Abstract: This paper presents the writer’s pedagogical development and delivery of a new undergraduate course in applied sustainability and public health in civil engineering design in the Department of Civil Engineering at Queen’s ...

Abstract: The paper explores the connection between the urban form of water distribution networks and their energy use. Urban form corresponds to the network pipe configuration and the spatial distribution of water users. An analytical ...

Abstract: A challenge that utilities face is to design new water transmission systems with incomplete information concerning future water demand. With an increase in water demand caused by population and economic growth, a design ...

Abstract: Municipalities with limited budgets will have to rehabilitate their stock of deteriorated water mains in the coming decades. Optimization and asset management offer municipalities the opportunity to plan the rehabilitation ...

Abstract: Many countries are considering policy instruments such as a carbon tax and economic discounting to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in key sectors like the water sector. This paper examines the impact of economic ...

Abstract: There is evidence that engineering products, processes, systems, and infrastructures are causing human illness in industrialized societies. A possible cause is the technical focus of engineering education and practice and ...

Abstract: The implicit goal of water network design is to provide acceptable service during normal and peak demands and to limit damages to property and people during fires. Despite this, fire damages are seldom explicitly included ...

Abstract: Climate change has made environmental impact a factor of growing importance in decision making for municipalities. Increasingly, the environmental impacts of expanding and operating a water distribution system (WDS) are ...