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Sustainability Metrics and Rating Systems (m41616)
Keywords: Carrying Capacity, Ecosystem, Ecosystem Goods and Services, Emergy, Emjoule, Entropy, Exergy, Indicator, Indicator-Based Systems, Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY), Narrative Assessments, Quantitative Data, Resilience
Summary: In this module, the following topics are covered: 1) the challenges are when measuring sustainability, 2) commonly used measures for sustainability, 3) the different types of measures and their value within a measuring system.
Subject: Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 75.61%
Revised: 2012-04-30
Revisions: 6
Environmental Challenges in Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Air, Water and Land Use (m41725)
Keywords: Biodiesel, Biofuels, Biomass, Geothermal Energy, Geothermal Plant, Non-Renewable Fuels, Photovoltaic Cells, Radioactive Half-Lives, Renewable Fuels
Summary: In this module, the following topics are addressed: 1) environmental impacts of energy use, 2) energy sources based on their environmental impact, and 3) the global capacity for each non-renewable energy source.
Subject: Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 87.13%
Revised: 2012-10-01
Revisions: 4
Footprinting: Carbon, Ecological and Water (m41615)
Keywords: anthropogenic, cradle-to-grave, ecological footprint (EF):, global warming potential (GWP), gross domestic product, sequestered, triple bottom line
Subject: Science and Technology, Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 82.21%
Revised: 2012-04-30
Revisions: 5
Sustainable Energy Practices: Climate Action Planning (m41741)
Keywords: Active Transportation, Building Automation System (BAS), Carpooling, Car Sharing, Lightweighting, Low-Emittance Coatings, Phantom Load or Vampire Power, U-factor, Wedge Approach
Summary: In this module, the following topics are covered: 1) the considerations needed to make a move to a sustainable energy economy, 2) the path to get to a sustainable energy economy, 3) sustainable energy policies and climate action planning.
Subject: Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 81.26%
Revised: 2012-01-18
Revisions: 2
Global Climate Change (col10704)
Author: Ronald Sass
Keywords: Climate change,, global warming,
Subject: Science and Technology, Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 34.78%
Revised: 2009-09-14
Revisions: 4
Case Study: Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change (m41726)
Keywords: Chicago Climate Action Plan, Climate Action Plans, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, University Climate Action Plan
Summary: In this module, two case studies provide examples of climate action plans – one for a city (Chicago) and one for an institution (the University of Illinois at Chicago).
Subject: Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 42.81%
Revised: 2012-07-18
Revisions: 3
Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation (col11325)
Institution: University of Illinois
Summary: With “Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation”, first and second-year college students are introduced to this expanding new field, comprehensively exploring the essential concepts from every branch of knowldege – including engineering and the applied arts, natural and social sciences, and the humanities. As sustainability is a multi-disciplinary area of study ... the field.
Subject: Science and Technology, Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 99.60%
Revised: 2012-10-08
Revisions: 40
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