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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Environmental Dimension What are the responsibilities of engineers with regard to the environmental protection? Should environmental degradation, which is not involving dangers to human health, be a matter of professional ethics or personal ethics? Discuss the “Limiting Growth” and “Unlimited Growth” environmental views How can engineers ensure economic growth is sustainable?

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Page 1: Week 8_Environmental Dimension

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Environmental Dimension

• What are the responsibilities of engineers with regard to the environmental protection?

• Should environmental degradation, which is not involving dangers to human health, be a matter of professional ethics or personal ethics?

• Discuss the “Limiting Growth” and “Unlimited Growth” environmental views

• How can engineers ensure economic growth is sustainable?

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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Environmental Dimension

• Environmental Protection –

Is an essential to pursue a sustainable future

• Environmental Awareness …

Is to recognize the need for environmental protection in our daily life

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Environmental Dimension

“Environmental management should become, where it is not already the case, one of the highest management priorities of business”.

World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 1996.“Trade and Environment : a Business Perspective”

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Environmental Dimension

“Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.

United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987

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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Environmental Dimension

1980s and 1990s• cost leadership• differentiation• quality &

customers’satisfaction

21st Century• long-term cost leadership• differentiation in favour of

green products and practices

• quality & stakeholders’satisfaction

• environmental performance of cities, firms, products or services

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Environmental Issues

Sustainable Development is often defined as:

“meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”

World Commission on Economic Development. (1987). Our Common Future. England : Oxford University Press.

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Sustainability

What is Sustainability?(World Summit on Sustainable Development brochure, 2002)1. Economic Growth

foster responsible long-term growth while ensuring that no nation or community is left behind.

2. Conserving natural Resources and the Environmentfor future generations, reduce the consumption of resources, stop pollution and conserve natural habitats.

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Sustainability

3. Social DevelopmentThroughout the world, people need jobs, food, education, energy, health care, water and sanitation. People also need respect for cultural and social diversity and the rights of workers. All members of society need a role in determining their futures.

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How Engineer Can Help

• Determine Objectives: Product definition, determine business objectives and constraint

• Evaluate Alternatives: Risk analysis and prototyping

• Develop Product: Detailed design, code, unit test and integration

• Planning the Next Round: Customer evaluation, design planning, implementation, and customer delivery

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Design Consideration

Select hazardous-free materials• Avoid the use of toxic or hazardous materials• Avoid ozone-depleting substances• Select recycled and recyclable materialsDesign for energy efficiency• Aim for maximum efficiencyDesign for durability• Identify and eliminate potential weak points• Design for easy maintenance and repairDesign for upgradability• Design to allow new modules or functions to be

added

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Design Consideration

• Design for remanufacturing (similar to design for recycle-ability)- Parts should be standardised and can be

interchangeable• Design for metal recovery

- Increase use of metals- Specify use of materials with recycled content

• Design for plastics recovery- Consolidate parts- Reduce the number of assembly operations

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The Role of An Engineer

• Take reasonable steps to avoid damage to the environment and the waste of natural resources.

• Seek to assess the environmental consequences of work for which he is responsible and to influence events so as to prevent or minimize damage to, and if practicable to improve, the environment.

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The Role of An Engineer

• Strive to create through their projects a healthy and agreeable outdoor and indoor environment;

• Aim to minimize the use of non-renewable resources, to conserve energy and to minimize the generation of waste;

• Consider and take into account the consequences of any proposal upon public health and local custom;

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The Role of An Engineer

• Assess the impacts of their proposals upon the environment, and select options that will ensure sustainable development;

• Consider and explain in their proposals the measures required to protect and improve the environment;

• Promote the concepts of interdependence of ecosystems, maintenance of the diversity of species, resource replacement and recovery, and sustainable development;

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The Role of An Engineer

• Seek to balance costs with benefit to the environment and human society, achieving the best option for the environment by using the best available technology and techniques without involving excessive costs.

• Encourage management to follow positive environmental policies by recognizing that a ‘statement of intent’ is insufficient to comply with the law.

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Environmental Laws in Hong Kong

• Water Pollution Control Ordinance (1980)• Waste Disposal Ordinance (1980)• Air Pollution Control Ordinance (1983)• Noise Control Ordinance (1988) • Environmental Impact Assessment

Ordinance (1997)• Hazardous chemicals control ordinance (2008)• Product eco-responsibility ordinance (from 7 July

09, plastic shopping bags)More details: http://www.gov.hk/en/residents/environment/business/laws.htm

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Sustainable Engineering Development

Economic

Environment

Society

Environmental sustainability

Economic sustainability Society sustainability

Human Well-being

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Environmental Protection …

is a business of all of us.

It is for you, and for further generation.

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Engineering for sustainable development

• Living within environmental limits• Ensuring a strong healthy and just society• Achieving a sustainable economy,• promoting good governance• Using sound science responsiblySource: The Royal Academy of Engineering, “Engineering for Sustainable Development:

guiding principles”, http://www.raeng.org.uk/events/pdf/Engineering_for_Sustainable_Development.pdf

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Three dimensions of sustainabilityEco-centric concerns

Natural resources &ecological capacity

Techno-centric concerns

Techno-economic systems

Socio-centricconcerns

human capital& social

expectations

Sust-ainbility

Eco-centric concerns

Natural resources &ecological capacity

Techno-centric

concerns Techno-economic systems

Socio-centricconcerns

human capital& social

expectations

Sust-ainbility

Eco-centric concerns

Natural resources &ecological capacityTechno-centric concerns

Techno-economic systems

Socio-centricconcerns

human capital& social

expectations

Sustainable development becomes

more commonSource: The Royal Academy of Engineering, “Engineering for Sustainable Development: guiding principles”

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Engineers and sustainable development

• Engineers will still be called on to design and manage complex systems, or simple systems to meet complex sets of demands.

• However, sustainable development redefines the contexts within which these skills must be deployed.

• It is a new integrative principle, not a new set of tools, so that the concept cannot simply be regarded as an ‘add-on’ to existing engineering skills and educational programmes.

Source: The Royal Academy of Engineering, “Engineering for Sustainable Development: guiding principles”

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Engineers in Society(Sustainable Development and

Environmental Protection)

Presented byK.L. Tsang

General ManagerHong Kong Productivity Council

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SustainableDevelopment

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Underlying Issues

The natural resources of the Earth are limited the resources are being used disproportionately by a

minority of people living in the wealthy nations the use of these resources is ever increasing depriving the future generations of a living standard

comparable to that of the present, and creatingintergeneration equity

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Sustainable Development is oftendefined as :

“meeting the needs of the present withoutcompromising the ability of future generations

to meet their own needs”

World Commission on Economic Development.(1987). Our Common Future. England : Oxford

University Press.

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What is Sustainability?From : World Summit on Sustainable Development brochure, 2002

1. Economic Growthfoster responsible long-term growth while ensuring that nonation or community is left behind.

2. Conserving natural Resources and the Environmentfor future generations, reduce resource consumption, stoppollution and conserve natural habitats.

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What is Sustainability?

3. Social DevelopmentThroughout the world, people need jobs, food, education,energy, health care, water and sanitation. People also needrespect for cultural and social diversity and the rights ofworkers. All members of society need a role indetermining their futures.

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StrongEconomy

FlourishingEnvironment Social Health

SUSTAINABLESOCIETY

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Supporting the present standard of living seen in thedeveloped nations for all behind with the currenttechnologies requires the natural resources of twoadditional earth (Wackernagel and Rees)

Need to restraint the rate of use of material and non-renewable energy by technologies that are four times asresource efficient as the current ones (Factor 4 idea)(Hawken, Lovins and Lovins)

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Four Types of Sustainable SystemType I - Global concerns or problems

Example :Global warming due to emission of carbon dioxide, methans,nitrogen oxides Ozone depletion due to use ofchlorofhcorocarbons (CFCs)The use of genetical modified crops (GM)

Need international co-operation for solutions Kyoto Protocol for greenhouse gas Montreal agreement on phasing out of CFCs

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Type II - characterized by geographical boundaries

Example are cities, villages, or defined ecosystems

Improvement through civil engineering environmentalengineering, hydrology, ecology, urban planning, law andeconomics

Four Types of Sustainable System

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Type III - Business strive to be sustainable by

practising cleaner technology recycle by products eliminating waste products reduce emissions of greenhouse gas eliminating the use of toxic substances reducing energy

Four Types of Sustainable System

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Type IV : Sustainable Technologies

Any particular technology that is designed to provideeconomic value through clean technology

Four Types of Sustainable System

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The Sustainablity Pyramid by Alcan, Canada

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The United Nations has declared a

Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014

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Education for a Sustainable Future :

“enables people to develop the knowledge, values and skillsto participate in decisions …, that will improve the quality oflife now without damaging the planet for the future.”

Sustainable Development Education Panel (1999), FirstAnnual Report 1998, London Department of the Environment,Transport and the Regions, p.30.

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e u

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ility

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able

de

velo

pm

en

t am

on

gst

acad

em

ic s

taff

an

d s

tud

en

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like.

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re

sult

we

se

ek

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hat

gra

du

ate

s le

ave

th

eir

co

urs

es

insp

ire

d b

y,an

d w

ith

un

de

rsta

nd

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th t

he

co

nce

pt

of

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velo

pm

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t an

d t

he

pla

ce o

f th

eir

cho

sen

en

gin

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g s

pe

cial

ism

in d

eliv

eri

ng

it,a

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h r

ele

van

t kn

ow

led

ge

an

d s

kills

to a

pp

ly in

th

e e

ng

ine

eri

ng

pro

fess

ion

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e o

f th

e S

che

me’

s o

bje

ctiv

es

has

th

ere

fore

be

en

to

cre

ate

a s

et

of

case

stu

die

s fr

om

the

pra

ctic

al e

xpe

rie

nce

of

the

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itin

g P

rofe

sso

rs a

nd

to

dis

til a

se

t o

f g

en

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l Gu

idin

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nci

ple

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at a

re e

nca

psu

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or

illu

stra

ted

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the

cas

e s

tud

ies.

This

Gu

ide

fu

lfils

that

ob

ject

ive

an

d I

ho

pe

th

at it

insp

ire

s yo

u t

o m

ake

a d

iffe

ren

ce t

o t

he

wo

rld

th

rou

gh

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t b

ase

d u

po

n w

ise

pra

ctic

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f e

ng

ine

eri

ng

.

3

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inee

rin

g fo

r Su

stai

nab

le D

evel

op

men

t

Lo

rd B

roe

rs F

RE

ng

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sid

en

t

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yal A

cad

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gin

ee

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gPhoto:Royal Academy of Engineering

Pref

ace

This

Gu

ide

is a

ime

d p

rim

arily

at:

•A

cad

em

ic S

taff

in U

niv

ers

ity

Eng

ine

eri

ng

Sch

oo

ls a

nd

De

par

tme

nts

,wh

o n

ee

d o

r ar

e

con

sid

eri

ng

ho

w t

o e

mb

ed

th

e e

sse

nce

of

en

gin

ee

rin

g f

or

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t

into

th

eir

co

urs

es

and

te

ach

ing

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dd

itio

n,t

he

fo

llow

ing

gro

up

s ar

e a

lso

se

en

as

imp

ort

ant

targ

et

read

ers

an

d w

e h

op

e

the

y w

ill a

lso

fin

d t

he

Gu

ide

use

ful:

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ud

en

ts o

n e

ng

ine

eri

ng

un

de

rgra

du

ate

an

d p

ost

-gra

du

ate

de

gre

e c

ou

rse

s

•te

ach

ers

in U

niv

ers

itie

s in

re

late

d d

isci

plin

es,

wit

h w

hic

h e

ng

ine

ers

hav

e t

o w

ork

•tr

ain

ing

man

age

rs in

an

y e

ng

ine

eri

ng

-re

late

d o

rgan

isat

ion

,wh

o w

ill b

e a

ble

to

use

it

to f

ram

e t

he

ir c

om

pan

y’s

Co

nti

nu

ing

Pro

fess

ion

al D

eve

lop

me

nt

(CP

D)

in s

ust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t an

d d

esi

gn

•in

div

idu

al p

ract

isin

g e

ng

ine

ers

at

all l

eve

ls,w

ho

will

be

ab

le t

o u

se it

fo

r th

eir

pe

rso

nal

CP

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•th

ose

co

nce

rne

d w

ith

an

d r

un

nin

g t

he

pro

fess

ion

al d

eve

lop

me

nt

sch

em

es

and

exa

min

atio

ns

of

the

en

gin

ee

rin

g in

stit

uti

on

s

•th

ose

co

nce

rne

d w

ith

th

e p

rocu

rem

en

t o

f e

ng

ine

ere

d p

rod

uct

s fr

om

co

nsu

me

r

pro

du

cts

to u

tilit

ies

and

infr

astr

uct

ure

The

ove

rall

stru

ctu

re o

f th

e G

uid

e is

as

follo

ws.

•Se

ctio

n 1

pro

vid

es

an In

tro

du

ctio

n t

o t

he

Gu

ide

an

d w

hy

it h

as b

ee

n p

rod

uce

d,p

lus

som

e f

un

dam

en

tal d

efin

itio

ns,

wh

ich

– it

is h

op

ed

– p

rovi

de

su

ffic

ien

t b

ackg

rou

nd

to s

ust

ain

abili

ty,s

ust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t an

d t

he

ir in

tera

ctio

ns

wit

h e

ng

ine

eri

ng

,

eve

n f

or

tho

se n

ew

to

th

e s

ub

ject

•Se

ctio

n 2

pro

vid

es

an il

lust

rati

on

of

sust

ain

abili

ty is

sue

s in

en

gin

ee

rin

g t

hro

ug

h

sum

mar

ies

of

seve

n e

xam

ple

s se

lect

ed

mo

stly

fro

m c

ase

stu

die

s g

en

era

ted

by

the

Aca

de

my’

s V

isit

ing

Pro

fess

ors

Sch

em

e

•Se

ctio

n 3

pre

sen

ts a

se

t o

f 1

2 ‘G

uid

ing

Pri

nci

ple

s’o

f En

gin

ee

rin

g f

or

Sust

ain

able

De

velo

pm

en

t d

isti

lled

fro

m t

he

Vis

itin

g P

rofe

sso

rs S

che

me,

tog

eth

er

wit

h a

tab

le o

f

links

be

twe

en

th

e P

rin

cip

les

and

th

e e

xam

ple

s

•Se

ctio

n 4

pro

vid

es

advi

ce o

n t

he

ap

plic

atio

n o

f th

e G

uid

ing

Pri

nci

ple

s in

pra

ctic

e b

y

rela

tin

g t

he

m t

o f

ive

mai

n s

tag

es

in a

ny

en

gin

ee

rin

g p

roje

ct o

r e

nte

rpri

se

•Se

ctio

n 5

ind

icat

es

ho

w t

o t

ake

th

e G

uid

ing

Pri

nci

ple

s in

to a

ctio

n –

in u

niv

ers

ity

teac

hin

g a

nd

in e

ng

ine

eri

ng

pra

ctic

e

The

lon

ge

r-te

rm a

im is

fo

r th

is G

uid

e t

o b

e a

ke

y co

mp

on

en

t o

f re

sou

rce

s to

ass

ist,

in

par

ticu

lar,

acad

em

ic s

taff

wh

o a

re t

eac

hin

g o

n U

K e

ng

ine

eri

ng

de

gre

e c

ou

rse

s.

This

Gu

ide

can

be

se

en

as

com

ple

me

nta

ry t

o t

he

exi

stin

g R

oya

l Aca

de

my

of

Eng

ine

eri

ng

Gu

ide

Ed

uca

tin

g E

ng

inee

rs in

Des

ign

(Th

e R

oya

l Aca

de

my

of

Eng

ine

eri

ng

,

20

05

) an

d t

o t

he

Aca

de

my’

s R

ep

ort

,Th

e S

oci

eta

l Asp

ects

of

Ris

k an

d it

s co

mp

anio

n

do

cum

en

ts (

The

Ro

yal A

cad

em

y o

f En

gin

ee

rin

g,2

00

3).

It s

ho

uld

ass

ist

in d

eliv

eri

ng

th

e

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t co

mp

ete

nci

es

req

uir

ed

by

the

UK

Sta

nd

ard

fo

r P

rofe

ssio

nal

Eng

ine

eri

ng

Co

mp

ete

nce

.(En

gin

ee

rin

g C

ou

nci

l UK

,20

04

).

The

Gu

ide

is p

ub

lish

ed

bo

th p

hys

ical

ly a

nd

ele

ctro

nic

ally

.

4Th

e R

oya

l Aca

de

my

of

Eng

ine

eri

ng

Ack

no

wle

dg

em

en

ts

Ou

r th

anks

are

du

e t

o a

wid

e r

ang

e

of

pe

op

le in

volv

ed

in t

he

pre

par

atio

n o

f th

is G

uid

e,an

d in

teac

hin

g a

nd

pra

ctic

e o

f e

ng

ine

eri

ng

for

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t.In

par

ticu

lar,

we

th

ank

Pro

fess

or

Jim

McQ

uai

d,V

isit

ing

Pro

fess

or

in t

he

Sch

oo

l of

the

Bu

ilt E

nvi

ron

me

nt,

Un

ive

rsit

y o

f U

lste

r,an

d P

rofe

sso

r

Dav

id F

isk,

De

par

tme

nt

of

Civ

il an

d

Envi

ron

me

nta

l En

gin

ee

rin

g,I

mp

eri

al

Co

lleg

e,Lo

nd

on

,fo

r th

eir

tir

ele

ss

wo

rk in

de

velo

pin

g e

arly

dra

fts

as

we

ll as

co

mm

en

tin

g o

n t

he

late

r

dra

fts

of

this

Gu

ide.

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als

o g

ive

spe

cial

th

anks

to

Pro

fess

or

Ro

lan

d

Clif

t o

f th

e U

niv

ers

ity

of

Surr

ey

for

his

sig

nifi

can

t co

ntr

ibu

tio

n t

o t

he

Intr

od

uct

ion

.Eac

h o

f th

e V

isit

ing

Pro

fess

ors

wh

o h

ave

con

trib

ute

d t

o

the

exam

ple

s p

rese

nte

d in

Sec

tio

n 2

is in

dic

ated

at

the

hea

d o

f ea

ch

exam

ple

.In

ad

dit

ion

,we

gra

tefu

lly

ackn

ow

led

ge

the

con

trib

uti

on

s o

f

text

an

d/o

r co

mm

ents

by

mem

ber

s

of

the

Aca

de

my’

s Su

stai

nab

le

De

velo

pm

en

t Ed

uca

tio

n W

ork

ing

Gro

up

,plu

s o

the

r m

em

be

rs o

f Th

e

Aca

de

my

and

wid

er

pro

fess

ion

.

Furt

he

r in

form

atio

n o

n s

om

e o

f th

e

case

stu

dy

mat

eri

al g

en

era

ted

by

The

Aca

de

my’

s sc

he

me

can

be

fou

nd

fro

m t

he

Re

fere

nce

s,in

clu

din

g

the

we

bsi

tes

liste

d t

he

re.

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Fin

ally

,we

th

ink

it im

po

rtan

t to

se

t th

e G

uid

e in

to t

he

cu

rre

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con

text

of

go

vern

me

nt

and

bu

sin

ess

po

licie

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e n

ew

20

05

UK

str

ate

gy

on

su

stai

nab

le d

eve

lop

me

nt,

Sec

uri

ng

the

futu

re,h

as b

ee

n p

ub

lish

ed

an

d n

ee

ds

to b

e t

ake

n in

to a

cco

un

t b

y th

ose

usi

ng

th

is

do

cum

en

t in

th

eir

wo

rk.I

n t

he

str

ate

gy,

the

UK

Go

vern

me

nt

sets

ou

t th

e s

et

of

shar

ed

pri

nci

ple

s th

at it

will

use

to

ach

ieve

its

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t p

urp

ose

,an

d

de

mo

nst

rate

s th

at it

has

be

en

act

ive

in r

ece

nt

year

s d

eve

lop

ing

ap

pro

ach

es

and

pri

nci

ple

s fo

r su

stai

nab

le d

eve

lop

me

nt

in t

he

UK

.Th

e la

test

str

ate

gy

has

be

en

ag

ree

d

by

the

UK

Go

vern

me

nt,

the

Sco

ttis

h E

xecu

tive

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e W

els

h A

sse

mb

ly a

nd

th

e N

ort

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rn

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dm

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trat

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ey

hav

e b

rou

gh

t to

ge

the

r an

d b

uilt

up

on

th

e v

ario

us

pre

vio

usl

y e

xist

ing

UK

pri

nci

ple

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se

t o

ut

an o

vera

rch

ing

ap

pro

ach

,wh

ich

is

sum

mar

ise

d in

th

e f

igu

re b

elo

w.

