INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING

(Free Elective)
Course Code: 15FE1118 L T P C
2 0 0 1

UNIT I : INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY AND LEGISLATIONS (6h)

Introduction, Need and concept of sustainability, Social environmental and economic

sustainability concepts. Sustainable development, Nexus between technology and sustainable
development, challenges for sustainable development. Multilateral environmental agreements
and protocols – Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Environmental legislations in India –
Water Act, Air Act.

UNIT II : POLLUTION AND EIA (6h)

Air pollution, Effects of Air Pollution; Water pollution-sources, sustainable wastewater
treatment, Solid waste -sources, impacts of solid waste, zero waste concept, 3R concept. Global
environmental issues- Resources degradation, Climate change, Global warming, Ozone layer
depletion, Regional and Local Environmental Issues. Carbon credits and carbon trading, carbon
foot print. Environmental management standards, ISO 14000 series, Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)
– Scope and Goal, Bio-mimicking, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) – Procedures in
India.

UNIT III : ENERGY SOURCES (4h)

Basic concepts- Conventional and non-conventional, solar energy, Fuel cells, wind energy, small
hydro plants, bio-fuels, energy derived from oceans, geothermal energy.

REFERENCE BOOKS :
1. Allen, D.T. and Shonnard, D.R., Sustainability Engineering : Concepts, Design and Case
Studies, Prentice Hall, 2011.
2. Bradley, A.S., Adebayo, A.O., Maria, P., Engineering applications in sustainable design
and development, 1st Ed., Cengage Learning, 2015.
3. Chang, Ni-Bin, Systems Analysis for Sustainable Engineering : Theory and Applications,
Mc Graw-Hill, 2011.
4. Environmental Impact Assessment Guidelines, Notification of Government of India,
2006.
5. Mackenthun, K.M., Basic Concepts in Environmental Management, CRC Press, 1999.
6. Twidell, J. and Weir, T., Renewable Energy Resources, 2nd Ed., Routledge, 2005.