Workflow for embedding the SDGs across engineering programmes and modules
This article should be read by educators at all levels of higher education looking to embed and integrate sustainability into curriculum, module, and / or programme design.
Example coursework: Developing intercultural competence in engineering students
This resource describes a coursework aligned to three key pedagogical approaches of ESD.
Evidencing sustainability competencies in assessment
This article should be read by educators at all levels of higher education looking to embed and integrate sustainability into curriculum design. It may also be of interest for students...
Activity: Providing affordable housing that supports net zero
This activity allows students to consider the dilemmas around providing housing that is cheap to heat as well as cheap to buy or rent.
Example project: Peace Engineering Dashboard on water, air quality, health, and finance
This is an example project that could be adapted for use in a variety of contexts. It asks students to devise a “sustainability dashboard” that can not only track indicators...
Using projects for integrating sustainability into engineering education
Projects, and thus project-based learning, offer valuable opportunities for integrating sustainability education into engineering curricula by promoting active, experiential learning through critical and creative thinking within problem-solving endeavours and addressing...
Activity: Do passive houses need passive people? Adapting to low carbon housing
The purpose of this exercise is to encourage students to think in a socio-technical perspective of delivering extreme low carbon housing (e.g. Passivhaus), in order to support the occupants in...
Activity: Rolling out e-scooters
The objective of this activity is to provide students with an understanding of the complexity of technology development and different considerations that need to be made by stakeholders in the...
Activity: Sustainability autobiography
This learning activity is designed to build students’ awareness of different dimensions of sustainability through reflection on their everyday activities.
Flood warning system project brief
This resource outlines a project brief that requires an engineer to assess the local area to understand the scale of flooding and the local context
Using a factory fitness model to improve sustainability
The following are a set of use cases for a maturity model designed to improve energy and resource efficiency in manufacturing facilities.
Case study: The upward spiral - contrasting Stockholm and Lagos in an analysis of waste management challenges and solutions
This case study juxtaposes the waste management strategies of two cities: Stockholm, Sweden, renowned for its advanced recycling and waste-to-energy initiatives, and Lagos, Nigeria, a megacity grappling with rapid urbanisation...
Case study: Beyond the grid - sustainable powering of remote villages
This case study offers learners an explorative journey through the multifaceted aspects of deploying off-grid renewable solutions, considering practical, ethical, and societal implications.
Case study: From plastic waste to infrastructure: understanding circular business models in context
This case study is focused on the role of engineers to address the problem of plastic waste in the context of sustainable operations and circular business solutions.
Case study: Assessing the feasibility of hydrogen fuel for net zero aviation
This case study provides students an opportunity to explore the role of hydrogen fuel in the aviation industry. Considerable investments have been made in researching and developing hydrogen as a...