ENCE415

Infrastructure Sustainability is essential for long-term economic growth and environmental and social well-being. It fosters resilience to climate change, reduces environmental impact by promoting recycling and reuse practices, creates jobs, lowers costs and improves public health. This course will introduce the principles of sustainability, sustainability metrics applied to civil infrastructure and rating approaches. Students will be exposed to Life Cycle Analysis, LCA, a critical element of sustainability assessment. Another vital step in developing sustainable solutions and identifying feasible alternative strategies is the condition assessment of the civil infrastructure. Thus, this course will cover the alternative methods of assessing the civil infrastructure through Non-Destructive Evaluation methods, NDEs.