Sustainable Engineering: Current Trends and Solutions

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CURRENT TRENDS AND SOLUTIONS USING SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING
PRACTICES
A Research Paper on Sustainable Engineering By
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The sustainability concept aims at making critical decisions concerning the long-term
performance of critical resources so as to preserve these resources to the future generation. The
major sustainability factors that have been critically analyzed in this assessment paper include
the social sustainability, economic sustainability, and environmental sustainability. The progress,
profitability, and productivity of the manufacturing companies are progressively being
considered as the strategic approaches in the process of manufacturing. Some of the current
emerging renewable energy technologies that can be implemented to promote the energy
sustainability include marine energy, concentrated solar photovoltaics, enhanced geothermal
energy system, cellulosic ethanol and artificial photosynthesis. The construction incentives
provided by the governments should focus on reducing the number of materials used in the
construction which will automatically reduce the cost of construction and preserve the
environment.

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Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................3
OBJECTIVES..................................................................................................................................................4
SUSTAINABILITY FACTORS...........................................................................................................................4
Manufacturing Processes........................................................................................................................5
Sustainability in Food Production............................................................................................................5
Sustainability in the Extraction of Minerals and Materials......................................................................6
Sustainability in Infrastructure................................................................................................................7
Sustainability in Renewable Technologies...............................................................................................8
SUMMARY...................................................................................................................................................9
BIBLIOGRAPHY...........................................................................................................................................10

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INTRODUCTION
This research paper on sustainable engineering reviews the current trends and solutions
relating to the sustainable practices and engineering by majorly considering food production,
renewable technologies, new manufacturing processes, and extraction of minerals or materials,
and infrastructure challenges. The concept of sustainability aims at making critical decisions
concerning the long-term performance of critical resources so as to preserve these resources to
the future generation. Sustainable engineering practices can be defined as the process of
designing and operating systems in a way that they use energy resources sustainably to prevent
the depletion of these resources to the future generation.
The concept of sustainability is currently becoming very significant in all the engineering
practices making the sustainability of resources to be the major aim of human development. The
major factors of sustainability critically analyzed in this assessment paper include the social
sustainability, economic sustainability, and environmental sustainability. The social
sustainability entails the social equity, labour rights, social justice, cultural competence, and
community development. The economic sustainability entails manufacturing processes,
infrastructure, food production, extraction of materials and minerals and renewable technologies.
OBJECTIVES
The major objectives of this assessment paper include:
 To critically analyze the sustainable engineering practices
 To evaluate factors affecting the sustainability of resources
 To analyze the effects of sustainability on the future generation
 To speculate over the current practices implemented to promote sustianabili8ty
 To evaluate how sustainability practices will attain the future needs of the future
generation