BETCK105D VTU Notes: Sustainable Engineering 2022

Introduction to Sustainable Engg

BETCK105D

2022 Scheme

Module 1 : Sustainable Development and Role of Engineers

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

Module 2 : Sustainable Engineering and Concepts, Principles and Frame Work

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 Environmenta

Module 3 : Fundamentals of Life Cycle Assessment

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.

Module 4 : Introduction to Environmental Economic

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

Module 5 : Integrating Sustainability in Engineering Design

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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