Annotated Bibliography: Sustainable Electronics Development

This assignment presents an annotated bibliography focusing on sustainable development within the field of electronics engineering. The document examines various scholarly articles, industry reports, and online resources to explore strategies for integrating sustainable practices. Key themes include the adoption of green technologies, the implementation of a circular economy model to manage e-waste, and the enhancement of energy efficiency in electronic devices. The reviewed literature highlights the importance of sustainable materials, renewable resources, and ethical considerations in design and manufacturing processes. The assignment also addresses the role of engineering managers in promoting sustainability, emphasizing the need for awareness, policy development, and the integration of sustainability metrics. Several sources, including research on the Taiwanese electronics industry and reports from Texas Instruments, provide practical examples and insights into the benefits of sustainable practices, such as attracting investment and gaining a competitive advantage. The bibliography covers topics such as sustainable green practices, e-waste management, energy efficiency, and the role of managers in promoting sustainability. The analysis suggests that effective sustainable engineering management requires a comprehensive approach that considers environmental, social, and economic factors.

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1.0 Introduction
Maintaining sustainability is important for every sector of the business industry. It has been
seen that unplanned use of the resources has brought the uncertainty about the availability of the
resources in future. Apart from that maintaining the environment is important nowadays. In order
to face these problems, bringing sustainability in the engineering practice is important.
Sustainable development in the engineering practice will help to deliver the result that will
support the positive development of environment along with the social and economic factors.
The main discussion in this paper is regarding the development of the sustainable practices in the
electronics engineering. It has been found out that electronics engineering has been associated
directly and indirectly with various sectors in the industry. In this case, it is relevant to find the
ways for the sustainable development in the electronic engineering practices. The paper has
discussed and reviewed about different journals and article for the sustainable development in
the electronics engineering. The main objective of this discussion is to find out the ways to
achieve sustainable development in the electronics engineering practices. In order to do this
various attributes like the energy efficiency, along with use of sustainable components can be
beneficial. Apart from that the managers from the organizations are needed to be aware about the
significance of maintaining sustainability in the electronics engineering practices. Various
aspects of the sustainability have been evaluated from the review of different articles. The
mention of the green technology and the life cycle assessment for the development t of the
electronics devices have been proposed in most of the articles. In some cases, the uses of the
renewable energy and the sustainable resources along with proper methodology have been
proposed for the implementation for the sustainable practices in the electronics engineering. In
this context the mention of the industry report of Texas electronics has been mentioned, where

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the sustainable methodology and its significance in the overall development has been mentioned.
The answer of the question of the discussion has been derived from the review of the literature.
The conclusion has been made on the basis of the findings from the discussion.
2.0 Discussion
2.1 Yacob, P., Maludin, N., Aziz, N.S., Nodesan, S., Zin, A.W.M. and Keong, L.E., 2018.
Acceptability of Sustainable Green Practices: Perception of Electrical & Electronics
Manufacturing SMEs. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 63, pp.319-324.
Electronics engineering is the base of developing the electrical equipments. In recent time
maintenance of the sustainability is important. In this case, the application of the green
technology is proposed in the practices of the electronics engineering. This article has proposed
the use green technology in both electrical and electronics manufacturing field. However, the
research is mainly focused on the electronics and electrical engineering in Malaysia, the
relevance of the discussion can be applicable in the electronics engineering practices of all
countries. In order to understand the impact of the use of green technology in electronics
engineering and manufacturing companies, the survey has been conducted on 19 electronics and
electrical companies. The discussion in this context shows the pattern of the green technology
which consists of achieving the sustainability in context of environment, economic and social
background. The result of the survey conducted in this paper has indicated that the managers in
the electronics and electrical manufacturing companies are aware about the fact of using green
technology to maintain the sustainability of the development. Some of the organizations have
also taken required initiatives to promote the application of green technology in a broader
perspective during the manufacturing process.

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2.2 O’Connor, M.P., Zimmerman, J.B., Anastas, P.T. and Plata, D.L., 2016. A strategy for
material supply chain sustainability: enabling a circular economy in the electronics
industry through green engineering.
This article is concerned about the violation of the balance in the sustainability due to the
improper waste management in the electronics engineering. It has been found that the growth of
the electronics technology has been developed through the exploitation of the valuable resources
of the earth and environment. However, it has been found out that the development of the same
material from the complex electronics waste is not possible. This leads to the unsustainable
environment in the industry. The paper has proposed a strategy which will mitigate these
complexities along with that it will also promote the green engineering to implement the
“circular economy”. The mitigation strategy will promote the designing of the devices which are
sustainable in nature, substitute materials which are renewable in nature, the process of the
manufacturing which will support the recycle of the electronics devices and management of the
e-waste. One of the significant steps that have been taken concern in this discussion is the
management of the e-waste. The paper has proposed to use RFID indexing of the e-waste so that
the management of the e-waste can be done in effective way along with enhancing the
environmental sustainability. The specialty of the discussion of this paper is that it has given
certain emphasis on the development of the sustainability through maintaining the environmental
balance. This can be included in the lists of ethical concerns while developing any electronics
engineering practice.
2.3 Online, K. (2018). The Importance of Sustainability in Engineering Management. [online]
Online.kettering.edu. Available at:

