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A review of Ghana’s water resource management and the future prospect

open access: yesCogent Engineering, 2016
Water covers about 70% of the earth’s surface and it exists naturally in the earth in all the three physical states of matter and it is always moving around because the water flows with the current.
Phebe Asantewaa Owusu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable design and the design curriculum [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper reports on an initial study that begins the process of considering how design education should deal with the issue of sustainable design specifically in the context of the education of graduate designers in the fields of product, design ...
Humphries-Smith, Tania
core   +1 more source

Designing Of Curricula Of Environmental Engineering And Constructions Engineering For Sustainability

open access: yes, 2023
The experience carried out at the University of Florence, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, in designing two new undergraduate curricula in “Environmental Engineering” and “Civil and Building Engineering for sustainability”, is reported.
Enrica Caporali   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Eco-innovation and green entrepreneurship: Transforming challenges into opportunities for the environment

open access: yesCleaner Environmental Systems
This study aims to analyze the impact of eco-innovation and green entrepreneurial orientation on environmental awareness and sustainability practices, and their effect on green business strategies among engineering students in Indonesia.
Leola Dewiyani   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Electricity production potential and social benefits from rice husk, a case study in Pakistan

open access: yesCogent Engineering, 2016
Pakistan has been experiencing energy crisis owing to its sole dependence on fossil fuels. Reduction in local fossil fuel reserves has led to an increase in their prices, thereby increasing the cost of electricity.
Obaidullah Mohiuddin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heavy metal contamination of groundwater due to fly ash disposal of coal-fired thermal power plant, Parichha, Jhansi, India

open access: yesCogent Engineering, 2016
The present study focused on the groundwater contamination due to fly ash disposal of coal-fired thermal power plant into a non liner ash pond. Six villages were selected as study site around ash pond of Parichha thermal power plant, Jhansi.
Chanchal Verma   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Crafting a definition of sustainability for engineering education and applying it to assess curriculum

open access: yesSustainability Science and Technology
In order to be thoughtful practitioners towards the environment and society, engineers must be able to integrate different dimensions of sustainability—knowledge and application—in a holistic manner.
Sherry-Ann Ram   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Examining the interaction between lean and sustainability principles in the management process of AEC industry

open access: yesAin Shams Engineering Journal, 2018
Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry is classified as a huge consumer of natural resources. It consumes 50% of natural material resources, 40% of energy and is responsible for 50% of total waste.
Laila M. Khodeir, Reem Othman
doaj   +1 more source

Current status and pillars of direct air capture technologies

open access: yesiScience, 2022
Summary: Climate change calls for adaptation of negative emission technologies such as direct air capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide (CO2) to lower the global warming impacts of greenhouse gases.
Mihrimah Ozkan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investment in Sustainable Development: A UK Perspective on the Business and Academic Challenges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
There are many legislative, stakeholder and supply chain pressures on business to be more ‘sustainable’. Universities have recognised the need for graduate knowledge and understanding of sustainable development issues.
Garland, Nigel P.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

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