University of
California at Santa Cruz
Baskin School of Engineering
Electrical Engineering Department
EE80S: Sustainability
Engineering and Practice
Fall 2007
NEWS
The main
text by Karel Mulder (ed.), Sustainable Development for Engineers (Greenleaf
Publishing, 2006) is available for purchase from Prof. Ronnie Lipschutz (rlipsch@ucsc.edu). The cost is $33 (retail
price is $45)
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Instructors: |
(Sociology) |
(Sociology) |
Gliessmann (Environmental Studies) |
(Politics) |
(Electrical
Engineering) |
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College 8 - 320 |
College 8 - 127 |
Nat Sci 2- 435 |
Crown College
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Baskin |
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(831) 459-5503 |
(831) 459-5376 |
(831) 459- 2178 |
(831) 459-3275 |
(831) 459- 3821 |
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T,TH
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by appointment |
M,W
2-3:30PM Or
by appointment |
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11-12PM TH 2-3PM Before class in Bld. A-1 in the A-Quad at the
PICA Program in the lower Quarry |
M 3-4PM TU
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Lecturer/Head TA |
Chris Bacon,
PhD (Latin American and Latino Studies
/ Sociology Dept and Agroecology Group) email: christophermbacon@gmail.com Office
Hours: Tuesday 1:30-3PM 17 Merrill |
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TA |
Hyukchoong (Chuck) Kang (Electrical
Engineering) email:
hkang@soe.ucsc.edu Office
Hours: Friday 10:40 – 12PM after dicussion |
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Lectures: |
Classroom Unit 1; MWF 12:30 -1:40pm |
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Discussion Sessions: |
24451EE-80S-01A M 03:30PM-04:40PM Merrill
Acad 002 24454EE-80S-01D Th 10:00AM-11:10AM Soc
Sci 2 363 24455EE-80S-01E F 09:30AM-10:40AM Soc Sci
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Texts: (reserve
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Karel Mulder (ed.),
Sustainable Development for Engineers (Greenleaf Publishing, 2006). -This textbook
is available for purchase from Prof. Ronnie Lipschutz (rlipsch@ucsc.edu). Association for the
Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, AASHE Digest 2006 ( City of |
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Additional References: (reserve
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Course Description
his course is a topical introduction to principles and practices of sustainability engineering and ecological design (SEED) defined here as the planning, development and deployment of technological and social systems and institutions that can protect the earth’s ecological systems for this and future generations. The course provides students with an understanding of basic scientific, engineering and social principles in the design, deployment, and operation of resource-based human systems, and how they can be maintained for this and future generations. No specialized background in engineering, sciences or social sciences is required, and the course is open to all students. It is a gateway course to the curriculum in Sustainability Engineering and Ecological Design (SEED).
Course organization and requirements
The course consists of six parts:
1. A series of required lectures on topics relevant to sustainable engineering and design;
2. Weekly discussion sections (required);
3. Required and optional readings linked to topics;
4. Brief weekly quizzes on lecture topics and content; and
5. A group research/grant proposal to address a specific problem studied in class; and
6. An optional final exam.
Prerequisites:
This class does not have any math, physics or engineering prerequisites. All the necessary concepts will be introduced during the course.
Tentative Schedule (updated 9/27/07)
Week 0: Introduction to the class
9/28: Introduction (Ronnie Lipschutz, Melanie Dupuis, Ben Crow, Steve Gliessman , Ali Shakouri and Chris Bacon): Meet the faculty; focus of the class; definitions & concepts; requirements; sections; curriculum plans; back of the envelope calc. Present three cases often presented as examples of sustainability and ask: what questions might we ask about these examples to understand (1) why the are or are not good examples of sustainability and (2) If they are, are they practical and doable? Why or why not?
