Engineering applications in sustainable design and development : 1st edition /
Bradley A. Striebig, Adebayo A. Ogundipe, Maria Papadakis.
- Si edition.
- xvi, 762 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
chapter 1. Sustainability, engineering, and design -- chapter 2. Analyzing sustainability using engineering science -- chapter 3. Biogeochemical cycles -- chapter 4. Water quality impacts -- chapter 5. Impacts on air quality -- chapter 6. The carbon cycle and energy balances -- chapter 7. Models for sustainable engineering -- chapter 8. Enegery conservation and development -- chapter 9. Industrial ecology -- chapter 10. Life cycle analysis -- chapter 11. Sustainability and the built environment -- chapter 12. Challenges and opportunities for sustainability in practice.
Focusing on pressing contemporary issues, this title puts product design in the context of models of sustainability.