Teaching Sustainability in Electrical Engineering Lab Courses

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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2:00pm - 3:30pm. Ag. Engineering, Bldg. 08, Rm. 123

Abstract

Swanton Pacific, a unique educational field facility, presents on using their land to study the effectiveness of sustainable resource management, while incorporating over 20 disciplines. Students developed a monitoring system to track impacts of a LEED Certified Housing Project and an electrical engineering course incorporated analysis of sustainability factors into each experiment. Lastly we will learn about the use of Green Chemistry in an undergraduate teaching lab and the broader implications of Green Chemistry for the campus.