CHE5885 - Principles and practices for sustainable development - 2019

This unit introduces the concept of sustainable development in engineering, involving environmental, economic and social considerations in the planning, development of a new product and implementation of a new or existing process.

This unit also ventures into systematic approaches to design sustainable processes and products by conducting lifecycle assessment, risk assessments and cost analysis. These themes will be developed in lectures, problem-based sessions and supported by an individual student project work related to selected industrial processes or products.

On successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Apply ethical standards and sustainability principles in solving engineering problems
2. Apply principles of sustainable development to develop sustainable designs of products or processes
3. Analyse local legislations and schemes related to sustainable development and implementation of these schemes in sustainable design of products and processes
4. Predict the environmental impacts involved in the lifecycle of a product or process using lifecycle assessment
5. Conduct risk assessments and cost analysis to evaluate the sustainability of a process

Continuous assessment: 70%

Examination (2 hours): 30 %

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 2 hours of tutorials and 7 hours of private study per week.

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Chemical Engineering