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We are surrounded by consumer products - from the coffee we drink to the sneakers on our feet - our experience with consumer products both feeds us (literally) and defines us. However, launching a consumer products goods company is deceivingly simple. While there have been terrific exits and companies that have reshaped the cultural zeitgeist (organic food, clean beauty, sustainable packaging, etc.), most CPG startups do not find product market fit and obtain escape velocity. The goal of this course is to support students on their journeys to build a consumer products company and give them the tools to think critically about the viability of their products, brands, and business models. Each week, we'll have a guest speaker from the world of CPG - from exited CPG founders, to Series A entrepreneurs in the trenches, to national retail buyers, to venture investors. You'll have the opportunity to engage with these leaders, asking questions about their journeys, the lessons they've learned, and their visions for the future of consumer products. Limited-enrollment, hands-on course for students passionate about building consumer products. Priority given to those with a product idea. Application required by December: https://forms.gle/q6QF9ioktwAWrWFXA

Be part of a unique course about extreme energy efficiency and integrative design! We will meet once a week throughout the quarter. E^3 will focus on efficiency techniques' design, performance, integration, barrier-busting, profitable business-led implementation, and implications for energy supply, competitive success, environment, development, security, etc. Examples will span very diverse sectors, applications, issues, and disciplines, covering different energy themes throughout the quarter: buildings, transportation, industry, and implementation and implications, including renewable energy synergy and integration. The course will be composed of keynote lectures, exercises, and interactive puzzlers, synthesizing integrative design principles. Exercises will illuminate real-world design challenges RMI has faced, in which students will explore clean-sheet solutions that meet end-use demands and optimize whole-system resource efficiency, seeking expanding rather than diminishing returns to investments, i.e. making big savings cheaper than small ones. Students will work closely and interactively with the instructors Amory Lovins, cofounder and Chief Scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Dr. Joel Swisher, former RMI managing director and Stanford instructor in CEE, more recently director of the Institute for Energy Studies at Western Washington University, and Dr. Holmes Hummel, founder of Clean Energy Works. All backgrounds and disciplines, undergraduate and graduate, are welcome to enroll. There is no application this year. Solid technical grounding and acquaintance with basic economics and business concepts will be helpful. Prerequisite - completion of one of the following courses or their equivalent is required: CEE 107A/207A/ Earthsys 103, CEE 107S/ CEE 207S, CEE 176A, CEE 176B. Course details are available at the website: https://energy.stanford.edu/extreme-energy-efficiency

The Explore Energy Seminar series is a weekly residential education experience hosted by the Explore Energy House engaging current topics that affect the pace of energy transitions at multiple scales. The course features on-ramps to pursue wide ranging interests in energy solutions, climate action, environmental justice, international development, and entrepreneurship. Join in any week to explore opportunities to participate in research, Stanford's Living Laboratory, entrepreneurship and energy start-ups, and planning for giga-scale deployment. Consistent with Stanford's interest in fostering community and inclusion, this course will facilitate new connections through cross-house dialogues among residents in Stanford's theme houses with intersecting interests. Stanford alumni with a range of disciplinary backgrounds will be among the presenters each quarter, supporting exploration of both educational and career development paths. This class sequence repeats annually.

This course builds upon the Building Information Model concepts introduced in 120A/220A and illustrates how BIM modeling tools are used to design, analyze, and model building systems including structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection. Course covers the physical principles, design criteria, and design strategies for each system and explores processes and tools for modeling those systems and analyzing their performance.Topics include: building envelopes, access systems, structural systems modeling and analysis, mechanical / HVAC systems, plumbing and fire protection systems, electrical systems, and systems integration/coordination.

Around the world, entrepreneurs are founding companies, scaling ideas, and creating value at an ever increasing pace. Unicorns companies, once seen as the exclusive product of Silicon Valley, are now being built in innovation ecosystems around the world. In this seminar course, students will have the unique experience of hearing from international entrepreneurs about their ambitions and experience to "go global." Additionally, students will be matched with international entrepreneurs to work collaboratively on a real-world, overseas startup in order to understand the challenges and opportunities of global entrepreneurship. Levering Stanford's deep relationships with South Korea, this course will specifically focus on the globalization of South Korean startups as a locomotive for our learning.

AEC students engage in a crossdisciplinary, collaborative, geographically distributed, and multicultural project-based teamwork. AEC teams exercise their domain knowledge and information technologies in a multidisciplinary context focusing on the design and construction concept development phase of a comprehensive building project. Prerequisite: interview with Instructor in Autumn Quarter.

In this course, students will learn about new and traditional construction materials for use in sustainable building and infrastructure projects. Materials will include cement-based materials, fiber-reinforced polymer composites, and timber for structural and non-structural applications including facades, insulation, and paving. Material properties, their performance over time and their impact on people and the environment will be discussed and students will complete a design project in teams. Pre-requisites: CEE 101A or equivalent. Knowledge of structural design with reinforced concrete and steel recommended.

Project-based. Sustainable design, development, use and evolution of buildings; connections of building systems to broader resource systems. Areas include architecture, structure, materials, energy, water, air, landscape, and food. Projects use a cradle-to-cradle approach focusing on technical and biological nutrient cycles and information and knowledge generation and organization. May be repeated for credit.

Project-based. Sustainable design, development, use and evolution of buildings; connections of building systems to broader resource systems. Areas include architecture, structure, materials, energy, water, air, landscape, and food. Projects use a cradle-to-cradle approach focusing on technical and biological nutrient cycles and information and knowledge generation and organization. May be repeated for credit.