Conference Session

Sustainability in AEC and AEC Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

slow start and a fast finish. The students will get the job done, but it could have been better with a more organized start. • Our students are uniformly weak at performing literature reviews. This can be improved Page 13.624.6 by a formal research methods course, but other suggestions will be offered in the following section.Suggestions for Best PracticesHaving mentored these projects the following suggestions for best practices are offered. • It is beneficial to have at least a loose coalition between projects. Student projects tend to immediately form into “silos.” The faculty mentor can facilitate “breaking

Conference Session

Sustainability in AEC and AEC Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Kirby, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Hilal Ozcan, Prairie View A&M University; Fouad Fouad, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

-establishedconsiderations such as ethics, economics, aesthetics, and structural integrity. Architecture andcivil engineering departments should take the lead and responsibility for promoting sustainabledevelopment, and the topic should be treated as a major consideration similar to protection of thepublic health and safety in design. Ultimately, the objective should be to graduate a new breedof design professionals (engineers and architects) who are knowledgeable of sustainable designand can integrate its concepts in real-world design projects.Diversity in Architectural Design and its Relation to SustainabilityIn recent years, the discipline of architecture has been impacted and reshaped most dramaticallyby two critical understandings: 1) the awareness of