Sustainable development
Academic year 2011/12Objectives:
- Outline of unit syllabus and coursework
- Factors that led to the need for sustainable engineering
- Skills involved with sustainable engineering
Websites for unit information and coursework
Unit information is online at:
Coursework is online at:
Population growth
Source: Allenby, B. (2012). The theory and practice of sustainable engineering. Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA: Pearson Education, Inc.
Energy consumption
Source: Allenby, B. (2012). The theory and practice of sustainable engineering. Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA: Pearson Education, Inc.
Disturbances of soil
Source: Allenby, B. (2012). The theory and practice of sustainable engineering. Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA: Pearson Education, Inc.
Energy reserves
Source: Allenby, B. (2012). The theory and practice of sustainable engineering. Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA: Pearson Education, Inc.
What do we mean by engineering and technology?
Engineering and technology
What is engineering?
Engineering is design that satisfies constraints and provides benefits.
- Functional requirements
- Production constraints
- Economic constraints
What is technology?
Technology is the product of engineering.
What do we mean by sustainable?
Sustainability defined by United Nations
The 1987 Brundtland report for the World Commmission on Environment and Development defined sustainable development as:
"Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
Issues involved in sustainability
Engineering, technology and sustainability
Sustainable engineering is design that satisfies constraints and provides benefits.
- Functional requirements
- Production constraints
- Economic constraints
- Environmental objectives
- Social objectives
- Cultural objectives
Quantitative and qualitative skills
Sustainable engineering is design that satisfies constraints and provides benefits.
- Quantitative skills
- Functional requirements
- Production constraints
- Economic constraints
- Qualitative skills: writing, speaking, listening, empathy, ethical analysis
- Environmental objectives
- Social objectives
- Cultural objectives
Sustainability and telephones
Sustainability and mobile phones
Sustainability and text books
Sustainability and digital books
Sustainability and social media technology
Sustainability and social media technology
Sustainable engineering is design that satisfies constraints and provides benefits.
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