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APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
FIRST SEMESTER B.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION,JULY 2018

Course Code: BE103 ٠
Course Name: INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING
Max. Marks: 100 Duration: 3 Hours
PART A ।
Answer all questions, each carries 5 marks Marks
1 9) Enlist the major challenges in the path of sustainable development. (5)
OR

b) Which are the comprehensive (special) environmental laws enacted by the (5)
Central Government in India after 1970.
2 a) How far the उर, बारे and 5R principles can be utilised for zero waste (5)
management.
OR
b) Give the list of important activities that can reduce carbon footprint. Which is the (5)
ideal one for Kerala? Why?
3 a) What are the benefits gained by an organisation in implementing Environmental (5)
Management System?
OR
b) What is biomimicry? Give any three examples in the transportation sector, (5)
clearly stating the species and invention.
4 8) How resource efficiency is achieved through material selection for a sustainable (5)
building design?
OR
b) The existing transportation system in our country cannot be considered as 2 (5)
sustainable one? How it can be made sustainable? Give your suggestions.

5 8) Differentiate between conventional and non-conventional sources of energy. (5)
OR

b) How can oceans be utilised for tapping energy? Discuss. (5)

6 a) What are the methods to convert biomass to energy without heating it? (5)
OR

b) List the various ways to conserve energy. (5)

7 8) Give the principles of green engineering for the design of products, processes and (5)

systems.

OR

b) How will you relate industrial ecology principles to sustainable engineering? (5)

8 a) Which are the push and pull factors causing migration of people from rural to (5)
urban areas?
OR
b) For any industry, material selection is very important. Why? (5)
PART B
(Read the Stories/Cases/Data set as the case may be, and answer all questions,
Each full question carries 10 marks)
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Bangladesh Position on MEA’s (Multilateral Environmental Agreements)
After independence, Bangladesh got recognition by different world fora like United
Nations(UN), OIC etc. Membership of all those world fora helps Bangladesh to attend
differentenvironmental conferences from very beginning. The major conferences include:
CBD, UNFCC,ODS, UNCED, Kyoto protocol, Stockholm Convention etc. Bangladesh has

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