In a

dd

itio

n t

o t

his

nat

ion

al p

olic

y p

ictu

re,t

he

de

velo

pm

en

t o

f ac

tio

n in

th

ese

are

as is

also

incr

eas

ing

ly in

flue

nce

d b

y C

orp

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te S

oci

al R

esp

on

sib

ility

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rial

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d c

om

me

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l org

anis

atio

ns.

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ilst

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pu

blic

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n d

oe

s n

ot

spe

cific

ally

add

ress

th

e C

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ge

nd

a,m

any

of

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nci

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e e

qu

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atib

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n t

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co

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is f

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at is

imp

ort

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dir

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an

d u

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imp

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tro

du

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1.1

Wh

y En

gin

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for

Sust

ain

able

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elo

pm

ent?

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incr

eas

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ly r

eco

gn

ise

d,i

n p

ub

lic d

iscu

ssio

n a

nd

po

litic

al d

isco

urs

e,th

at m

any

of

the

pra

ctic

es

and

life

styl

es

of

mo

de

rn s

oci

ety

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arti

cula

rly

bu

t n

ot

exc

lusi

vely

ind

ust

rial

ise

d s

oci

ety

– s

imp

ly c

ann

ot

be

su

stai

ne

d in

de

finit

ely

.We

are

exc

ee

din

g t

he

cap

acit

y o

f th

e p

lan

et

to p

rovi

de

man

y o

f th

e r

eso

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we

use

an

d t

o a

cco

mm

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ate

ou

r e

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sio

ns,

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ile m

any

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the

pla

ne

t’s in

hab

itan

ts c

ann

ot

me

et

eve

n t

he

ir m

ost

bas

ic n

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pro

ble

m,o

f re

cog

nis

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th

e n

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d t

o li

ve w

ith

in c

on

stra

ints

an

d t

o e

nsu

re m

ore

fair

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ss in

acc

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to

lim

ite

d r

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lies

at t

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he

art

of

the

co

nce

pts

of

sust

ain

abili

ty

and

su

stai

nab

le d

eve

lop

me

nt.

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so

me

thin

g n

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in h

um

an h

isto

ry –

th

e p

lan

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is f

ull

and

we

hav

e n

o n

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ge

og

rap

hic

al h

ori

zon

s to

mo

ve t

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his

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ide

is in

ten

de

d t

o

pro

vid

e a

n in

tro

du

ctio

n t

o h

ow

su

stai

nab

ility

an

d s

ust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t af

fect

th

e

way

in w

hic

h e

ng

ine

eri

ng

mu

st in

fu

ture

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pra

ctis

ed

.

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ain

able

dev

elo

pm

ent

is t

he

pro

cess

of

mo

vin

g h

um

an a

ctiv

itie

s to

a p

atte

rn t

hat

can

be

sust

ain

ed in

per

pet

uit

y.It

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n a

pp

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h t

o e

nvi

ron

men

tal a

nd

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elo

pm

ent

issu

es

that

see

ks t

o r

eco

nci

le h

um

an n

eed

s w

ith

th

e ca

pac

ity

of

the

pla

net

to

co

pe

wit

h t

he

con

seq

uen

ces

of

hu

man

act

ivit

ies.

It is

use

ful t

o r

epre

sen

t th

e co

nst

rain

ts t

hat

mak

e

sust

ain

able

dev

elo

pm

ent

an im

per

ativ

e in

th

e fo

rm o

f a

sim

ple

Ven

n d

iag

ram

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gu

re 2

).

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en

com

pas

s te

chn

o-e

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om

ic s

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ms,

rep

rese

nt

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man

ski

lls a

nd

ing

en

uit

y –

th

e s

kills

th

at e

ng

ine

ers

mu

st c

on

tin

ue

to

de

plo

y –

an

d

the

eco

no

mic

sys

tem

wit

hin

wh

ich

we

de

plo

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em

.‘Eco

-ce

ntr

ic c

on

cern

s’re

pre

sen

t

the

ab

ility

of

the

pla

ne

t to

su

stai

n u

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bo

th b

y p

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din

g m

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rial

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or

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no

w a

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in t

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ho

ug

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of

as t

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th

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wh

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thre

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con

stra

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sat

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su

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le d

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me

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cess

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in t

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listi

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me

ans

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in a

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thre

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plo

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rs m

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th

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de

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to

act

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d

tech

nic

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xpe

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su

stai

nab

ility

th

rou

gh

su

stai

nab

le d

eve

lop

me

nt

will

re

qu

ire

som

e s

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ifica

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ts in

be

hav

iou

r an

d c

on

sum

pti

on

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will

be

– a

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f m

akin

g d

eci

sio

ns

abo

ut

the

use

of

mat

eri

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ne

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and

wat

er

reso

urc

es,

the

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velo

pm

en

t o

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fras

tru

ctu

re,t

he

de

sig

n o

f

ne

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rod

uct

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d s

o o

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ne

imp

licat

ion

is t

hat

en

gin

ee

rs m

ust

re

cog

nis

e a

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rcis

e

the

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esp

on

sib

ility

to

so

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s a

wh

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,wh

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may

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me

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es

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flict

wit

h t

he

ir

resp

on

sib

ility

to

th

e im

me

dia

te c

lien

t o

r cu

sto

me

r.

Eng

ine

ers

will

sti

ll b

e c

alle

d o

n t

o d

esi

gn

an

d m

anag

e c

om

ple

x sy

ste

ms,

or

sim

ple

syst

em

s to

me

et

com

ple

x se

ts o

f d

em

and

s.H

ow

eve

r,su

stai

nab

le d

eve

lop

me

nt

red

efin

es

the

co

nte

xts

wit

hin

wh

ich

th

ese

ski

lls m

ust

be

de

plo

yed

.It

is a

ne

w

inte

gra

tive

pri

nci

ple

,no

t a

ne

w s

et

of

too

ls,s

o t

hat

th

e c

on

cep

t ca

nn

ot

sim

ply

be

reg

ard

ed

as

an ‘a

dd

-on

’to

exi

stin

g e

ng

ine

eri

ng

ski

lls a

nd

ed

uca

tio

nal

pro

gra

mm

es.

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ide

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ime

d a

t p

rovi

din

g a

se

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f G

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nci

ple

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d u

nd

ers

tan

din

g t

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mo

te m

ore

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stai

nab

le d

esi

gn

an

d g

uid

e t

he

ir a

pp

licat

ion

in t

he

pra

ctic

e o

f

en

gin

ee

rin

g,i

llust

rate

d t

hro

ug

h s

um

mar

ies

of

sele

cte

d r

eal

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mp

les.

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ide

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arin

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ide,

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e t

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wid

e d

efin

itio

n o

f e

ng

ine

eri

ng

,so

its

sco

pe

con

seq

ue

ntl

y ra

ng

es

mo

re w

ide

ly t

han

on

ly e

ng

ine

eri

ng

de

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n.W

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ave

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en

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the

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h c

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ma

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as

the

ab

ility

to

ma

ke d

evel

op

men

t su

sta

ina

ble

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nsu

re t

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isin

g t

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ab

ility

of

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to m

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on

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r th

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th

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11

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esi

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e

a m

axim

um

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acit

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f 2

00

m3/s

ec,

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ize

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d c

apac

ity

to t

he

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er

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es

chan

ne

l in

th

at lo

cati

on

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ry

we

ath

er

flow

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ec

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asse

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the

ch

ann

el t

o p

rovi

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ae

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on

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d

ame

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y va

lue

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m t

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flo

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ate

r.

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atio

n o

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ilee

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rup

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ug

h t

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ne

w c

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ne

l is

aim

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red

uci

ng

flo

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ing

ris

k,th

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rop

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the

sch

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viro

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en

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pre

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ive

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tho

rity

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cog

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th

at t

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licat

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calit

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tio

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ally

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lve

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cin

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mu

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velo

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th

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th b

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pla

nn

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e

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mu

nit

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ort

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ank

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rict

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lop

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nt.

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le o

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the

sch

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d it

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plic

atio

ns

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lan

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sid

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ne

w s

tyle

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tio

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t as

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rad

itio

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te c

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like

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atu

ral r

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ith

nu

me

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pu

blic

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en

ity

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13

Eng

inee

rin

g fo

r Su

stai

nab

le D

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men

t

pre

sen

ted

str

on

gly

su

gg

est

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he

sch

em

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ld b

e a

un

iqu

ely

att

ract

ive

add

itio

n t

o t

he

lan

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ape

be

twe

en

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de

nh

ead

an

d E

ton

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de

sig

n r

esu

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co

llab

ora

tio

n

be

twe

en

a w

ide

ran

ge

of

pro

fess

ion

als

civi

l en

gin

ee

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lan

ne

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and

scap

e

arch

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and

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log

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on

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man

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oth

er

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gh

t to

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sch

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pla

ced

hab

itat

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at h

ad

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en

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l Th

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sult

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nd

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fun

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om

bin

atio

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f fe

atu

res

in

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de

sig

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as s

tro

ng

ly s

up

po

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y th

e

fun

din

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od

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gio

nal

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mit

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t a

cle

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able

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ed

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sig

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atio

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de

rtak

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d o

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rs

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ly t

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ffe

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y th

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me,

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atio

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ug

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inte

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stru

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ne

ficia

l use

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ew

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ap

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nit

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nt,

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uto

ry r

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sib

ility

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n

en

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en

er’

bu

sin

ess

wo

rld

;

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ise

r,su

stai

nab

le u

se o

f n

atu

ral

reso

urc

es

•lim

itin

g a

nd

ad

apti

ng

to

clim

ate

chan

ge

;an

d

•re

du

cin

g f

loo

d r

isk.

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an b

e s

ee

n f

rom

th

e a

bo

ve b

rie

f

de

scri

pti

on

th

at,i

n c

reat

ing

th

e J

ub

ilee

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er,

the

En

viro

nm

en

t A

ge

ncy

was

see

kin

g t

o p

ract

ice

its

pro

clai

me

d v

isio

n

for

itse

lf an

d o

the

rs.A

lth

ou

gh

th

e b

alan

ce

be

twe

en

eco

no

mic

,en

viro

nm

en

tal a

nd

soci

al p

erf

orm

ance

is s

till

be

ing

stu

die

d,i

t

is ju

dg

ed

th

at t

he

Sch

em

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mu

ch m

ore

sust

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able

th

an a

n in

acce

ssib

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on

cre

te

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idal

ch

ann

el w

ou

ld h

ave

be

en

.

14

The

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yal A

cad

em

y o

f En

gin

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g

2.2

Ch

emic

al a

nd

Man

ufa

ctu

rin

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ng

inee

rin

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– la

un

dry

cle

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rod

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char

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odds

,Vis

itin

g Pr

ofes

sor i

n th

e Fa

cult

y of

Eng

inee

ring

,Uni

vers

ity

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iver

pool

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th

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Photo:Crane Environmental Ltd.

Photo:Crane Environmental Ltd.

Page 45: Week 8_Environmental Dimension

15

Eng

inee

rin

g fo

r Su

stai

nab

le D

evel

op

men

t

by

the

19

90

s,th

e m

ove

to

co

nce

ntr

ate

d

pro

du

cts

or ‘

com

pac

ts’.

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nsu

me

r co

nce

rns

de

alt

wit

h o

ver

the

year

s h

ave

incl

ud

ed

:

•th

e f

oam

ing

of

rive

rs

•th

e u

se o

f fil

lers

to

‘bu

lk u

p’d

ete

rge

nts

•th

e s

kin

se

nsi

tivi

ty a

spe

cts

of

en

zym

es

•th

e a

mo

un

t o

f p

acka

gin

g u

sed

•th

e b

iod

eg

rad

abili

ty (

or

oth

erw

ise

) o

f

pac

kag

ing

an

d t

he

pro

du

cts

the

mse

lve

s

•th

e u

se o

f liv

e a

nim

als

to s

afe

ty-t

est

ne

w p

rod

uct

co

mp

on

en

ts

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e c

on

trib

uti

on

of

de

terg

en

ts,

tog

eth

er

wit

h f

ert

ilise

rs,t

o t

he

ad

dit

ion

of

ph

osp

hat

es

to o

ur

lake

s,ca

usi

ng

eu

tro

ph

icat

ion

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re h

ave

als

o b

ee

n s

ign

ifica

nt

be

ne

fits.

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mp

le,b

leac

h t

ech

no

log

y

de

velo

pm

en

t,to

ge

the

r w

ith

ch

ang

es

in

con

sum

er

hab

its

and

was

hin

g m

ach

ine

de

sig

n,h

as e

nab

led

th

e c

lean

ing

tem

pe

ratu

re t

o b

e p

rog

ress

ive

ly r

ed

uce

d

in m

ost

cas

es

to 4

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nd

eve

n 3

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resu

ltin

g in

a m

ajo

r re

du

ctio

n in

en

erg

y

usa

ge

as

we

ll as

re

du

ctio

n in

dam

age

to

incr

eas

ing

ly d

elic

ate

co

lou

red

fab

rics

.All

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the

se a

reas

re

qu

ire

d c

on

sid

era

ble

scie

nti

fic a

nd

en

gin

ee

rin

g in

no

vati

on

to

ide

nti

fy a

nd

imp

lem

en

t so

luti

on

s.

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late

st s

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ifica

nt

chan

ge

in p

rod

uct

form

,fro

m t

he

late

19

90

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as b

ee

n t

he

mo

ve t

o u

nit

-do

se f

orm

ats

of

tab

lets

fo

r

po

wd

er

pro

du

cts,

and

cap

sule

s fo

r liq

uid

pro

du

cts.

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th p

rod

uct

fo

rms

had

be

en

attr

acti

ve t

o c

on

sum

ers

fo

r m

any

year

s,

bu

t ad

eq

uat

e t

ech

no

log

y d

id n

ot

exi

st f

or

the

ir in

tro

du

ctio

n.O

ne

ch

alle

ng

e w

as t

o

man

ufa

ctu

re a

tab

let

that

was

str

on

g

en

ou

gh

to

wit

hst

and

th

e h

igh

-sp

ee

d

fact

ory

pac

kin

g li

ne

an

d y

et

be

ab

le t

o

dis

solv

e q

uic

kly

in a

was

hin

g m

ach

ine

at

40

º C

,or

less

– t

his

was

acc

om

plis

he

d

mai

nly

by

de

velo

pin

g s

uit

able

bin

de

r

che

mic

als

ho

ldin

g t

he

tab

let

par

ticl

es

tog

eth

er

bu

t w

hic

h w

ere

fas

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isso

lvin

g in

the

was

h.

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oth

er

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len

ge

was

to

pre

ven

t th

e

tab

let

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m lo

dg

ing

in t

he

do

or

of

the

was

hin

g m

ach

ine

or

fro

m b

eco

min

g

lock

ed

into

a c

loth

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ite

m s

o t

hat

th

e

tab

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no

t d

isso

lve

an

d r

ele

ase

th

e

cle

anin

g c

om

po

ne

nts

– t

his

was

ove

rco

me

by

som

e s

up

plie

rs b

y th

e in

tro

du

ctio

n o

f a

ne

t to

ho

ld t

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tab

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ich

re

qu

ire

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chan

ge

in c

on

sum

er

be

hav

iou

r.

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e m

ajo

r b

en

efit

to

th

e e

nvi

ron

me

nt

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the

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ew

pro

du

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th

e a

void

ance

of

ove

rdo

sin

g,t

hu

s re

du

cin

g t

he

usa

ge

of

raw

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d p

acka

gin

g m

ate

rial

s an

d r

ed

uci

ng

the

imp

act

on

th

e e

nvi

ron

me

nt

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pro

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any

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f

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ach

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ee

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stim

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th

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wit

ch t

o t

able

ts a

lon

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as r

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in a

re

du

ctio

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mat

eri

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use

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r 2

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on

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the

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en

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nic

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ffe

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she

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rre

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tra

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imp

ort

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of

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ablin

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on

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eir

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ash

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in t

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act

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d li

qu

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ha

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sig

nif

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in w

ast

e.

Pictures courtesy of Richard Dodds

16

The

Ro

yal A

cad

em

y o

f En

gin

ee

rin

g

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sp

he

re o

f in

flue

nce

of

en

gin

ee

rin

g

de

sig

n f

or

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t

ext

en

ds

into

all

sect

ors

of

soci

ety

,th

e

acti

viti

es

of

com

mu

nit

ies

and

to

pe

rso

nal

lifes

tyle

s.It

th

us

app

lies

to t

he

run

nin

g o

f all

typ

es o

f org

anis

atio

n,i

ncl

ud

ing

un

iver

siti

es.

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se

ctio

n r

evi

ew

s w

ork

at

Gla

sgo

w

Un

ive

rsit

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he

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Th

e R

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de

my

of

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ine

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ng

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itin

g P

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sso

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er

colle

agu

es h

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incl

ud

ed in

th

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op

e o

f

thei

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tivi

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emb

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of t

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in t

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ive

rsit

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th

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icu

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wo

rk a

t G

lasg

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ne

exa

mp

le o

f

incr

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en

tio

n w

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in u

niv

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s to

the

su

bje

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clar

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tio

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lan

fo

r in

cor-

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su

stai

nab

ility

an

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nvi

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arch

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era

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ach

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old

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ing

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ity

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h g

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issu

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llab

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mal

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w,

incl

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ior

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nt

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ust

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able

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velo

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rate

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mo

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the

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18

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imp

acts

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pro

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at s

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com

po

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on

s,d

em

olit

ion

was

te

salv

age,

gre

en

sp

ace

usa

ge

an

d e

ne

rgy

con

sum

pti

on

•So

cia

l ma

tter

sin

clu

de

d p

ub

lic

tran

spo

rt a

cce

ss,c

en

tral

ise

d s

erv

ice

s

acce

ss,d

isab

led

pe

rso

ns

acce

ssib

ility

,

Co

un

cil p

erf

orm

ance

,an

d c

om

mu

nit

y

ow

ne

rsh

ip o

f an

d p

arti

cip

atio

n in

th

e

red

eve

lop

me

nt

pro

cess

•Ec

on

om

ic m

att

ers

incl

ud

ed

cat

eri

ng

faci

litie

s,re

ven

ue

re

turn

fro

m s

ale

or

dis

po

sal o

f th

e C

ou

nci

l’s f

orm

er

faci

litie

s,u

se o

f lo

cal a

nd

/or

du

rab

le

bu

ildin

g m

ate

rial

s,o

pe

rati

on

al s

avin

gs

fro

m e

ne

rgy-

eff

icie

nt

de

vice

s,

red

eve

lop

me

nt

and

gre

en

field

co

sts,

and

op

en

pla

n o

ffic

e is

sue

s

The

sp

eci

fic f

ind

ing

s w

ere

de

velo

pe

d in

to

a se

t o

f ‘d

efe

rre

d o

utc

om

es’

or

reco

mm

en

dat

ion

s,b

y id

en

tify

ing

hig

h-

leve

l are

as f

or

po

ssib

le in

teg

rati

on

an

d f

or

furt

he

r at

ten

tio

n.T

he

se c

ove

red

mat

ters

such

as

wat

er

usa

ge,

en

erg

y re

du

ctio

n a

nd

man

age

me

nt,

en

viro

nm

en

tal a

war

en

ess

and

ed

uca

tio

n,b

iod

ive

rsit

y p

lan

nin

g,

tran

spo

rt in

teg

rati

on

,co

mm

un

ity

faci

litie

s

and

liai

son

,pro

cure

me

nt

po

licie

s,an

d

futu

re b

uild

ing

de

velo

pm

en

ts.

Eval

uat

ion

of

this

stu

dy

invo

lve

d b

oth

pro

du

ct a

nd

pro

cess

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e p

rod

uct

ou

tpu

t

con

cern

s th

e M

ill r

ed

eve

lop

me

nt

and

is

en

cap

sula

ted

by

the

sta

tem

en

t “Th

e

reg

en

era

tio

n o

f M

oss

ley

Mill

has

pro

ved

to b

e a

val

uab

le a

nd

illu

min

atin

g

exa

mp

le o

f h

ow

th

e p

rin

cip

les

of

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t ca

n b

e

de

live

red

,wit

h e

ven

fu

rth

er

roo

m f

or

pro

gre

ss”.T

his

sh

ou

ld b

e s

ee

n in

lig

ht

of

the

de

sire

fo

r th

e d

efe

rre

d o

utc

om

es

to

be

fu

rth

er

add

ress

ed

by

the

Co

un

cil.

