Sustainability in Engineering

Sustainability in Engineering

The lecture summary must be one full page and cover the salient information presented in the lecture.

The purpose of the summaries is to demonstrate concise written communication skills necessary in engineering practice and to act as a study guide. The summary must be in your own words. (NO USE OF AI,CHAT GPT,COPILOT ,etc)

Copying from the lecture slides or other material is not acceptable. Samples for formatting are provided in the attached files.

Students are not permitted to exceed the one-page limit but must be within 3 lines of a full page. Students exceeding the one-page limit (including formatting errors or blank pages) will assigned a grade of unsatisfactory.

• Greenwashing is to use superficial environmental arguments to market a product as being sustainable., For example bottled water takes 2000 times more energy to produce than tap water. Sustainability is the exploitation of resources at acceptable rates to ensure future generations will be able to have the same privileges as current generations.

• Environmental sustainability ensures that the atmosphere, water, and land are not destroyed or reduced too much over time. Economic sustainability ensures the long-term viability of resources and employment. Social sustainability includes quality of life, equity, diversity, social cohesion, and democracy and governance. These are not mutually exclusive factors.

• The I = P x A x T equation relates Impact to Population, Affluence, and Technology. This gives the total environmental impact, where the Economy = Population x Affluence.

• Ecological footprint relates the use of resources to the amount of earth required to maintain a lifestyle for a person. Many societies have collapsed due to overuse of resources and future societies could collapse due to climate change, energy shortages and overuse of the globe. APA