Sustainable Development and Design Practice

Course aim

To provide undergraduate engineering students with fundamental concepts of sustainability and sustainable development issues in engineering practices, to introduce students cleaner production and eco-design techniques, and to prepare them with knowledge and skills to incorporate social, economic, and environmental considerations in solving engineering problems.

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 10 weeks
Computer Practical	2 hours x 2 weeks
INTERNAL, WHYALLA
Seminar	3 hours x 10 weeks
Computer Practical	2 hours x 2 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION - HONG KONG
Tutorial (weekly tutorial supported by online learning material)	2.5 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External	N/A x 13 weeks

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

Assessment

Assignment 1 (individual) - individual report [10%], group presentation [5%], Assignment 2 (Group and Individual) - individual report [approx 1000 words 10%], group report [approx 2000 words 15%], group presentation [15mins, 10%], Assignment 3 (Group and Individual) - individual report [approx 5 pages, 20%], group report [approx 5000 words, 20%], group presentation [15mins, 10%].

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.