SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPTS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (18CV654)

 

SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPTS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

• Course Code 18CV654 
• CIE Marks-40
• Teaching Hours/Week(L: T:P)-(3:0:0) 
• SEE Marks-60
• Credits-03
• Exam Hours-03

Course Learning Objectives: This course will enable students to

1. Learn about the principles, indicators and general concept of sustainability.
2. Apprehend the local, regional and global impacts of unsustainable designs, products and processes.
3. Student shall be able to apply the sustainability concepts in engineering
4. Know built environment frame work sand their use
5. Understand how building and design is judged and valued by clients and stakeholders and how to
implement sustainability.

Module-1

Introduction: Sustainability - Introduction, Need and concept of sustainability, Social-environmental and economic sustainable t y c o n c e p t s. Sustainable development, Nexus between Technology and
Sustainable development, Challenges for Sustainable Development. Multilateral environmental agreementsand Protocols - Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Environmental legislations in India - Water Act, AirAct.

Module-2

Global Environmental Issue: Resource degradation, Climate change, Regional and Local EnvironmentalIssues. Carbon credits and carbon trading, carbon foot print Carbon sequestration – Carbon capture and storage(CCS). Environmental management standards, ISO 14000 series, Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) - Scope and Goal,Bio-mimicking.

Module-3

Sustainable Design: Basic concepts of sustainable habitat, Green buildings, green materials for building
construction, material selection for sustainable design, green building certification- GRIHA & IGBC
Certification for buildings, Energy efficient building design- Passive solar design technique, Thermal storage,Cooling strategies, high performance insulation. Sustainable cities, Sustainable transport.

Module-4

Clean Technology and Energy: Energy sources: Basic concepts-Conventional and non-conventional, solarenergy, Fuel cells, Wind energy, Small hydro plants, bio-fuels, Energy derived from oceans, Geothermalenergy. Rainwater harvesting.

Module-5

Green Engineering: Green Engineering concepts, Sustainable Urbanization, industrialization and poverty-reduction; Social and technological change, Industrial Processes: Material selection, Pollution Prevention, Industrial Ecology, Industrial symbiosis.

Course Outcomes: After studying this course, students will be able to:

1. Learn the sustainability concepts; understand the role and responsibility of engineers in sustainable
development.
2. Quantify sustainability, and resource availability, Rationalize the sustainability based on scientific merits.
3. Understand and apply sustainability concepts in construction practices, designs, product developments and
processes across various engineering disciplines.
4. Make a decision in applying green engineering concepts and become a lifelong advocate of sustainability
in society.

Question paper pattern:

 The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
 Each full question will be for 20 marks.
 There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
 Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
 The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Textbooks:

1. Allen, D.T. and S honnard, 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.

Reference Books:

1. Mackenthun, K. M.,Basic Concepts in Environmental Management, Lewis Publication.
2. ECBC Code 2007, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, New Delhi Bureau of Energy Efficiency Publications-
Rating System, TERI Publications - GRIHA Rating System.
3. Ni bin Chang, Systems Analysis for Sustainable Engineering: Theory and Applications, McGraw-Hill
Professional.
4. Twidell, J. W. and Weir, A. D., Renewable Energy Resources, English Language Book Society (ELBS).
5. Malcolm Dowden, Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Law, Policy and Practice.
6. Daniel A. Vallero and Chris Brasier, “Sustainable Design: The Science of Sustainability and Green
Engineering”, Wiley-Blackwell.
7. Sustainable Engineering Practice: An Introduction, Committee on Sustainability, American Society of