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https://online.kettering.edu/news/2016/07/07/importance-sustainability-engineering-
management [Accessed 5 Dec. 2018].
The article written in the website discusses about the concept of the sustainability. The
definition of the sustainability according to the website covers the sustainable development of
environment, social life and economic situation through the use of the products. After defining
the sustainability, the paper also defines the concept of engineering sustainability and its
significance. The idea of sustainability according to this content can become constraint to the
profitability of the companies and organizations. This may discourage the companies to carry on
the sustainable development of the products and services and use of the sustainable methodology
while the development of the products of the company. It has been state din this article that the
sustainable development in the electronics engineering defines the development of the
electronics products using the renewable resources that will mitigate the consumption of power.
However, this article has put emphasis more on the consequences of maintaining the
sustainability in the engineering practices. There is a lack of direction regarding the way to
maintain the sustainability while developing the electronic system or the products. The
discussion of the article in this website is relevant as it will make the project managers realized
the importance of maintain the sustainability in the engineering practices which will encourage
them to develop the sustainable development.
2.4 INQUIRY INTO A SUSTAINABILITY CHARTER. (2016). 43rd ed. [ebook] Policy
Analyst, National and International Policy Engineers Australia, pp.2,3. Available at:
www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/environ [Accessed 5 Dec. 2018].

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In this publication the discussion is done by the governing body Engineers Australia. This is
the governing body which controls all the branches of engineering. The main objective of this
article is to develop the concept of the sustainability in the engineering practice and the common
ways to achieve the sustainability in engineering. The discussion covers the relation between
engineering practices and sustainable development in a broader perspective and the discussion is
general. However, some of the common rules and techniques can be applicable for the
electronics engineering practices. Sustainable development is regarded as the code of ethics for
the engineers Australia. The discussion in this paper is regarding the development of the policy
that will guide towards the sustainable development of the products developed through
engineering practice. The changes in the sustainability will be dependent on the changing factors
regarding socio-economic condition and environmental condition. In order to maintain the
sustainability in engineering project the policy developed by the governing body named
Engineering Australia are need to be maintained. The specialty of the paper is that, the
discussion in this paper has discussed the affect of maintaining the sustainability on the
economic condition of the market. Maintaining the sustainability is defined to enhance the
economic and social reform in Australia.
2.5 Texas Instrument (2018). Texas Instruments Sustainability in Microelectronics –
Richardson Wafer FAB. [online] Texas Instrument, pp.5,7,11. Available at:
https://www.ectc.net [Accessed 5 Dec. 2018].
Texas Instruments is a well known company famous for making electronic devices. The
report published by this organization is regarding the development of the sustainability in the
microelectronics industry. In order to implement the sustainability the organization has used an
example which is Richardson FAB. Different sustainability metrics has been imposed during the

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development of this project. The positive consequences of implementation of the sustainability
have been described in the discussion. The organization has imposed certain methodologies and
techniques for the implementation of sustainable practices in the electronics engineering
practices. From the bottom-line of the report it can be said that maintain sustainability is
important as the population is growing so the resources for the development in decreasing. In the
conventional sense sustainability is important for maintaining the environment. However,
sustainability can be helpful for the organizations for providing economic advantages.
Maintaining sustainability can help to achieve the maximum productivity in energy efficient
way.
2.6 Hsu, C.W. and Chang, D.S., 2017. Investigating critical organizational factors toward
sustainability index: Insights from the Taiwanese electronics industry. Business Ethics: A
European Review, 26(4), pp.468-479.
In this article, the author has describe the sustainable practices will help to attract investors
for the making investment in the organizations. Apart from that the significance of implementing
the sustainable practices in the electronics and ICT market is to engage the emerging
technologies for the maximization of profit along with maintaining the balance in environment.
In order to achieve the sustainable practices in the electronics engineering, some of the
sustainability indexes can be applicable. The emerging market companies are using Dow Jones
sustainability index in order to achieve the sustainability regarding engineering practices. The
research is conducted on the Taiwanese electronics companies. The application of the
sustainability index shows that this index has helped the companies to manage the resources in
proper way. Apart from that the resources for the development of the instruments are renewable
and can be recycled. The use of renewable resources mitigates the chances of e-waste. Apart

