Introduction to Sustainability for Engineers.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contributors -- 1. Sustainable Development and Role of Engineers -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Why and What Is Sustainable Development? -- 1.3 The SDGs, Paris Agreement, and Role of Engineering -- 1.4 Sustainable Development and the Engineering Profession -- 1.5 Key Attributes of the Graduate Engineer -- 1.6 Summary -- Sustainable Engineering in Focus -- References -- Exercises -- Recommended Reading and Websites -- 2. Sustainable Engineering: Concepts, Principles, and Frameworks -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Key Concepts for Sustainable Engineering -- 2.2.1 Factor 4 and Factor 10: the Goals of Sustainability -- 2.2.2 Systems Thinking -- 2.2.3 Life Cycle Thinking -- 2.2.4 The Circular Economy -- 2.2.5 Industrial Ecology -- 2.2.6 Green Economy and Low-Carbon Economy -- 2.2.7 The Natural Step -- 2.2.8 Resources Efficiency and Decoupling -- 2.2.9 Eco-efficiency -- 2.2.10 Triple Bottom Line -- 2.3 Guiding Principles for Sustainable Engineering -- 2.4 Frameworks for Sustainable Engineering -- 2.5 Summary -- Sustainable Engineering in Focus -- References -- Exercises -- Recommended Reading and Websites -- 3. Tools for Sustainability Assessment -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Procedural Tools -- 3.2.1 Environmental Management System -- 3.2.2 Environmental Auditing -- 3.2.3 Cleaner Production Assessment -- 3.2.4 Environmental Impact Assessment -- 3.2.5 Strategic Environmental Assessment -- 3.2.6 Life Cycle Management -- 3.2.7 Design for Sustainability -- 3.2.8 Sustainable Procurement -- 3.2.9 Stakeholder Engagement -- 3.2.10 CSR and Sustainability Reporting -- 3.2.11 Eco-Labeling and Environment Product Declaration -- 3.2.12 Buildings and Infrastructure Rating Systems -- 3.2.13 Backcasting -- 3.3 Analytical Tools.

3.3.1 Based on Physical Metrics -- 3.3.1.1 Life Cycle Assessment -- 3.3.1.2 Carbon, Water, and Product Environmental Footprints -- 3.3.1.3 Material Flow Accounting -- 3.3.1.4 Environmental Risk Assessment -- 3.3.1.5 Green Infrastructure Valuation -- 3.3.2 Based on Nonphysical Metrics -- 3.3.2.1 Stakeholder Analysis -- 3.3.2.2 Cost Benefit Analysis -- 3.3.2.3 Environmental Life Cycle Costing (E-LCC) -- 3.3.2.4 Social Life Cycle Assessment -- 3.3.2.5 Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment -- 3.3.2.6 Multi-criteria Analysis -- 3.3.2.7 System Dynamics -- 3.4 Summary -- Sustainable Engineering in Focus -- References -- Exercises -- 4. Fundamentals of Life Cycle Assessment -- 4.1 Introduction - Why and What Is LCA? -- 4.2 The LCA Methodology -- 4.2.1 The LCA Goal and Scope Definition -- 4.2.2 Life Cycle Inventory -- 4.2.3 Life Cycle Impact Assessment -- 4.2.4 Interpretation and Presentation of Results -- 4.2.5 The Iterative Nature of LCA -- 4.2.6 Methodological Choices -- 4.2.7 LCI Databases and LCA Softwares -- 4.2.8 Strengths and Limitations of LCA -- 4.3 Environmental Life Cycle Costing, Social Life Cycle Assessment, and Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment -- 4.3.1 Introduction -- 4.3.2 Environmental Life Cycle Costing -- 4.3.3 Social Life Cycle Assessment -- 4.3.4 Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment -- 4.4 LCA Applications in Engineering -- 4.4.1 Environmental Product Declarations and Product Category Rules -- 4.4.2 Carbon and Water Footprinting -- 4.4.2.1 Carbon Footprinting -- 4.4.2.2 Water Footprinting -- 4.4.3 Energy Systems -- 4.4.4 Buildings and the Built Environment -- 4.4.5 Drinking Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment -- 4.4.6 Solid Waste Management -- 4.4.7 Chemicals and Chemical Production -- 4.4.8 Automotive Industry -- 4.4.9 Food and Agriculture -- 4.4.10 Electronics and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) -- 4.5 Summary.

