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=Engineering for Sustainable Development=
=Engineering for Sustainable Development=


There is now a professional duty on [[engineer]]s to formulate systems, technologies and attitudes that will deliver a more [[sustainable]] society by adopting an [[applied sustainability]] approach across all sectors of engineering.[[Climate destabilization]], [[resource depletion]], [[inefficiency]], [[wastefulness]] and [[pollution]] are some of the difficult problems we face as a global society. '''Engineers have a special place in being able to develop solutions''' and new strategies to deal with these critical subjects, whilst also providing the necessary tools to address global [[poverty]] and [[health]] issues to create a [[just sustainability| just sustainable]] society.
There is now a professional duty on [[Engineering|engineer]]s to formulate systems, technologies and attitudes that will deliver a more [[sustainable]] society by adopting an [[applied sustainability]] approach across all sectors of engineering.[[Climate destabilization]], [[resource depletion]], [[inefficiency]], [[wastefulness]] and [[pollution]] are some of the difficult problems we face as a global society. '''Engineers have a special place in being able to develop solutions''' and new strategies to deal with these critical subjects, whilst also providing the necessary tools to address global [[poverty]] and [[health]] issues to create a [[just sustainability| just sustainable]] society.


== Links==
See: [[Portal:Engineering for Sustainable Development]]
* [http://www.arup.com/sustainability/skill.cfm?pageid=4929 SPeARTM] Sustainable Project Appraisal Routine, a project appraisal methodology, to be used as a tool for rapid review of the sustainability of projects, plans, products and organizations.
* [http://www.bestfootforward.com  Best foot forward] - Tools to measure and communicate environmental impact and sustainability, including an environmental measurement methodology called EcoIndexTM
* [http://www.collegepublishing.us/jesdhome.htm Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Development: Energy, Environment, and Health]
* [http://www.ice.org.uk/about_ice/aboutice_sustainability.asp  the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Environment and Sustainability Activity]
* [http://www.icheme.org/sustainability  Institution of Chemical Engineers Sustainability Metrics] – indicators that can be used to measure sustainability performance of an operating unit.
* [http://www.naturalstep.org/com/nyStart/ The Natural Step] It provides a visionary blueprint for a sustainable world. As an international advisory and research organization, the Natural Step work with some of the largest resource users on the planet to create solutions, models and tools designed to accelerate global sustainability.
* [http://www.qub.ac.uk/feng/courses/RAEngGuide_lo.pdf Engineering for Sustainable Development: Guiding Principles] - The Royal Academy of Engineering
* [http://sustainabilityscience.org/ The Forum on Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development] An attempt to outline the burgeoning field.
* [http://www.wbcsd.org  World Business Council for Sustainable Development]
* [http://www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis  World Energy Council] promotes the sustainable supply and use of energy
* [http://portal.unesco.org/ev.php?URL_ID=1071&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1045842260 UNESCO Portal for Sustainable Development]


== Programs and Courses==


* [http://www.capebretonu.ca/distance/students/courses/envi.html ENVI 436 Engineering for Sustainable Development] Cape Breton University: Distance Education
* [http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/sustdev/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=18&Itemid=101 MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development at the University of Cambridge] This course has been specially designed to attract top flight engineers early in their careers to spend a year learning how to become more effective in delivering engineering for [[sustainable development]], through enhanced technical skills, through better understanding of the issues surrounding Sustainable Development, and through an improved awareness of the commercial and management techniques to deliver more sustainable practices in their own working environments.
* [http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/unit/MECH4400/ MECH4400 - Engineering for Sustainable Development] at the U. of W. Australia
* [http://www.energy.kth.se/index.asp?pnr=15&ID=222&lang=0 Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE)] - SEE is a Master of Science Degree Program with three specializations: [[Sustainable Power Generation]], [[Sustainable Energy]] Utilization in the Built Environment, and [[Solar Energy]]. At The Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.
* [http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemical-Engineering/10-391JSpring-2005/CourseHome/ Sustainable Energy] at MIT
* [http://www.lancs.ac.uk/sci-tech/undergraduate/courses.php?course_id=009891&entry_session_id=000108 Sustainable Engineering BEng Hons] The Sustainable Engineering course has a broad engineering background with a focus on [[sustainability]] issues to produce graduates with a strong sense of the relative impact of engineering processes on the natural environment. Lancaster University.
* [http://www.adelaide.edu.au/programfinder/beng_besusten.html Bachelor of Engineering in Sustainable Energy Engineering] at the University of Adelaide in Australia
* [http://www.naturaledgeproject.net/ESSPCLP-Intro_to_SD-Lecture9.aspx Introduction to Sustainable Development for Engineering and Built Environment Professionals]


== Programs and Courses==


===Courses===
===Courses===


* At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the famous D-Lab
* At the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) and the famous D-Lab
** ESD166J Sustainable Energy
** ESD166J Sustainable Energy
** SP.721 D-Lab: Development
** SP.721 D-Lab: Development
** SP.722 D-Lab II: Design
** SP.722 D-Lab II: Design
** SP.723 D-Lab III: Dissemination
** SP.723 D-Lab III: Dissemination
 
