Sustainable Engineering
Part 1: Sustainability: Introduction, evolution
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Relevance of the course
Who is an engineer ?
Design products or services
With the help of technology
To improve lifestyle of humankind
Why sustainable engineering ?
Are the resources infinite ?
Are we the only generation to live and consume
the resources ?
Are humans the only part of earth’s biosphere ?
Can the environment bear any amount of
damage caused by human activity ?
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We are part of the problem but we can be the part of
solution as well !!!
SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING
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Overview of the course
Module 1
Sustainability: Introduction, concept, evolution of the concept; Social, environmental and economic
sustainability concepts; Sustainable development, Nexus between Technology and Sustainable development;
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM).
Module 2
Environmental Pollution: Air Pollution and its effects, Water pollution and its sources, Zero waste concept
and 3 R concepts in solid waste management; Greenhouse effect, Global warming, Climate change, Ozone
layer depletion, Carbon credits, carbon trading and carbon foot print, legal provisions for environmental
protection.
Module 3
Environmental management standards: ISO 14001:2015 frame work and benefits, Scope and goal of Life
Cycle Analysis (LCA), Circular economy, Bio-mimicking, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Industrial
ecology and industrial symbiosis.
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Overview of the course
Module 4
Resources and its utilisation: Basic concepts of Conventional and non-conventional energy, General idea about
solar energy, Fuel cells, Wind energy, Small hydro plants, bio-fuels, Energy derived from oceans and Geothermal
energy.
Module 5
Sustainability practices: Basic concept of sustainable habitat, Methods for increasing energy efficiency in
buildings, Green Engineering, Sustainable Urbanisation, Sustainable cities, Sustainable transport.
Reference Books
1. Allen, D. T. and Shonnard, D. R., Sustainability Engineering: Concepts, Design and Case Studies, Prentice Hall.
2. Bradley. A.S; Adebayo,A.O., Maria, P. Engineering applications in sustainable design and development,Cengage learning
3. Environment Impact Assessment Guidelines, Notification of Government of India, 2006
4. Mackenthun, K.M., Basic Concepts in Environmental Management, Lewis Publication, London, 1998
5. ECBC Code 2007, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, New Delhi Bureau of Energy Efficiency Publications-Rating System,
TERI Publications - GRIHA Rating System
6. Ni bin Chang, Systems Analysis for Sustainable Engineering: Theory and Applications, McGraw-HillProfessional.
7. Twidell, J. W. and Weir, A. D., Renewable Energy Resources, English Language Book Society (ELBS).
8. Purohit, S. S., Green Technology - An approach for sustainable environment, Agrobios Publication
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Course outcomes:
Understand the relevance and the concept of sustainability and the global
initiatives in this direction
Explain the different types of environmental pollution problems and their
sustainable solutions
Discuss the environmental regulations and standards
Outline the concepts related to conventional and non-conventional energy
Demonstrate the broad perspective of sustainable practices by utilizing
engineering knowledge and principles
CIE
Total ESE
Assignment/Quiz/ Course
Attendance Internal Examination Total
Project
150 10 25 15 50 100
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Sustainability
“The development that meets society’s present needs without compromising
the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. (Brundtland
Report in 1987)
Sustainability is the ability to achieve continuing economic prosperity while
protecting the natural systems of the planet and providing a high quality of
life for its people.
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Evolution of sustainability concept
Industrial revolution by the 20th century
Changes in lifestyle, progress in various fields of development
Exponential increase in consumption of natural resources
Unpredictable and eccentric climate variations
Realised that
Harmony between ecology and prosperity is needed!
In 1983, the United Nations tapped former Norwegian prime
minister Gro Harlem Brundtland to run the new World Commission
on Environment and Development
Led to Bruntland report called “Our Common Future”
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Milestones in the evolution of sustainability concept
Year Event
1987 The Bruntland - “Our Common Future”
report - Defined sustainability
- Brought together 3 aspects of
sustainability
1987 Montreal - International agreement to adopt
Protocol measures for tackling global environment
problem
- Implemented partly due to the discovery
of Antarctic ozone hole
- Measures to reduce the production and
consumption of CFCs
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Milestones in the evolution of sustainability concept
Year Event
1992 Rio Earth - Agenda 21
Summit - Global plan of action for sustainable
development
1997 Kyoto climate - Discussion on global warming
change protocol - Targets for reducing the greenhouse gases
2000 Millenium - Millenium development goals (MDG)
summit of - To achieve by 2015
United nations
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Milestones in the evolution of sustainability concept
Year Event
2002 Johannesburg - “Rio +10”
World summit - to focus particularly on the worldwide
on sustainable conditions that pose severe threats to the
sustainable development of our people
development - Malnutrition,Terrorism
- Endemic, communicable and chronic diseases,
in particular HIV/AIDS, malaria and
tuberculosis
2012 United Nations - “Rio + 20”
& Conference on - “The future we want”
2015 Sustainable - Sustainable development goals (SDGs)
Development
(UNCSD)
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Milestones in the evolution of sustainability concept
Year Event
2021 Glasgow - Glasgow Climate Pact
Climate - reducing the use of coal
Change - India’s pledge
Conference - By 2030, half of India's energy would
come from renewables.
(COP26) - By 2070, India would stop adding
greenhouse gases to the atmosphere
and achieve carbon neutrality.
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