Spring 2027

Sustainable Building and Materials

Civil engineering course on sustainability concepts emphasizing construction materials, life-cycle assessment, current sustainable practices, stakeholder needs, and rating programs like LEED, Envision, and INVEST.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Bu Wang

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of building and infrastructure projects to the general public

  • Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of material use in construction and identify potential trade-offs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course

  • Explain the principles and functions of common sustainability rating programs used for construction projects

  • Analyze sustainability issues and/or practices using a systems-based approach.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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CIV ENGR 325,E M A/​CIV ENGR 395, graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

CIVENGR 495

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

BU WANG is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 250

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Sustainability concepts in civil engineering and construction materials.
  • Life-cycle assessment of infrastructure development impacts.
  • Current sustainable practices in construction projects.
  • Sustainability rating programs including LEED, Envision, and INVEST.

Skills

  • Life-cycle assessment for infrastructure and systems-based analysis of sustainability issues.
  • Principles and functions of sustainability rating programs like LEED, Envision, and INVEST.
  • Connecting sustainability values to clients, stakeholders, and societal needs.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Catalog & offerings

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CIVENGR 495 · Spring 2027

Sustainable Building and Materials

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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