Environmental Engineering (EE) studies the interactions between object and its environment. This engineering discipline combines ecology and economy; protection of the environment as well as product quality and reliability.
Longer life-span of a product serves the consumer as well as the conservation of resources, it results in a reduction of waste and a more economical approach to energy usage. Furthermore, the increased ability to control the level of reliability result into more optimized products and is essential to enable cost effective survivability in extreme conditions.
Methods of Environmental Engineering include field and laboratory testing with necessary instrumentation and signal processing as well as computer based design and simulation. Thus, methodologies of EE may be used not only for testing and qualification purposes but also as an inherent part of product design. EE is widely used in civil- and military applications and has increasingly wide base of standardized tools for different applications.
Traits
- This engineering discipline combines ecology and economy; it aims for protection of the environment as well as product quality and reliability.
- Environmental Engineering is widely used in civil- and military applications.
- Environmental Engineering (EE) can be seen as a part of a wider concept of Environmental Science (ES).
Benefits
- The ability to control the level of reliability enable optimized products.
- Long life-span of a product serves the consumer as well as the conservation of resources, it results in a reduction of waste and a more economical approach to energy usage.
- Cost effective reliability in various environments.
- Survivability in extreme conditions.
Methodology
- EE is widely used in civil- and military applications and has standardized tools available for various applications.
- Methodologies of EE has been used typically for physical testing and qualification purposes.
- Today, methods of Environmental Engineering include field and laboratory testing, specialized instrumentation and signal processing as well as computer based numerical design and simulation.
- At its best EE is used as an inherent part of product design. This provides cost effective control of reliability thorough the product development expanding to its condition monitoring and updating for end users.