Environmentally Sustainable Engineering

Course title

R0481000

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Course description

"Sustainable Development Target (SDGs)" was adopted at the international summit of September 2015.
Toward a sustainable society, companies as well as the state are required to initiate aggressive behavior with corporate social responsibility.
In this lecture, we aim to learn how companies are taking SDGs, what kind of actions and technologies are required for achieving the goals based on an engineering viewpoint.

Purpose of class

In this lecture, we aim to learn how companies are taking SDGs, what kind of actions and technologies are required for achieving the goals based on an engineering viewpoint.

Goals and objectives

Students can learn basic knowledge on international framework and efforts on sustainability.
Students can learn business activities based on engineering grounds.
Students can think and propose what companies should do toward a sustainable society.

Language

English

Class schedule

	Class schedule	HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.)	Amount of Time Required
1.	Introduction - International framework on sustainability	Reading reference materials.	100minutes
2.	Corporate social responsibility and technical support #1 (Improving traffic safety and service quality)	Reading the assigned materials and submission of assignment.	200minutes
3.	Corporate social responsibility and technical support #2 (Creating next-generation traffic system) Corporate social responsibility and technical support #3 (Improving employment environment)	Reading the assigned materials and submission of assignment.	200minutes
4.	Corporate environmental responsibility and technical support #1 (New Vehicle Zero CO2 Emissions Challenge)	Reading the assigned materials and submission of assignment.	200minutes
5.	Corporate environmental responsibility and technical support #2 (Life Cycle Zero CO2 Emissions Challenge) Corporate environmental responsibility and technical support #3 (Plant Zero CO2 Emissions Challenge)	Reading the assigned materials and submission of assignment.	200minutes
6.	Corporate environmental responsibility and technical support #4 (Challenge of Minimizing and Optimizing Water Usage)	Reading the assigned materials and submission of assignment.	200minutes
7.	Corporate environmental responsibility and technical support #5 (Challenge of Establishing a Recycling-based Society and Systems) Corporate environmental responsibility and technical support #6 (Challenge of Establishing a Future Society in Harmony with Nature)	Reading the assigned materials and submission of assignment.	200minutes
8.	Lecture of Scenario Planning Methodology Group work #0 (Company selection and Information gathering)	Reading the assigned materials and submission of assignment.	200minutes
9.	Group work #1 (Group Presentation about the basic information and future strategy in selected company)	Reading the assigned materials and submission of assignment.	200minutes
10.	Group work #2 (Trial of scenario planning)	Reading the assigned materials and submission of assignment.	200minutes
11.	Group work #3 (Discussion for setup of common future scenario)	Sharing group task.	200minutes
12.	Group work #4 (Discussion on technical support for sustainability)	Sharing group task.	200minutes
13.	Group work #5 (Preparation for final presentation)	Sharing group task.	200minutes
14.	Final presentation	Submission of presentation slides and final report.	200minutes
Total.	-	-	2700minutes

Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

	Assingments	Group work	Final report	Total.
1.	15%	10%	5%	30%
2.	15%	10%	5%	30%
3.	10%	20%	10%	40%
Total.	40%	40%	20%	-

Evaluation method and criteria

Assignments: 40%
Group work: 40%
Final report: 20%

Textbooks and reference materials

Assigned materials will be distributed at the classes.
Assigned materials: Sustainability Data Book 2019 published by TOYOTA
in https://global.toyota/pages/global_toyota/sustainability/report/sdb/sdb19_en.pdf

Prerequisites

Bring a calculator. (It is also possible to use the calculator function of the mobile phone)

Office hours and How to contact professors for questions

13:00-14:30 on Friday (by appointment)

Regionally-oriented

Non-regionally-oriented course

Development of social and professional independence

Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
Course that cultivates a basic problem-solving skills

Active-learning course

Most classes are interactive

Course by professor with work experience

Work experience	Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicatable
Applicatable	エネルギー資源の開発・調達から需要地における消費に至るまでのエネルギーシステム全体に関する評価研究に従事してきた経験を生かし、再生可能エネルギーを主軸とする社会の実現に向けた国内外における企業の取り組みや戦略、それを支援する政策決定などに関する基礎知識および最新の事例を教授し、今後企業に求められる環境・エネルギー対策について議論する。

Education related SDGs:the Sustainable Development Goals