The

pro

cess

of

de

live

rin

g t

he

cas

e s

tud

y

into

aca

de

mia

is a

mu

ch lo

ng

er

bu

t

eq

ual

ly d

em

and

ing

tas

k.In

volv

em

en

t o

f

sub

ject

sta

ff in

usi

ng

th

e c

ase

stu

dy

is

vita

l,b

ut

req

uir

es

com

mit

me

nt

and

a

de

sire

to

en

cou

rag

e s

tud

en

ts t

o e

mb

race

The

new

Civ

ic H

ead

qu

art

ers

of

New

tow

na

bb

ey B

oro

ug

h C

ou

nci

l

Polic

ies

and

pra

ctic

e d

esig

ned

to

del

iver

sust

ain

abili

ty n

eed

to

tak

e ac

cou

nt

of

all

the

elem

ents

of

sust

ain

able

dev

elo

pm

ent:

envi

ron

men

tal,

eco

no

mic

an

d s

oci

al

fact

ors

.Th

is e

xam

ple

illu

stra

tes

the

inte

ract

ion

bet

wee

n t

hes

e el

emen

ts in

th

e

case

of

on

e w

ell-

iden

tifie

d a

nd

per

vasi

ve

pro

ble

m:e

ner

gy

usa

ge

and

loca

l air

qu

alit

y.

The

eff

ect

on

loca

l air

qu

alit

y o

f th

e

em

issi

on

s fr

om

bu

rnin

g f

oss

il fu

els

,an

d in

turn

th

e im

pac

t o

f p

oo

r ai

r q

ual

ity

on

hu

man

he

alth

,has

be

en

re

cog

nis

ed

sin

ce

me

die

val t

ime

s.In

cre

asin

g u

rban

isat

ion

and

ind

ust

rial

isat

ion

mad

e p

rog

ress

ive

ly

gre

ate

r im

pac

ts,u

nti

l th

e c

limac

tic

Gre

at

Lon

do

n S

mo

g o

f D

ece

mb

er

19

52

,a

pro

lon

ge

d s

mo

g t

hat

was

est

imat

ed

by

the

Min

istr

y o

f H

eal

th t

o h

ave

led

dir

ect

ly

to o

ver

4,5

00

pre

mat

ure

de

ath

s in

th

e

Gre

ate

r Lo

nd

on

are

a.

The

Go

vern

me

nt

acce

pte

d a

re

spo

nsi

-

bili

ty t

o d

eal

wit

h t

he

sit

uat

ion

th

rou

gh

the

intr

od

uct

ion

of

the

Cle

an A

ir A

ct o

f

19

56

,wh

ich

fo

rbad

e (

wit

h e

xce

pti

on

s) t

he

bu

rnin

g o

f co

al in

op

en

fir

es.

This

leg

isla

tio

n w

on

ge

ne

ral p

ub

lic

acce

pta

nce

.It

was

rap

idly

fo

llow

ed

by

a

nu

mb

er

of

mar

ket-

dri

ven

te

chn

olo

gic

al

de

velo

pm

en

ts,s

uch

as

the

intr

od

uct

ion

of

imp

rove

d v

arie

tie

s o

f sm

oke

less

fu

els

,

mo

re-e

ffic

ien

t fu

el-

usi

ng

de

vice

s fo

r

he

atin

g w

ate

r,an

d m

ore

-eff

ect

ive

app

roac

he

s to

ho

me

insu

lati

on

.Ho

we

ver,

wh

ile s

mo

kele

ss f

ue

ls im

pro

ved

mat

ters

at t

he

ir p

oin

t o

f u

se,t

he

pla

nts

wh

ere

the

y w

ere

pro

du

ced

we

re s

ou

rce

s o

f

ext

rem

e p

ollu

tio

n –

an

exa

mp

le w

he

re

solv

ing

on

e p

rob

lem

gav

e r

ise

to

an

oth

er.

In t

he

19

60

s,a

com

bin

atio

n o

f e

con

om

ic

inst

rum

en

ts (

for

exa

mp

le t

ax d

iffe

ren

tial

s

on

diff

ere

nt

fue

ls),

tech

nic

al

de

velo

pm

en

ts a

nd

mar

ket

me

chan

ism

s

had

led

to

th

e n

ear

-un

ive

rsal

ad

op

tio

n o

f

gas

-fir

ed

ce

ntr

al h

eat

ing

sys

tem

s.Th

e

ave

rag

e s

ulp

hu

r d

ioxi

de

co

nce

ntr

atio

n in

Lon

do

n in

20

00

was

less

th

an 5

0 m

g/c

c

com

par

ed

wit

h 4

00

mg

/cc

in 1

95

0,w

hile

the

to

tal a

mo

un

t o

f e

ne

rgy

sup

plie

d

ann

ual

ly in

Lo

nd

on

ro

se b

y 5

0%

in t

he

sam

e 5

0 y

ear

s.

No

ne

the

less

,th

ere

is s

till

a fo

rmid

able

cost

to

th

e N

atio

nal

He

alth

Se

rvic

e (

and

to p

eo

ple

’s q

ual

ity

of

life

) ar

isin

g f

rom

adm

issi

on

s to

ho

spit

al d

ue

to

car

dia

c an

d

resp

irat

ory

co

nd

itio

ns

asso

ciat

ed

wit

h

po

or

air

qu

alit

y (a

s an

alys

ed

by

the

Co

mm

itte

e o

n t

he

Me

dic

al E

ffe

cts

of

Air

Pollu

tio

n –

De

par

tme

nt

of

He

alth

,20

02

).

The

so

urc

e o

f th

e p

rob

lem

in r

ece

nt

de

cad

es

has

cle

arly

be

en

ro

ad t

raff

ic.T

he

nu

mb

er

of

veh

icle

mile

s tr

ave

lled

in t

he

UK

has

ris

en

15

-fo

ld s

ince

19

50

,an

d m

uch

of

this

is a

ttri

bu

tab

le t

o s

ho

rt-d

ista

nce

trip

s in

urb

an a

reas

.

The

en

viro

nm

en

tal e

ffe

cts

of

a ra

pid

ly

incr

eas

ing

car

po

pu

lati

on

we

re f

irst

ide

nti

fied

in t

he

Lo

s A

ng

ele

s B

ay a

rea

of

Cal

iforn

ia,w

he

re a

co

mb

inat

ion

of

the

loca

l ge

og

rap

hy

and

clim

atic

co

nd

itio

ns

was

lead

ing

to

th

e p

rod

uct

ion

of

22

The

Ro

yal A

cad

em

y o

f En

gin

ee

rin

g

2.6

Bal

anci

ng

po

siti

ve a

nd

neg

ativ

eim

pac

ts –

th

e ca

se o

f cat

alyt

ic c

onv

erte

rsC

harl

es D

uff,

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ting

Pro

fess

or in

the

Scho

ol o

f Che

mic

alEn

gine

erin

g an

d A

dvan

ced

Mat

eria

ls,U

nive

rsit

y of

New

cast

leup

on T

yne

the

pri

nci

ple

s o

f su

stai

nab

le

de

velo

pm

en

t.Th

is s

tud

y h

as p

rovi

de

d

mat

eri

al f

or

stu

de

nts

tak

ing

mo

du

les

in

con

stru

ctio

n,b

uild

ing

su

rve

yin

g,p

lan

nin

g

and

civ

il &

en

viro

nm

en

tal e

ng

ine

eri

ng

cou

rse

s.It

has

als

o p

rovi

de

d a

val

uab

le

stat

em

en

t an

d e

xem

pla

r o

f h

ow

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t ca

n b

e

add

ress

ed

an

d d

eliv

ere

d a

t a

pro

ject

leve

l

that

has

str

on

g li

nks

to

so

cie

ty,t

his

latt

er

are

a fr

eq

ue

ntl

y b

ein

g s

ee

n a

s fo

reig

n t

o

the

bu

ilt e

nvi

ron

me

nt

pro

fess

ion

s.Th

e

stu

dy

has

als

o p

rovi

de

d a

bas

is f

or

min

i

case

stu

die

s to

evo

lve

in w

hic

h s

tud

en

ts

con

sid

er

an a

spe

ct o

f th

e M

ill

Re

de

velo

pm

en

t an

d d

eri

ve S

D s

olu

tio

ns,

wit

hin

a s

em

inar

en

viro

nm

en

t.

Fin

ally

,it

be

cam

e c

lear

th

at t

he

lear

nin

g

and

te

ach

ing

of

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t

is m

ore

co

mp

lex,

bu

t le

ss c

om

plic

ate

d,

than

th

e d

eliv

ery

of

trad

itio

nal

en

gin

ee

-

rin

g m

ate

rial

.He

nce

th

is s

tud

y h

as b

ee

n

set

wit

hin

a c

on

tin

uu

m o

f e

arlie

r

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t aw

are

ne

ss

teac

hin

g a

nd

late

r d

esi

gn

stu

die

s.

Cre

atio

n a

nd

te

stin

g o

f re

leva

nt

pe

dag

og

ical

mat

eri

al,s

uch

as

pre

sen

-

tati

on

s,re

adin

g li

sts,

assi

gn

me

nt

bri

efs

and

fe

ed

bac

k m

ech

anis

ms

hav

e b

ee

n

ess

en

tial

to

en

sure

th

at t

he

stu

dy

has

con

trib

ute

d t

o k

no

wle

dg

e o

f th

e w

ide

r

sust

ain

abili

ty is

sue

s an

d t

o a

pp

rop

riat

e

lear

nin

g in

sp

eci

fic s

ub

ject

mo

du

les.

Ph

oto

gra

ph

s h

ave

bee

n p

rovi

ded

co

urt

esy

of W

Ala

n

Stro

ng

(Su

sta

ina

ble

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Gro

up

,Un

iver

sity

of

Uls

ter)

,alo

ng

wit

h N

ewto

wn

ab

bey

Bo

rou

gh

Co

un

cil a

nd

Ost

ick

& W

illia

ms

(Arc

hit

ects

).

Photo courtesy of The Highways Agency

Page 49: Week 8_Environmental Dimension

23

Eng

inee

rin

g fo

r Su

stai

nab

le D

evel

op

men

t

‘ph

oto

che

mic

al s

mo

gs’,

of

wh

ich

eye

- an

d

lun

g-i

rrit

ant

ozo

ne

was

an

imp

ort

ant

com

po

ne

nt.

The

Cal

iforn

ian

au

tho

riti

es

dev

elo

ped

clo

se t

ech

nic

al c

om

mu

nic

atio

ns

wit

h t

he

au

to a

nd

ch

em

ical

en

gin

ee

rin

g

ind

ust

rie

s.A

s th

e d

ialo

gu

e p

roce

ed

ed

,an

en

d-o

f-p

ipe

so

luti

on

em

erg

ed

:th

e

cata

lyti

c co

nve

rte

r.Th

ese

th

en

be

cam

e

man

dat

ory

,in

itia

lly,i

n t

he

19

70

s,fo

r al

l

cars

so

ld in

Cal

iforn

ia.S

ince

th

en

,th

ere

has

be

en

a p

rog

ress

ive

rat

che

tin

g-u

p o

f

the

re

gu

lati

on

s,to

mat

ch t

he

ind

ust

ry’s

con

fiden

ce t

hat

its

tech

nic

al im

pro

vem

ents

can

de

live

r im

pro

ved

pe

rfo

rman

ce.T

he

pre

sen

t p

osi

tio

n is

th

at,i

n s

pit

e o

f th

e 1

5-

fold

incr

eas

e in

tra

ffic

in t

he

UK

sin

ce

19

50

,em

issi

on

s o

f th

e h

arm

ful e

xhau

st

gas

es

(CO

,hyd

roca

rbo

ns

and

NO

x) h

ave

actu

ally

fal

len

.

Bu

t,ar

e c

atal

ytic

co

nve

rte

rs,f

or

all t

he

ir

eff

ect

ive

ne

ss a

t th

eir

po

int

of

use

,a

sust

ain

able

so

luti

on

? Th

e c

atal

ysts

con

cern

ed

(an

d s

pe

cifie

d b

y au

tho

riti

es

reg

ula

tin

g s

om

e 8

0%

of

the

wo

rld

’s n

ew

cars

) ar

e P

lati

nu

m G

rou

p M

eta

ls (

pla

tin

um

,

pal

lad

ium

an

d r

ho

diu

m).

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ou

t 3

gra

ms

of

a m

ixtu

re o

f th

ese

hav

e t

o b

e a

pp

lied

to

eac

h c

on

vert

er.

Ho

we

ver,

the

se p

reci

ou

s

me

tals

are

ext

rem

ely

sp

arse

ly d

istr

ibu

ted

aro

un

d t

he

wo

rld

,an

d a

re p

red

om

inan

tly

fou

nd

in S

ibe

ria

and

So

uth

Afr

ica

(wit

h

smal

ler

de

po

sits

in Z

imb

abw

e a

nd

No

rth

Am

eri

ca).

Furt

he

r co

nce

ntr

atio

n in

ore

bo

die

s is

me

asu

red

in a

fe

w p

arts

pe

r

mill

ion

(a

few

gra

ms

pe

r to

nn

e).

The

en

viro

nm

en

tal i

mp

act

of

ext

ract

ing

th

e

ore

s,an

d t

he

en

erg

y re

qu

ire

d f

or

the

ir

ele

ctro

che

mic

al r

efin

ing

,are

fo

rmid

able

.

As

a re

sult

of

the

ab

ove

issu

es

and

fac

tors

,

cru

cial

qu

est

ion

s ar

e f

ace

d b

y p

olic

y

mak

ers

an

d e

ng

ine

ers

of

all d

isci

plin

es,

and

ne

ed

to

be

act

ive

ly a

dd

ress

ed

if t

he

adve

rse

imp

act

of

en

erg

y co

nsu

mp

tio

n

on

air

qu

alit

y is

to

be

fu

rth

er

red

uce

d.

He

re a

re s

om

e o

f th

ose

qu

est

ion

s.

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an p

ub

lic a

war

en

ess

be

rai

sed

su

ch

that

th

ere

will

be

a v

olu

nta

ry

rest

rict

ion

in r

oad

tra

ffic

? Th

e b

en

efit

s

wo

uld

be

imp

rove

d p

ub

lic h

eal

th a

nd

red

uce

d c

on

ge

stio

n

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ou

ld p

olic

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ake

rs f

acto

r in

th

e

savi

ng

s to

th

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alth

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in p

lan

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ew

pu

blic

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nsp

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d r

oad

ne

two

rks?

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ld m

ore

fu

nd

ing

be

allo

cate

d t

o

the

furt

her

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elo

pm

ent

of

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ives

to fo

ssil-

fuel

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oti

ve s

yste

ms,

such

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fuel

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ls?

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ith

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y in

du

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pe

nd

en

t o

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ext

ract

ion

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in t

he

lon

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ies

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pe

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or

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r th

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mad

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or

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age

to

th

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con

om

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nd

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cial

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lfare

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tho

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volv

ed

in t

he

min

ing

ind

ust

rie

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f th

e le

ss

de

velo

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ou

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in w

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he

cata

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ate

rial

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xtra

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olo

gie

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e

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velo

pe

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he

wo

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and

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on

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re f

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atly

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fal

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8.

If p

ollu

ters

mu

st p

ollu

te…

th

en

th

ey

mu

st p

ay a

s w

ell

9.

Ad

op

t a

ho

listi

c,‘c

rad

le-t

o-g

rave

’ap

pro

ach

10

.D

o t

hin

gs

rig

ht,

hav

ing

de

cid

ed

on

th

e r

igh

t th

ing

to

do

11

.B

ew

are

co

st r

ed

uct

ion

s th

at m

asq

ue

rad

e a

s va

lue

en

gin

ee

rin

g

12

.P

ract

ice

wh

at y

ou

pre

ach

.

3.2

The

Prin

cip

les

exp

lain

ed

Pri

nci

ple

1 –

Lo

ok

be

yo

nd

yo

ur

ow

n l

oca

lity

an

d t

he

im

me

dia

te f

utu

re

In c

on

sid

eri

ng

th

e e

ffe

cts

of

ou

r d

eci

sio

ns

on

th

e w

ide

r w

orl

d,w

e n

ee

d t

o:

•id

en

tify

th

e p

ote

nti

al p

osi

tive

an

d n

eg

ativ

e im

pac

ts o

f o

ur

pro

po

sed

act

ion

s,n

ot

on

ly lo

cally

an

d s

oo

n b

ut

also

ou

tsid

e o

ur

imm

ed

iate

loca

l en

viro

nm

en

t,

org

anis

atio

n a

nd

co

nte

xt,a

nd

into

th

e f

utu

re

•se

ek

to m

inim

ise

th

e n

eg

ativ

e,w

hile

max

imis

ing

th

e p

osi

tive

,bo

th lo

cally

an

d m

ore

wid

ely

,an

d in

to t

he

fu

ture

Exam

ple

s w

her

e th

ese

con

sid

erat

ion

s m

ay a

pp

ly in

clu

de

the

envi

ron

men

tal a

nd

so

cial

effe

cts

of

raw

mat

eria

l ext

ract

ion

,wh

ich

may

ari

se a

ver

y lo

ng

way

fro

m a

pro

du

ct

man

ufa

ctu

rin

g p

lan

t o

r o

ther

po

int

of

use

su

ch a

s co

nst

ruct

ion

,an

d in

th

e en

viro

nm

enta

l

effe

cts

of

op

erat

ing

a p

rod

uct

,wh

ich

may

als

o a

rise

far

fro

m it

s p

oin

t o

f m

anu

fact

ure

.

25

Eng

inee

rin

g fo

r Su

stai

nab

le D

evel

op

men

t

Un

-su

stai

nab

le d

eve

lop

me

nt

or

pro

du

ct m

anu

fact

ure

can

re

sult

fro

m a

n a

ctio

n t

hat

,

wh

ile b

ase

d o

n t

ryin

g t

o a

ct s

ust

ain

ably

in a

loca

l co

nte

xt,c

reat

es

mo

re s

eve

re

de

velo

pm

en

t p

rob

lem

s o

r so

cial

an

d e

nvi

ron

me

nta

l eff

ect

s in

a b

road

er

con

text

,eit

he

r

imm

ed

iate

ly o

r in

th

e f

utu

re.

Pri

nci

ple

2 –

In

no

va

te a

nd

be

cre

ati

ve

A s

ust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t ap

pro

ach

is c

reat

ive,

inn

ova

tive

an

d b

road

,an

d t

hu

s d

oe

s

no

t m

ean

fo

llow

ing

a s

pe

cific

se

t o

f ru

les.

It r

eq

uir

es

an a

pp

roac

h t

o d

eci

sio

n-m

akin

g

that

str

ike

s a

bal

ance

be

twe

en

en

viro

nm

en

tal,

soci

al a

nd

eco

no

mic

fac

tors

.

This

me

ans

that

:

•w

e a

re n

ot

see

kin

g a

‘ho

ly g

rail’

of

a si

ng

le ‘c

orr

ect

’so

luti

on

•al

tern

ativ

e s

olu

tio

ns

can

be

ide

nti

fied

th

at f

it w

ith

th

e s

ust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t

app

roac

h

•it

is v

ery

diff

icu

lt t

o p

red

ict

wit

h c

ert

ain

ty h

ow

th

ese

alt

ern

ativ

es

will

wo

rk in

to t

he

futu

re,s

o w

e n

ee

d t

o p

rovi

de

op

tio

ns

and

fle

xib

ility

fo

r ch

ang

e a

nd

oth

er

acti

on

in

the

fu

ture

•th

ere

are

no

gu

aran

tees

th

at o

ur

solu

tio

ns

will

be

tru

ly s

ust

ain

able

– w

e th

eref

ore

mu

st

do

ou

r b

est

wit

h t

he

skill

s,kn

ow

led

ge

and

res

ou

rces

we

hav

e at

ou

r d

isp

osa

l no

w

Pri

nci

ple

3 –

Se

ek

a b

ala

nce

d s

olu

tio

n

Ap

pro

ach

es

like

th

e ‘t

hre

e p

illar

s’an

d t

he

‘fiv

e c

apit

als’

exp

lain

ed

in S

ect

ion

1 s

ee

k to

de

live

r e

con

om

ic,s

oci

al a

nd

en

viro

nm

en

tal s

ucc

ess

all

at t

he

sam

e t

ime,

and

so

se

ek

to

avo

id a

ny

pro

du

ct,p

roce

ss o

r p

roje

ct t

hat

yie

lds

an u

nb

alan

ced

so

luti

on

.Th

is c

ou

ld b

e

on

e t

hat

ge

ne

rate

s si

gn

ifica

nt

en

viro

nm

en

tal h

arm

,th

at g

en

era

tes

soci

al d

isq

uie

t o

r

that

ge

ne

rate

s e

con

om

ic lo

ss o

r sp

en

ds

pu

blic

fu

nd

s in

eff

icie

ntl

y,b

eca

use

eac

h o

f

the

se s

ho

uld

be

ch

arac

teri

sed

as

un

-su

stai

nab

le.

