioritizes context analysis and the need for symbiotic relationships between the built and natural environments in the development of student proposals. Case studies and site visits provide historical and contemporary examples for investigation.