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Sustainability
Goals and structure
Part of CENG0016 Sustainability
L2_V1

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Summary
• Goals of this Lecture Series.
• Structure of this Lecture Series.
• The Importance of Early Decisions on Project Outcomes.
• Historical Example.
• Invitation to submit questions and comments on the group forum on
Moodle.

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Goals of this Lecture Series

• Cover key topics in sustainability and corporate responsibility.
• Clarify the sustainability aspects of the Appraise & Select deliverables.
• Start developing recommendations around sustainability for your
project.

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Influence of your decisions (1/2)

Listen to this audio (at least t=3:50 to
5:15).
Think about how some decisions can have
global and long term effects.
• How would the world look like if Churchill
had chosen coal over oil?
• Did he truly have a choice?

Source: BBC World Service (9/9/2019) “Oil: 50 things that

made the modern economy” (accessed 28/9/2021). © UCL Chemical Engineering 4
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csz2wt
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Structure of this Lecture Series

Appraise (L2_V2-V3) Select (L2_V4-V5)
• Sustainability; • Quantitative sustainability;
• Corporations and social • Life Cycle Analysis.
responsibility; • Climate change and global
• PESTLE & Stakeholders warming;
analyses;
• Offsets & Triple Bottom Line.

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Influence of your decision (2/2)

You are faced with high uncertainty and
high influence at the start of a design
process.
Your early efforts will have a big impact
on your success!
Best stage to implement sustainability!

Source: Towler,G., & Sinnott,R. (2021). Chemical

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plant and process design. Butterworth-Heinemann.
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Next…
You can post your questions and comments on your group’s forum on
Moodle.
Continue to the next presentation.
Thank you!

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