Thu

s,in

co

nsi

de

rin

g o

pti

on

s an

d in

ou

r d

eci

sio

n-m

akin

g,w

e n

ee

d t

o:

•n

ot

just

se

ek

to b

alan

ce t

he

ad

vers

e a

nd

po

siti

ve im

pac

ts o

n e

con

om

ic,s

oci

al a

nd

en

viro

nm

en

tal f

acto

rs in

th

e c

hal

len

ge

we

are

ad

dre

ssin

g b

ut

see

k g

ain

s in

all

thre

e

26

The

Ro

yal A

cad

em

y o

f En

gin

ee

rin

g

It is

no

w s

cien

tifi

cally

ack

no

wle

dg

ed t

ha

t

atm

osp

her

ic c

arb

on

dio

xid

e co

nce

ntr

ati

on

is

ha

vin

g a

n e

ffec

t o

n g

lob

al c

lima

te,i

ncl

ud

ing

the

freq

uen

cy o

f ex

trem

e w

eath

er.

Picture courtesy of Oxford University

Page 51: Week 8_Environmental Dimension

•e

nsu

re,a

s fa

r as

pra

ctic

able

,th

at r

en

ew

able

or

recy

clab

le r

eso

urc

es

are

use

d

pre

fere

nti

ally

be

fore

no

n-r

en

ew

able

,no

n-r

ecy

clab

le o

ne

s

•e

nsu

re n

on

-re

ne

wab

le r

eso

urc

es

are

use

d,w

he

reve

r p

oss

ible

,on

ly f

or

the

cre

atio

n o

f

pe

rman

en

t n

ew

ass

ets

•fo

cus

on

th

e f

utu

re a

t le

ast

as m

uch

as

the

pre

sen

t

•ai

m f

or

du

rab

ility

,fle

xib

ility

an

d lo

w im

pac

t p

rod

uct

s an

d in

fras

tru

ctu

re

•liv

e o

ff t

he

‘in

tere

st’r

ath

er

than

de

ple

tin

g n

atu

re’s

cap

ital

ass

ets

– r

eco

gn

ise

th

at t

he

en

viro

nm

en

t is

an

eco

log

ical

sys

tem

,an

d a

sse

ss t

he

car

ryin

g c

apac

ity

of

the

en

viro

nm

en

t an

d n

atu

re’s

cap

acit

y fo

r re

ge

ne

rati

on

•av

oid

irre

cove

rab

le c

han

ge

s to

alr

ead

y-re

fine

d m

ate

rial

s

•re

cog

nis

e t

hat

,eve

n t

ho

ug

h e

nh

ance

me

nt

of

soci

al c

apit

al m

ay b

e d

iffic

ult

to

qu

anti

fy,i

t is

a v

ery

imp

ort

ant

asp

ect

of

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t

•re

cog

nis

e t

hat

su

stai

nab

le s

olu

tio

ns

that

are

co

mp

eti

tive

will

be

pro

mo

ted

an

d

pro

pag

ate

d b

y th

e m

arke

t

Pri

nci

ple

4 –

Se

ek

en

ga

ge

me

nt

fro

m a

ll s

tak

eh

old

ers

Soci

ety

will

ult

imat

ely

say

wh

at is

ne

ed

ed

or

wan

ted

fo

r an

y d

eve

lop

me

nt,

sust

ain

able

or

oth

erw

ise.

So r

eac

hin

g d

eci

sio

ns

in t

his

are

a re

qu

ire

s:

•e

ng

age

me

nt

of

stak

eh

old

ers

to

bri

ng

th

eir

diff

ere

nt

vie

ws,

pe

rce

pti

on

s,kn

ow

led

ge

and

ski

lls t

o b

ear

on

th

e c

hal

len

ge

be

ing

ad

dre

sse

d

•p

rofe

ssio

nal

en

gin

ee

rs t

o p

arti

cip

ate

act

ive

ly in

th

e d

eci

sio

n-m

akin

g a

s ci

tize

ns

as

we

ll as

in t

he

ir p

rofe

ssio

nal

ro

les

Pri

nci

ple

5 –

Ma

ke

su

re y

ou

kn

ow

th

e n

ee

ds

an

d w

an

ts

Effe

ctiv

e d

eci

sio

n-m

akin

g in

en

gin

ee

rin

g f

or

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t is

on

ly p

oss

ible

wh

en

we

kn

ow

wh

at is

ne

ed

ed

or

wan

ted

– t

he

fra

me

wo

rk o

f th

e p

rob

lem

,iss

ue

or

chal

len

ge

to

be

tac

kle

d.T

his

sh

ou

ld b

e id

en

tifie

d a

s cl

ear

ly a

s p

oss

ible

,in

clu

din

g

ide

nti

fyin

g a

ny

leg

al r

eq

uir

em

en

ts a

nd

co

nst

rain

ts.W

e s

ho

uld

use

te

amw

ork

an

d

assi

stan

ce o

f im

me

dia

te c

olle

agu

es

to im

pro

ve p

rob

lem

de

finit

ion

.

It is

imp

ort

ant

to r

eco

gn

ise

th

at m

any

en

gin

ee

rin

g c

hal

len

ge

s ar

e d

rive

n b

y w

hat

pe

op

le w

ant

to h

ave

– s

uch

as

eve

n b

ett

er

mo

tor

cars

– r

ath

er

than

just

wh

at t

he

y

ne

ed

– a

me

ans

of

tran

spo

rt.I

n a

dd

itio

n,‘w

ants

’are

oft

en

ch

arac

teri

sed

as

‘ne

ed

s’w

he

n

the

y ar

e in

fac

t ju

st p

erc

eiv

ed

ne

ed

s,an

d a

mo

re m

od

est

so

luti

on

may

ult

imat

ely

be

acce

pta

ble

.As

a re

sult

,we

ne

ed

to

:

•e

ng

age

wit

h s

take

ho

lde

rs in

ide

nti

fyin

g t

he

pro

ble

m,i

ssu

e o

r ch

alle

ng

e t

o b

e

tack

led

ah

ead

of

the

en

gin

ee

rin

g p

rob

lem

s to

be

so

lve

d

•e

nsu

re c

lari

ty o

f th

e c

on

sid

era

tio

ns,

crit

eri

a an

d v

alu

es

that

diff

ere

nt

stak

eh

old

ers

wis

h t

o h

ave

re

flect

ed

in t

he

fra

min

g o

f w

hat

eve

r is

be

ing

tac

kle

d

•id

en

tify

th

e le

gal

re

qu

ire

me

nts

an

d c

on

stra

ints

up

on

th

e p

rob

lem

,iss

ue

or

chal

len

ge

to b

e t

ackl

ed

an

d e

nsu

re t

he

y ar

e r

efle

cte

d in

th

e f

ram

ing

•re

cog

nis

e t

he

dis

tin

ctio

ns

be

twe

en

a n

ee

d a

nd

a w

ant,

and

be

twe

en

an

act

ual

an

d a

pe

rce

ive

d n

ee

d

•th

en

ide

nti

fy t

he

‘wan

ts’a

s w

ell

as t

he

‘ne

ed

s’,so

th

at t

he

fu

ll sp

ect

rum

of

pro

ble

ms,

issu

es

and

ch

alle

ng

es

is k

no

wn

27

Eng

inee

rin

g fo

r Su

stai

nab

le D

evel

op

men

t

•id

en

tify

inte

rde

pe

nd

en

ces

be

twe

en

eco

no

mic

,so

cial

an

d e

nvi

ron

me

nta

l fac

tors

in

the

se n

ee

ds

and

wan

ts

•d

eci

de

on

th

e s

yste

m b

ou

nd

ary,

wh

ich

sh

ou

ld b

e s

uff

icie

ntl

y la

rge

to

co

mfo

rtab

ly

en

com

pas

s th

e f

ore

see

able

influ

en

ces

on

su

stai

nab

ility

,bu

t n

ot

so la

rge

th

at t

he

de

tail

of

the

cu

rre

nt

chal

len

ge

is lo

st

•co

mm

un

icat

e t

he

en

gin

ee

rin

g o

pp

ort

un

itie

s an

d c

on

stra

ints

to

th

e t

eam

an

d

stak

eh

old

ers

,an

d e

xpla

in a

ny

valu

e ju

dg

em

en

ts a

bo

ut

en

gin

ee

rin

g a

spe

cts

that

are

incl

ud

ed

in t

he

fra

min

g

•u

se a

n a

pp

rop

riat

e t

em

pla

te f

or

you

r ap

pro

ach

fro

m t

ho

se a

vaila

ble

– s

uch

as

the

thre

e p

illar

s o

r fiv

e c

apit

als,

and

co

nsi

de

r ti

me

as

we

ll as

sp

ace

– t

o e

nsu

re t

hat

a

bro

ad s

cop

e a

nd

ran

ge

of

op

tio

ns

is c

on

sid

ere

d in

itia

lly,a

void

ing

th

e t

rap

of

nar

row

ing

do

wn

to

on

e t

ech

no

log

ical

so

luti

on

to

o q

uic

kly

•re

cog

nis

e t

he

leg

acy

issu

es

of

the

pro

ject

to

fu

ture

use

rs a

nd

fu

ture

ge

ne

rati

on

s;

•h

ow

eve

r re

gre

ttab

le it

may

be,

acce

pt

that

an

eve

n b

ett

er

solu

tio

n m

ay h

ave

to

awai

t th

e c

reat

ion

of

the

ne

xt p

lan

t o

r p

iece

of

infr

astr

uct

ure

Pri

nci

ple

6 –

Pla

n a

nd

ma

na

ge

eff

ect

ive

ly

In p

lan

nin

g o

ur

en

gin

ee

rin

g p

roje

cts,

we

ne

ed

to

:

•e

xpre

ss o

ur

aim

s in

su

ffic

ien

tly

op

en

-en

de

d t

erm

s so

as

no

t to

pre

clu

de

th

e

po

ten

tial

fo

r in

no

vati

ve s

olu

tio

ns

as t

he

pro

ject

de

velo

ps

•as

sem

ble

an

d c

riti

cally

re

vie

w h

isto

rica

l evi

de

nce

an

d f

orw

ard

pro

ject

ion

s,an

d

we

igh

th

e e

vid

en

ce f

or

rele

van

ce a

nd

imp

ort

ance

to

th

e p

lan

•e

nco

ura

ge

cre

ativ

e ‘o

ut-

of-

the

-bo

x’th

inki

ng

•d

efin

e t

he

de

sire

d o

utc

om

e in

te

rms

of

an a

pp

rop

riat

e b

alan

ce b

etw

ee

n t

he

eco

no

mic

,en

viro

nm

en

tal a

nd

so

cial

fac

tors

ide

nti

fied

ear

lier

•re

cog

nis

e t

hat

ide

as t

hat

may

no

t b

e im

me

dia

tely

pra

ctic

able

can

sti

mu

late

re

sear

ch

for

the

ne

xt p

roje

ct,b

ut

also

th

at t

he

y n

ee

d t

o b

e p

rop

erl

y re

cord

ed

if t

he

y ar

e t

o b

e

acte

d u

po

n

•se

ek

to im

pro

ve o

n,o

r at

leas

t m

ain

tain

,th

e s

ust

ain

abili

ty o

f e

xist

ing

pra

ctic

es;

•e

nsu

re t

hat

th

e e

ffo

rt a

nd

re

sou

rce

s d

evo

ted

to

avo

idin

g u

n-s

ust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t re

mai

ns

in p

rop

ort

ion

to

th

e a

nti

cip

ate

d e

ffe

ct –

do

n’t

use

a

sle

dg

eh

amm

er

to c

rack

a n

ut

•ke

ep

th

e p

lan

str

aig

htf

orw

ard

,so

oth

ers

can

un

de

rsta

nd

it

•p

ick

the

‘lo

w-h

ang

ing

fru

it’(

the

eas

iest

,re

adily

-ava

ilab

le g

ain

s),b

ut

no

t in

a w

ay t

hat

con

stra

ins

furt

he

r im

pro

vem

en

ts a

nd

/or

hin

de

rs t

he

ne

xt g

en

era

tio

n in

me

eti

ng

the

ir n

ee

ds.

Pri

nci

ple

7 –

Giv

e s

ust

ain

ab

ilit

y t

he

be

ne

fit

of

an

y d

ou

bt

This

en

cap

sula

tes

the

‘pre

cau

tio

nar

y p

rin

cip

le’a

nd

,to

be

imp

lem

en

ted

,fo

rce

s u

s to

add

ress

th

e f

utu

re im

pac

ts o

f to

day

’s d

eci

sio

ns.

So w

e n

ee

d t

o:

•d

em

on

stra

te t

hat

imp

rove

d s

ust

ain

abili

ty w

ill r

esu

lt f

rom

th

e a

ctio

ns

pro

po

sed

•ac

t w

ith

cau

tio

n w

he

re w

e c

on

sid

er

that

th

e e

ffe

cts

of

ou

r d

eci

sio

ns

may

be

pe

rman

en

t an

d/o

r if

we

do

no

t h

ave

a f

ull

scie

nti

fic u

nd

ers

tan

din

g o

f th

e is

sue

or

chal

len

ge

be

ing

co

nsi

de

red

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nly

dis

cou

nt

the

dis

adva

nta

ge

s an

d b

en

efit

s o

f fu

ture

eve

nts

or

imp

acts

wh

en

th

ey

are

ve

ry u

nce

rtai

n

•re

cog

nis

e t

hat

su

stai

nab

le d

eve

lop

me

nt

de

pe

nd

s o

n in

vest

ing

fo

r ja

m t

om

orr

ow

and

fo

r b

read

an

d b

utt

er

tod

ay.

Pri

nci

ple

8 –

If

po

llu

ters

mu

st p

oll

ute

… t

he

n t

he

y m

ust

pa

y a

s w

ell

The

en

viro

nm

en

t b

elo

ng

s to

us

all a

nd

its

fre

e u

se f

or

abso

rpti

on

of

ou

r w

aste

s o

r it

s

un

fett

ere

d e

xplo

itat

ion

are

no

t su

stai

nab

le.T

he

ad

vers

e,p

ollu

tin

g e

ffe

cts

of

any

de

cisi

on

sh

ou

ld,i

n s

om

e w

ay,b

e p

aid

fo

r o

r co

mp

en

sate

d f

or

by

the

pro

po

ne

nt

of

an

en

gin

ee

rin

g p

roje

ct,s

che

me

or

de

velo

pm

en

t;th

ey

sho

uld

no

t b

e t

ran

sfe

rre

d t

o o

the

rs

wit

ho

ut

fair

co

mp

en

sati

on

.In

ad

dit

ion

,it

may

be

ne

cess

ary

to a

nti

cip

ate

fu

ture

po

lluti

on

pre

ven

tio

n le

gis

lati

on

if a

lon

g-t

erm

pro

ject

is t

o b

e s

ust

ain

able

.

The

ch

alle

ng

e t

hat

th

is P

rin

cip

le t

hu

s p

rese

nts

is h

ow

to

de

fine

th

e ‘c

ost

’or

com

pe

nsa

tio

n t

hat

is a

pp

rop

riat

e.To

de

term

ine

ho

w m

uch

sh

ou

ld b

e p

aid

,or

ho

w

mu

ch c

om

pe

nsa

tory

wo

rk s

ho

uld

be

do

ne,

we

ne

ed

to

wo

rk w

ith

co

sts

that

fu

lly r

efle

ct

the

so

cial

an

d e

nvi

ron

me

nta

l im

plic

atio

ns

of

a d

eci

sio

n,a

nd

to

ols

to

un

de

rtak

e s

uch

calc

ula

tio

ns

are

no

w a

vaila

ble

an

d b

ein

g d

eve

lop

ed

.Cu

rre

nt

leg

isla

tio

n p

arti

ally

ach

ieve

s th

is b

y ta

xati

on

(su

ch a

s th

e la

nd

fill t

ax)

or

by

imp

osi

ng

dir

ect

co

sts

of

pre

ven

tio

n (

for

exa

mp

le o

n p

reve

nti

on

of

gro

un

dw

ate

r co

nta

min

atio

n).

Ho

we

ver,

no

po

lluti

on

th

at is

no

t al

low

ed

fo

r b

y la

w s

ho

uld

be

co

nsi

de

red

fo

r in

clu

sio

n

in t

he

pro

ble

m,i

ssu

e o

r ch

alle

ng

e t

o b

e t

ackl

ed

.Fo

r e

xam

ple

,th

e c

on

tro

lled

gas

eo

us

and

so

lid-w

aste

em

issi

on

s fr

om

fu

el-

bu

rnin

g p

ow

er

ge

ne

rati

on

is c

on

tro

lled

ye

t

allo

we

d in

man

y e

nvi

ron

me

nta

l le

gal

re

gim

es,

bu

t d

isch

arg

es

of

sig

nifi

can

t q

uan

titi

es

of

oils

an

d c

he

mic

als

into

wat

er

cou

rse

s ar

e n

ot.

