Progress in Sustainable Development
Sustainable Engineering Practices
- 1st Edition - March 9, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: David S-K. Ting, Paul G. O'Brien
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 2 0 7 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 8 6 5 - 3
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Request a sales quoteProgress in Sustainable Development: Sustainable Engineering Practices provides readers with the latest research and best practices in sustainable engineering in the fields of urban, environmental, energy and sustainability sciences, reflecting a focus on state-of-the art insights and the latest developments. Chapters focus on the key engineering principles of effective resource use, reduction of excess waste, and taking advantage of natural resources to equip readers with the background information and practical considerations of successful implementations of sustainable technical solutions. Each chapter features detailed case studies and figures showing real-world applications of the latest technologies, ensuring they are reproduceable by the reader.
The multidisciplinary chapters include environmentally-friendly technologies and the application of novel initiatives in engineering for infrastructure, renewable energy generation, advanced materials and waste, among other areas, with a strong emphasis on sustainability and conservation of resources.
- Provides the most recent developments and novel practices in engineering for furthering sustainable development
- Takes an interdisciplinary look at sustainable engineering practices across the fields of urban studies, environmental science and energy
- Includes case studies to show how readers can implement the practical engineering solutions detailed
Academics and researchers in sustainability science, and engineers, especially senior undergraduate and graduate students in environmental, chemical, mechanical and civil engineering
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Editors biographies
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- Chapter 1 Engineering sustainable development—Realizing the UN's sustainable development goals
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 What are the SDGs and how are they monitored?
- 1.3 Engineering for sustainability
- 1.4 Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 2 Reviving aging cities' infrastructure: The case of riverfronts
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 The Chicago Riverwalk
- 2.3 Evaluating the project: a sustainability framework
- 2.4 Lessons learned
- 2.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3 Nature-friendly architectural house design in tropical cities to minimize home energy consumption
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Bioclimatic incompatibility of buildings as energy users' domain
- 3.3 Lighting, ventilating, and air conditioning: the essential elements of modern building in tropical cities
- 3.4 Thermal comfort and energy savings at individual building
- 3.5 Geographical location and substitutes for energy savings
- 3.6 Responsible living exertions: minimizing the energy efficiency at individual buildings
- 3.7 Passive approaches
- 3.8 The way forward
- References
- Chapter 4 A review on liquid jet impingement for industrial cooling applications
- Nomenclature
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Fundamentals of liquid jet impingement
- 4.3 Heat transfer impacting parameters
- 4.4 Concluding remark
- References
- Chapter 5 Analyzing the portfolio optimization models in the solar energy sector
- Nomenclature
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 An overview of Turkey's energy resources
- 5.3 Methodology
- 5.4 Empirical analysis
- 5.5 Conclusion and policy implications
- References
- Chapter 6 Optimization of Wells turbine performance
- Nomenclature
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Basic concepts
- 6.3 Operation cycle
- 6.4 Mathematical and numerical modeling methods
- 6.5 Enhancement of Wells turbine performance
- 6.6 Conclusion
- 6.7 Suggestions for further research
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 7 A review of materials used for carbon dioxide capture
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Overview of carbon capture methods
- 7.3 Overview of carbon capture processes
- 7.4 Conclusion and future work
- References
- Chapter 8 Advances in water research: Enhancing sustainable water use in irrigated agriculture in South Africa
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Use and misuse of water productivity and water use efficiency terms
- 8.3 Innovations enhancing water use in irrigation
- 8.4 Potential environmental impacts of irrigation development
- 8.5 Role of accurate spatial data on irrigation development
- 8.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 9 Assessment of groundwater quality in Vihiga County, Kenya
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Materials and methods
- 9.3 Results and discussion
- 9.4 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 10 Sustaining marine biodiversity in Singapore's heavily urbanized coast
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Urbanization pressure
- 10.3 Biodiversity status
- 10.4 Management and governance
- 10.5 Science
- 10.6 Citizen science and community action
- 10.7 Restoration and ecological engineering
- 10.8 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 9, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 308
- No. of pages (eBook): 308
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323992077
- eBook ISBN: 9780323958653
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David S-K. Ting
David S.-K. Ting is the founder of the Turbulence and Energy Laboratory at the University of Windsor, through which he supervises students primarily on energy and thermofluids. He is a prolific author/editor and a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta (APPEGA); Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO); the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE); the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); the Engineering Society for Advancing Mobility Land Sea Air and Space (SAE). He has edited several books for Elsevier, the most recent ones especially focused on sustainable engineering and development practices.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Dept. of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering (MAME), Faculty of Engineering, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, CanadaPO
Paul G. O'Brien
Paul G. O’Brien is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, York University, Canada and has extensive experience working in leading research labs based in materials, mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering, and the chemical sciences. His interdisciplinary research efforts focus on the application of expertise from these fields to develop solutions for the realization of a transition to clean energy. Dr. O’Brien has authored over thirty-five papers in the area of materials and energy. He is the founder of the Advanced Materials for Sustainable Energy Technologies Laboratory at York University, where he and his students continue to innovate and advance clean energy solutions.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, York University, CanadaRead Progress in Sustainable Development on ScienceDirect