Introduction to Sustainable Engineering (BETC105D/205D)

Introduction to Sustainable Engineering

Course Code: BETC105D/205D 
CIE Marks:50
Course Type (Theory/Practical/Integrated )
Theory SEE Marks:50
Total Marks:100
Teaching Hours/Week (L:T:P: S) 3-0-0-0 
Exam Hours:03
Total Hours of Pedagogy 40 hours 
Credits:03

Module-1 

Sustainable Development and Role of Engineers: Introduction, Why and What is Sustainable Development, THE SDFs, Paris Agreement and Role of Engineering, Sustainable Development and the Engineering Profession, Key attributes of the Graduate Engineering

Sustainable Engineering Concepts: Key concepts – Factor 4 and Factor 10: Goals of sustainability,System Thinking, Life Cycle Thinking and Circular Economy

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Module-2 

Sustainable Engineering and Concepts, Principles and Frame Work: Green Economy and Low Carbon Economy, Eco Efficiency, Triple bottom Line, Guiding principles of sustainable engineering, Frameworks for sustainable Engineering.

Tools for sustainability Assessment: Environmental Management System, Environmental Auditing,Cleaner Production Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment, Strategic Environmental Assessment Life Cycle Management 

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Module-3

Fundamentals of Life Cycle Assessment Why and What is LCA, LCA Goal and Scope, Life cycle inventory, Life Cycle Impact Assessment, Interpretation and presentation of Results, Iterative Nature of LCA, Methodological Choices, LCI Databases and LCA Softwares, Strength and Limitations of LCA.

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Module-4

Environmental Life Cycle Costing, Social Life Cycle Assessment, and Life Cycle Sustainability  Assessment: Introduction, Environmental Life Cycle Costing, Social Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Sustainability, LCA Applications in Engineering: Environmental Product Declarations and Product Category Rules, Carbon and Water Foot Printing, Energy systems, Buildings and the Built Environment,Chemical and Chemical Production Food and Agriculture 

Introduction to Environmental Economics: Introduction – What Is Environmental Economics?,Valuing the Environment, Market-based Incentives (or Economic Instruments) for Sustainability,Command-and-Control versus Economic Instruments, A Simple Model of Pollution Control

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Module-5

Integrating Sustainability in Engineering Design: Problems Solving in Engineering, conventional to Sustainable Engineering Design Process, Design for Life Guidelines and Strategies, Measuring Sustainability, Sustainable Design through sustainable procurement criteria, Case studies on sustainable Engineering Design Process – Sustainable Process Design, Sustainable Production Design Sustainable product design in Electronic Engineering,

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Suggested Learning Resources:

Books 

1. Introduction to Sustainability for Engineers, ToolseeramRamjeawon, CRC Press, 1stEdn., 2020

2. Sustainability Engineering: Concepts, Design and Case studies, Prentice Hall, 1stEdn, 2015

3. System Analysis for sustainable Engineering: Theory and applications, Ni bin Chang, McGraw Hill Publications,1stEdn., 2010

4. Engineering for Sustainable development: Delivery a sustainable development goals, UNESCO, International Centre for Engineering Education, France, 1stEdn., 2021

5. Introduction to Sustainable Engineering, Rag. R.L. and Ramesh Lakshmi Dinachandran, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.,2ndEdn, 2016

Web links and Video Lectures (e-Resources):

 VTU/EDUSAT/SWAYAM/NPTEL/MOOC.

 https://nptel.ac.in/courses/127105018

 https:/https://nptel.ac.in/courses/107103081/www.macfound.org

 https://unesdoc.unesco.org/

 https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000375644.locale=en

 https://engineeringforoneplanet.org/