Research Proposal: How Engineers Achieve Environmental Sustainability

This research proposal explores how engineers can achieve environmental sustainability, addressing the critical importance of sustainability in human development and engineering. It examines factors such as resource selection, sustainable engineering processes, and environmental stewardship, while also considering equity, economics, lifestyle, and socio-political factors. The study adopts positivism as a research philosophy, analytical research design, and secondary data collection methods. It investigates existing literature, challenges in attaining environmental sustainability, and potential solutions for engineers. The literature review covers sustainability concepts, the role of engineers, and methods for improvement, such as increasing efficiency and addressing environmental impacts. The research methodology emphasizes positivism for logical analysis, utilizing an analytical design to gain insights from previous theories.