Overview
Description
Introduction to small-scale, bottom-up strategies of renewable energy use in the home and local community.
Requirements
Recommended Preparation
ENGR 600
Original catalog text
Recommended Preparation
Recommended Preparation: ENGR 600.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Summer
Terms
summer
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- develop individual and community-based energy models.
- apply their understanding of alternative energy to determine the technical, economic, and political feasibility of implementing small-scale alternative energy initiates.
- differentiate between the different tools and methods available for local and home-based renewable energy projects and will be able to select the best tools and methods for a project.
- defend the use of wind energy as a sustainable future energy.
- describe how wind turbines have been improved in reliability and performance.
- describe the historical and societal perspectives regarding the use of wind turbines for mechanical and electrical power generation for renewable energy.
- discuss the meteorological aspects of wind energy.
- discuss the significance of the environmental, political, and economics issues associated with wind power.