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Sustainable engineering concerns the design or operation of systems with the aim of reducing energy demand, resource extraction and carbon emissions with the goal of minimising the impact on the environment. The built environment alone accounts for approximately 40% of all carbon emissions in the western world in the form of heating, cooling and lighting. Domestic hot water alone is thought to be responsible for 35 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. By transforming any sector to be more sustainable, it can play a major role in reducing the threat of climate change. This module discusses the interdependency between changes required across all activities of human life across all scales. This module will make you think across disciplines with the goal of evaluating sustainability on a whole system basis including resource supply and demand, energy supply and demand and sustainable management. 

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