Description This subject teaches students the essential tools available to achieve environmental sustainability in various engineering/construction/industrial design professional settings. The focus of the subject is on the application of the tools and exploration of Australian regulatory and sustainable development practices.
School Eng, Design & Built Env
Discipline Water and Sanitary Engineering
Student Contribution Band HECS Band 2 10cp
Level Postgraduate Coursework Level 7 subject
Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate program
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
Successfully select the tools available for achieving sustainable development.
Demonstrate via the chosen project the basic social, cultural, environmental, and global considerations required for sustainable development.
Perform Life Cycle Assessment using GaBi for a chosen project.
Perform Environmental/Social/Economic Impact Assessment for a chosen project.
Analyse energy efficiency and suggest possible improvements.
Apply various Australian environmental regulations.
1. Introduction to sustainable development.
2. Introduction to medium related environmental problems.
3. Material and energy flow in the environment and processes.
4. Ecosystems, Ecology.
5. Social aspects of environment and Environmental ethics.
6. Past policies and consequences on technological innovations and challenges they posed & Concept of sustainability.
7. Tools applied in achieving sustainability and case studies;
(1) Technical tools:
a. Environmental Impact Assessment
b. Cleaner Production
c. Life Cycle Assessment
d. Industrial Ecology
e. Energy efficiency
f. Social Impact Assessment
g. Cumulative Impact Assessment
(2) Non-technical tools:
- Regulatory, economic, and policy tools
Assessment
The following table summarises the standard assessment tasks for this subject. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated, where there is a difference your Learning Guide takes precedence.
