The course offers a comprehensive exploration of sustainability, covering various key elements and providing valuable insights into strategies for achieving sustainability. Learners are introduced to topics such as carbon footprint, net zero, carbon neutrality, and water neutrality. Sustainable lean construction practices, including Building Information Modelling (BIM), prefabricated construction, and 3D printed houses, are thoroughly examined. The course imparts knowledge regarding sustainable building materials, including low carbon cement and zero emission bricks. Strategies for improving energy efficiency and enhancing comfort in buildings are discussed. Moreover, the course covers sustainable transport planning and the process of decarbonizing the transport sector, with a particular emphasis on sustainable transportation solutions. Resource management strategies, including waste-to-energy conversion, construction and demolition waste reuse and recycling, as well as water management techniques like anaerobic co-digestion and microbial fuel cell technology, are covered. The course provides insights into smart city management, addressing topics such as crowd and traffic management, smart surveillance, high-speed internet connectivity, and more. Furthermore, learners gain knowledge about renewable energy resources, including hydrogen, geothermal, solar, wind, and other forms of sustainable energy. The course also covers green design, digital manufacturing, Industry 4.0, and smart factory concepts, providing learners with a comprehensive understanding of these topics.

Course Objectives

• To expose the learners to concepts of sustainability and sustainable development goals.
• To impart knowledge on sustainable practices in construction and transportation, resource management, water, and wastewater systems.
• To facilitate learners to understand concepts of sustainable cities and green manufacturing methods.