Readings: Mulder, ch. 1-3; Sharad Lele, "Sustainable
Development: A Critical Review," World Development 19, #6 (1991):
607-21, at: http://ic.ucsc.edu/~rlipsch/pol70/Lele.pdf;
“Sustainability Indicators,” at: http://www.rprogress.org/newprograms/sustIndi/index.shtml;
A.L. Carrew and C.A. Mitchell, “What do Engineering Undergraduates need to Know,
Think or Feel to Understand Sustainability?” 6th World Congress of
Chemical Engineering,
Week 1:
Impacts & Assessments
10/1: Global production & consumption (Ronnie Lipschutz): definitions; where things come from; resource use; commodity chains; markets; shaping demand; planned obsolescence; disposal; relationship to sustainability
10/3:
Consumption & its impacts (Ben
Crow): What are the local, national and
global effects of consumption; environmental effects; waste disposal
10/5: Estimating your resource use (Ronnie Lipschutz & Ben Crow): making assumptions about resource use, estimating how much; simple calculations
Week 2:
Planning Cities and Universities
10/8: How cities and campuses happen (Andy Schiffrin, Environmental Studies, UCSC; invited): Planning in cities; planning in cities built without plans; what is desirable in cities; how are campuses planned & built
10/10: Getting around town and the world (Larry Pageler, Senior Transportation Planner, UCSC): transportation as a service; cars v. mass transit; costs; subsidies; changing incentives for getting around
10/12: Planning UCSC (Franklin Zwart, Campus
Architect, UCSC; Aurora Winslade, Sustainability Co-ordinator, Physical Plant,
UCSC): Origins; history; landscape; planning
process; LRDP
UCSC Long Range Development Plan, Executive Summary,
Sept. 2006, at: http://lrdp.ucsc.edu/FinalDraft2005lrdp/2005LRDP(Exec+Intro,9-7-06draft).pdf
Week 3:
Energy & the Built Environment
10/15 The Global Energy Picture ((Ronnie Lipschutz & Ali Shakouri): What is energy; how much is there; where does it come from; fossil fuels; carbon & global warming; reducing carbon; alternative energy futures; conservation; behavioral change
Readings: Nonna Gorilovskaya,
“The End of Oil,” Mother Jones, 6/8/2004, at: http://www.motherjones.com/news/qa/2004/05/paul_rob_qa.html;
Richard L. Ottinger
and Rebecca Williams, "Renewable Energy Sources for Development," Pace
University School of Law (2002), at: http://ic.ucsc.edu/~rlipsch/pol70/ottinger.pdf;
John Byrne and Noah Toly, "Energy as a Social Project: Recovering a
Discourse," pp. 1-32, in: John Byrne, Noah Toly and Leigh Glover (eds.), Transforming
Power--Energy, Environment and Society in Conflict (Transaction Pub.,
2006), at: http://ic.ucsc.edu/~rlipsch/pol70/Byrne.pdf;
Nathan S. Lewis, "Powering the Planet," at: http://eands.caltech.edu/articles/LXX2/powering.pdf
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Vaclav Smil, "Energy in the Twentieth
Century," Annual Review of Energy and Environment 25 (2000): 21-51, at: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.energy.25.1.21
10/17:
Global & Local Renewables (Ali Shakouri): Types
of renewables; size of resource; technologies; delivery and storage; cost;
deployment; prospects
Readings: Union of Concerned Scientists, “How
Solar Energy Works,” Jan. 2007, at: http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/
renewable_energy_basics/how-solar-energy-works.html; William B. Stine and
Michael Geyer, Power from the Sun, 2001, ch. 1, 11, at: http://www.powerfromthesun.net/book.htm
; UCS, “How Wind Energy Works,” May 2007, at: http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/renewable_energy_basics/how-wind-energy-works.html
10/19:
How Green is my Building? Energy & Building Design (Marilyn Crenshaw, The
Green Architect,
Readings: Muldur, ch. 7-8; AASHE Digest 2006, ch. 4-5;
BEER, “Sustainable Architecture,” Dept. of Architecture, University
of Hong Kong, at: http://www.arch.hku.hk/research/BEER/sustain.htm
; Richard C. Diamond, “An Overview of the U.S. Building Stock,”
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 2001, at: http://eetd.lbl.gov/ied/pdf/LBNL-43640.pdf
; Richard C. Diamond and Mithra Moezzi, “Revealing Myths about People,
Energy and Buildings,” Proceedings of the 2000 ACEEE Summer
Study, at: http://enduse.lbl.gov/Info/LBNL-45862.pdf. See also Marilyn’s website at: http://www.thegreenarchitect.com/
Week 4:
Energy and the Built Environment II
10/22 (updated): Solar Energy Overview (Ali Shakouri & Joel Kubby, Electrical Engineering, UCSC). Global overview of solar energy, how solar cells work? Experience from a recent residential installation.
