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"Typical citizens of advanced industrialized nations each consume as much energy in 6 months as typical citizens in developing counties consume during their entire life" ~ Maurice Strong, Former Under-Secretary to the United Nations and Entrepreneur. 

This course focuses on sustainable engineering, overall energy needs and impacts, heat transfer, atmospheric energy systems, organic architecture, and the development of green technologies. Topics include; energy resources and analysis, energy flow through a system, uses for different types of energy, energy consumption impacts on the environment, society and the economy (use, efficiencies, and return on investment) and renewable energy opportunities.