Sustainability—The next chapter

Engineering and Sustainability: Attitudes and Actions

“…Investigations in sustainability science, which are related to engineering sustainability, have also been reported [28,[48][49][50][51]. The incorporation of sustainable development and sustainability ideas into engineering education has received increasing attention over the last decade in general [4,8,[52][53][54] and in such areas as design [55][56][57]. Taken together, the advances reported above appear to suggest that views on what engineering actions support sustainability and sustainable development are starting to coalesce.…”

“…For instance, many have sought to understand and define sustainability [1][2][3][4] and sustainable development [5]. Some have examined the changes, sudden and incremental, associated with shifting towards sustainability [6][7][8], while others have questioned the merits of the concept and its application [9]. The application and incorporation of sustainability principles has been examined in many areas, including law [10] and government [11].…”

New sustainability indices for product design employing environmental impact and risk reduction: case study on gasoline blends

“…Chemical engineering has a substantial talent to achieve sustainability (Batterham, 2006). Thus, the objective of a sustainable chemical process is to satisfy stakeholders, regulators and society by its profitability and social responsibility while generating lower potential environmental impacts and wastes without compromising products quality.…”

Sustainability and process control: A survey and perspective

“…From a process systems and control perspective, the following goals (adopted from the sustainability scorecard presented in [15]) can be identified as relevant to sustainability practices:…”