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Engineering for Sustainable Development : Theory and Practice.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2022Copyright date: �2023Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (355 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781119720997
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Engineering for Sustainable DevelopmentDDC classification:
  • 620.00286
LOC classification:
  • TA163 .B579 2022
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I Challenges in Sustainable Engineering -- Chapter 1 Sustainability Challenges -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Weak Sustainability vs Strong Sustainability -- 1.3 Utility vs Throughput -- 1.4 Relative Scarcity vs Absolute Scarcity -- 1.5 Global/International Sustainability Agenda -- 1.6 Engineering Sustainability -- 1.7 IPAT -- 1.8 Environmental Kuznets Curves -- 1.9 Impact of Engineering Innovation on Earth's Carrying Capacity -- 1.10 Engineering Challenges in Reducing Ecological Footprint -- 1.11 Sustainability Implications of Engineering Design -- 1.12 Engineering Catastrophes -- 1.13 Existential Risks from Engineering Activities in the Twenty‐First Century -- 1.13.1 Artificial Intelligence (AI) -- 1.13.2 Green Technologies -- 1.14 The Way Forward -- References -- Part II Sustainability Assessment Tools -- Chapter 2 Quantifying Sustainability - Triple Bottom Line Assessment -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Triple Bottom Line -- 2.2.1 The Economic Bottom Line -- 2.2.2 Environmental Bottom Line -- 2.2.3 The Social Bottom Line -- 2.3 Characteristics of Indicators -- 2.4 How Do You Develop an Indicator? -- 2.4 Social indicator -- 2.4 Environmental indicator -- 2.4 Economic indicator -- 2.5 Selection of Indicators -- 2.6 Participatory Approaches in Indicator Development -- 2.7 Description of Steps for Indicator Development -- 2.7.1 Step 1: Preliminary Selection of Indicators -- 2.7.2 Step 2: Questionnaire Design and Development -- 2.7.3 Step 3: Online Survey Development -- 2.7.4 Step 4: Participant Selection -- 2.7.5 Step 5: Final Selection of Indicators and Calculation of Their Weights -- 2.8 Sustainability Assessment Framework -- 2.8.1 Expert Survey -- 2.8.2 Stakeholders Survey -- 2.9 TBL Assessment for Bench Marking Purposes -- 2.10 Conclusions -- References.
Chapter 3 Life Cycle Assessment for TBL Assessment - I -- 3.1 Life Cycle Thinking -- 3.2 Life Cycle Assessment -- 3.3 Environmental Life Cycle Assessment -- 3.3.1 Application of ELCA -- 3.3.2 ISO 14040‐44 for Life Cycle Assessment -- 3.3.2.1 Step 1: Goal and Scope Definition -- 3.3.2.2 Step 2: Inventory Analysis -- 3.3.2.3 Step 3: Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) -- 3.3.2.4 Step 4: Interpretation -- 3.4 Allocation Method -- 3.5 Type of LCA -- 3.6 Uncertainty Analysis in LCA -- 3.7 Environmental Product Declaration -- References -- Chapter 4 Economic and Social Life Cycle Assessment -- 4.1 Economic and Social Life Cycle Assessment -- 4.2 Life Cycle Costing -- 4.2.1 Discounted Cash Flow Analysis -- 4.2.2 Internalisation of External Costs -- 4.3 Social Life Cycle Assessment -- 4.3.1 Step 1: Goal and Scope Definition -- 4.3.2 Step 2: Life Cycle Inventory -- 4.3.3 Step 3: Life Cycle Social Impact -- 4.3.4 Step 4: Interpretation -- 4.4 Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment -- References -- Part III Sustainable Engineering Solutions -- Chapter 5 Sustainable Engineering Strategies -- 5.1 Engineering Strategies for Sustainable Development -- 5.2 Cleaner Production Strategies -- 5.2.1 Good Housekeeping -- 5.2.2 Input Substitution -- 5.2.3 Technology Modification -- 5.2.4 Product Modification -- 5.2.5 On Site Recovery/Recycling -- 5.3 Fuji Xerox Case Study - Integration of Five CPS -- 5.4 Business Case Benefits of Cleaner Production -- 5.5 Cleaner Production Assessment -- 5.5.1 Planning and Organisation -- 5.5.2 Assessment -- 5.5.3 Feasibility Studies -- 5.5.4 Implementation and Continuation -- 5.6 Eco‐efficiency -- 5.6.1 Key Outcomes of Eco‐efficiency -- 5.6.2 Eco‐efficiency Portfolio Analysis in Choosing Eco‐efficient Options -- 5.7 Environmental Management Systems -- 5.7.1 Aims of an EMS -- 5.7.2 A Basic EMS Framework: Plan, Do Check, Review.
