Duygu Gokdai

Engineering Approaches on Sustainability

• Author(s): Tanay Sıdkı Uyar, Ayşe Ayçim Selam, Ahmet Kubilay Atalay, M. Övül Arıoğlu Akan, Hatice Sözer, Ergin Kükrer, Zehra Özçelik, Yavuz Özçelik, Nazlı Yaşar Tunca, B. Yılmaz, E. Mançuhan, N. Erdönmez, M. K. Sevindir, D. Yılmaz, Ali Yaraş, Hasan Arslanoğlu, Caglar Kullu, Hatice Taner, Adile Evren Tugtas, Belgin Karabacakoğl, Duygu Yamaç, Duygu Gökdai, Alev Akpınar Borazan, Bilsen Beler Baykal, Recep Önder Sürmeli, Sinem Aksit Sahinkaya, Fatos Germirli Babuna, Didem Göktürk, Tomris Deniz, Nurdan Cömert

• Categories: Technology & Engineering

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2016-12-20
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• Publisher: IJOPEC Publication

In general terms, sustainability is the act of meeting our own needs today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987). Obviously, the ability of natural resources and environmental systems to support our needs is limited. erefore, the major challenge for engineers today is to design and/or operate systems that use energy and natural resources sustainably. Designing for the environment is crucial. is book presents the recent engineering approaches to sustainability from research and practice. e chapters included in this volume are from the first International Sustainability Congress organized by Int...