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from that the company can gain competitive advantage in the business market through the
promotion of the green engineering in the development practice. This will help to enhance the
profitability of the organization.
2.7 Pesch, D., Rea, S., Galdiz, J.I.T., Zavrel, V., Hensen, J.L.M., Grimes, D., O'Sullivan, B.,
Scherer, T., Birke, R., Chen, L. and Engbersen, T., 2017. ICT-Energy Concepts for Energy
Efficiency and Sustainability. Globally optimised energy-efficient datacenters, 187.
In this article energy efficiency has been described as one of the parameter for maintain the
sustainability. The discussion has proposed a framework through which the ICT and the
electronic devices will achieve the sustainability through the energy efficiency attribute. In this
discussion the author has discussed various ways to achieve the energy efficiency. One of the
main techniques to increase the energy efficiency in the electronics engineering is to use
sustainable material and emerging technology while developing the electronic devices. The
discussion of the paper has covered a large aspect of maintaining sustainability through the use
electronics devices and maintaining sustainability of ICT. The use of electronics devices is done
in the ICT. In this case, maintaining the sustainability in ICT practice will enhance the
sustainability electronics industry.
2.8 Belu, R.G., Chiou, R., Cioca, L.I. and Tseng, B., 2016. Incorporating Sustainability and
Green Design Concepts into Engineering and Technology Curricula. Journal of Education
and Learning (EduLearn), 10(2), pp.93-102.
In this article the development of the sustainability in the electronics engineering practices
revolves around the use of the green technology during the development of the electronics device
designs. According to this paper the due to the use of the natural resources in an unrestricted

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manner, there is a chance that the sustainability of the environment can be hampered in future. In
this situation the sustainable designs for the electronic equipments are becoming popular and
encouraging. The sustainability will deliver the outcome that will support the social development
along with environmental and economic development. The main objective of this paper is to
develop a system or device in the electronic equipment making process that will fulfill all the
requirements along with supporting the development of the environment. This article is
concerned about the green development, green design and life cycle assessments. In this article
the proposed design of the electronic devices can be recycled and materials and resources used
during the development will mitigate the chances of unsustainability. Apart from that the designs
of the equipments are needed to be economic and can add value during the use.
3.0 Answering the question of the assignment
The question of the assignment is regarding the ways to achieve the sustainability in the
electronics engineering practice. In order to find the answer of this question, different articles
from various resources have been reviewed. After the review of the article it can be said that the
sustainability in the electronic engineering can be achieved through various way. At first the
term sustainability is needed to be known. The definition of the sustainability covers the
sustainable environment, sustainable economic and social factors. In order to achieve the
sustainability in the engineering practice, the uses of sustainable resources are needed to be
made. It has been found out that many electronics equipments manufacturing companies are
using the raw material direct form the earth which violates the sustainable development. Texas
instrument has proposed some sustainable ways for the development of the devices and maintain
sustainability in the environment. Apart from that maintaining the energy efficiency is another
way for maintaining the sustainability in the environment. It can be said that in order to achieve

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the sustainability in the practices of electronics engineering the choosing of right substitute is
needed to be done. Apart from that the energy efficient ways for the development of the
equipments are needed to be researched. Apart from that in order to spread the practices of the
sustainable development in the electronics engineering the awareness and significance regarding
maintaining the sustainability are needed to be understood by the project manager.
4.0 Conclusion
The discussion is regarding maintaining sustainability in the electronics engineering practice.
In this context various discussions have been made. Maintaining the sustainability in electronic
engineering is dependent on various factors. The devices used in this branch of engineering are
needed to be made from the sustainable resources. The use of the emerging technologies as
mentioned by the Texas Instruments in the literature review can be helpful to deliver the energy
efficient results. Maintaining the balance in the environmental factors along with the social and
economic factors is also included in the maintenance of the sustainability. Apart from the
products from the practice of the electronics engineering are needed to be sustainable on the
basis of the economic and social factors. From the literature review it has been found out that
there are different ways to maintain sustainability. Apart from that the managers in the
organizations are needed to be aware about the significance of maintaining the sustainability in
the environment. From the discussion it can be concluded that there sustainable development is
dependent on various environmental and social factors. Apart from that use of proper
equipments, technology and methodology will be helpful for the development of sustainable
practices in the electronics industry.