Sustainable Engineering in Focus -- References -- Exercises -- Recommended reading and websites -- 5. Introduction to Environmental Economics -- 5.1 Introduction - What Is Environmental Economics? -- 5.2 Valuing the Environment -- 5.3 Market-based Incentives (or Economic Instruments) for Sustainability -- 5.4 Command-and-Control versus Economic Instruments -- 5.5 A Simple Model of Pollution Control -- 5.6 Summary -- Sustainable Engineering in Focus -- References -- Exercises -- Recommended Reading and Websites -- 6. Integrating Sustainability in Engineering Design -- 6.1 Problem Solving in Engineering -- 6.2 The Conventional Engineering Design Process -- 6.3 From Conventional to Sustainable Engineering Design Process -- 6.4 Design for Life Guidelines and Strategies -- 6.5 Measuring Sustainability -- 6.6 Sustainable Design through Sustainable Procurement Criteria -- 6.7 Case Studies on Sustainable Engineering Design Process -- 6.7.1 Sustainable Process Design - Case Study (Source: Azapagic et al., 2006) -- 6.7.2 Sustainable Building Design - A Case Study (Reprinted with Permission from Santos and Costa, 2016) -- 6.7.3 Sustainable Product Design in Mechanical Engineering - A Case Study -- 6.7.4 Sustainable Product Design in Electronic Engineering (Reprinted with Permission from Andrae et al., 2016) -- 6.7.5 Sustainable Product Design in Electrical Engineering - A Case Study (Reprinted with Permission from Gurauskienė and Visvaldas, 2006) -- 6.8 Summary -- Sustainable Engineering in Focus -- References -- Exercises -- Recommended Reading and Websites -- 7. Sustainable Buildings and Sustainable Infrastructure Rating Systems -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Sustainable Buildings Rating Systems -- 7.3 Sustainable Infrastructure Rating Systems -- 7.4 Role of the Engineer in Rating Systems -- 7.5 Summary -- Sustainable Engineering in Focus -- References.

Exercises -- Recommended Reading and Websites -- 8. Policies and Instruments for Implementing Sustainable Development from a Life Cycle Perspective -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Policies and Instruments for Sustainable Development -- 8.3 A Policy Framework for Translating Sustainable Development into Action -- 8.4 Policies and Instruments across the Life Cycle and in Key Consumption Clusters -- 8.5 Multilateral Environmental Agreements -- 8.6 Summary -- Sustainable Engineering in Focus -- References -- Exercises -- Recommended Reading and Websites -- 9. Business and Sustainability -- 9.1 The Business Case for Sustainability -- 9.2 The Business Sustainability Journey -- 9.3 Sustainability by Departmental Functions -- 9.4 Putting Sustainability into Business Practice -- 9.5 Summary -- Sustainable Development in Engineering in Focus -- References -- Exercises -- Recommended Reading and Websites -- 10. The Contribution of Engineers to Sustainability -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Innovation for Sustainability -- 10.3 Role of Engineers across Stages of Project Delivery -- 10.4 The Sustainability Competent Engineer -- 10.5 Summary -- Sustainable Engineering in Focus -- References -- Exercises -- Recommended Reading and Websites -- Appendix A: State of the World Environment: Key Messages of GEO-6 -- Appendix B: International Energy Agency: World Energy Outlook 2018. Executive Summary -- Appendix C: Energy and Climate Change -- Appendix D: Key Environmental Impact Categories -- Appendix E: Key Standards That Support Sustainable Development -- Index.

Book introduces sustainability concept, core principles for sustainable development and decision making. Concepts like life cycle analysis, environmental economics, related institutional architecture and policy framework, business context of sustianability and so forth, are described. Appendix has summary of key concepts, strategies and tools.

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