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Building expertise on developing sustainable and resilient infrastructure
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 9 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
Week 0: Welcome & Introduction
Course Overview
Definition of and introduction into sustainable and resilient infrastructure.
Week 1: Infrastructure and the Environment
Challenges on the environmental system and how sustainable and resilient infrastructure can help to relieve them.
Introduction into SuRe® Standard.
SuRe® Standard and the environment and practical applications.
Week 2: Infrastructure and the Society
How sustainable and resilient infrastructure help to promote a better society.
SuRe® Standard and the society and practical applications.
Week 3: The Governance of Infrastructure
The Governance of Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Projects.
SuRe® and Project Governance and practical applications.
Week 4: Tools for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure – the SuRe® Standard
Introduction and applications of tools that assist the development of sustainable and resilient infrastructure.
Week 5: Sustainable Infrastructure Procurement
Principles of sustainable infrastructure procurement and their implementation.
Week 6: Synthesis and final course work.
Reflection and learning application on a specific project in a written essay.
Prerequisite
Instructors
Bruno OBERLE
Professor
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Katharina Rehfeld
Dr.
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Katharina Schneider-Roos
CEO
Global Infrastructure Basel
Louis Downing
COO
Global Infrastructure Basel
Peter Boswell
International Accredited Trainer
International Federation of Consulting Engineers
Editor
The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, English: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne) is a research university in Lausanne, Switzerland, that specialises in physical sciences and engineering.
One of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, the school was founded by the Swiss Federal Government with the stated mission to:
Educate engineers and scientists to the highest international standing
Be a national center of excellence in science and technology
Provide a hub for interaction between the scientific community and the industry
EPFL is considered one of the most prestigious universities in the world for engineering and sciences, ranking 17th overall and 10th in engineering in the 2015 QS World University Rankings; 34th overall and 12th in engineering in the 2015 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
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