The

WEE

E an

d R

oH

S D

ire

ctiv

es

(se

e

sect

ion

2.4

ab

ove

) w

ill a

lso

co

ntr

ol d

isp

osa

l of

man

y in

du

stri

al p

rod

uct

s at

th

e e

nd

of

the

ir u

sefu

l life

.We

th

us

ne

ed

to

:

•av

oid

incu

rrin

g t

he

co

sts

in t

he

fir

st p

lace

by

elim

inat

ing

or

min

imis

ing

ad

vers

e

en

viro

nm

en

tal e

ffe

cts

•p

ract

ice

a r

esp

on

sib

le a

ttit

ud

e t

o t

he

en

viro

nm

en

t

•b

road

en

ou

r p

ers

pe

ctiv

e b

eyo

nd

cu

rre

nt

leg

isla

tive

re

qu

ire

me

nts

•sc

an t

he

ho

rizo

n f

or

em

erg

ing

me

asu

res

and

pla

n a

cco

rdin

gly

•fu

lfil a

ny

Co

rpo

rate

So

cial

Re

spo

nsi

bili

ty P

olic

ies

that

ap

ply

,an

d p

rom

ote

th

eir

de

velo

pm

en

t if

the

y d

o n

ot

exi

st

•b

rin

g s

oci

al a

nd

en

viro

nm

en

tal i

mp

licat

ion

s in

to o

pti

on

s ap

pra

isal

so

th

at a

bal

ance

d d

eci

sio

n c

an b

e m

ade

•re

me

mb

er

the

po

ten

tial

ind

ire

ct c

ost

s o

f la

x e

nvi

ron

me

nta

l ste

war

dsh

ip o

n,f

or

exa

mp

le,r

ep

uta

tio

n a

nd

mar

ket

shar

e

Pri

nci

ple

9 –

Ad

op

t a

ho

list

ic,‘

cra

dle

-to

-gra

ve

’ap

pro

ach

To d

eliv

er

this

ap

pro

ach

,th

e e

ffe

cts

on

su

stai

nab

ility

th

rou

gh

ou

t th

e w

ho

le li

fe-c

ycle

of

a p

rod

uct

or

infr

astr

uct

ure

sch

em

e s

ho

uld

be

sys

tem

atic

ally

eva

luat

ed

.We

ne

ed

to

:

•u

se w

ho

le-l

ife-c

ycle

to

ols

to

imp

rove

ou

r d

eci

sio

n-m

akin

g:w

ho

le-l

ife-c

ycle

en

viro

nm

en

tal a

sse

ssm

en

t,w

ho

le-l

ife-c

ycle

co

stin

g,a

nd

ass

ess

me

nt

of

the

so

cial

imp

acts

ove

r th

e w

ho

le li

fe t

ime

of

the

en

gin

ee

rin

g c

hal

len

ge

we

are

ad

dre

ssin

g –

29

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inee

rin

g fo

r Su

stai

nab

le D

evel

op

men

t

The

fitt

ing

of

cata

lyti

c co

nve

rter

s to

pa

ssen

ger

ca

rs is

a w

ay

of

po

llute

rs p

ayi

ng

to r

edu

ce t

he

po

lluti

on

leve

l,b

ut

the

exa

mp

le

in s

ecti

on

2.6

illu

stra

tes

the

cha

llen

ge

of

stri

kin

g t

he

rig

ht

ba

lan

ce b

etw

een

red

uce

d

envi

ron

men

tal e

ffec

ts a

t p

oin

t o

f u

se a

nd

th

e

envi

ron

men

tal i

mp

act

s o

f ex

tra

ctio

n a

nd

refi

nin

g o

f th

e ca

taly

tic

ma

teri

als

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som

eti

me

s ca

lled

ass

ess

me

nt

of

inte

r-g

en

era

tio

nal

eq

uit

y –

wh

ere

th

e im

pac

ts o

f

ou

r d

eci

sio

ns

on

fu

ture

ge

ne

rati

on

s ar

e c

on

sid

ere

d a

lon

gsi

de

th

e p

rese

nt

•h

and

le u

nce

rtai

nty

by

kee

pin

g o

pe

n a

s m

any

futu

re o

pti

on

s as

pra

ctic

able

•e

nsu

re t

hat

th

e d

esi

gn

is m

ain

tain

able

an

d t

hat

th

e m

ate

rial

s ar

e a

dap

tab

le f

or

re-u

se o

r re

cycl

ing

•th

ink

in t

he

fo

urt

h d

ime

nsi

on

an

d e

nsu

re t

hat

th

e d

esi

gn

life

is a

pp

rop

riat

e t

o t

he

pro

du

ct o

r p

roje

ct a

nd

its

con

text

•u

se h

igh

em

bo

die

d e

ne

rgy

on

ly w

he

n it

is ju

stifi

ed

by

a lo

ng

de

sig

n li

fe

•e

xplic

itly

ad

dre

ss t

he

en

d-o

f-lif

e o

pti

on

s,an

d a

void

wh

ere

ver

po

ssib

le le

avin

g t

o o

ur

succ

ess

ors

an

y p

rob

lem

s o

f d

isp

osa

l

•e

nsu

re n

on

-re

ne

wab

le r

eso

urc

es

are

use

d,w

he

reve

r p

oss

ible

,on

ly f

or

the

cre

atio

n o

f

pe

rman

en

t n

ew

ass

ets

Pri

nci

ple

10

– D

o t

hin

gs

rig

ht,

ha

vin

g d

eci

de

d o

n t

he

rig

ht

thin

g t

o d

o

Ad

he

rin

g t

o t

he

Pri

nci

ple

s e

xpla

ine

d s

o f

ar s

ho

uld

en

sure

th

at r

igh

t d

eci

sio

ns

fro

m a

sust

ain

abili

ty p

oin

t o

f vi

ew

hav

e b

ee

n m

ade

in r

ela

tio

n t

o t

he

cir

cum

stan

ces

that

ap

ply

.

The

imp

lem

en

tati

on

of

the

se r

igh

t d

eci

sio

ns

mu

st t

he

n p

ay f

ull

reg

ard

to

do

ing

th

ing

s

rig

ht,

agai

n f

rom

a s

ust

ain

abili

ty p

oin

t o

f vi

ew

.To

de

live

r th

is P

rin

cip

le,w

e n

ee

d t

o:

•re

tain

th

e s

ust

ain

abili

ty f

ocu

s o

n t

he

inte

nd

ed

ou

tco

me

rig

ht

thro

ug

h t

he

imp

lem

en

tati

on

of

the

so

luti

on

•re

cog

nis

e t

hat

th

e in

term

ed

iate

pro

cess

es

of

con

stru

ctio

n,m

anu

fact

ure

,pro

du

ctio

n

and

tra

nsp

ort

can

be

re

sou

rce

-in

ten

sive

an

d n

ee

d t

o b

e m

anag

ed

wit

h a

n a

ctiv

e

sust

ain

abili

ty o

rie

nta

tio

n

•e

nsu

re (

as f

ar a

s p

ract

icab

le)

that

th

e le

gal

re

qu

ire

me

nts

an

d c

on

stra

ints

on

th

e

pro

ble

m,i

ssu

e o

r ch

alle

ng

e t

o b

e t

ackl

ed

are

co

mp

lied

wit

h

•ai

m t

o c

riti

cally

ap

pra

ise

cu

rre

nt ‘

go

od

pra

ctic

e’an

d b

e in

he

ren

tly

sce

pti

cal o

f

un

sup

po

rte

d ju

dg

em

en

ts,i

n o

rde

r to

de

cid

e o

n a

pp

rop

riat

e a

ctio

ns

to b

e t

ake

n

•ke

ep

ab

reas

t o

f te

chn

ical

an

d m

arke

t d

eve

lop

me

nts

,to

ch

eck

th

e a

ssu

mp

tio

ns

and

pre

dic

tio

ns

em

be

dd

ed

in t

he

de

sig

n.

Pri

nci

ple

11

– B

ew

are

co

st c

utt

ing

th

at

ma

squ

era

de

s a

s v

alu

e

en

gin

ee

rin

g

We

are

un

like

ly t

o a

rriv

e a

t o

ur

be

st d

eci

sio

ns

first

tim

e e

very

tim

e.So

we

ne

ed

to

chal

len

ge

ou

rse

lve

s an

d r

efin

e t

ho

se d

eci

sio

ns,

wh

ilst

rem

ain

ing

fo

cuse

d o

n t

he

inte

nd

ed

ou

tco

me.

We

th

ere

fore

ne

ed

to

:

•av

oid

sac

rific

ing

th

e s

ust

ain

abili

ty d

esi

res

inco

rpo

rate

d in

a d

esi

gn

wh

en

se

eki

ng

cost

re

du

ctio

ns

•in

clu

de

an

y ad

vers

e e

ffe

cts

on

su

stai

nab

ility

in t

he

‘val

ue

eq

uat

ion

’an

d v

alu

e

en

gin

ee

rin

g

•b

e s

elf-

crit

ical

of

ou

r o

wn

fu

nd

ame

nta

l ass

um

pti

on

s an

d v

alu

es

•b

e p

rep

are

d t

o c

hal

len

ge

ou

r an

d o

the

rs’e

xist

ing

ass

um

pti

on

s

•re

-exa

min

e f

irst

pre

fere

nce

s an

d s

ub

mit

th

em

to

re

-ap

pra

isal

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•u

se in

telli

ge

nce

fro

m t

he

mar

ketp

lace

to

mo

nit

or

assu

mp

tio

ns

on

use

r b

eh

avio

ur

incl

ud

ed

in t

he

de

sig

n

•ch

eck

th

at t

he

ach

ieve

me

nt

of

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t o

bje

ctiv

es

is n

ot

be

ing

sub

vert

ed

by

un

inte

nd

ed

co

nse

qu

en

ces

of

de

sig

n c

han

ge

s an

d/o

r u

ser

be

hav

iou

r

•h

ow

eve

r re

gre

ttab

le it

may

be,

acce

pt

that

an

eve

n b

ett

er

solu

tio

n m

ay h

ave

to

awai

t th

e c

reat

ion

of

the

ne

xt p

lan

t o

r p

iece

of

infr

astr

uct

ure

Fin

ally

,if

sati

sfie

d w

ith

th

e b

alan

ce s

tru

ck b

etw

ee

n t

he

eco

no

mic

,en

viro

nm

en

tal a

nd

soci

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ract

ice

wh

at

yo

u p

rea

ch

On

e’s

ow

n e

very

day

pra

ctic

es

sho

uld

no

t b

e a

t va

rian

ce w

ith

wh

at is

be

ing

ask

ed

of

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ou

mu

st n

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ect

mo

re o

f o

the

rs t

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elf.

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pre

par

ed

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acco

un

tab

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you

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esi

gn

an

d e

ng

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eri

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d u

ph

old

by

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mp

le t

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be

liefs

it

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cts.

Ch

ang

e y

ou

rse

lf b

efo

re y

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to c

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ge

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.

3.3

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Prin

cip

les

rela

ted

to

th

e ex

amp

les

sum

mar

ised

in S

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on

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er

to d

em

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stra

te t

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nce

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the

se P

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to t

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fo

llow

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late

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o t

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ven

exa

mp

les

of

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ain

abili

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n 2

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inee

rin

g fo

r Su

stai

nab

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t

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ide

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32

The

Ro

yal A

cad

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y o

f En

gin

ee

rin

g

Ca

se S

tud

y:

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nci

ple

:

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ad

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loo

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rod

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s

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sgo

w U

niv

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Su

sta

ina

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De

ve

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nt

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licy

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ract

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1Lo

ok

bey

on

dyo

ur

ow

n

loca

lity

an

d

the

imm

edia

tefu

ture

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po

ten

tial

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ect

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th

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e

sch

em

e.

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nsu

me

rs a

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co

nsu

me

r

gro

up

s ar

e c

on

cern

ed

ab

ou

t

the

lon

g-t

erm

su

pp

ly o

f ra

w

mat

eri

als

and

th

e f

inal

de

stin

atio

n o

f p

rod

uct

che

mic

als

and

pac

kag

ing

.

The

ind

ust

ry t

ake

s th

ese

an

d

oth

er

fact

ors

into

acc

ou

nt

for

any

ne

w p

rod

uct

,ge

ne

rally

thro

ug

h p

ub

lish

ed

life

-cyc

le

asse

ssm

en

ts.

Init

iati

ves

at G

lasg

ow

Un

ive

rsit

y

to e

ng

age

stu

de

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taff

in

SD f

rom

loca

l to

glo

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incl

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e:

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log

ical

fo

otp

rin

tin

g,w

aste

min

imis

atio

n &

re

cycl

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at

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she

rs’W

ee

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air

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e

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nig

ht.

2In

no

vate

an

d

be

crea

tive

M

any

alte

rnat

ive

s w

ere

con

sid

ere

d.

It is

cle

ar t

hat

it is

mu

ch le

ss-u

n-s

ust

ain

able

th

an

an in

acce

ssib

le,c

on

cre

te

trap

ezo

idal

ch

ann

el w

ou

ld

hav

e b

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n.T

he

we

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d a

rea

incl

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es

an a

rea

spe

cific

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de

sig

ne

d f

or

use

in t

eac

hin

g

eco

log

y an

d n

atu

re

con

serv

atio

n

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ran

ge

of

pro

du

cts

avai

lab

le

me

ans

that

th

ere

are

alw

ays

sig

nifi

can

t d

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er

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fun

ctio

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.Lo

ng

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rm

eff

ect

s o

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esi

gn

ch

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es

(su

ch

as p

ho

sph

ate

vs

zeo

lite

) ca

n

ne

ver

be

pre

dic

ted

wit

h

cert

ain

ty,b

ein

g d

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de

nt

on

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ts a

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arn

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lso

on

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of

infr

astr

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s

to e

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clin

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e

carr

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ou

t.

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ed

din

g S

D in

to a

un

ive

rsit

y an

d it

s cu

rric

ula

req

uir

es

inte

gra

tio

n o

f a

ran

ge

of

app

roac

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clu

din

g t

op

-

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wn

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licy

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ide

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licy

and

Stra

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ed

at

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sgo

w,b

ut

it is

diff

icu

lt t

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pro

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te im

ple

me

nta

tio

n w

ith

so m

any

de

man

ds

on

th

e

teac

hin

g s

taff

fo

r re

sear

ch a

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the

ge

ne

ral a

ssu

mp

tio

n

amo

ng

st m

any

staf

f th

at S

D

eq

uat

es

to e

nvi

ron

me

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l

sust

ain

abili

ty.

3S

eek

a

ba

lan

ced

solu

tio

n

Sig

nifi

can

t e

nvi

ron

me

nta

l an

d

finan

cial

cap

ital

was

use

d,b

ut

sig

nifi

can

t e

nvi

ron

me

nta

l

cap

ital

was

als

o c

reat

ed

,as

we

ll

as e

nh

ance

d h

um

an w

ell-

be

ing

an

d a

sig

nifi

can

t

red

uct

ion

in r

isks

of

finan

cial

loss

ach

ieve

d.H

ow

eve

r,th

e

ne

w c

han

ne

l was

no

t m

ade

nav

igab

le b

y p

ow

ere

d c

raft

be

cau

se o

f th

e a

dve

rse

eff

ect

on

th

e e

nvi

ron

me

nt

and

th

e

eco

log

ical

fe

atu

res

in t

he

pro

ject

,an

d b

eca

use

of

the

de

sire

to

cre

ate

a h

ave

n f

or

wild

life

an

d q

uie

t re

cre

atio

n.

The

bal

ance

in t

his

ind

ust

ry is

sup

ply

ing

an

en

viro

nm

en

tally

-

resp

on

sib

le p

rod

uct

th

at

con

sum

ers

are

will

ing

to

pay

for.

Co

nsu

me

rs a

re b

eco

min

g

mo

re e

nvi

ron

me

nta

lly a

war

e

bu

t ra

rely

is t

his

use

d a

s an

adve

rtis

ing

pla

tfo

rm.I

n t

his

case

,th

e m

ain

en

viro

nm

en

tal

be

ne

fit is

low

er

mat

eri

al u

se.

Envi

ron

me

nta

l Su

stai

nab

ility

is

ge

ne

rally

we

ll-u

nd

ers

too

d a

nd

,

for

exa

mp

le,G

lasg

ow

has

wo

n

awar

ds

for

its

en

erg

y sa

vin

gs.

Eco

no

mic

dev

elo

pm

ent

rem

ain

s

the

mai

n d

river

,an

d fo

cuse

s th

e

staf

f o

n s

ee

kin

g m

ajo

r re

sear

ch

fun

din

g r

ath

er

than

te

ach

ing

.

Soci

al S

ust

ain

abili

ty is

mo

re

diff

icu

lt t

o e

ng

age,

esp

eci

ally

wit

h t

ech

nic

al s

ub

ject

s.Th

e

Un

ive

rsit

y’s

role

in S

ust

ain

able

Co

mm

un

itie

s n

eed

s to

be

bet

ter

un

de

rsto

od

an

d e

nco

ura

ge

d.

Gla

sgo

w h

as s

ou

gh

t SD

lin

ks

wit

h d

iffe

ren

t d

ep

artm

en

ts a

nd

the

wid

er

com

mu

nit

y to

try

to

eng

age

the

soci

al a

gen

da

of

SD.

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33

Eng

inee

rin

g fo

r Su

stai

nab

le D

evel

op

men

t

Su

sta

ina

ble

Pro

du

ct D

esi

gn

– M

ob

ile

Ph

on

es

Re

ge

ne

rati

on

of

Mo

ssle

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l,N

ew

tow

na

bb

ey,

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.An

trim

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taly

tic

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ert

ers

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e E

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rgy

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all

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ge

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ele

ctro

nic

s b

usi

ne

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a

glo

bal

ind

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ry.T

he

nu

me

rou

s

com

po

ne

nts

are

so

urc

ed

fro

m

aro

un

d t

he

wo

rld

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oki

ng

on

ly

loca

lly a

t SD

issu

es

is n

ot

an

op

tio

n in

mo

bile

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on

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de

sig

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alyt

ic

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vert

ers

) im

pro

ve lo

cal a

ir

qu

alit

y,b

ut

the

imp

acts

of

min

ing

,re

finin

g a

nd

tran

spo

rtin

g c

atal

ytic

mat

eri

als

fro

m s

ou

rce

to

th

e

auto

cat

man

ufa

ctu

rer

ne

ed

to b

e c

on

sid

ere

d a

gai

nst

the

se b

en

efit

s.

Cu

rre

nt

glo

bal

en

erg

y su

pp

ly

invo

lve

s th

e e

xtra

ctio

n o

f ra

w

mat

eri

als

in a

reas

re

mo

te f

rom

final

co

nsu

mp

tio

n a

nd

has

an

adve

rse

imp

act

on

th

e g

lob

al

en

viro

nm

en

t.

Mo

bile

ph

on

es

are

on

ly o

ne

me

ans

of

mas

s

com

mu

nic

atio

ns.

Ne

w

ele

ctro

nic

de

vice

s ap

pe

ar

reg

ula

rly

in d

iffe

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t h

ard

war

e

and

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fo

rmat

s.

Tech

no

log

y w

ill in

vari

ably

dri

ve

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ed

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ion

alit

y,

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iatu

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n e

tc.N

ew

recy

clin

g s

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me

s w

ill

be

com

e m

ore

via

ble

as

eco

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leg

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tio

n b

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spe

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ly in

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apan

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pre

he

nsi

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ite

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pro

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app

rop

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acco

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s su

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,th

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th

e

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ut,

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ain

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d d

ue

to b

ure

aucr

atic

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l

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reg

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toca

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anu

fact

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ple

tes

scar

ce a

nd

fin

ite

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co

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me

s

en

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the

pro

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ate

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d p

rese

rve

job

s in

pro

du

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cou

ntr

ies

and

pro

tect

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man

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ste

d a

reas

.Th

is

pro

mp

ts c

on

sid

era

tio

n o

f

alte

rnat

ive

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chn

olo

gie

s o

r

po

licy

app

roac

he

s to

un

con

stra

ine

d p

ers

on

al

mo

bili

ty.

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evo

luti

on

to

th

e

sust

ain

able

su

pp

ly a

nd

use

of

en

erg

y w

ill r

eq

uir

e t

he

de

velo

pm

en

t an

d d

ep

loym

en

t

of

man

y d

iffe

ren

t te

chn

olo

gie

s

– f

utu

re s

up

ply

of

en

erg

y w

ill

be

eve

n m

ore

te

chn

ical

ly

div

ers

e.

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ipm

en

t m

anu

fact

ure

rs a

re

incr

eas

ing

ly b

ein

g m

ade

aw

are

of

the

ir S

D a

nd

eco

-

resp

on

sib

iliti

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thro

ug

h

leg

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tio

n,a

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n b

y

com

pe

tito

rs a

nd

su

pp

ly c

hai

n

pre

ssu

res.

Incr

eas

ing

ly

ele

ctro

nic

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d e

lect

rica

l

eq

uip

me

nt

is s

cru

tin

ise

d f

or

its

SD p

ote

nti

al.

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wto

wn

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rou

gh

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un

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ad t

o b

alan

ce t

he

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ssle

y M

ill s

ite

in t

erm

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f

the

bio

div

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ity

valu

e o

f th

e

po

nd

an

d e

stab

lish

ed

hab

itat

s

wit

h t

he

ne

ed

to

re

de

velo

p a

de

cayi

ng

str

uct

ure

into

a c

ost

-

eff

ect

ive

civ

ic b

uild

ing

.Th

is

req

uir

ed

car

efu

l co

nsi

de

rati

on

of

the

fin

anci

al im

plic

atio

ns

of

pre

serv

atio

n a

nd

co

nse

rvat

ion

,

as w

ell

as r

eg

ard

fo

r th

e

en

viro

nm

en

tal a

nd

so

cial

con

seq

ue

nce

s o

f d

em

olis

hin

g

a si

gn

ifica

nt

exa

mp

le o

f lo

cal

he

rita

ge.

We

can

no

t b

an a

ll u

rban

tra

ffic

wit

ho

ut

bal

anci

ng

th

at

de

cisi

on

wit

h a

cce

pta

ble

alte

rnat

ive

me

tho

ds

of

mas

s

tran

spo

rt.W

e s

ho

uld

pri

ori

tise

the

ne

ed

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d d

ire

ct t

ech

nic

al

de

velo

pm

en

t to

th

ese

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.

no

n-f

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il-fu

elle

d p

ow

er

for

taxi

s an

d u

rban

de

live

ry

veh

icle

s.Ta

x m

eas

ure

s ca

n

the

n b

e a

dju

ste

d t

o p

rom

ote

mar

ket

me

chan

ism

s an

d

con

sum

er

bu

y-in

.