10/24 (updated):
Photovoltaics & Solar Thermal (Solar Mike Arenson,
Readings: Bernadette Del Chiaro and Timothy Telleen-Lawton,
“Solar Water Heating, Environment California, 2007, at: http://www.fypower.org/pdf/Env.CA_Solar-Water-Heating.pdf
; California Energy Commission, “A Guide to Photovoltaic System Design
and Installation,” June 2001, at: http://www.abcsolar.com/pdf/2001-09-04_500-01-020.pdf
10/26 (updated):
Readings: Carl Pechman, “California’s Electricity Market,” California Economic Policy 3, #1 (Jan. 2007), at: http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/cep/EP_107CPEP.pdf; Jan Hamrin, et al, “Renewable Energy for California,” REPP, March 2002, at: http://www.repp.org/repp_pubs/pdf/repp_calrenew_2002.pdf ; California Solar Initiative, at: http://www.gosolarcalifornia.ca.gov/csi/index.html
Week 5:
Biomass, Biofuels, Bioenergy
10/29:
What is Biomass and How Much is There? (Steve Gliessman & Ali Shakouri):
Measuring biomass. How much is produced? Potential for replacing fossil fuels. Energy content and costs. Principles of conversion. Concepts and definitions; measuring global biomass; products; limits
10/31:
11/2:
Making Biofuels (Michael Munoz, Pacific Biofuels,
Readings: Practical Action, “Biomass,” 2006, at: http://practicalactionconsulting.org/docs/technical_information_service/biomass.pdf
; Biomass Energy Foundation, http://www.woodgas.com/
; Gerry Barron, “A Small-Scale Biodigester Designed and Built in the
Philippines, at: http://www.habmigern2003.info/biogas/Baron-digester/Baron-digester.htm;
R.L. Crosby, “Design and Build Your Own Small Scale Digester,”
Borealis Systems, at: http://biorealis.com/digester/digestion.html;
http://biorealis.com/wwwroot/digester_revised.html;
http://biorealis.com/digester/construction.html;
http://biorealis.com/digester/operation.html
Week 6:
Landscapes & water
11/5: Global Water (Ronnie Lipschutz & Ben Crow): How much water is there and where is it? who uses it and how much; water scarcity, capture, storage; is water scarce; commodity v. right
Readings: Sandra Postel, Gretchen Daily & Paul Ehrlich,
“Human Appropriation of Renewable Fresh Water,” Science 271,
#5250 (Feb. 9, 1996): 785-88, at: http://ic.ucsc.edu/~rlipsch/CLNI%2091/Postel.pdf
; Taikan Oki1 and Shinjiro Kanae1, “Global Hydrological Cycles and World
Water Resources,” Science 313 (Aug. 25, 2006): 1068-72, at: http://ic.ucsc.edu/~rlipsch/CLNI%2091/Oki.pdf
; Peter Gleick, "The Changing Water Paradigm: A Look at Twenty-first
Century Water Resources Development," Water International 25, #1
(March 2000:127-138, at: http://www.iwra.siu.edu/win/win2000/win03-00/gleick.pdf
11/7:
Where Does Your Water Come From? (Bill Kocher, Director,
Readings
11/9: Sustainable Landscapes (Brian Barth,
Permaculture Group,
How humans construct and transform spaces. Resource-saving landscape designs. Trees and energy. Water use. Household, gardens. Xeriscapes. Garden design.
Readings: P. Wolf and T.M. Stein, “Improving
On-farm Water Management - A Never-ending Challenge, “ Journal of
Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics 104, #1
(2003): 31-40, at: http://www.vl-irrigation.org/cms/fileadmin/content/irrig/onfarm/wolff_stein_improving_on-farm_water_management_2003.pdf
; Virginia Cooperative Extension, Landscape Management Series Publications, at:
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/envirohort/vagardlist.html#L1
(browse the website); AASHE Digest 2006; StopWaste.org (Alameda County),
“Bay-Friendly Landscape Guidelines,” at: http://www.stopwaste.org/home/index.asp?page=378
Week 7:
Food & soil I
11/12:
Veterans’
Day (no class or sections)
11/14:
Global Food Systems (William Friedland, Community Studies, UCSC):
Where
does your food come from? What does it
require to get food to you. Designer
foods; year-round food; transnational corporations and food politics.
Deborah Barndt, Tangled Routes: Women, Work and Globalizationon the
Tomato Trail, ch. 1 (Rowman
& Littlefield, 2002), at: http://ic.ucsc.edu/~rlipsch/EE80S/Barndt.pdf.
11/16:
Agroecology and Organic Farming (Steve Gliessman): Resource
costs of food production and transportation.
Principles of agroecology.. Food system sustainability. Local food. Design and engineering of local agrofood
systems.
