Sustainable Development and Design Practice

Course aim

The aims of the course are to develop conceptual understanding of sustainability and sustainable development issues for cleaner production and eco-design techniques to incorporate social, economic, and environmental considerations in systems based sustainable engineering design and practice. 

Course content

The content of this course covers the topics of sustainability in industrial development, industrial ecology, eco-efficiency, cleaner production, life-cycle analysis, end-of-life product management strategies, and extended producers responsibility. The course also introduces concepts of and techniques for environmentally conscious product design and sustainable product-service system development.

Textbook(s)

El-Haggar, S. M. 2007, Sustainable Industrial Design and Waste Management (Reference Book), 1, Elsevier

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Seminar	3 hours x 13 weeks
Computer Practical	3 hours x 2 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case study, Concept design, Literature review, Presentation, Quantitative exercise, Reflection

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.