5.7.3 Interested Parties -- 5.7.4 Benefits of an EMS -- 5.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 Industrial Ecology -- 6.1 What Is Industrial Ecology? -- 6.2 Application of Industrial Ecology -- 6.3 Regional Synergies/Industrial Symbiosis -- 6.4 How Does It Happen? -- 6.5 Types of Industrial Symbiosis -- 6.6 Challenges in By‐Product Reuse -- 6.7 What Is an Eco Industrial Park? -- 6.8 Practice Examples -- 6.8.1 Development of an EIP -- 6.8.2 Industrial Symbiosis in an Industrial Area -- 6.9 Industrial Symbiosis in Kwinana Industrial Area -- 6.9.1 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 Green Engineering -- 7.1 What Is Green Engineering? -- 7.1.1 Minimise -- 7.1.2 Substitute -- 7.1.3 Moderate -- 7.1.4 Simplify -- 7.2 Principles of Green Engineering -- 7.2.1 Inherent Rather than Circumstantial -- 7.2.2 Prevention Rather than Treatment -- 7.2.3 Design for Separation -- 7.2.4 Maximise Mass, Energy, Space, and Time Efficiency -- 7.2.5 Output‐Pulled vs Input‐Pushed -- 7.2.6 Conserve Complexity -- 7.2.7 Durability Rather than Immortality -- 7.2.8 Meet Need, Minimise Excess -- 7.2.9 Minimise Material Diversity -- 7.2.10 Integration and Interconnectivity -- 7.2.11 Material and Energy Inputs Should Be Renewable Rather than Depleting -- 7.2.12 Products, Processes, and Systems Should Be Designed for Performance in a Commercial 'After Life' -- 7.3 Application of Green Engineering -- 7.3.1 Chemical -- 7.3.1.1 Prevent Waste -- 7.3.1.2 Maximise Atom Economy -- 7.3.1.3 Design Safer Chemicals and Products -- 7.3.1.4 Use Safer Solvents and Reaction Conditions -- 7.3.1.5 Use Renewable Feedstocks -- 7.3.1.6 Avoid Chemical Derivatives -- 7.3.1.7 Use Catalysts -- 7.3.1.8 Increase Energy Efficiency -- 7.3.1.9 Design Less Hazardous Chemical Syntheses -- 7.3.1.10 Design Chemicals and Products to Degrade After Use -- 7.3.1.11 Analyse in Real Time to Prevent Pollution.
7.3.1.12 Minimise the Potential for Accidents -- 7.3.2 Sustainable Materials -- 7.3.2.1 Applications of Composite Materials -- 7.3.2.2 The Positives and Negatives of Composite Materials -- 7.3.2.3 Bio‐Bricks -- 7.3.3 Heat Recovery -- 7.3.3.1 Temperature Classification -- 7.3.3.2 Heat Recovery Technologies -- 7.3.3.3 The Positives and Negatives of Waste Heat Recovery -- References -- Chapter 8 Design for the Environment -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Design for the Environment -- 8.3 Benefits of Design for the Environment -- 8.3.1 Economic Benefits -- 8.3.2 Operational Benefits -- 8.3.3 Marketing Benefits -- 8.4 Challenges Associated with Design for the Environment -- 8.5 Life Cycle Design Guidelines -- 8.6 Practice Examples -- 8.6.1 Design for Disassembly -- 8.6.2 The Life Cycle Benefits of Remanufacturing Strategies -- 8.7 Zero Waste -- 8.7.1 Waste Diversion Rate -- 8.7.2 Zero Waste Index -- 8.8 Circular Economy -- 8.8.1 Material Flow Analysis -- 8.8.2 Practice Example -- 8.9 Extended Producer Responsibilities -- References -- Chapter 9 Sustainable Energy -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Energy, Environment, Economy, and Society -- 9.2.1 Energy and the Economy -- 9.2.2 Energy and the Environment -- 9.3 Sustainable Energy -- 9.4 Pathways Forward -- 9.4.1 Deployment of Renewable Energy -- 9.4.2 Improvements to Fossil Fuel Based Power Generation -- 9.4.3 Plug in Electric Vehicles -- 9.4.4 Green Hydrogen Economy -- 9.4.5 Smart Grid -- 9.4.6 Development of Efficient Energy Storage Technologies -- 9.4.7 Energy Storage and the Californian "Duck Curve" -- 9.4.8 Sustainability in Small‐Scale Power Generation -- 9.4.8.1 Types of Decentralised Electricity Generation System -- 9.4.9 Blockchain for Sustainable Energy Solutions -- 9.4.10 Waste Heat Recovery -- 9.4.11 Carbon Capture Technologies -- 9.4.11.1 Post Combustion Capture -- 9.4.11.2 Pre‐combustion Carbon Capture.
