Engineering for Sustainable Development: Guiding Principles

This guide on sustainable development addresses sustainability for engineering applications. The following chapter headings are listed in the table of contents: 1 Introduction - 1.1 Why Engineering for Sustainable Development?, 1.2 Scope of the Guide, 1.3 Definitions and indefinable principles, 1.4 The challenge ahead; 2 Examples of sustainability issues in engineering - 2.1 Civil Engineering - Jubilee River, 2.2 Chemical & Manufacturing Engineering - laundry cleaning products, 2.3 Walking the talk: embedding sustainable development into an organisation - Glasgow University, 2.4 Product design in Electrical & Electronic Engineering - mobile phones, 2.5 Civil Engineering & Building - Mossley Mill regeneration in Northern Ireland, 2.6 Balancing positive and negative impacts - the case of catalytic converters, 2.7 The energy challenge; 3 Guiding Principles of Engineering for Sustainable Development - 3.1 The Principles, 3.2 The Principles explained, 3.3 The Principles related to the examples summarised in Section 2.31; 4 Application of the Principles in practice - 4.1 Introduction, 4.2 Framing the requirements, 4.3 Project Definition - Scoping the decision, 4.4 Planning and Detailed Design, 4.5 Implementation, Delivery and Operations, 4.6 End of usable life, 4.7 Linking the Stages to the Guiding Principles; 5 Developing approaches in teaching, training and continuing professional development (CPD).

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  http://www.raeng.org.uk/education/vps/pdf/Engineering_for_Sustainable_Development.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Academy of Engineering

  29 Great Peter Street
  London SW1P 3LW,   England 
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 52p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Catalytic converters; Chemical engineering; Civil engineering; Continuing education; Definitions; Delivery service; Design; Education; Electrical engineering; Energy; Hydroelectric power generation; Impacts; Implementation; Manufacturing; Mobile telephones; Operations; Organizations; Personnel development; Planning; Products; Professional personnel; Structures; Sustainable development; Training; Walking
• Identifier Terms: Mossley Mill; University of Glasgow
• Uncontrolled Terms: Electronic engineering; Guiding principles; Laundry detergents
• Geographic Terms: Jubilee River; Northern Ireland
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Design; Education and Training; Energy; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Research; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01006008
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1903496217
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 7 2005 2:44PM