TKM Institute of Technology

Karuvelil, Kollam - 691505

LECTURE PLAN
Branch

EB,EE

Semester

Subject Code

BE 103

Subject Name : Introduction to

Sustainable Engineering

Name of Faculty : Sanjna Salim

Sl.
No.

Topics to be covered

: 1

Hours Allotted :

No. of
Hrs.
Required

3 per week

No. of
Cumulative Hrs for
Hours
Actual
Coverage

MODULE I
1

Sustainability: Introduction, need and

concept, social, environmental and economic
concepts
Sustainable development, nexus between
technology and sustainable development,
challenges for sustainable development
Multilateral agreements and protocols, Clean
Development Mechanism,
Environmental Legislations in India, Water
Act, Air Act

Project

2
3

MODULE II

Air pollution, Effects, Water PollutionSources

Sustainable wastewater treatment, Solid

Waste-sources

Impacts of solid waste, Zero waste concept

3 R concept, Global Environmental Issues,

Resource Degradation

Climate Change, Global Warming, Ozone

10

Layer Depletion, Regional and local

environmental issues
Carbon credits and carbon trading, carbon
footprint

10

11

Project

14

Environmental
Management
Standards, ISO 14000 series

15

Life Cycle Analysis-scope and goal

16

15

Bio Mimicking

17

16

Environment Impact AssessmentProcedures

18

17

Project

20

11

12

MODULE III
13
14

MODULE IV
18

Basic concept of sustainable habitat,

21

19

Green building

22

20

23

21

Green materials, material selection

Green building certification, Methods for
increasing energy efficiency of buildings

24

22

Sustainable cities, Sustainable transport.

25

23

Project

27

28

MODULE V
24

Energy
SourcesBasic
conceptsConventional & Non-conventional

25

Solar Energy

29

26

Fuel cells

30

27

wind energy, small hydro plants

32

28

Bio fuels, Energy derived from oceans,

Geothermal energy

33

Project

35

36

29

MODULE VI
30

Green
Engineering,
Urbanisation,

31

Industrialisation and poverty reduction

Social and technological change,

37

32

Industrial processes, Material selection

38

33

Pollution prevention, Industrial ecology

39

34

Industrial symbiosis

40

35

Project

43

Staff in Charge: Sanjna Salim

Sustainable

HOD