Progress in Sustainable Development: Sustainable Engineering Practices

Progress in Sustainable Development: Sustainable Engineering Practices provides readers with the latest research and best practices in sustainable engineering in the fields of urban, environmental, energy and sustainability sciences, reflecting a focus on state-of-the art insights and the latest developments. Chapters focus on the key engineering principles of effective resource use, reduction of excess waste, and taking advantage of natural resources to equip readers with the background information and practical considerations of successful implementations of sustainable technical solutions. Each chapter features detailed case studies and figures showing real-world applications of the latest technologies, ensuring they are reproduceable by the reader.

The multidisciplinary chapters include environmentally-friendly technologies and the application of novel initiatives in engineering for infrastructure, renewable energy generation, advanced materials and waste, among other areas, with a strong emphasis on sustainability and conservation of resources.

• Provides the most recent developments and novel practices in engineering for furthering sustainable development
• Takes an interdisciplinary look at sustainable engineering practices across the fields of urban studies, environmental science and energy
• Includes case studies to show how readers can implement the practical engineering solutions detailed

David S.-K. Ting is the founder of the Turbulence and Energy Laboratory at the University of Windsor, through which he supervises students primarily on energy and thermofluids. He is a prolific author/editor and a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta (APPEGA); Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO); the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE); the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); the Engineering Society for Advancing Mobility Land Sea Air and Space (SAE). He has edited several books for Elsevier, the most recent ones especially focused on sustainable engineering and development practices.

Paul G. O’Brien is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, York University, Canada and has extensive experience working in leading research labs based in materials, mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering, and the chemical sciences. His interdisciplinary research efforts focus on the application of expertise from these fields to develop solutions for the realization of a transition to clean energy. Dr. O’Brien has authored over thirty-five papers in the area of materials and energy. He is the founder of the Advanced Materials for Sustainable Energy Technologies Laboratory at York University, where he and his students continue to innovate and advance clean energy solutions.