Introduction to Sustainable Engineering Slides: Module 1 and 2

Introduction_lecture 01_sustainable

Multilateral Environmental Agreements_lecture 02

Environmental legislations in India_lecture 03

Air pollution_lecture 04

Water pollution_lecture 05

Sustainable waste water treatment_lecture 06

Solid waste_lecture 07 (to be published)

Global environmental issues_lecture 08 (to be published)

Assignment - 1 suggested list of topics - September 2018

The suggested list of topics for Assignment - 1. The groups may choose the topics from the list or propose another topic and get it approved by the faculty before proceeding further. Please register your group and topic selected with the class rep.

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Last date to submit topic: 21/9/18, 9:00 pm

Biodiversity loss in Kerala

Child Labour and sustainable development

Climate change and Kerala

Construction waste management

Deforestation in Kerala

Fishing industry and sustainable development

Food habits and sustainable development

Hospital waste management in Kerala

Impact of development on the Wetlands of Kerala

Kuttanad and Climate change

Migrant workers in Kerala: Issues and Solutions

Plastic pollution in Kerala

Slums : why ? and the challenges

Sustainable Tourism in Kerala

Sustainable transportation for Kerala

Unemployment in Kerala and sustainable development: Issues and challenges

Urbanisation in Kerala – challenges

Water front apartments and their impacts on ecosystem

Water pollution in Kerala

Weddings and sustainable development

Western Ghats and Kerala

Why we need energy-efficient buildings

Energy is an important sector in India’s climate change mitigation efforts,contributing to 77% of its greenhouse gas emissions

Residential electricity consumption (REC) makes up for about one-fourth of India’s total electricity consumption.

Various studies have projected a five to six times increase in REC in India by 2030. Almost all studies predict that it (REC) will be in the range of 400 to 500 TWh (tera watt hour) by 2020, almost twofold of what Indian homes were consuming in 2014. By adopting efficiency measures, REC can be brought down by 20 to 25%.

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Why we need energy-efficient buildings

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Trump's Election a "Planetary disaster"

The election of Mr.Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America might turn out to be a "Planetary disaster" , the UK based newspaper The Independent remarked yesterday.(read article here).

Friends,Lets hope for the best

Mr.Trump's controversial stances on climate change include that "Global Warming is a Hoax"

“The ice caps don’t negotiate, and neither do rising seas. Donald Trump’s moral failure to acknowledge the climate crisis might very well mean planetary disaster if he is elected.” - The Independent,, November 7, 2017

It’s economically viable to go green - An interview with Dr John Keung

Dr John Keung, CEO, Building and Construction Authority of Singapore, on how India can replicate the city-state’s approach to building green.

It’s economically viable to go green - An interview with Dr John Keung

Green materials for a greener world: Athanassia Athanassiou at TEDxRoma

Athanassia Athanassiou has been a Senior Researcher in the Smart Materials Group in the Department of Nanophysics of the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa. She works with Smart Materials; an example of such being a special sponge that specifically absorbs oil; this sponge has the potential to save our oceans in case of ecological disasters. 

Very recently she developed novel plastic materials from vegetable wastes that can replace synthetic polymers. These plastics have minimal environmental impact because unlike the synthetic polymers are biodegradable and on top give a solution to the problem of waste management. 

Selection of sustainable materials

Dry composting Toilets

Dry composting Toilets  -The Hindu article

Number 40 rain - Movie

 A short film 'Number 40 Rain’ by Venu Nair narrates how climate change in Idukki the Kerala's second largest district has impacted life not in the area alone but the entire state.

The film also has around 23 scientists, farmers, social activists and other officials sharing their opinions and experiences. Produced by the Environment and Climate Change Department, Kerala Government.

New Indian Express article

Al Gore: The Case for Optimism on Climate Change (TED 2016)

February 2016
In his latest TED talk, Al Gore, founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project, poses three questions that will determine the future of our planet – and why there’s good reason to be optimistic.

Symphony of Science: Al Gore on Climate Reality

Ashoka the Great and Environment

Vedas and Environment

UNFCC Conference of Parties (COP)

man with the largest negative carbon footprint in the world

Known as the “man with the largest negative carbon footprint in the world,” Indian-born American electrical engineer Jayant Baliga is the inventor of the insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), a device that enabled the electronics in the now ubiquitous CFL lamp.

http://m.thehindu.com/business/Industry/man-with-a-huge-negative-carbon-footprint/article9014803.ece

Environmental laws of India

   

          Environmental laws of India

       C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre (CPREEC) is a Centre of Excellence of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India, established jointly by the Ministry and the C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation.

     The Centre has been a pioneer in environmental education efforts in South India and has conducted a variety of programmes to spread awareness and interest among the masses.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Why the word 'sustainability' should be banned: Article from the Guardian

The word "sustainability" should be banned from technical and political discourse. It has become so corrupted as to not only be meaningless, but to actually obscure the real issues that must be dealt with. To begin with, we must attest that all human activity has impacts, and these may go far beyond the present sustainability indicators. Nevertheless, we need to take responsibility for all of them and strive to minimise or mitigate them.

Read the full article at the link below

Why the word 'sustainability' should be banned: Article from the Guardian

Assignment 1

Assignment 1 Questions and Instructions

Date of Submission : 22/08/2016, 12.30 pm

Earth overshoot day 2016

Ecological deficit/Reserve

An ecological deficit occurs when the ecological footprint of a population exceeds the biocapacity of the area available to that population. A national ecological deficit means that the nation is importing biocapacity through trade, liquidating national ecological assets or emitting carbon dioxide waste into the atmosphere. An ecological reserve exists when the biocapacity of a region exceeds its population's ecological footprint.

Please click to know the ecological deficit / reserve of your country 

http://www.footprintnetwork.org/

Brundtland commission

Depleting Natural Resources

Sustainability easily explained (explainity® explainer video)

Environmental Sustainability - We have choices