Readings: Allen, P. M. FitzSimmons, M. Goodman, and
K. Warner., “Alternative Food
Initiatives in California: Local Efforts Address Systemic Issues, CASFS Center
Research Brief # (2003), at: http://casfs.ucsc.edu/publications/briefs/Brief3_AFI.pdf
; David Tilman, et al, “Agricultural sustainability and intensive production practices,” Nature
418 (8 August 2002): 671-77, at: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v418/n6898/pdf/nature01014.pdf;
C. Francis, et al, “Agroecology: The Ecology of Food Systems,” Journal of
Sustainable Agriculture 22, #3 (2003): 99-118, at: XXX
Week 8:
Food & soil II
11/19: Soil Formation and Composting (Steve Gliessman): Soil composition. Types. Assessment of soil content, health, and quality. Soil conservation practices. Building soil. Composting principles. Composting design.
11/21:
Food systems at UCSC (Tim
Galarneau, Food Systems Working Group, UCSC).
11/22-23: Thanksgiving Holiday (no class or
sections)
Week 9:
Greening global industry
11/26: Achieving Global Sustainability (Ben Crow): Sustainability on a global scale; technology vs. social change; global vs. local; requirements; policies & programs; possibilities
(June 2006): 348-351, at: http://ic.ucsc.edu/~rlipsch/EE80S/Schlesinger.pdf
; Michael
Redclift, “Sustainable Development (1987–2005): An Oxymoron Comes
of Age,” Sust. Dev. 13 (2005): 212–227, at: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/110573458/PDFSTART
11/28:
Ecological Modernization (Corina McKendry, Politics, UCSC): Can technological change in
industrial production and services reduce resource inputs and pollution
outputs: arguments pro and con.
Readings: Dana R. Fisher & William R.
Freudenburg, “Ecological Modernization and Its Critics: Assessing the
Past and Looking Toward the Future,” Society and Natural Resources
14, #8 (2001): 701–09, http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~content=a713847777~fulltext=713240930
; F.H.
Buttel, “Ecological Modernization as Social Theory,” Geoforum 31 (2000):57-65, at: http://ic.ucsc.edu/~rlipsch/EE80S/Buttel.pdf
; Maurie J. Cohen, “Ecological modernization and its discontents,” Futures
38, #5 (June 2006):
528-547, at: http://ic.ucsc.edu/~rlipsch/EE80S/Cohen.pdf
11/30:
Greening
Week 10:
Making UCSC Sustainable
12/3: Sustainability Politics (TBA): What can be done politically in communities and colleges to implement sustainability?
Sustainable University ,” pp. 29-48, in: Peggy F. Bartlett
and Geoffrey W. Chase (eds.), Sustainability on Campus (Cambridge, Mass:
MIT Press, 2004), at: http://ic.ucsc.edu/~rlipsch/EE80S/Uhl.pdf;
Jules Petty and Hugh Ward, “Social Capital and the
Environment,” World Development 29, #2 (2001): 209-27, at: http://www.ajnelson.us/docs/monetary/Petty%20&%20Ward%20Social%20Cap.pdf;
E.F. Schumacher, “Buddhist Economics,” Small is Beautiful
(Hartley & Marks, 1999) at: http://www.smallisbeautiful.org/pdf/buddhist_economics/english.pdf
12/5: The Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED)
12/7: Campus
sustainability fair: projects, programs & planning (location TBA)
Optional final exam: Tuesday, December 11, 12 noon- 3
PM
Reports/Projects (Final)
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for full description of reports/projects
New
Deadlines and Dates – Click
here to download
(Note: Full description
for the project will be left. Only dates
and deadlines are updated.)
Here
is the list of past projects for Education for Sustainable Living Program
(ESLP).
2005-7
ESLP Action Research Team descriptions
Potential
seed projects that you might be interested – Click
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Guide
for the Proposal Outline - Click
here to download
Update (Nov. 15th): New Deadline for the project is updated
– Click
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Update
(November 16, 2007)
Additional
resources to help with the projects:
Suresh Lodha, Professor of Computer Science, is willing to assist with any
sustainability project including goals, contents, methodology, people network,
and resources. He has recently participated and sponsored projects in biofuels,
carbon emission reduction, and agroecology including collaboration with ESLP
and Campus Sustainability Coordinator. He also taught classes CMPS 80J and CMPS
80S both of which provide training in using software and technology targeted
for social issues. If you are interested, you can end an email to <lodha@soe.ucsc.edu>
with a time window/preferred timings to meet (including evenings or weekends)
with subject title "EE80S Project".
Dr. Gerald Barnett, Director of IP Office at UCSC, is very active in social
entrepreneurship and he is willing to help student groups on any topics. You
can contact him at: <gbarnett@ucsc.edu>.
Please include subject title "EE80S Project"
Grading (Final)
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In class quizzes
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http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/notes.html
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