Engineering applications in sustainable design and development / Bradley A. Striebig, Adebayo A. Ogundipe, Maria Papadakis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Striebig, Bradley A. (Author)
Ogundipe, Adebayo A. (Author)
Papadakis, Maria (Author)
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, [2016]
Subjects:
Sustainable engineering > Textbooks.
Sustainable development > Textbooks.
Textbooks.
Sustainable development.
Sustainable engineering.
Genre:
Textbooks.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents only - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:xvi, 762 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Variant Title:
Sustainable design and development.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • chapter 1. Sustainability, engineering, and design
  • chapter 2. Analyzing sustainability using engineering science
  • chapter 3. Biogeochemical cycles
  • chapter 4. Water quality impacts
  • chapter 5. Impacts on air quality
  • chapter 6. The carbon cycle and energy balances
  • chapter 7. Models for sustainable engineering
  • chapter 8. Enegery conservation and development
  • chapter 9. Industrial ecology
  • chapter 10. Life cycle analysis
  • chapter 11. Sustainability and the built environment
  • chapter 12. Challenges and opportunities for sustainability in practice.