Green building and sustainable infrastructure: Sustainability education for civil engineers

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-112

  Kevern, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curricula; Engineering education; Sustainable development; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PROFESSIONALS; CIVIL ENGINEERS; ENGINEERING COURSE; ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES; GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE; GREEN BUILDINGS; IN-BUILDINGS; RATING SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION; SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE; TEACHING METHODS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CURRICULA; ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

TEACHING;

EID: 79955539842     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000048     Document Type: Article

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