Environmental Protection and Management detailed Syllabus for Civil Engineering (CIVIL), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all the other VTU CIVIL 7th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, visit Civil Engineering 7th Sem 2018 Scheme.
For all the (Open Elective-B) subjects refer to Open Elective-B Scheme. The detail syllabus for environmental protection and management is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Module 1
Environmental Management Standards: Unique Characteristics of Environmental Problems-Systems approach to Corporate environmental management-Classification of Environmental Impact Reduction Efforts -Business Charter for Sustainable Production and Consumption-Tools, Business strategy drivers and Barriers -Evolution of Environmental Stewardship. Environmental Management Principles-National policies on environment, abatement of pollution and conservation of resources-Charter on Corporate responsibility for Environmental protection.
Module 2
Environmental Management Objectives: Environmental quality objectives-Rationale of Environmental standards: Concentration and Mass standards, Effluent and stream standards, Emission and ambient standards, Minimum national standards, environmental performance evaluation: Indicators, benchmarking. Pollution control Vs Pollution Prevention-Opportunities and Barriers-Cleaner production and Clean technology, closing the loops, zero discharge technologies.
Module 3
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Module 4
Environmental Audit: Environmental management system audits as per ISO 19011–Roles and qualifications of auditors-Environmental performance indicators and their evaluation-Non conformance-Corrective and preventive actions -compliance audits-waste audits and waste minimization planning-Environmental statement (form V)-Due diligence audit.
Module 5
Applications: Applications of EMS, Waste Audits and Pollution Prevention Control: Textile, Sugar, Pulp & Paper, Electroplating, , Tanning industry. Hazardous Wastes-Classification, characteristics Treatment and Disposal Methods, Transboundary movement, disposal.
Course Outcomes:
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Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
- Each full question will be for 20 marks.
- There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Reference Books:
- Christopher Sheldon and Mark Yoxon, Installing Environmental management Systems-a step by step guide Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, 1999.
- ISO 14001/14004: Environmental management systems-Requirements and Guidelines-International Organisation for Standardisation, 2004
- ISO 19011: 2002, Guidelines for quality and/or Environmental Management System auditing, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi, 2002
- Paul L Bishop Pollution Prevention: Fundamentals and Practice, McGraw- Hill International, Boston, 2000.
- Environmental Management Systems: An Implementation Guide for Small and Medium-Sized Organizations, Second Edition, NSF International, Ann Arbor, Michigan, January 2001.
For the detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE (CIVIL) 7th Sem, visit Civil Engineering 7th Sem Subjects.
For all (CBSE & Non-CBSC) BE/B.Tech results, visit VTU BE/B.Tech all semester results.