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CARES - Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability

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Audience/Grade: College Freshman - Continuing Education
Discipline(s): Civil Engineering
Construction Engineering
Design
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Environmental Engineering
General Engineering, Engineering Science
Green Design and Sustainable Engineering
Industrial Design
Industrial Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Learning Resource Type: Community - General
Media Type:

 WWW
Author(s): Ryan Shelby
Organization: University of California at Berkeley
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Description: The Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability (CARES) is an international project involving a wide range of disciplines, including architecture, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, civil and environmental engineering, bioengineering, and landscape architecture. The project has a digital library of online assessment tools, resources and projects.
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Keywords: sustainable engineering, Green building, Sustainable building, Natural building, Sustainability, Sustainable development, green design, sustainability assessment, carbon footprint, global warming, Natural building materials, International development, Green buildings, Ecological building, Ecological design, Sustainable design, Green design, Building with natural materials, Straw bale building, Straw bale construction, developing nations, emerging regions
Referenced By E10 Mechanical Engineering Module: Human-Centered Sustainable Product Design
   
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Use of Resource: This community website and digital library collection could be a useful resource for sustainable design projects and courses. CARES is headquartered in the BEST (Berkeley Energy and Sustainable Technologies) Lab at the University of California at Berkeley (6102 Etcheverry Hall).
Difficulty: Medium
Interactivity Level: High

   
Version Info
Publication Date: December 2008
Platform/Format: WWW
Cost: Free
Download URL: http://www.planetcares.org/cares/interdiscipline/index...
Metadata: IEEE LOM Record
Collection: NEEDS NEEDS