Course

Unit 1

Introduction to Sustainable Engineering – Ecosystem – Biodiversity – Natural design philosophies. Current environmental problems and practices of pollution abatement Major Environmental Issues – Climate change, Ozone depletion, Resource crisis – case studies

Unit 2

Sustainable resource management – Water and Wastewater treatment and reuse – Emerging contaminants, impact, and adaptation/mitigation solutions • Land contamination and remediation – Resource conservation and recovery Ecological -Carbon and Ecological Footprint analysis- Open loop – closed loop systems – case studies. Sustainable concepts, technologies and practices – Climate mitigation and adaptation strategies – way forward green technologies.

Unit 3

Environmental Regulations- Life cycle analysis (LCA) – Design for Environment – Industrial Ecology – Symbiosis – case studies- Environmental impact assessment (EIA) – Environmental impact assessment (EIA) – Role of the USEPA, Evolution of EIA in India, Sustainable development, Generalised EIA process flow chart, Screening, Initial environmental examination (IEE), Scoping, Public participation. – Environmental baseline, Impact assessment methods- Introduction to impact prediction and evaluation, Major features of the EIA notification in India, Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Environmental monitoring, Environmental Audit (EA) – LCA -case studies

Prerequisite(s): CIEXXX Environmental Engineering I and II

Course Objectives:

To create general awareness of the current status of Environmental problems. Students will be getting broad perspective of the sustainable concepts, technologies and practices related to Environmental problems. The students will be capable of understand and conduct Environmental impact assessment (EIA) with case studies

Course Outcome

CO-PO Mapping

Textbook:

1. G.T. Miller Jr., “Environmental Science”, 13th Edition, Cenage Learning India Pvt. Ltd., 2010.

References:

1.Gilbert Masters, “Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science” Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 3rd Edition.

2.P. Aarne Vesilind, Susan M. Morgan, “Introduction to Environmental Engineering” by, Belmont, CA : Thomson/ Brook/ Cole, c2004, 3rd Edition.

3. Peavy, H.s, Rowe, D.R, Tchobanoglous, G. “Environmental Engineering”, Mc-Graw – Hill International Editions, New York, Indian Edition,2017

4. Tchobanoglous, Theissen& Vigil, “Integrated Solid Waste Management”. McGraw Hill Publication, Indian edition

5. R. Rajagopalan “Environmental Studies-From Crisis to Cure”, Oxford University Press.

6. Benny Joseph “Environmental Studies”, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, 2017