A s

ust

ain

able

en

erg

y fu

ture

bas

ed

larg

ely

on

re

ne

wab

le

sou

rce

s o

f e

ne

rgy

is a

pri

me

exa

mp

le o

f ‘liv

ing

off

th

e

inte

rest

’rat

he

r th

an c

apit

al.

34

The

Ro

yal A

cad

em

y o

f En

gin

ee

rin

g

Ca

se S

tud

y:

Pri

nci

ple

:

Jub

ile

e R

ive

r (M

aid

en

he

ad

,

Win

dso

r &

Eto

n F

loo

d

All

ev

iati

on

Sch

em

e)

Intr

od

uct

ion

of

un

it-d

ose

d

lau

nd

ry c

lea

nin

g p

rod

uct

s

Gla

sgo

w U

niv

ers

ity

Su

sta

ina

ble

De

ve

lop

me

nt

Po

licy

an

d P

ract

ice

4S

eek

eng

ag

emen

tfr

om

all

sta

keh

old

ers

Exte

nsi

ve c

on

sult

atio

n t

oo

k

pla

ce t

o a

rriv

e a

t th

e s

olu

tio

n

and

du

rin

g c

on

stru

ctio

n,w

he

n

the

loca

l co

mm

un

ity

was

fu

lly

en

gag

ed

an

d t

he

co

ntr

acto

rs

off

ere

d v

isit

s to

th

e s

ite

to

loca

l

resi

de

nts

an

d t

he

ge

ne

ral

pu

blic

.

In t

he

19

50

s,th

e r

eta

il m

antr

a

was

“pile

‘em

hig

h,s

ell

‘em

che

ap”.N

ow

,man

ufa

ctu

rers

,

reta

ilers

an

d a

dve

rtis

ers

all

ne

ed

to

be

co

mfo

rtab

le t

hat

reg

ula

tio

ns

are

me

t an

d h

igh

stan

dar

ds

set.

Ad

vers

e

con

sum

er

or

con

sum

er-

gro

up

reac

tio

n c

an d

amag

e a

bra

nd

seve

rely

an

d q

uic

kly.

SD is

ess

en

tial

to

ke

ep

un

ive

rsit

ies

rele

van

t to

all

stak

eh

old

ers

:sta

ff,s

en

ior

man

age

me

nt,

stu

de

nts

,lo

cal

com

mu

nit

ies

and

em

plo

yers

.It

is im

po

rtan

t to

en

gag

e t

he

loca

l co

mm

un

ity

and

th

e n

on

-

teac

hin

g s

taff

wh

o a

ll h

ave

an

inte

rest

in a

un

ive

rsit

y th

at h

as

vita

lity

and

pro

mo

tes

SD.

5M

ake

su

re y

ou

kn

ow

th

e n

eed

sa

nd

wa

nts

Mu

ch e

ffo

rt w

as e

xpe

nd

ed

on

this

issu

e,al

tho

ug

h n

ot

all

‘wan

ts’c

ou

ld b

e p

rovi

de

d f

or.

Nav

igat

ion

of

the

ch

ann

el w

as

a w

ant,

no

t a

ne

ed

,an

d w

as

avai

lab

le c

lose

by

in t

he

mai

n

Riv

er

Tham

es

chan

ne

l.Se

e a

lso

com

me

nt

agai

nst

Pri

nci

ple

3.

Co

nsi

de

rab

le e

ffo

rt e

xpe

nd

ed

he

re in

de

velo

pin

g t

he

mar

ket

po

siti

on

of

a n

ew

pro

du

ct w

as

con

stra

ine

d b

y fin

anci

al,

eco

no

mic

,re

gu

lato

ry a

nd

en

viro

nm

en

tal i

ssu

es,

wit

h

par

ticu

lar

em

ph

asis

on

con

sum

er

atti

tud

es

to t

he

pro

du

ct a

nd

its

eff

ect

s.

The

ne

ed

s o

f th

e s

tud

en

ts a

nd

staf

f h

ave

tak

en

pri

ori

ty s

o f

ar

bu

t w

ith

in t

he

co

nte

xt o

f an

un

de

rsta

nd

ing

of

the

ne

ed

s o

f

sen

ior

man

age

me

nt.

A s

trat

eg

y

for

me

eti

ng

te

ach

ing

sta

ff’s

and

stu

de

nts

’ne

ed

s is

be

ing

de

velo

pe

d in

a p

has

ed

app

roac

h.

6P

lan

an

dm

an

ag

eef

fect

ivel

y

De

taile

d p

lan

nin

g w

as

un

de

rtak

en

,in

clu

din

g t

o

min

imis

e d

isru

pti

on

to

ne

igh

bo

urs

an

d lo

cal t

raff

ic b

y

ado

pti

ng

a c

on

stru

ctio

n

seq

ue

nce

th

at b

uilt

th

e b

rid

ge

s

first

so

as

to e

nab

le t

he

mu

cksh

ift

to t

ake

pla

ce a

lon

g

the

ch

ann

el r

ou

te,n

ot

on

loca

l

road

s.

Sust

ain

abili

ty c

on

cern

s ar

e n

ot

dri

vin

g t

he

intr

od

uct

ion

of

lau

nd

ry t

able

ts a

nd

cap

sule

s,

bu

t si

gn

ifica

nt

imp

rove

me

nts

hav

e b

ee

n m

ade

by

the

ir

intr

od

uct

ion

,eve

n if

th

is is

no

t

mad

e e

xplic

it t

o t

he

co

nsu

me

r

in a

dve

rtis

em

en

ts.

SD is

be

ing

wo

ven

into

th

e

curr

icu

lum

fo

r th

ose

co

urs

es

and

lect

ure

s th

at a

lre

ady

len

d

the

mse

lve

s to

de

mo

nst

rati

ng

SD g

uid

elin

es.

Page 55: Week 8_Environmental Dimension

35

Eng

inee

rin

g fo

r Su

stai

nab

le D

evel

op

men

t

Su

sta

ina

ble

Pro

du

ct D

esi

gn

– M

ob

ile

Ph

on

es

Re

ge

ne

rati

on

of

Mo

ssle

y

Mil

l,N

ew

tow

na

bb

ey,

Co

.An

trim

Ca

taly

tic

Co

nv

ert

ers

Th

e E

ne

rgy

Ch

all

en

ge

Man

y an

d v

arie

d s

take

ho

lde

rs

we

re in

corp

ora

ted

into

th

is

stu

dy.

The

y ra

ng

ed

fro

m

auth

ori

tie

s at

th

e E

uro

pe

an

leve

l,te

leco

mm

un

icat

ion

s

serv

ice

pro

vid

ers

,man

u-

fact

ure

rs,u

sers

,co

mp

on

en

t

sup

plie

rs,p

lus

NG

Os

such

as

the

WW

F.

The

de

sig

n t

eam

ap

po

inte

d t

o

un

de

rtak

e t

he

Mo

ssle

y M

ill

reg

en

era

tio

n in

clu

de

d e

xpe

r-

tise

fro

m a

wid

e r

ang

e o

f p

ro-

fess

ion

s al

l of

wh

om

bo

ug

ht

into

th

e n

ee

d f

or

a h

igh

qu

alit

y

pro

du

ct.W

hile

th

e C

ou

nci

l

ob

tain

ed

an

eff

icie

nt

and

eff

ect

ive

ce

ntr

e,th

e lo

cal

com

mu

nit

y h

as b

ee

n

inte

gra

ted

into

th

e f

inal

pro

du

ct t

hro

ug

h t

he

bu

ildin

g

and

its

site

be

ing

op

en

ed

to

pu

blic

use

,cre

atin

g a

se

nse

of

pu

blic

ow

ne

rsh

ip.

Mo

st h

ou

seh

old

s h

ave

car

s.

Co

llect

ive

ly w

e c

an c

urb

em

issi

on

s b

y sh

arin

g jo

urn

eys

,

e.g

.fo

r co

mm

uti

ng

an

d t

he

sch

oo

l ru

n.C

ar m

ake

rs a

nd

oil

firm

s ca

n w

ork

to

ge

the

r o

n

en

gin

e m

anag

em

en

t sy

ste

ms

and

fu

el t

ype

s an

d f

orm

u-

lati

on

s to

re

du

ce c

on

sum

pti

on

and

em

issi

on

s.Lo

cal

auth

ori

tie

s an

d p

ub

lic t

ran

s-

po

rt o

pe

rato

rs c

an c

om

bin

e t

o

off

er

mo

re-a

ttra

ctiv

e a

lte

r-

nat

ive

s to

use

of

pri

vate

car

s.

Mu

lti-

nat

ion

al c

orp

ora

tio

ns,

go

vern

me

nts

,NG

Os

and

ind

ivid

ual

co

nsu

me

rs,p

lus

futu

re g

en

era

tio

ns,

are

all

stak

eh

old

ers

in e

ne

rgy

sup

ply

and

use

.

Exte

nsi

ve e

ffo

rts

we

re m

ade

to

stri

ke a

bal

ance

be

twe

en

use

r

ne

ed

s an

d w

ants

,mar

keta

bili

ty

and

th

e S

D a

nd

eco

-asp

ect

s o

f

the

mo

bile

ph

on

e a

nd

its

sup

po

rtin

g in

fras

tru

ctu

re.

The

de

licat

e n

atu

re o

f th

e o

n-

site

bio

div

ers

ity

in t

erm

s o

f it

s

valu

e a

s a

hab

itat

fo

r p

rote

cte

d

bat

sp

eci

es

ne

cess

itat

ed

spe

cial

ist

man

age

me

nt.

As

bat

roo

sts

can

no

t b

e d

istu

rbe

d,

con

sult

ants

dre

w u

p a

Hab

itat

Man

age

me

nt

Pla

n,i

ncl

ud

ing

leg

isla

tive

co

mp

lian

ce a

s w

ell

as c

lau

ses

on

saf

eg

uar

ds

du

rin

g c

on

stru

ctio

n.T

his

pro

vi-

de

d c

lari

ty t

o t

he

sit

uat

ion

an

d

en

sure

d t

hat

th

e c

orr

ect

solu

tio

ns

we

re in

corp

ora

ted

into

th

e d

esi

gn

.

Nat

ion

al p

olic

y ai

ms

to

imp

rove

pu

blic

he

alth

,to

imp

rove

qu

alit

y o

f lif

e a

nd

curb

NH

S h

eal

thca

re c

ost

s

wh

ile m

inim

isin

g a

ny

infr

ing

em

en

t o

n p

ers

on

al

mo

bili

ty.T

he

nat

ion

al n

ee

ds

are

th

us

to im

pro

ve e

ne

rgy

eff

icie

ncy

to

co

un

ter

incr

eas

ing

re

lian

ce o

n

imp

ort

ed

fo

ssil

fue

ls a

nd

to

incr

eas

e p

ub

lic a

war

en

ess

of

the

issu

es

and

de

velo

p a

nd

pro

mo

te a

pp

rop

riat

e p

rod

uct

s

and

se

rvic

es.

Ene

rgy

is e

sse

nti

al f

or

eco

no

mic

an

d s

oci

al

de

velo

pm

en

t.Th

e c

hal

len

ge

is

to a

chie

ve t

he

se g

oal

s u

sin

g

ren

ew

able

re

sou

rce

s an

d

wit

ho

ut

risk

ing

irre

vers

ible

dam

age

to

th

e e

nvi

ron

me

nt.

Sust

ain

abili

ty is

sue

s ar

e

incr

eas

ing

ly b

ein

g f

elt

by

the

wh

ole

ele

ctri

cal &

ele

ctro

nic

s

ind

ust

ry w

orl

dw

ide.

Init

ially

,

leg

isla

tio

n w

as t

he

mai

n d

rive

r

bu

t la

tte

rly

’gre

en

’pro

du

cts

are

see

n t

o g

ive

a c

om

me

rcia

l

adva

nta

ge

in s

om

e s

ect

ors

.

Rec

om

men

dat

ion

s w

ere

dra

wn

up

to

iden

tify

th

e is

sues

th

at

the

clie

nt

cou

ld a

dd

ress

to

hel

p

incr

ease

th

eir

sust

ain

abili

ty

pro

file.

Co

nsi

der

ed t

o b

e ‘A

s

Sust

ain

able

As

Rea

son

ably

Prac

tica

ble

’,th

ese

wer

e

ther

efo

re p

rese

nte

d a

s is

sues

that

co

uld

be

add

ress

ed

wit

ho

ut

sig

nifi

can

t fin

anci

al o

r

op

erat

ion

al h

ard

ship

.

Ap

ply

ing

mo

re c

atal

ytic

coat

ing

mat

eri

al m

ay im

pro

ve

con

vert

er

pe

rfo

rman

ce,b

ut

at

incr

eas

ed

co

st.W

e s

ho

uld

mak

e s

ure

oth

er

em

issi

on

s-

red

uci

ng

pro

cess

es

and

pro

ced

ure

s p

lay

the

ir p

art.

An

exa

mp

le o

f ‘o

ut-

of-

the

-bo

x

thin

kin

g’i

s sh

ow

n b

y th

e n

ee

d

to c

han

ge

bo

th t

he

de

sig

n o

f

veh

icle

s,an

d t

he

so

urc

e o

f fu

el

to s

ust

ain

ably

-gro

wn

cro

ps,

in

ord

er

to a

chie

ve s

ust

ain

able

tran

spo

rt.

36

The

Ro

yal A

cad

em

y o

f En

gin

ee

rin

g

Ca

se S

tud

y:

Pri

nci

ple

:

Jub

ile

e R

ive

r (M

aid

en

he

ad

,

Win

dso

r &

Eto

n F

loo

d

All

ev

iati

on

Sch

em

e)

Intr

od

uct

ion

of

un

it-d

ose

d

lau

nd

ry c

lea

nin

g p

rod

uct

s

Gla

sgo

w U

niv

ers

ity

Su

sta

ina

ble

De

ve

lop

me

nt

Po

licy

an

d P

ract

ice

7G

ive

sust

ain

ab

ilit

yth

e b

enef

it o

fa

ny

do

ub

t

The

su

stai

nab

ility

ap

pro

ach

led

to r

isks

be

ing

tak

en

wh

eth

er

an u

nco

nve

nti

on

al,b

ut

mo

re –

sust

ain

able

,so

luti

on

wo

uld

wo

rk.

Cau

tio

us

app

roac

he

s m

ust

be

take

n o

n t

he

ke

y is

sue

s,e

ven

if

the

be

ne

fits

can

no

t b

e

qu

anti

fied

exa

ctly

.

Man

ufa

ctu

rers

hav

e b

ou

gh

t

into

th

e w

ww

.was

hri

gh

t.co

m

cam

pai

gn

.

Rai

sin

g a

war

en

ess

of

SD a

nd

giv

ing

SD

th

e b

en

efit

of

the

do

ub

t is

diff

icu

lt t

o p

rese

nt

to

sen

ior

man

age

me

nt,

wh

o t

en

d

to r

esp

on

d m

ain

ly t

o e

con

om

ic

dri

vers

.

8If

po

llu

ters

mu

stp

oll

ute

… t

hen

they

mu

st p

ay

as

wel

l

----

Co

nsu

me

r g

rou

ps

are

aw

are

of

the

pre

ssu

res

the

y ca

n p

ut

on

man

ufa

ctu

rers

to

min

imis

e

po

lluti

on

th

rou

gh

th

e d

esi

gn

of

the

ir p

rod

uct

s (e

.g.

pac

kag

ing

).H

ow

eve

r,

con

sum

ers

exp

ect

th

ese

asp

ect

s to

be

han

dle

d w

ith

in

curr

en

t p

rice

s.

----

9A

do

pt

a h

oli

stic

,‘c

rad

le-t

o-g

rave

’a

pp

roa

ch

The

ap

pro

ach

was

de

finit

ely

to

cre

ate

a p

erm

ane

nt

asse

t.N

o

‘dis

po

sal’

to h

and

on

to

fu

ture

ge

ne

rati

on

s,o

nly

an

ass

et.

In

add

itio

n,a

su

bst

anti

al a

rea

of

con

tam

inat

ed

lan

d w

as

cle

ane

d u

p,b

y cr

eat

ion

of

a

con

tain

me

nt

cell,

and

bro

ug

ht

bac

k in

to b

en

efic

ial u

se.

Life

-Cyc

le A

sse

ssm

en

ts a

re a

n

ess

en

tial

co

mp

on

en

t o

f th

is

ind

ust

ry n

ow

.

----

10

Do

th

ing

sri

gh

t,h

av

ing

dec

ided

on

th

e ri

gh

t th

ing

to d

o

Mu

ch w

as d

on

e w

ell,

bu

t th

ere

hav

e b

ee

n s

tru

ctu

ral f

ailu

res

of

a w

eir

an

d s

om

e b

anks

.Th

is

illu

stra

tes

that

it is

ve

ry

imp

ort

ant

to g

et

the

en

gin

ee

rin

g r

igh

t al

on

gsi

de

the

en

viro

nm

en

tal a

nd

ame

nit

y e

nh

ance

me

nt.

The

con

tain

me

nt

cell

for

mat

eri

al

fro

m c

on

tam

inat

ed

lan

d w

as

cre

ate

d s

ucc

ess

fully

an

d

inco

rpo

rate

d in

to t

he

lan

dsc

apin

g o

f th

e p

roje

ct.

The

te

chn

ical

ch

alle

ng

es

of

lau

nch

ing

tab

lets

we

re

con

sid

era

ble

an

d,u

nle

ss t

he

qu

alit

y w

as c

on

sist

en

t an

d t

he

de

live

ry m

ech

anis

m in

th

e

mac

hin

e a

de

qu

ate,

the

n t

he

pro

du

ct w

ou

ld h

ave

fai

led

.

It t

ake

s ti

me

to

pro

mo

te a

nd

imp

lem

en

t an

SD

Str

ate

gy

thro

ug

ho

ut

a U

niv

ers

ity,

and

exp

eri

en

ce a

t G

lasg

ow

ind

icat

es

that

to

‘do

th

ing

s

rig

ht’

ne

ed

s p

ers

iste

nt

and

pat

ien

t p

ers

uas

ion

,wit

h

de

mo

nst

rati

on

of

the

ne

cess

ity

to e

mb

ed

SD

.

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37

Eng

inee

rin

g fo

r Su

stai

nab

le D

evel

op

men

t

Su

sta

ina

ble

Pro

du

ct D

esi

gn

– M

ob

ile

Ph

on

es

Re

ge

ne

rati

on

of

Mo

ssle

y

Mil

l,N

ew

tow

na

bb

ey,

Co

.An

trim

Ca

taly

tic

Co

nv

ert

ers

Th

e E

ne

rgy

Ch

all

en

ge

SD is

sue

s sh

ou

ld b

e a

sse

sse

d

in t

he

de

sig

n p

roce

ss

alo

ng

sid

e p

rice

,pe

rfo

rman

ce,

app

ear

ance

etc

.

----

We

ne

ed

to

inve

st n

ow

in

tech

no

log

ies

and

sys

tem

s to

reco

ver

and

re

cycl

e s

carc

e

auto

cat

mat

eri

als.

We

als

o

ne

ed

to

inve

st in

alt

ern

ativ

es

to t

his

en

d-o

f-p

ipe

so

luti

on

to

exh

aust

em

issi

on

s,g

ivin

g

pro

pe

r w

eig

ht

to s

oci

al a

nd

eco

no

mic

co

nsi

de

rati

on

s.

In t

he

cu

rre

nt

abse

nce

of

abso

lute

sci

en

tific

ce

rtai

nty

reg

ard

ing

th

e c

on

trib

uti

on

of

foss

il fu

el u

se t

o c

limat

e

chan

ge,

the

ap

plic

atio

n o

f th

e

pre

cau

tio

nar

y p

rin

cip

le w

ou

ld

be

a w

ise

ap

pro

ach

.

Use

rs o

f m

ob

ile p

ho

ne

s ar

e

ge

ne

rally

un

awar

e o

f th

e w

ide

r

SD p

ictu

re.P

rim

ary

con

cern

s

ove

r h

um

an h

eal

th a

nd

bas

e

stat

ion

rad

iati

on

hav

e t

ake

n

cen

tre

sta

ge

so

far

.

----

We

ne

ed

to

pre

par

e f

or

futu

re

reg

ula

tio

ns

req

uir

ing

fu

ller

inte

rnal

isat

ion

of

en

viro

nm

en

tal c

ost

s,e.

g.

he

alth

care

co

sts

attr

ibu

tab

le t

o

har

mfu

l exh

aust

em

issi

on

s.

