Sustainable Engineering: Concepts, Design and Case Studies

by David T. Allen, David Shonnard

Assessing Engineering Designs for Environmental, Economic, and Social Impact Engineers will play a central role in addressing one of the twenty-first century’s key the development of new technologies that address societal needs and wants within the constraints imposed by limited natural resources and the need to protect environmental systems. To create tomorrow’s sustainable products, engineers must carefully consider environmental, economic, and social factors in evaluating their designs. Fortunately, quantitative tools for incorporating sustainability concepts into engineering designs and performance metrics are now emerging. Sustainable Engineering introduces these tools and shows how to apply them. Building on widely accepted principles they first introduced in Green Engineering, David T. Allen and David R. Shonnard discuss key aspects of designing sustainable systems in any engineering discipline. Their powerful, unified approach integrates essential engineering and quantitative design skills, industry perspectives, and case studies, enabling engineering professionals, educators, and students to incorporate sustainability throughout their work. Coverage includes

240 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2011

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Reviews

[Tomek · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars: Not the worst book on sustainable engineering I've ever read. It provides a rather cursory overview of many topics, but is hardly a thorough analysis of the topic. It completely overlooks many forms of renewable energies, various sustainability analyses, indirect environmental impacts and social implications of engineering projects. However, it does do a very good job of elucidating just how much goes into simple products and services which we take for granted.