* [http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemical-Engineering/10-391JSpring-2005/CourseHome/ Sustainable Energy] at MIT
* MECH4400 Engineering for Sustainable Development at the University of W. Australia
* [http://www.naturaledgeproject.net/ESSPCLP-Intro_to_SD-Lecture9.aspx Introduction to Sustainable Development for Engineering and Built Environment Professionals]
* [http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/unit/MECH4400/ MECH4400 - Engineering for Sustainable Development] at the U. of W. Australia
* E242A: Sustainable Development, Stanford University
* E242A: Sustainable Development, Stanford University
* 2103 Carbon Footprint & Sustainable Development, University of Toronto
* 2103 Carbon Footprint & Sustainable Development, University of Toronto
* ENVI 436 Engineering for Sustainable Development I and ENVI 437, Cape Breton University
* [http://www.capebretonu.ca/distance/students/courses/envi.html ENVI 436 Engineering for Sustainable Development] Cape Breton University: Distance Education
* MECH836 Applied Sustainability, Queen's University, Canada
* [http://me.queensu.ca/courses/MECH836/ MECH836 Applied Sustainability], [[Queen's University]], Canada
* MECH425 Engineering for Sustainable Development, Queen's University, Canada
* [http://www.appropedia.org/Mech425 MECH425 Engineering for Sustainable Development], [[Queen's University]], Canada
* [http://www.lancs.ac.uk/sci-tech/undergraduate/courses.php?course_id=009891&entry_session_id=000108 Sustainable Engineering BEng Hons] The Sustainable Engineering course has a broad engineering background with a focus on [[sustainability]] issues to produce graduates with a strong sense of the relative impact of engineering processes on the natural environment. Lancaster University.


===Programs===
===Programs===


* MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development at the University of Cambridge
* [http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/sustdev/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=18&Itemid=101 MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development at the University of Cambridge] This course has been specially designed to attract top flight engineers early in their careers to spend a year learning how to become more effective in delivering engineering for [[sustainable development]], through enhanced technical skills, through better understanding of the issues surrounding Sustainable Development, and through an improved awareness of the commercial and management techniques to deliver more sustainable practices in their own working environments.
* Master's Program in Sustainable Development, Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
* Master's Program in Sustainable Development, Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
* Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE) - SEE is a Master of Science Degree Program with three specializations: Sustainable Power Generation, Sustainable Energy Utilization in the Built Environment, and Solar, Energy at The Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.
* [http://www.energy.kth.se/index.asp?pnr=15&ID=222&lang=0 Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE)] - SEE is a Master of Science Degree Program with three specializations: [[Sustainable Power Generation]], [[Sustainable Energy]] Utilization in the Built Environment, and [[Solar Energy]]. At The Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.
* Postgraduate Program in Sustainability Engineering, International Centre for Sustainability Engineering and Research (ICSER), University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
* PostgraduateProgram in Sustainability Engineering, International Centre for Sustainability Engineering and Research (ICSER), University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
* Stanford's Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability http://extreme.stanford.edu/
* Stanford's Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability http://extreme.stanford.edu/
* [http://www.adelaide.edu.au/programfinder/beng_besusten.html Bachelor of Engineering in Sustainable Energy Engineering] at the University of Adelaide in Australia
* Applied Sustainability University of Arkansas http://asc.uark.edu/261.asp
* Masters of Science in Sustainable Design - University of Philadelphia - http://www.philau.edu/Green/
* Science for Sustainable Development - Linköping University-  http://www.liu.se/en/education/master/programmes/science-for-sustainable-development-120-credits?l=en
* Masters of Energy and Sustainability now offered at University of Denver http://www.universitycollege.du.edu/about/news_events/news.cfm?newsID=190
* Sustainability Institute Masters Program - http://www.sustainabilityinstitute.net/masters-programme-mainmenu-11
* Masters in Sustainable Development - University of Stirling http://www.external.stir.ac.uk/postgrad/course_info/nat_science/aquacult/sus-dev.php
* Masters in Leadership for Sustainable Development http://www.forumforthefuture.org/masters-course
* MSc Environment and Sustainable Development University          College London http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu/courses/esd.htm
== External links ==
* [http://www.arup.com/sustainability/skill.cfm?pageid=4929 SPeARTM] Sustainable Project Appraisal Routine, a project appraisal methodology, to be used as a tool for rapid review of the sustainability of projects, plans, products and organizations.
* [http://www.bestfootforward.com  Best foot forward] - Tools to measure and communicate environmental impact and sustainability, including an environmental measurement methodology called EcoIndexTM
* [http://www.collegepublishing.us/jesdhome.htm Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Development: Energy, Environment, and Health]
* [http://www.ice.org.uk/about_ice/aboutice_sustainability.asp  the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Environment and Sustainability Activity]
* [http://www.icheme.org/sustainability  Institution of Chemical Engineers Sustainability Metrics] – indicators that can be used to measure sustainability performance of an operating unit.
* [http://www.naturalstep.org/com/nyStart/ The Natural Step] It provides a visionary blueprint for a sustainable world. As an international advisory and research organization, the Natural Step work with some of the largest resource users on the planet to create solutions, models and tools designed to accelerate global sustainability.
* [http://www.qub.ac.uk/feng/courses/RAEngGuide_lo.pdf Engineering for Sustainable Development: Guiding Principles] - The Royal Academy of Engineering
* [http://sustainabilityscience.org/ The Forum on Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development] An attempt to outline the burgeoning field.
* [http://www.wbcsd.org  World Business Council for Sustainable Development]
* [http://www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis  World Energy Council] promotes the sustainable supply and use of energy
* [http://portal.unesco.org/ev.php?URL_ID=1071&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1045842260 UNESCO Portal for Sustainable Development]


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Engineering for Sustainable Development

There is now a professional duty on engineers to formulate systems, technologies and attitudes that will deliver a more sustainable society by adopting an applied sustainability approach across all sectors of engineering.Climate destabilization, resource depletion, inefficiency, wastefulness and pollution are some of the difficult problems we face as a global society. Engineers have a special place in being able to develop solutions and new strategies to deal with these critical subjects, whilst also providing the necessary tools to address global poverty and health issues to create a just sustainable society.

See: Portal:Engineering for Sustainable Development


Programs and Courses

Courses

Programs

External links

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