Engineering applications in sustainable design and development /
Sustainable design and development
Bradley A. Striebig, Professor of Engineering, James Madison University; Adebayo A. Ogundipe, Assistant Professor of Engineering, James Madison University; Maria Papadakis, Professor of Integrated Science and Technology and Geographic Science, James Madison University.
- xvi, 762 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references 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.