Lan

dfil

l tax

an

d o

the

r le

vie

s

can

be

min

imis

ed

th

rou

gh

inve

stig

atin

g s

trat

eg

ies

for

was

te m

inim

isat

ion

an

d

dis

po

sal o

pti

on

s,p

lus

use

of

the

was

te h

iera

rch

y ap

pro

ach

.

The

ext

ern

al c

ost

s o

f th

e

en

viro

nm

en

tal a

nd

he

alth

imp

acts

of

foss

il fu

el u

se a

re

no

t cu

rre

ntl

y in

tern

alis

ed

in

the

en

d p

rice

to

th

e c

on

sum

er.

If t

he

y w

ere

,re

ne

wab

le e

ne

rgy

sou

rce

s w

ou

ld h

ave

an

incr

eas

ed

mar

ket.

Life

-cyc

le t

hin

kin

g n

ow

pe

r-

cola

tes

the

wh

ole

de

sig

n

pro

cess

in t

he

te

leco

mm

un

i-

cati

on

s b

usi

ne

ss.

De

sig

n d

eci

sio

ns

that

re

flect

lon

ge

vity

incl

ud

e

mai

nte

nan

ce-f

ree

an

d lo

ng

-life

mat

eri

als;

flexi

ble

op

en

-pla

n

de

sig

n;l

igh

twe

igh

t

par

titi

on

ing

;ro

om

fo

r

exp

ansi

on

in a

se

con

d M

ill;a

nd

po

ssib

ility

of

re-u

sin

g

hyd

roe

lect

ric

and

wat

er

abst

ract

ion

fac

iliti

es

on

sit

e.

We

nee

d,w

ith

cu

sto

mer

s an

d

sup

plie

rs,t

o d

evel

op

str

ateg

ies

for

des

ign

for

de-

man

ufa

ctu

re,

take

-bac

k sc

hem

es a

nd

pac

kag

ing

op

tio

ns.

Inte

gra

ted

Pollu

tio

n P

reve

nti

on

an

d C

on

tro

l

req

uire

men

ts (m

and

ato

ry in

auto

cat

man

ufa

ctu

re) n

eed

to

be

met

,an

d t

he

Envi

ron

men

t

Ag

ency

’s B

PEO

Ref

eren

ce N

ote

s,

wh

ich

pro

vid

e a

chec

klis

t o

f

asp

ects

to

co

nsi

der

in a

cra

dle

-

to-g

rave

ass

essm

ent,

nee

d t

o

be

follo

wed

.

Life

Cyc

le A

sse

ssm

en

t is

sh

ow

n

to b

e a

n e

sse

nti

al t

oo

l fo

r th

e

com

par

iso

n o

f e

ne

rgy

tech

no

log

y o

pti

on

s.

Cu

sto

me

r re

qu

ire

me

nts

of

ligh

tne

ss,f

un

ctio

nal

ity

etc

hav

e p

rod

uce

d c

oin

cid

en

tal

eco

-be

ne

fits

of

less

mat

eri

al

usa

ge,

mo

re e

ne

rgy

eff

icie

ncy

and

re

cycl

abili

ty.

Fro

m w

he

n t

he

Mill

was

fir

st

con

stru

cte

d c

.17

50

,it

has

alw

ays

dis

pla

yed

a

sust

ain

abili

ty p

rofil

e.

Re

de

velo

pm

en

t o

f th

e M

ill

thu

s o

ffe

red

th

e c

lien

t an

op

po

rtu

nit

y to

co

nti

nu

e t

his

leg

acy,

wit

h t

he

bu

ildin

g

awar

ds

sho

win

g e

vid

en

ce t

hat

this

has

be

en

ach

ieve

d.

Des

ign

to

go

‘bey

on

d

com

plia

nce

’e.g

.on

pro

du

ct li

fe

sho

uld

be

con

sid

ered

ser

iou

sly.

Eng

agin

g s

up

ply

ch

ain

par

tner

s

wit

h t

he

join

t ef

fort

to

see

k

mo

re-s

ust

ain

able

so

luti

on

s

sho

uld

pay

off.

The

sco

pe

for

par

tici

pat

ing

in la

nd

res

titu

tio

n

sch

emes

in c

atal

yst

min

ing

area

s,an

d p

arti

cip

atin

g in

‘gre

en d

rivi

ng

’pu

blic

aw

aren

ess

sch

emes

sh

ou

ld b

e co

nsi

der

ed.

The

ap

plic

atio

n o

f e

me

rgin

g

tech

no

log

ies

for

carb

on

cap

ture

an

d s

tora

ge

sh

ow

ho

w

foss

il fu

els

co

uld

be

use

d w

ith

a re

du

ced

imp

act

on

atm

osp

he

ric

carb

on

dio

xid

e

du

rin

g t

he

sh

ort

to

me

diu

m

term

.

38

The

Ro

yal A

cad

em

y o

f En

gin

ee

rin

g

Ca

se S

tud

y:

Pri

nci

ple

:

Jub

ile

e R

ive

r (M

aid

en

he

ad

,

Win

dso

r &

Eto

n F

loo

d

All

ev

iati

on

Sch

em

e)

Intr

od

uct

ion

of

un

it-d

ose

d

lau

nd

ry c

lea

nin

g p

rod

uct

s

Gla

sgo

w U

niv

ers

ity

Su

sta

ina

ble

De

ve

lop

me

nt

Po

licy

an

d P

ract

ice

11

Bew

are

co

stcu

ttin

g t

ha

tm

asq

uer

ad

esa

s va

lue

eng

inee

rin

g

The

wid

er

imp

licat

ion

s o

f

de

sig

n c

han

ge

s m

ade

du

rin

g

con

stru

ctio

n m

ay n

ot

alw

ays

be

eas

y to

sp

ot.

The

co

mp

eti

tive

co

nsu

me

r

go

od

s m

arke

t w

ill q

uic

kly

ide

nti

fy f

law

s in

a p

rod

uct

.Th

e

ale

rt m

anu

fact

ure

r ca

n t

he

n

refin

e t

he

pro

du

ct e

.g.n

ot

selli

ng

ne

ts,w

hic

h la

st m

on

ths,

in e

very

pac

k o

f ta

ble

ts.

----

12

Pra

ctic

e w

ha

tyo

u p

rea

ch

The

En

viro

nm

en

t A

ge

ncy

,as

clie

nt,

has

re

spo

nsi

bili

ty f

or

pro

mo

tin

g s

ust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t.W

ith

th

is p

roje

ct

it t

rie

d t

o ‘p

ract

ice

wh

at it

pre

ach

es’.

Man

y b

elie

ve t

hat

,

de

spit

e t

he

en

gin

ee

rin

g

diff

icu

ltie

s,th

e J

ub

ilee

Riv

er

exp

eri

en

ce m

ean

s th

at m

ore

con

cre

te t

rap

ezo

idal

flo

od

chan

ne

ls a

re v

ery

un

like

ly.

The

su

stai

nab

ility

sta

nd

ard

s in

the

ind

ust

ry a

re g

en

era

lly

run

nin

g a

he

ad o

f g

en

era

l

con

sum

er

con

cern

s.

Man

ufa

ctu

rers

wis

h t

he

ir

bra

nd

s to

be

se

en

as

resp

on

sib

le a

nd

saf

e.

The

ess

en

ce o

f th

e e

tho

s an

d

app

roac

h a

t G

lasg

ow

is t

o t

ry

to f

ind

way

s o

f p

ract

isin

g w

hat

we

pre

ach

,par

ticu

larl

y b

y

em

ph

asis

ing

th

at S

D

pro

gre

ssio

n is

de

pe

nd

en

t o

n

chan

gin

g li

fest

yle

s.

Civ

il,i

nfr

ast

ruct

ure

an

d b

uil

ten

vir

on

men

t

✓✓

Ch

emic

al

✓✓

Ele

ctri

cal

✓✓

Mec

ha

nic

al

✓✓

Aer

on

au

tica

l✓

Dis

cip

lin

es

cov

ere

d:

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39

Eng

inee

rin

g fo

r Su

stai

nab

le D

evel

op

men

t

Su

sta

ina

ble

Pro

du

ct D

esi

gn

– M

ob

ile

Ph

on

es

Re

ge

ne

rati

on

of

Mo

ssle

y

Mil

l,N

ew

tow

na

bb

ey,

Co

.

An

trim

Ca

taly

tic

Co

nv

ert

ers

Th

e E

ne

rgy

Ch

all

en

ge

The

mo

bile

ph

on

e m

arke

t is

hig

hly

co

mp

eti

tive

an

d in

no

-

vati

ve.H

ow

eve

r,co

nfu

sio

n

som

eti

me

s ar

ise

s w

he

n t

he

tech

no

log

y –

fo

r e

xam

ple

3G

pro

mis

es

mo

re t

han

it a

ctu

ally

de

live

rs o

r ta

kes

lon

ge

r th

an

exp

ect

ed

.

Des

pite

reg

ener

atio

n o

f th

e M

ill

no

t b

ein

g a

imed

at

sust

ain

abili

ty

ob

ject

ive

s,so

me

pro

gre

ss w

as

mad

e in

corp

ora

tin

g t

hem

into

the

de

sig

n.B

ut

the

dan

ge

r is

that

th

e C

ou

nci

l fai

ls t

o p

ush

furt

he

r su

stai

nab

ility

-in

spir

ed

ob

ject

ive

s.C

hal

len

ge

s re

mai

n

in in

teg

rate

d t

ran

spo

rt

pla

nn

ing

,co

nsi

de

rati

on

of

no

n-c

om

me

rcia

l use

s fo

r B

lock

II,cl

ose

r co

mm

un

ity

liais

on

,

and

gre

en

pro

cure

me

nt.

The

re is

a n

ee

d t

o w

ork

wit

h

car

asse

mb

lers

,en

gin

e

man

age

me

nt

syst

em

s

en

gin

ee

rs a

nd

fu

el e

ng

ine

ers

to d

eve

lop

so

luti

on

s th

at

com

ply

wit

h s

tan

dar

ds,

bu

t

req

uir

e le

ss r

eso

urc

es

in

man

ufa

ctu

re,u

se a

nd

dis

po

sal.

Som

e r

en

ew

able

en

erg

y

tech

no

log

ies

are

sig

nifi

can

tly

mo

re e

xpe

nsi

ve t

han

th

e

mar

ket

pri

ces

for

trad

itio

nal

sup

ply

.Ne

w m

ate

rial

s an

d

pro

du

cts

are

be

ing

de

velo

pe

d

wit

h t

he

po

ten

tial

fo

r ve

ry

sig

nifi

can

t co

st r

ed

uct

ion

s.

SD a

nd

eco

-aw

are

ne

ss in

th

e

ind

ust

ry a

re g

en

era

lly a

he

ad o

f

soci

eta

l re

qu

ire

me

nts

at

this

stag

e.

----

We

ne

ed

to

en

gag

e in

su

pp

ly

chai

n d

ialo

gu

e,p

rovi

de

trai

nin

g p

rog

ram

me

rs f

or

SME

sup

plie

rs a

nd

su

pp

ort

sub

sid

ise

d p

ub

lic t

ran

spo

rt

sch

em

es

for

staf

f.

We

are

all

use

rs o

f e

ne

rgy

and

sho

uld

pu

t e

ne

rgy

eff

icie

ncy

at

the

to

p o

f o

ur

bu

yin

g c

rite

ria.

Co

nst

ruct

ion

,tra

nsp

ort

,

en

viro

nm

en

tal h

eal

th &

en

gin

ee

rin

g,b

uild

ing

surv

eyi

ng

& p

rop

ert

y

Traf

fic m

anag

em

en

t,ro

ad

pla

nn

ing

✓C

atal

yst

op

era

tio

n a

nd

man

ufa

ctu

re

✓Se

nso

rs t

o a

nal

yse

exh

aust

com

po

siti

on

an

d f

ee

d b

ack

e.g

.to

fu

el i

nje

ctio

n s

yste

ms

✓A

pp

rop

riat

e lo

cati

on

an

d f

ixin

g

of

auto

cats

in t

he

ve

hic

le

✓ ✓

4A

pp

licat

ion

of t

he

Prin

cip

les

in p

ract

ice

4.1

Intr

od

uct

ion

De

cisi

on

-mak

ing

in e

ng

ine

eri

ng

,wh

eth

er

in t

he

de

sig

n o

f a

pro

cess

or

pro

du

ct,i

n t

he

pro

visi

on

of

infr

astr

uct

ure

,or

in t

he

man

age

me

nt

of

an e

ng

ine

eri

ng

en

terp

rise

,tak

es

pla

ce t

hro

ug

ho

ut

the

life

-cyc

le o

f th

at p

roce

ss,p

rod

uct

,in

fras

tru

ctu

re o

r e

nte

rpri

se.

The

re is

a r

ang

e o

f m

od

els

fo

r th

e s

tud

y o

f su

ch a

life

-cyc

le o

f d

eci

sio

n-m

akin

g.T

he

on

e

cho

sen

to

be

use

d h

ere

is d

ivid

ed

into

fiv

e m

ain

sta

ge

s:

•Fr

am

ing

the

req

uir

emen

ts–

oft

en

co

mp

lete

d in

a F

eas

ibili

ty S

tud

y

•Sc

op

ing

the

dec

isio

n–

oft

en

mad

e in

a P

roje

ct D

efin

itio

n S

tud

y

•P

lan

nin

g a

nd

Des

ign

– d

eci

sio

ns

mad

e in

th

e d

eta

iled

de

sig

n s

tag

e

•Im

ple

men

tati

on

,Del

iver

y a

nd

Op

era

tio

ns

•En

d o

f usa

ble

life

The

fo

llow

ing

se

ctio

ns

pro

vid

e g

uid

ance

on

ho

w s

ust

ain

abili

ty c

on

sid

era

tio

ns

and

a

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t ap

pro

ach

to

en

gin

ee

rin

g m

ust

influ

en

ce d

eci

sio

n-m

akin

g a

t

eac

h s

tag

e.

The

ap

pro

ach

su

itab

le f

or ‘

fram

ing

’an

d ‘s

cop

ing

’te

nd

s to

be

par

tici

pat

ive

an

d

qu

alit

ativ

e,an

d t

hat

fo

r ‘p

lan

nin

g a

nd

de

sig

n’t

en

ds

to b

e s

trat

eg

ic a

nd

an

alyt

ic,w

he

reas

that

fo

r ‘im

ple

me

nta

tio

n,d

eliv

ery

an

d o

pe

rati

on

s’is

man

age

rial

an

d q

uan

tita

tive

.

Co

nta

ct m

ust

ne

ver

be

lost

wit

h t

he

re

qu

ire

me

nts

of

use

rs (

wh

eth

er

the

y b

e n

ee

ds,

wan

ts o

r a

com

bin

atio

n)

no

r w

ith

oth

er

stak

eh

old

ers

th

rou

gh

ou

t th

e p

roce

sse

s.

Act

ual

imp

acts

on

fu

ture

de

velo

pm

en

t (c

om

par

ed

to

pre

dic

ted

imp

acts

) o

ccu

r o

nce

the

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

,De

live

ry a

nd

Op

era

tio

nal

Sta

ge

is e

nte

red

.It

is c

ruci

al t

o t

he

succ

ess

ful d

eliv

ery

of

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t to

re

alis

e t

hat

th

is a

nd

su

bse

qu

en

t

stag

es

alw

ays

be

ne

fit f

rom

a r

igo

rou

s co

nsi

de

rati

on

of

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t is

sue

s

at e

arlie

r st

age

s.It

is,h

ow

eve

r,al

so c

ruci

al t

o r

eco

gn

ise

th

at,f

rom

th

e Im

ple

me

nta

tio

n,

De

live

ry a

nd

Op

era

tio

nal

Sta

ge

on

war

ds,

ear

lier

sust

ain

able

ap

pro

ach

es

are

ext

rem

ely

vuln

era

ble

to

be

ing

ove

rtu

rne

d t

hro

ug

h s

ho

rt-s

igh

ted

re

spo

nse

s to

un

fore

see

n

diff

icu

ltie

s an

d r

eso

urc

e c

on

stra

ints

.Th

e p

rin

cip

les

of

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t

the

refo

re h

ave

to

be

ap

plie

d a

t e

very

sta

ge

in a

n e

ng

ine

eri

ng

de

cisi

on

an

d it

s

imp

lem

en

tati

on

.

The

re

lati

on

ship

be

twe

en

th

e P

rin

cip

les

and

th

e f

ive

sta

ge

s is

pre

sen

ted

in a

tab

le a

t

the

en

d o

f th

is s

ect

ion

.

4.2

Fram

ing

th

e re

qu

irem

ents

Fram

ing

th

e r

eq

uir

em

en

ts in

volv

es

de

finin

g t

he

ne

ed

or

de

sire

d o

utc

om

e.M

arke

ters

call

this

th

e ‘n

ee

ds

and

wan

ts’f

or

a n

ew

pro

du

ct o

r se

rvic

e,an

d t

he

fra

min

g is

do

ne

by

de

scri

bin

g t

he

issu

e,p

rob

lem

or

chal

len

ge

to

be

tac

kle

d in

its

ge

ne

ral c

on

text

an

d –

very

imp

ort

ant

– a

gre

ein

g t

he

bo

un

dar

ies

to t

he

de

cisi

on

-mak

ing

.Oft

en

,su

ch w

ork

and

ou

tco

me

s ar

e u

nd

ert

ake

n a

nd

de

term

ine

d t

hro

ug

h a

Fe

asib

ility

Stu

dy

bu

t,at

th

e

40

The

Ro

yal A

cad

em

y o

f En

gin

ee

rin

g

Ex

am

ple

fro

m t

he

Vis

itin

g

Pro

fess

ors

’ca

se s

tud

ies

of

the

ne

ed

fo

r a

n S

D a

pp

roa

ch a

t th

e

Fra

min

g S

tag

e:

The

fai

lure

of

leg

isla

tors

,wh

o r

eq

uir

ed

the

intr

od

uct

ion

of

cata

lyti

c

con

vert

ers

,to

dra

w t

he

bo

un

dar

y o

f

the

ir d

eci

sio

n a

nd

an

alys

is a

rou

nd

th

e

wh

ole

life

cyc

le.T

his

re

sult

ed

in a

con

cen

trat

ion

on

th

e in

-use

be

ne

ficia

l

eff

ect

s,w

ith

litt

le o

r n

o c

on

sid

era

tio

n

of

the

up

stre

am e

ffe

cts

and

imp

acts

of

min

ing

th

e P

lati

nu

m G

rou

p M

eta

ls.

Page 58: Week 8_Environmental Dimension

oth

er

en

d o

f th

e s

cale

of

en

gin

ee

rin

g p

roje

cts,

the

y m

ay s

imp

ly b

e d

on

e in

th

e e

arly

stag

es

of

an o

the

rwis

e s

eam

less

de

sig

n p

roce

ss.

Incr

eas

ing

ly,t

he

re is

als

o a

ne

ed

to

co

nsi

de

r ca

refu

lly w

hat

it is

acc

ep

tab

le t

o b

uild

or

man

ufa

ctu

re.T

his

may

als

o le

ad t

o a

re

cog

nit

ion

th

at t

he

clie

nt

or

cust

om

er

for

the

en

gin

ee

rin

g d

esi

gn

may

no

t b

e a

ble

to

acc

om

mo

dat

e a

su

bst

anti

al le

ap in

de

sig

n

thin

kin

g t

o a

cce

pt

a fu

ll su

stai

nab

le d

eve

lop

me

nt

app

roac

h.S

om

e a

spe

cts

of

such

an

app

roac

h m

ay,f

rom

a p

rag

mat

ic s

tan

dp

oin

t,th

ere

fore

ne

ed

to

be

incl

ud

ed

in ‘t

he

pla

nt

(or

pro

du

ct)

afte

r n

ext

’.Th

ere

is a

dan

ge

r h

ere

,ho

we

ver,

that

insu

ffic

ien

t u

rge

ncy

will

be

en

ge

nd

ere

d f

or

the

ne

ed

fo

r ch

ang

e.

