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Sustainability: Playing the Long Game
Engineers and utility managers have always thought about capital projects in terms of economic viability. Does it make economic sense to build that pipeline or replace that treatment plant? As a result of societal and environmental realities, we must now pay attention to how sustainable a new project might be. What are the environmental impacts in the supply chain? Is that new building having the least impact on water resources, heating requirements, and electrical energy demands? Are the materials used the best from a sustainable point of view? What are the energy requirements, and can they be met using renewable energy supplies? With the predicted impacts from climate change, sustainability has become a more urgent requirement for water projects.
Sustainability: Playing the Long Game
Engineers and utility managers have always thought about capital projects in terms of economic viability. Does it make economic sense to build that pipeline or replace that treatment plant? As a result of societal and environmental realities, we must now pay attention to how sustainable a new project might be. What are the environmental impacts in the supply chain? Is that new building having the least impact on water resources, heating requirements, and electrical energy demands? Are the materials used the best from a sustainable point of view? What are the energy requirements, and can they be met using renewable energy supplies? With the predicted impacts from climate change, sustainability has become a more urgent requirement for water projects.
Sustainability: Playing the Long Game
McGuire, Michael J. (author)
2016-06-01
1 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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