SBS5222 Indoor Environmental Engineering

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Sustainability

1. Sustainability is …

2. Sustainable development

3. Key concepts

4. Hong Kong context

5. Take action
[Powerpoint file in PDF format]

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 Video presentation:

• I=PAT - ENGN2226 Online Classroom (3:25) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU9SP5hL2XA
• Sustainability in 2minutes - GMIC (2:01) http://youtu.be/Doeb6QWJ5kA
• What is Sustainability? (1:51) http://youtu.be/hHl09q5kk0k

Further reading:

• Sustainability – Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability
• I = PAT – Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_%3D_PAT
• What is Sustainable Development? (EnB) http://www.enb.gov.hk/en/susdev/sd/
• History of SD http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/history_sd.html
• On-line games for learning sustainability:
• Fish Game Online http://cloudinstitute.org/fish-game
• MySustHouse games http://www.mysusthouse.org/game.html
• Stop Disasters! http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/
  
• Teaching Kit: Sustainable Design for Buildings (ArchSD) http://www.archsd.gov.hk/archsd/html/teachingkits/tk1/

 Web links:

• The Brundtland Report http://www.un-documents.net/wced-ocf.htm
• What is Sustainable Development? http://www.iisd.org/sd/
• Human Population Update: What is Our Ecological Footprint on this Planet? http://www.21stcentech.com/human-population-update-carrying-capacity-planet-earth/
• The Factor Four concept http://www.gdrc.org/sustdev/concepts/12-f4.html
• Study on Sustainable Development for the 21st Century in Hong Kong (SUSDEV 21) in 1997 http://www.enb.gov.hk/en/susdev/sd/
• Eight guiding principles of the key sustainable development issues in Hong Kong
• English: http://www.enb.gov.hk/sites/default/files/susdev/html/en/su/GuidingPrinciples_e.pdf
• Chinese: http://www.enb.gov.hk/sites/default/files/susdev/html/b5/su/GuidingPrinciples_c.pdf 
  

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| Created: Jul 2016 | Update: 6 Jan 2017 |