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Sustainable Development for Engineers - A Handbook and Resource Guide (Hardcover)
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Sustainable Development for Engineers - A Handbook and Resource Guide (Hardcover)
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It is crucial that engineers - from students to those already
practising - have a deep understanding of the environmental threats
facing the world, if they are to become part of the solution and
not the problem. Is there a way to reconcile modern lifestyles with
the compelling need for change? Could new improved technologies
play a key role? If great leaps in the environmental efficiency of
technologies are needed, can they be produced? Engineers are in a
privileged and hugely influential position to innovate, design and
build a sustainable future. But are they engaged or uninterested?
Are they knowledgeable or ignorant? This book has been developed by
a number of committed educators in European engineering departments
under the leadership of Delft University of Technology and the
Technical University of Catalunya to meet the perceived gap between
what engineers know and what they should know in relation to
sustainable development. The University of Delft decided as long
ago as 1998 that all of its engineering graduates, working towards
careers as designers, managers or researchers, should be prepared
for the challenge of sustainable development and, as such, should
leave university able to make sustainable development operational
in their designs and daily practices. The huge amount of knowledge
gathered on best-practice teaching for engineers is reflected in
this book. The aim is to give engineering students a grounding in
the challenge that sustainable development poses to the engineering
profession, the contribution the engineer can make to attaining
some of the societal and environmental goals of sustainability, and
the barriers and pitfalls engineers will likely need to confront in
their professional lives. Concise but comprehensive, the book
examines the key tools, skills and techniques that can be used in
engineering design and management to ensure that whole-life costs
and impacts of engineering schemes are addressed at every stage of
planning, implementation and disposal. The book also aims to
demonstrate through real-life examples the tangible benefits that
have already been achieved in many engineering projects, and to
highlight how real improvements can be, and are being, made. Each
chapter ends with a series of questions and exercises for the
student to undertake. Sustainable Development for Engineers will be
essential reading for all engineers and scientists concerned with
sustainable development. In particular, it provides key reading and
learning materials for undergraduate and postgraduate students
reading environmental, chemical, civil or mechanical engineering,
manufacturing and design, environmental science, green chemistry
and environmental management.
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