9.4.12 Demand‐side Management -- 9.4.12.1 National Perspective -- 9.4.12.2 User Perspective -- 9.4.12.3 CO2 Mitigation per Unit of Incremental Cost -- 9.5 Practice Example -- 9.5.1 Step 1 -- 9.5.2 Step 2 -- 9.5.3 Step 3 -- 9.5.4 Step 4 -- 9.5.5 Step 5 -- 9.5.6 Step 6 -- 9.5.7 Step 7 -- 9.6 Life Cycle Energy Assessment -- 9.7 Reference Energy System -- 9.8 Conclusions -- References -- Part IV Outcomes -- Chapter 10 Engineering for Sustainable Development -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Sustainable Production and Consumption -- 10.3 Factor X -- 10.4 Climate Change Challenges -- 10.5 Water Challenges -- 10.6 Energy Challenges -- 10.7 Circular Economy and Dematerialisation -- 10.8 Engineering Ethics -- 10.8.1 Engineers Australia's Sustainability Policy - Practices -- References -- Index -- EULA.
Summary: ENGINEERING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AN AUTHORITATIVE AND COMPLETE GUIDE TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING In Engineering for Sustainable Development: Theory and Practice , a team of distinguished academics deliver a comprehensive, education-focused discussion on sustainable engineering, bridging the gap between theory and practice by.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I Challenges in Sustainable Engineering -- Chapter 1 Sustainability Challenges -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Weak Sustainability vs Strong Sustainability -- 1.3 Utility vs Throughput -- 1.4 Relative Scarcity vs Absolute Scarcity -- 1.5 Global/International Sustainability Agenda -- 1.6 Engineering Sustainability -- 1.7 IPAT -- 1.8 Environmental Kuznets Curves -- 1.9 Impact of Engineering Innovation on Earth's Carrying Capacity -- 1.10 Engineering Challenges in Reducing Ecological Footprint -- 1.11 Sustainability Implications of Engineering Design -- 1.12 Engineering Catastrophes -- 1.13 Existential Risks from Engineering Activities in the Twenty‐First Century -- 1.13.1 Artificial Intelligence (AI) -- 1.13.2 Green Technologies -- 1.14 The Way Forward -- References -- Part II Sustainability Assessment Tools -- Chapter 2 Quantifying Sustainability - Triple Bottom Line Assessment -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Triple Bottom Line -- 2.2.1 The Economic Bottom Line -- 2.2.2 Environmental Bottom Line -- 2.2.3 The Social Bottom Line -- 2.3 Characteristics of Indicators -- 2.4 How Do You Develop an Indicator? -- 2.4 Social indicator -- 2.4 Environmental indicator -- 2.4 Economic indicator -- 2.5 Selection of Indicators -- 2.6 Participatory Approaches in Indicator Development -- 2.7 Description of Steps for Indicator Development -- 2.7.1 Step 1: Preliminary Selection of Indicators -- 2.7.2 Step 2: Questionnaire Design and Development -- 2.7.3 Step 3: Online Survey Development -- 2.7.4 Step 4: Participant Selection -- 2.7.5 Step 5: Final Selection of Indicators and Calculation of Their Weights -- 2.8 Sustainability Assessment Framework -- 2.8.1 Expert Survey -- 2.8.2 Stakeholders Survey -- 2.9 TBL Assessment for Bench Marking Purposes -- 2.10 Conclusions -- References.

