Engineering for Sustainability
A Practical Guide for Sustainable Design
- 1st Edition - May 4, 2012
- Latest edition
- Authors: Gerald Jonker, Jan Harmsen
- Language: English
This book provides engineers with the necessary information to design sustainable processes, products and value chains. It describes the current consensus on sustainable de… Read more
This book provides engineers with the necessary information to design sustainable processes, products and value chains. It describes the current consensus on sustainable development for four context levels: Planet, Society, Business, and Engineers. It also presents all required design steps: from problem definition, via synthesis of potential solutions, analysis of solutions, improvements to the final solution evaluation. For each design step, methods and guidelines are provided in relation to the goal of obtaining a sustainable solution; a solution that meets both the needs of people and all specific context constraints with regard to the planet and prosperity.
- Provides information on the current consensus on sustainable development for four context levels: Planet, Society, Business and Engineers
- Offers guidelines for analyzing problems and identifying the best solution for each problem as applicable to a specific situation
- Provides clear design procedures for implementation of a particular solution
- Helps engineers to come up with profitable designs which meet environmental constraints
- Presents the information that engineers need to meet energy, water, food, health, and other basic human needs
Engineering students in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, aerospace engineering, industrial engineering, and product engineering
Dedication
Preface
About the Authors
Chapter 1. Introduction
Role of Engineers
Exploring Sustainability
Overview of Making a Sustainable Design
Chapter 2. Setting up a Design Assignment
Challenges for a Sustainable Design
Design Process as Team work
Setting Goal and Scope
Sustainability Constraints
Chapter 3. Structuring the Sustainability Context
Background of Context Levels
Context Level Planet
Context Level Society
Context Level Business
Context Level Engineers
Chapter 4. Creating Design Solutions
Design Synthesis
Preliminary Solutions Assessment
Quick Scan Life Cycle Assessment
Evaluation of the Design
Chapter 5. Acquiring Sustainable Design Competences
Teaching Sustainable Development
Sustainability Complexity Transferred into Design Competences
Hints on Acquiring Key Competences
References
Index
- Edition: 1
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- Published: May 4, 2012
- Language: English
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Gerald Jonker
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Groningen, The NetherlandsJH
Jan Harmsen
Dr. Jan Harmsen is currently Director of Harmsen Consultancy B.V. From 1996 to 2010 he was Principal Process Developer, Shell Technology Center Amsterdam. After thirty-three years of industrial experience in exploratory research, development, process design, and chemicals manufacturing, ir. Harmsen now successfully works as an independent consultant on innovation with sustainable development in view. He has published three books with Elsevier.
Affiliations and expertise
Harmsen Consultancy B.V., The NetherlandsRead Engineering for Sustainability on ScienceDirect