4.3

Pro

ject

Def

init

ion

Sco

pin

g t

he

dec

isio

nA

t th

is s

tag

e,si

gn

ifica

nt

eff

ort

will

be

re

qu

ire

d t

o a

gre

e o

n c

are

fully

co

nst

ruct

ed

de

scri

pti

on

s o

f th

e p

rob

lem

(s)

to b

e s

olv

ed

or

chal

len

ge

(s)

to b

e m

et,

and

th

us

to a

gre

e

on

th

e a

ims

and

ob

ject

ive

s fo

r th

e p

roje

ct a

nd

fo

r th

e e

ng

ine

eri

ng

de

cisi

on

s to

be

mad

e.Th

ese

ou

tco

me

s m

ay b

e a

chie

ved

th

rou

gh

a f

orm

al P

roje

ct D

efin

itio

n S

tud

y o

r

sim

ply

be

co

ncl

usi

on

s d

raw

n f

rom

th

e e

arly

sta

ge

s o

f th

e s

eam

less

de

sig

n p

roce

ss

alre

ady

allu

de

d t

o.

It is

cru

cia

lto

th

e s

ucc

ess

ful d

eliv

ery

of

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t to

re

alis

e t

hat

th

is is

the

sta

ge

wh

ere

rig

oro

us

con

sid

era

tio

n o

f su

stai

nab

le d

eve

lop

me

nt

issu

es

– a

nd

in

par

ticu

lar

a cr

adle

-to

-gra

ve a

pp

roac

h (

see

se

ctio

n 4

.5 b

elo

w)

– w

ill g

en

era

te t

he

gre

ate

st b

en

efit

.Th

e m

ore

de

sig

n d

eci

sio

ns

are

mad

e a

t th

is s

tag

e w

ith

ou

t

con

sid

era

tio

n o

f su

stai

nab

le d

eve

lop

me

nt,

the

fe

we

r su

stai

nab

ility

be

ne

fits

will

acc

rue,

ho

we

ver

gre

at t

he

co

nsi

de

rati

on

of

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t is

sue

s la

ter

in t

he

pro

cess

.

4.4

Plan

nin

g a

nd

Det

aile

d D

esig

nP

lan

nin

g c

an u

sefu

lly b

e c

har

acte

rise

d a

s th

e a

nal

ytic

pro

cess

th

at p

rece

de

s ta

kin

g

acti

on

,wh

ich

incl

ud

es

app

rais

al o

f th

e o

pti

on

s av

aila

ble

,cre

atin

g t

he

ob

ject

ive

s th

at

wo

uld

ind

icat

e s

ucc

ess

an

d a

me

ans

of

me

eti

ng

th

em

.

De

taile

d d

esi

gn

th

en

invo

lve

s th

e c

reat

ion

of

solu

tio

ns,

pro

du

ct o

r p

roce

ss d

esi

gn

s,o

r

infr

astr

uct

ure

de

sig

ns

that

me

et

all t

he

div

ers

e b

ut

con

ne

cte

d r

eq

uir

em

en

ts –

fit

ne

ss

for

pu

rpo

se,s

afe

ty,q

ual

ity,

valu

e f

or

mo

ne

y,ae

sth

eti

cs,c

on

stru

ctab

ility

,eas

e o

f u

se a

nd

mat

eri

al e

ffic

ien

cy.I

t d

oe

s so

alo

ng

sid

e t

he

min

imis

atio

n o

f ad

vers

e e

nvi

ron

me

nta

l an

d

soci

al im

pac

ts,t

he

en

han

cem

en

t o

f th

e e

nvi

ron

me

nt

wh

ere

po

ssib

le,a

nd

th

e

en

han

cem

en

t o

f q

ual

ity

of

life

fo

r co

nsu

me

rs,w

ork

ers

an

d n

eig

hb

ou

rs a

like.

This

is a

sub

stan

tial

ch

alle

ng

e f

or

en

gin

ee

rin

g d

esi

gn

ers

bu

t o

ne

th

at c

an –

wit

h c

are

ful

tho

ug

ht,

cre

ativ

ity,

inn

ova

tio

n a

nd

de

term

inat

ion

– b

e d

eliv

ere

d f

or

soci

ety

’s b

en

efit

.

Eve

n t

ho

ug

h t

he

re is

a s

ep

arat

e s

tag

e o

f ‘En

d o

f u

sab

le li

fe’t

o c

on

sid

er

(se

e s

ect

ion

4.5

be

low

),it

is v

ital

th

at,a

t th

is P

lan

nin

g a

nd

De

sig

n S

tag

e,ac

tive

co

nsi

de

rati

on

of

the

se

issu

es

is in

clu

de

d.O

ne

pri

me

exa

mp

le o

f su

ch c

on

sid

era

tio

n is

th

e im

po

rtan

ce o

f

de

sig

n f

or

dis

asse

mb

ly,t

o a

llow

fo

r th

e m

axim

um

re

-use

an

d r

ecy

clin

g o

f th

e r

eso

urc

es

em

be

dd

ed

in t

he

pro

du

ct o

r in

fras

tru

ctu

re.

41

Eng

inee

rin

g fo

r Su

stai

nab

le D

evel

op

men

t

Ex

am

ple

fro

m t

he

Vis

itin

g

Pro

fess

ors

’ca

se s

tud

ies

of

an

SD

ap

pro

ach

at

the

Pro

ject

De

fin

itio

n S

tag

e:

In t

he

cre

atio

n o

f la

un

dry

tab

lets

,

care

was

tak

en

to

en

sure

th

at t

he

stro

ng

en

viro

nm

en

tal c

ase

fo

r th

is

ne

w p

rod

uct

fo

rmat

was

re

cog

nis

ed

and

de

velo

pe

d in

par

alle

l wit

h t

he

no

rmal

pro

du

ct d

eve

lop

me

nt

task

s.

Re

leva

nt

info

rmat

ion

was

mad

e

avai

lab

le t

o t

he

re

tail

trad

e a

nd

con

sum

ers

on

th

e r

eso

urc

e

eff

icie

ncy

asp

ect

s.

Ex

am

ple

fro

m t

he

Vis

itin

g

Pro

fess

ors

’ca

se s

tud

ies

of

an

SD

ap

pro

ach

at

the

Pla

nn

ing

an

d D

eta

ile

d D

esi

gn

Sta

ge

In t

he

Ju

bile

e R

ive

r p

roje

ct,t

he

lan

dsc

apin

g b

rie

f fo

r th

e w

etl

and

s

incl

ud

ed

a r

eq

uir

em

en

t e

arly

in t

he

pro

ject

to

co

llect

see

ds

and

see

dlin

gs

of

loca

l pla

nts

,an

dcu

ltiv

ate

th

em

off

-

site

,so

th

at s

uff

icie

nt

loca

l-

pro

ven

ance

pla

nts

we

re a

vaila

ble

fo

r

the

we

tlan

d p

lan

tin

g s

che

me

s w

he

n

the

pro

ject

re

ach

ed

th

at s

tag

e.

4.5

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n,D

eliv

ery

and

Op

erat

ion

sIm

ple

me

nta

tio

n,D

eliv

ery

an

d O

pe

rati

on

s in

volv

es

the

pra

ctic

al r

eal

isat

ion

of

the

de

sig

n

into

,fo

r e

xam

ple

,a r

eal

ph

ysic

al p

rod

uct

,cre

atio

n o

f n

ew

infr

astr

uct

ure

or

imp

lem

en

tati

on

of

a n

ew

pro

cess

in c

he

mic

al e

ng

ine

eri

ng

.

It b

ear

s re

pe

atin

g t

hat

it is

cru

cial

to

re

cog

nis

e t

hat

ear

lier

sust

ain

able

ap

pro

ach

es

are

ext

rem

ely

vu

lne

rab

le a

t th

is s

tag

e t

o b

ein

g o

vert

urn

ed

th

rou

gh

sh

ort

-sig

hte

d

resp

on

ses

to u

nfo

rese

en

diff

icu

ltie

s an

d r

eso

urc

e c

on

stra

ints

,su

ch a

s co

st r

ed

uct

ion

me

asu

res

mas

qu

era

din

g a

s ‘v

alu

e e

ng

ine

eri

ng

’.Th

e p

rin

cip

les

of

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t th

ere

fore

hav

e t

o b

e a

pp

lied

at

eve

ry s

tag

e in

an

en

gin

ee

rin

g d

eci

sio

n

and

its

imp

lem

en

tati

on

.

4.6

En

d o

f usa

ble

life

All

en

gin

ee

red

pro

du

cts,

pro

cess

es

and

infr

astr

uct

ure

will

hav

e a

de

sig

ne

d a

nd

act

ual

de

sig

n li

fe,a

fte

r w

hic

h s

ust

ain

abili

ty a

nd

a s

ust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t ap

pro

ach

de

man

d

con

tin

ue

d a

pp

licat

ion

of

the

th

inki

ng

alr

ead

y d

iscu

sse

d.T

he

re

turn

ing

of

reso

urc

es

for

furt

he

r u

se,o

r fo

r re

-ab

sorp

tio

n in

to t

he

en

viro

nm

en

t,th

rou

gh

re

-use

,re

cycl

ing

or

dis

po

sal,

is a

cru

cial

ele

me

nt

of

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t,fo

r w

hic

h t

he

te

rm

‘rem

anat

ion

’has

be

en

su

gg

est

ed

.

The

was

te h

iera

rch

y m

ust

be

ap

plie

d:

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ink

first

of

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

re-u

se;

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that

is n

ot

pra

ctic

able

,th

en

max

imis

e t

he

pra

ctic

al o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r re

cycl

ing

•o

nly

aft

er

max

imis

ing

pra

ctic

al r

ecy

clin

g s

ho

uld

de

stru

ctiv

e d

isp

osa

l be

co

nsi

de

red

•e

ven

th

en

,re

cove

ry o

f th

e e

ne

rgy

em

bo

die

d in

th

e m

ate

rial

to

be

dis

po

sed

of

sho

uld

be

so

ug

ht,

wit

h d

isp

osa

l to

lan

dfil

l be

ing

co

nsi

de

red

on

ly a

s th

e la

st r

eso

rt,

no

t th

e f

irst

re

sort

as

is s

o o

fte

n t

he

cas

e a

t p

rese

nt

42

The

Ro

yal A

cad

em

y o

f En

gin

ee

rin

g

Ex

am

ple

fro

m t

he

Vis

itin

g

Pro

fess

ors

’ca

se s

tud

ies

of

an

SD

ap

pro

ach

at

the

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

,De

liv

ery

an

d

Op

era

tio

ns

Sta

ge

:

At

Gla

sgo

w U

niv

ers

ity

wh

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,

be

cau

se it

tak

es

tim

e t

o p

rom

ote

and

imp

lem

en

t an

SD

Str

ate

gy

thro

ug

ho

ut

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rgan

isat

ion

,

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en

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ee

din

g

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rsis

ten

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d p

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nt

pe

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asio

n,

wit

h d

em

on

stra

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n o

f th

e n

ece

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to e

mb

ed

su

stai

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le d

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lop

me

nt

in U

niv

ers

ity

pra

ctic

es.

Wit

ho

ut

such

pe

rsis

ten

ce a

nd

pe

rsu

asio

n,e

arlie

r

de

cisi

on

s in

pri

nci

ple

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no

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e

real

ise

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pra

ctic

e.

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am

ple

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m t

he

Vis

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fess

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’ca

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tud

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an

SD

ap

pro

ach

at

the

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d o

f

usa

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lif

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tag

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incr

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ly im

po

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has

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ver

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able

mat

eri

als

thro

ug

h

care

ful r

ecy

clin

g.

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43

Eng

inee

rin

g fo

r Su

stai

nab

le D

evel

op

men

t

Fra

min

g t

he

req

uir

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ing

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ed

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sio

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lan

nin

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de

tail

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de

sig

n(i

ncl

.en

d-o

f-li

feco

nsi

de

rati

on

s)

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

,D

eli

ve

ry a

nd

Op

era

tio

ns

En

d o

f u

sab

leli

fe

Sta

ge

:

Gu

idin

g P

rin

cip

le:

1Lo

ok

bey

on

d y

ou

ro

wn

loca

lity

an

d th

eim

med

iate

futu

re

2In

no

vate

an

d b

ecr

eati

ve

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eek

a b

ala

nce

dso

luti

on

4S

eek

to

en

ga

ge

all

sta

keh

old

ers

5M

ake

su

re y

ou

kn

ow

th

e n

eed

sa

nd

wa

nts

6P

lan

an

d m

an

ag

eef

fect

ivel

y

7G

ive

sust

ain

ab

ilit

yth

e b

enef

it o

f a

ny

do

ub

t

8If

po

llu

ters

mu

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oll

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th

eym

ust

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do

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stic

,‘c

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o-g

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’a

pp

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10D

o t

hin

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ht,

ha

vin

g d

ecid

ed

on

th

e ri

gh

t th

ing

to d

o

11

Bew

are

co

stcu

ttin

g t

ha

tm

asq

uer

ad

es a

sva

lue

eng

inee

rin

g

12

Pra

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e w

ha

t yo

up

rea

ch

4.7

Lin

kin

g t

he

Stag

es t

o t

he

Gu

idin

g P

rin

cip

les

The

Tab

le b

elo

w s

ug

ge

sts

a re

lati

on

ship

be

twe

en

th

e S

tag

es

and

th

e G

uid

ing

Pri

nci

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s

of

Eng

ine

eri

ng

fo

r Su

stai

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le D

eve

lop

me

nt,

usi

ng

a s

imp

le 5

-sta

r ra

tin

g s

yste

m t

hat

aim

s

to in

dic

ate

th

e im

po

rtan

ce o

f e

ach

Pri

nci

ple

at

eac

h s

tag

e a

lon

g t

he

fo

llow

ing

lin

es:

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o s

tars

= n

o c

on

ne

ctio

n,w

ith

th

e P

rin

cip

le u

nlik

ely

to

be

ap

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able

at

this

sta

ge

;

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ne

sta

r =

a d

efin

ite

co

nn

ect

ion

be

twe

en

sta

ge

an

d P

rin

cip

le,b

ut

of

low

pri

ori

ty;

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ree

sta

rs =

Pri

nci

ple

no

t th

e h

igh

est

pri

ori

ty,b

ut

ne

vert

he

less

imp

ort

ant

for

the

succ

ess

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eliv

ery

of

the

sta

ge

in q

ue

stio

n;

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e s

tars

= t

he

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idin

g P

rin

cip

le is

vit

al f

or

succ

ess

ful d

eliv

ery

of

the

sta

ge

in q

ue

stio

n.

5D

evel

op

ing

ap

pro

ach

es in

te

ach

ing,

trai

nin

g a

nd

CPD

The

ori

gin

al a

im o

f th

e V

isit

ing

Pro

fess

ors

Sch

em

e w

as t

o e

mb

ed

th

e t

op

ic o

f En

gin

ee

-

rin

g f

or

Sust

ain

able

De

velo

pm

en

t in

to e

ng

ine

eri

ng

co

urs

es,

and

no

t to

cre

ate

a

sep

arat

e s

ub

ject

.Th

e r

ang

e o

f o

pti

on

s fo

r te

ach

ing

th

e s

ub

ject

is t

he

refo

re v

ery

wid

e,

and

th

ere

is n

o p

resc

rib

ed

ap

pro

ach

.Th

e e

xpe

rie

nce

of

intr

od

uci

ng

th

e t

op

ic in

to t

he

Eng

ine

eri

ng

De

par

tme

nt

at C

amb

rid

ge

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ive

rsit

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as b

ee

n p

ub

lish

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d c

on

tain

s

use

ful l

ess

on

s (F

en

ne

r,2

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able

De

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en

t is

a s

till-

ne

w s

ub

ject

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ing

intr

od

uce

d in

to e

ng

ine

eri

ng

curr

icu

la a

t a

tim

e w

he

n n

ew

ap

pro

ach

es

to t

eac

hin

g a

re b

ein

g d

eb

ate

d.I

ncr

eas

ing

th

e

imp

ort

ance

of

the

‘kn

ow

-ho

w’a

pp

roac

h in

ad

dit

ion

to

th

e e

stab

lish

ed

‘kn

ow

-wh

at’

app

roac

h h

as b

ee

n a

rgu

ed

str

on

gly

(H

ills,

20

05

).Th

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on

e r

eas

on

wh

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e A

cad

em

y

aske

d it

s Su

stai

nab

le D

eve

lop

me

nt

Vis

itin

g P

rofe

sso

rs t

o c

on

cen

trat

e o

n c

ase

stu

die

s,so

that

stu

de

nts

co

uld

be

ne

fit f

rom

th

e r

eal

exp

eri

en

ces

of

pra

ctit

ion

ers

in t

his

are

a.

The

En

gin

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stit

uti

on

s h

ave

re

cog

nis

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th

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po

rtan

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are

ne

ss o

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e

sub

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e E

ng

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eri

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un

cil h

as in

tro

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th

e f

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win

g r

eq

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its

UK

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accr

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take

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gin

eeri

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act

ivit

ies

in a

wa

y th

at

con

trib

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s to

su

sta

ina

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dev

elo

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ent.

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co

uld

incl

ud

e a

n a

bili

ty t

o:

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per

ate

an

d a

ct r

esp

on

sib

ly,t

aki

ng

acc

ou

nt

of

the

nee

d t

o p

rog

ress

en

viro

nm

enta

l,

soci

al a

nd

eco

no

mic

ou

tco

mes

sim

ult

an

eou

sly

•u

se im

ag

ina

tio

n,c

rea

tivi

ty a

nd

inn

ova

tio

n t

o p

rovi

de

pro

du

cts

an

d s

ervi

ces

wh

ich

ma

inta

in a

nd

en

ha

nce

th

e q

ua

lity

of

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envi

ron

men

t a

nd

co

mm

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ity,

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d m

eet

fin

an

cia

l ob

ject

ives

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nd

erst

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d a

nd

en

cou

rag

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ake

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lder

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lvem

ent”

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dd

itio

n,o

the

r b

od

ies

are

tak

ing

act

ion

,fo

r e

xam

ple

th

e J

oin

t B

oar

d o

f M

od

era

tors

for

de

gre

es

in c

ivil

and

str

uct

ura

l en

gin

ee

rin

g,w

hic

h h

as is

sue

d S

ust

ain

abili

ty

Gu

ide

line

s fo

r in

clu

sio

n o

f th

e s

ub

ject

in B

Eng

an

d M

Eng

co

urs

es.

The

y in

dic

ate

th

at:

“Th

e ke

y ca

pa

bili

ties

fo

r a

n e

ng

inee

r g

rad

ua

tin

g f

rom

an

acc

red

ited

en

gin

eeri

ng

cou

rse

are

:

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e ca

pa

bili

ty t

o f

ram

e a

pro

du

ct,o

r p

roce

ss,i

n a

su

sta

ina

ble

dev

elo

pm

ent

con

text

;

•u

nd

erst

an

din

g t

he

lon

g-t

erm

imp

lica

tio

ns

of

con

tin

uin

g t

o e

xplo

it t

he

pro

du

ct o

r

syst

em f

or

ever

;an

d

•to

be

ab

le t

o id

enti

fy a

nd

kn

ow

ho

w t

o im

ple

men

t a

ny

des

ign

ch

an

ges

to

cou

nte

ract

th

e n

ega

tive

imp

act

s.”

The

follo

win

g fo

ur

step

s ar

e su

gg

este

d a

s o

ne

way

of

gen

erat

ing

th

e re

qu

ired

cap

abili

ty.

Firs

t is

de

mo

nst

rati

on

th

at t

he

stu

de

nt

is a

war

e o

f an

d u

nd

ers

tan

ds

the

co

nce

pt

of

sust

ain

able

de

velo

pm

en

t –

fo

r e

xam

ple

th

rou

gh

an

ess

ay:‘E

xpla

in t

he

like

ly

con

seq

ue

nce

s o

f th

e c

arb

on

tax

on

th

e b

uild

ing

ind

ust

ry’o

r ‘Ex

pla

in h

ow

su

stai

nab

ility

pri

nci

ple

s o

ug

ht

to b

e a

pp

lied

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th

e d

esi

gn

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infr

astr

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or

of

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mig

ht

mak

e a

ve

ry s

uit

able

tas

k in

a f

irst

-ye

ar c

om

mu

nic

atio

ns

mo

du

le.

44

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f En

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45

Eng

inee

rin

g fo

r Su

stai

nab

le D

evel

op

men

t

Seco

nd

ly,a

n a

nal

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co

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so

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life

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ual

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d t

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co

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o

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the

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de

sig

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d f

or

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