Chapter 3 Life Cycle Assessment for TBL Assessment - I -- 3.1 Life Cycle Thinking -- 3.2 Life Cycle Assessment -- 3.3 Environmental Life Cycle Assessment -- 3.3.1 Application of ELCA -- 3.3.2 ISO 14040‐44 for Life Cycle Assessment -- 3.3.2.1 Step 1: Goal and Scope Definition -- 3.3.2.2 Step 2: Inventory Analysis -- 3.3.2.3 Step 3: Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) -- 3.3.2.4 Step 4: Interpretation -- 3.4 Allocation Method -- 3.5 Type of LCA -- 3.6 Uncertainty Analysis in LCA -- 3.7 Environmental Product Declaration -- References -- Chapter 4 Economic and Social Life Cycle Assessment -- 4.1 Economic and Social Life Cycle Assessment -- 4.2 Life Cycle Costing -- 4.2.1 Discounted Cash Flow Analysis -- 4.2.2 Internalisation of External Costs -- 4.3 Social Life Cycle Assessment -- 4.3.1 Step 1: Goal and Scope Definition -- 4.3.2 Step 2: Life Cycle Inventory -- 4.3.3 Step 3: Life Cycle Social Impact -- 4.3.4 Step 4: Interpretation -- 4.4 Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment -- References -- Part III Sustainable Engineering Solutions -- Chapter 5 Sustainable Engineering Strategies -- 5.1 Engineering Strategies for Sustainable Development -- 5.2 Cleaner Production Strategies -- 5.2.1 Good Housekeeping -- 5.2.2 Input Substitution -- 5.2.3 Technology Modification -- 5.2.4 Product Modification -- 5.2.5 On Site Recovery/Recycling -- 5.3 Fuji Xerox Case Study - Integration of Five CPS -- 5.4 Business Case Benefits of Cleaner Production -- 5.5 Cleaner Production Assessment -- 5.5.1 Planning and Organisation -- 5.5.2 Assessment -- 5.5.3 Feasibility Studies -- 5.5.4 Implementation and Continuation -- 5.6 Eco‐efficiency -- 5.6.1 Key Outcomes of Eco‐efficiency -- 5.6.2 Eco‐efficiency Portfolio Analysis in Choosing Eco‐efficient Options -- 5.7 Environmental Management Systems -- 5.7.1 Aims of an EMS -- 5.7.2 A Basic EMS Framework: Plan, Do Check, Review.

5.7.3 Interested Parties -- 5.7.4 Benefits of an EMS -- 5.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 Industrial Ecology -- 6.1 What Is Industrial Ecology? -- 6.2 Application of Industrial Ecology -- 6.3 Regional Synergies/Industrial Symbiosis -- 6.4 How Does It Happen? -- 6.5 Types of Industrial Symbiosis -- 6.6 Challenges in By‐Product Reuse -- 6.7 What Is an Eco Industrial Park? -- 6.8 Practice Examples -- 6.8.1 Development of an EIP -- 6.8.2 Industrial Symbiosis in an Industrial Area -- 6.9 Industrial Symbiosis in Kwinana Industrial Area -- 6.9.1 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 Green Engineering -- 7.1 What Is Green Engineering? -- 7.1.1 Minimise -- 7.1.2 Substitute -- 7.1.3 Moderate -- 7.1.4 Simplify -- 7.2 Principles of Green Engineering -- 7.2.1 Inherent Rather than Circumstantial -- 7.2.2 Prevention Rather than Treatment -- 7.2.3 Design for Separation -- 7.2.4 Maximise Mass, Energy, Space, and Time Efficiency -- 7.2.5 Output‐Pulled vs Input‐Pushed -- 7.2.6 Conserve Complexity -- 7.2.7 Durability Rather than Immortality -- 7.2.8 Meet Need, Minimise Excess -- 7.2.9 Minimise Material Diversity -- 7.2.10 Integration and Interconnectivity -- 7.2.11 Material and Energy Inputs Should Be Renewable Rather than Depleting -- 7.2.12 Products, Processes, and Systems Should Be Designed for Performance in a Commercial 'After Life' -- 7.3 Application of Green Engineering -- 7.3.1 Chemical -- 7.3.1.1 Prevent Waste -- 7.3.1.2 Maximise Atom Economy -- 7.3.1.3 Design Safer Chemicals and Products -- 7.3.1.4 Use Safer Solvents and Reaction Conditions -- 7.3.1.5 Use Renewable Feedstocks -- 7.3.1.6 Avoid Chemical Derivatives -- 7.3.1.7 Use Catalysts -- 7.3.1.8 Increase Energy Efficiency -- 7.3.1.9 Design Less Hazardous Chemical Syntheses -- 7.3.1.10 Design Chemicals and Products to Degrade After Use -- 7.3.1.11 Analyse in Real Time to Prevent Pollution.

