BETCK205D Introduction to Sustainable Engineering syllabus for EE Stream Physics Group

Sustainable Development and Role of Engineers:

Introduction, Why and What is Sustainable Development, THE SDFs, Paris Agreement and Role of Engineering, Sustainable Development and the Engineering Profession, Key attributes of the Graduate Engineering

Sustainable Engineering Concepts:

Key concepts – Factor 4 and Factor 10: Goals of sustainability, System Thinking, Life Cycle Thinking and Circular Economy

Sustainable Engineering and Concepts, Principles and Frame Work:

Green Economy and Low Carbon Economy, Eco Efficiency, Triple bottom Line, Guiding principles of sustainable engineering, Frameworks for sustainable Engineering.

Tools for sustainability Assessment:

Environmental Management System, Environmental Auditing, Cleaner Production Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment, Strategic Environmental

Fundamentals of Life Cycle Assessment

Why and What is LCA, LCA Goal and Scope, Life cycle inventory, Life Cycle Impact Assessment, Interpretation and presentation of Results, Iterative Nature of LCA, Methodological Choices, LCI Databases and LCA Softwares, Strength and Limitations of LCA.

Environmental Life Cycle Costing, Social Life Cycle Assessment, and Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment:

Introduction, Environmental Life Cycle Costing, Social Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Sustainability, LCA Applications in Engineering: Environmental Product Declarations and Product Category Rules, Carbon and Water Foot Printing, Energy systems, Buildings and the Built Environment, Chemical and Chemical Production Food and Agriculture

Introduction to Environmental Economics:

Introduction – What Is Environmental Economics?, Valuing the Environment, Market-based Incentives (or Economic Instruments) for Sustainability, Command-and-Control versus Economic Instruments, A Simple Model of Pollution Control

Integrating Sustainability in Engineering Design:

Problems Solving in Engineering, conventional to Sustainable Engineering Design Process, Design for Life Guidelines and Strategies, Measuring Sustainability, Sustainable Design through sustainable procurement criteria, Case studies on sustainable Engineering Design Process – Sustainable Process Design, Sustainable Production Design Sustainable product design in Electronic Engineering,

Course outcome (Course Skill Set)

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

CO1 Elucidate the basics of sustainable development, sustainable engineering and its role in engineering

CO2 Application of Sustainable Engineering Concepts and Principles in Engineering

CO3 Apply the Principle, and methodology of Life Cycle Assessment Tool to engineering systems

CO4 Understand integration methods of sustainability to Engineering Design

Assessment Details (both CIE and SEE)

• The weightage of Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE) is 50% and for Semester End Exam (SEE) is 50%.
• The minimum passing mark for the CIE is 40% of the maximum marks (20 marks out of 50).
• The minimum passing mark for the SEE is 35% of the maximum marks (18 marks out of 50).
• A student shall be deemed to have satisfied the academic requirements and earned the credits allotted to each subject/ course if the student secures not less than 35% (18 Marks out of 50) in the semester-end examination(SEE), and a minimum of 40% (40 marks out of 100) in the sum total of the CIE (Continuous Internal Evaluation) and SEE (Semester End Examination) taken together.

Continuous Internal Evaluation(CIE):

Three Unit Tests each of 20 Marks (duration 01 hour)

• First test at the end of 5th week of the semester
• Second test at the end of the 10th week of the semester
• Third test at the end of the 15th week of the semester

Two assignments each of 10 Marks

• First assignment at the end of 4th week of the semester
• Second assignment at the end of 9th week of the semester

Group discussion/Seminar/quiz any one of three suitably planned to attain the COs and POs for 20 Marks (duration 01 hours) at the end of the 13th week of the semester.

The sum of three tests, two assignments, and quiz/seminar/group discussion will be out of 100 marks and will be scaled down to 50 marks

Semester End Examination(SEE):

Theory SEE will be conducted by University as per the scheduled timetable, with common question papers for the subject (duration 03 hours)

• The question paper shall be set for 100 marks. The medium of the question paper shall be English/Kannada). The duration of SEE is 03 hours.
• The question paper will have 10 questions. Two questions per module. Each question is set for 20 marks. The students have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module. The student has to answer for 100 marks and marks scored out of 100 shall be proportionally reduced to 50 marks.
• There will be 2 questions from each module. Each of the two questions under a module (with a maximum of 3 sub-questions), should have a mix of topics under that module.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Books (Title of the Book/Name of the author/Name of the publisher/Edition and Year)

1. Introduction to Sustainability for Engineers, ToolseeramRamjeawon, CRC Press, 1stEdn., 2020

2. Sustainability Engineering: Concepts, Design and Case studies, Prentice Hall, 1stEdn, 2015

3. System Analysis for sustainable Engineering: Theory and applications, Ni bin Chang, McGraw Hill Publications, 1stEdn., 2010

4. Engineering for Sustainable development: Delivery a sustainable development goals, UNESCO, International Centre for Engineering Education, France, 1stEdn., 2021

5. Introduction to Sustainable Engineering, Rag. R.L. and Ramesh Lakshmi Dinachandran, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2ndEdn, 2016