EV4006 Sustainability Engineering Syllabus:
EV4006 Sustainability Engineering Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES
To learn about the principles, indicators and general concept of sustainability.
To apprehend the local, regional and global impacts of unsustainable designs, products and processes.
To apply the sustainability concepts in engineering.
UNIT I SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction to sustainability concepts, the magnitude of the pressures on resources and ecosystems, Roles of engineers in developing sustainable society, Energy, Materials use, Environmental emissions –ozone depletion, global warming, air quality, water quality, wastes in the India – water, air, solid.
UNIT II RISK AND LIFE CYCLE BASED FRAME WORKS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Environmental Risk – Risk assessment, Risk based environmental law, Life cycle – Life cycle assessment, Life cycle based environmental law, Life cycle assessment tools, pollution prevention concepts.
UNIT III SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS
Environmental and natural resource use footprints – material extraction and production, material flows in engineered systems, Environmental releases- chemical and physical properties, estimate environmental partitioning, persistence and measures of exposure.
UNIT IV DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainable engineering design principles, economic performance indicators, environmental performance indicators, social performance indicators, environmental cost analysis
UNIT V CASE STUDIES
Sustainable built environments, Biofuels for transportation, electric vehicles, bioplastics
OUTCOMES
1. Students would be able to quantify sustainability, and resource availability.
2. rationalize the sustainability based on scientific merits
3. Understand and apply sustainability concepts in designs, product developments and processes across various engineering disciplines.
4. To make a decision in applying green engineering concepts.
5. Lifelong advocate of sustainability in society.
REFERENCES
1. Sustainable Engineering concepts, design and case studies, David T. Allen and David R.Shonnard, Prentice hall.
2. Engineering applications in sustainable design and development , Bradley Striebig, Adebayao A.Ogundipe and Maria Papadakis, Cengage Learning; 001 edition (January 1, 2015).