7.3.1.12 Minimise the Potential for Accidents -- 7.3.2 Sustainable Materials -- 7.3.2.1 Applications of Composite Materials -- 7.3.2.2 The Positives and Negatives of Composite Materials -- 7.3.2.3 Bio‐Bricks -- 7.3.3 Heat Recovery -- 7.3.3.1 Temperature Classification -- 7.3.3.2 Heat Recovery Technologies -- 7.3.3.3 The Positives and Negatives of Waste Heat Recovery -- References -- Chapter 8 Design for the Environment -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Design for the Environment -- 8.3 Benefits of Design for the Environment -- 8.3.1 Economic Benefits -- 8.3.2 Operational Benefits -- 8.3.3 Marketing Benefits -- 8.4 Challenges Associated with Design for the Environment -- 8.5 Life Cycle Design Guidelines -- 8.6 Practice Examples -- 8.6.1 Design for Disassembly -- 8.6.2 The Life Cycle Benefits of Remanufacturing Strategies -- 8.7 Zero Waste -- 8.7.1 Waste Diversion Rate -- 8.7.2 Zero Waste Index -- 8.8 Circular Economy -- 8.8.1 Material Flow Analysis -- 8.8.2 Practice Example -- 8.9 Extended Producer Responsibilities -- References -- Chapter 9 Sustainable Energy -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Energy, Environment, Economy, and Society -- 9.2.1 Energy and the Economy -- 9.2.2 Energy and the Environment -- 9.3 Sustainable Energy -- 9.4 Pathways Forward -- 9.4.1 Deployment of Renewable Energy -- 9.4.2 Improvements to Fossil Fuel Based Power Generation -- 9.4.3 Plug in Electric Vehicles -- 9.4.4 Green Hydrogen Economy -- 9.4.5 Smart Grid -- 9.4.6 Development of Efficient Energy Storage Technologies -- 9.4.7 Energy Storage and the Californian "Duck Curve" -- 9.4.8 Sustainability in Small‐Scale Power Generation -- 9.4.8.1 Types of Decentralised Electricity Generation System -- 9.4.9 Blockchain for Sustainable Energy Solutions -- 9.4.10 Waste Heat Recovery -- 9.4.11 Carbon Capture Technologies -- 9.4.11.1 Post Combustion Capture -- 9.4.11.2 Pre‐combustion Carbon Capture.

9.4.12 Demand‐side Management -- 9.4.12.1 National Perspective -- 9.4.12.2 User Perspective -- 9.4.12.3 CO2 Mitigation per Unit of Incremental Cost -- 9.5 Practice Example -- 9.5.1 Step 1 -- 9.5.2 Step 2 -- 9.5.3 Step 3 -- 9.5.4 Step 4 -- 9.5.5 Step 5 -- 9.5.6 Step 6 -- 9.5.7 Step 7 -- 9.6 Life Cycle Energy Assessment -- 9.7 Reference Energy System -- 9.8 Conclusions -- References -- Part IV Outcomes -- Chapter 10 Engineering for Sustainable Development -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Sustainable Production and Consumption -- 10.3 Factor X -- 10.4 Climate Change Challenges -- 10.5 Water Challenges -- 10.6 Energy Challenges -- 10.7 Circular Economy and Dematerialisation -- 10.8 Engineering Ethics -- 10.8.1 Engineers Australia's Sustainability Policy - Practices -- References -- Index -- EULA.

ENGINEERING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AN AUTHORITATIVE AND COMPLETE GUIDE TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING In Engineering for Sustainable Development: Theory and Practice , a team of distinguished academics deliver a comprehensive, education-focused discussion on sustainable engineering, bridging the gap between theory and practice by.

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