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ENV-461: Sustainability assessment of urban systems

This course enables students to think critically about sustainability and to carry out a sustainability assessment based on problems of urban areas. At the end of the course, students are able to deve

HUM-397: Design for sustainability I

This course explores and practices some of the fundamental tools of designing for sustainability with a focus on the sustainability, desirability, and economic viability of solutions.

ENG-410: Energy supply, economics and transition

This course examines energy systems from various angles: available resources, how they can be combined or substituted, their private and social costs, whether they can meet the energy demand, and how

HUM-471: Economic growth and sustainability I

This course examines growth from various angles: economic growth, growth in the use of resources, need for growth, limits to growth, sustainable growth, and, if time permits, population growth and gro

ENV-501: Material flow analysis and resource management

This course provides the basis to understand material and energy production and consumption processes. Students learn how to develop a material flow analysis and apply it to resource management cases.

EE-587: Space sustainability, a multidisciplinary approach

The students will learn the history and geopolitical challenges of space sust. Different tools and methods to measure, understand and act for space sust. will be presented. Throughout group work, the

MGT-556: ESG accounting and reporting

We will look at the trends that led to mandatory ESG reporting and to what extent they are affecting current business practice.

AR-201(g): Studio BA3 (Rey)

Par une approche à différentes échelles d'intervention - du projet urbain au détail constructif - l'atelier vise à explorer les stratégies architecturales permettant de régénérer les territoires urbai

CIVIL-239: Engineering a sustainable built environment

This course explicitly addresses the issue of sustainability in the built environment through an engineering lens. It covers the sustainability and energy landscape, approaches to sustainability in ci

ENV-470: Development engineering

This course teaches the fundamentals of technologies for development (Development Engineering) to design, pilot, and deploy appropriate, affordable and robust technologies to address sustainable devel

MGT-546: Sustainable transformation and future-fit business

This course explores how companies can address their social and environmental impact, examining sustainability drivers, the need for systemic change, and the role of businesses. Students will engage i

ME-203: Sustainable products and supply chains

The course is designed to provide a foundational understanding of sustainability principles and equip students with practical skills and tools to develop sustainable products and optimize supply chain

ENG-650: Sustainability in my research

This course is designed to develop the necessary transversal skills to foster sustainability integration in the present and future research of the PhD students

BIO-413: Planetary health

This course provides an overview of global environmental change through the perspective of the planetary boundaries and examines how human health is interlinked with social and ecological contexts.

HUM-489: Comment enseigner la durabilité I

Impliquez-vous dans l'éducation à la durabilité grâce aux théories de l'apprentissage, au tutorat et à des approches qualitatives fondées sur des preuves empiriques. Développez vos compétences pour en

HUM-390: Perspectives critiques de la durabilité

Ce cours propose de partir des paradigmes de la durabilité et d'en décliner les conséquences sociales et politiques contemporaines. Nous allons adopter une approche critique des diverses théorisations

MSE-433: Towards sustainable materials

This course will address and model key sustainability issues through an engineering lens. It will examine emerging materials, hard to abate, and critical materials used to manufacture items in our eco

HUM-226: Wellbeing and Planetary Boundaries

L'objectif de ce cours est de donner une compréhension globale des enjeux de la durabilité et de ses implications. Que signifie "durabilité" ? Comment est-elle mesurée ? Comment l'atteindre ?

AR-496: Behind/Beyond future cities

We are living in an urban world and the design of sustainable cities is essential in order to decrease our energy footprint. This course provides the instruments to understand the complex urban metabo

MGT-203: Sustainable entrepreneurship

This class is designed for Bachelor students who want to understand the interrelated economic, social and ecological challenges society is facing, and who want to acquire the knowledge and skills to r