| Date | Topics | Readings Due | Slides and Handouts | Assignments Due | |
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| Week 1 | March 31 | Lecture: Sustainability & Energy | Energy Lecture | ||
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| Week 2 | April 7 | Lecture: Energy Mini-Lab: Energy Mini-Presentations: Energy |
Lab: Energy Choices for Cities Mini-Lab: Mini-Presentation: Energy (see Canvas) |
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| April 11 | Mini-Presentations: Energy Lecture: Lighting |
"Introduction: Edison, Invention, and Modernity" (pgs 1-3, 10-17, 26-33 required, rest of reading recommended background) |
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| Week 3 | April 14 | Handout: Company Presentation Assignment Lecture: Lighting Quiz: Energy |
The Easy-Bake Oven Loses its Soul (Salon.com) Which Bulbs Will Light the Way (SF Chronicle) Congress Spares Incandescent Bulbs in Victory for U.S (Bloomberg) |
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| April 18 | Lecture: Lighting |
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| Week 4 | April 21 | Lab: Exploring LEDs |
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| April 25 | Guest Speaker: Lecture: Global Warming | Why the Developing World is the Perfect Market Place for Solid State Lighting |
Lab: LEDs |
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| Week 5 | April 28 | Handout: Paper Assignment Lecture: Solar Mini-Lab: Solar |
Chapter 1 from "From Space to Earth" Solar Grand Plan (Scientific American, 2007) |
Solar Lecture | Mini-Lab: Solar |
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| Week 6 | May 5 | Solar Cell Lab Discussion Quiz: Lighting & Global Warming |
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Lab: Solar Pt.1 | |
| May 9 | Lecture: Green Building Company Presentations | How LEED Certification Works (TLC Home) How Green Building Works (TLC Home) |
Green Building Lecture | Lab: Solar Pt.2 | |
| Week 7 | May 12 | Company Presentations Lecture: Green Building Quiz: Solar |
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| May 16 | Handout: Debate Assignment Ecotopia Discussion Lecture: Green Building |
Ecotopia |
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| Week 8 | May 19 | Mini-Presentations: Green Building |
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Mini-Presentation: Green Building | |
| May 23 | Lecture: Cars/Batteries |
The Electric Car Battery War - BusinessWeek In search of the perfect battery - economist Flying Auto Foreseen (The Science News Letter, June 7, 1947) |
Battery Lecture | ||
| Week 9 | May 26 | Holiday!
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| May 30 | Lecture: Cars/Batteries Quiz: Green Building |
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| Week 10 | June 2 | Lab: Batteries |
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| June 6 |
Lecture: Greenwashing Quiz: Cars/Batteries |
Greenwashing Lecture | Lab: Batteries Term Paper Due |
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| Final Debate: Friday, June 13, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm, ED 4219 | |||||