Engineering applications in sustainable design and development /
Sustainable design and development
Bradley A. Striebig, Adebayo A. Ogundipe, Maria Papadakis.
- xvi, 762 pages : color illustrations , maps (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Includes appendix, glossary and index.
Sustainability, engineering, and design -- Analyzing sustainability using engineering science -- Biogeochemical cycles -- Water quality impacts -- Impacts on air quality -- The carbon cycle and energy balances -- Models for sustainable engineering -- Enegery conservation and development -- Industrial ecology -- Life cycle analysis -- Sustainability and the built environment -- Challenges and opportunities for sustainability in practice.