Unit 1 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENT

• principles and scope of Environmental Science
• Impacts of technology on Environment
• Environmental Degradation
• Importance of environmental awareness and its conservation across different engineering disciplines

Unit 2 Program Name

10 lecture hours

• Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Branch: ALL Branches Subject Code: BE04000101 Subject Name: Environmental Science
• Sustainability and Renewable Energy 2 ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ● Water Pollution: Introduction – Water Quality Standards
• Sources of Water Pollution
• Classification of water pollutants
• Effects of water pollutants ● Air Pollution: Composition of air, Structure of atmosphere
• Ambient Air Quality Standards
• Classification of air pollutants
• Sources of common air pollutants like PM, SO2, NOX, Auto exhaust
• Effects of common air pollutants ● Noise Pollution: Introduction
• Sound and Noise
• Noise measurements
• Causes and Effects ● Land Pollution: Sources
• control & Prevention ● Solid Waste: Generation and management ● Bio-medical Waste: Generation and management ● E-waste: Generation and management ● Acid Rain
• Depletion of Ozone layer and its mitigation

Unit 3 SUSTAINABILITY

9 lecture hours

• scope of sustainability
• ● Sustainable development & Circular economy
• Sustainable Development goals
• ● Climate change: Global Warming and Green House Effect: concept and mechanism ● Climate Change Effects and Mitigation Strategies ● Green Building: Concept
• Core Principles & Benefits. ● Concept of 4R’s: Principles
• Practical Application of 4R’s

Unit 4 RENEWABLE ENERGY

9 lecture hours

• ● Conventional Vs Renewable Energy
• Need of renewable energy ● Advantages
• limitations and principles of generation of solar energy
• wind energy
• biomass energy
• geothermal energy
• tidal energy ● Green Hydrogen: Concept
• transportation and application