Citizen Engineer: A Handbook for Socially Responsible Engineering

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 20
About the Authors......Page 22
Introduction: While You Were Busy Debugging…......Page 24
Part I: Advent of the Citizen Engineer......Page 26
 Chapter 1 “Citizen Engineer” Defined......Page 30
  Responsibilities of the Citizen Engineer......Page 32
  Knowledge Base of the Citizen Engineer......Page 33
  Engineering on a Whole New Scale......Page 38
  Externally Driven Changes in Engineering......Page 44
  Perspectives on an Engineering Transformation......Page 49
  Part I: Summary, and What’s Next......Page 50
Part II: Environmental Responsibility......Page 52
 Chapter 3 Environmental Impact: The Big Picture......Page 56
  Eco-Responsible Engineering: An Enormous Opportunity......Page 57
  Core Challenges of Eco-Engineering......Page 59
 Chapter 4 Beyond the Black Cloud: Looking at Lifecycles......Page 62
  The “Cradle to Cradle” Vision......Page 65
  A Basic Lifecycle Model......Page 70
  Additional Lifecycle Considerations......Page 71
  Embodied Energy and Embodied Carbon......Page 77
  Starting a Top-Level Assessment......Page 81
 Chapter 6 Setting Priorities, Requirements, and Goals......Page 86
  Knowing the Law......Page 87
  Business Requirements and Opportunities......Page 89
  Areas of Greatest Impact......Page 90
  Quick Wins and Low-Hanging Fruit......Page 91
 Chapter 7 Energy and Emissions......Page 94
  Common Sources of Energy......Page 95
  Calculating Energy and Power......Page 98
  Energy Impacts: Finding the Cleanest Source of Power......Page 100
  Energy and GHG Emissions......Page 101
  Putting a Value on Carbon (Dioxide!)......Page 105
  Heat, Noise, Light, and Radio Emissions......Page 106
  Process-Related GHG Emissions......Page 107
  Energy Efficiency in Product Design......Page 108
  An Example: Energy Efficiency in Data Centers......Page 111
  Chemistry and the Law......Page 118
  Packaging and Documentation......Page 121
  Waste and Renewal......Page 123
  Social Considerations......Page 130
  Calculating the Water Footprint......Page 131
  Trading Virtual Water......Page 132
  Other Natural Resources......Page 133
  An Aggressive Initiative with Very Specific Goals......Page 136
  Carbon Neutrality: Good Start but Not Enough......Page 142
  Greenwashing and Green Noise......Page 145
  Measuring and Sharing with OpenEco......Page 148
  Part II: Summary, and What’s Next......Page 150
Part III: Intellectual Responsibility......Page 152
  IP 101: Core Concepts......Page 156
  Patents......Page 159
  Copyright......Page 166
  Trademarks......Page 172
  Trade Secrets......Page 173
  Nondisclosure Agreements......Page 175
  Employment Contracts and IP Ownership......Page 176
  Tip Sheet: Inbound and Outbound IP......Page 182
  How to Protect Your IP in Emerging Markets......Page 184
  Back to Patent Protection: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly......Page 186
 Chapter 13 Open Source Software: Licenses and Leverage......Page 190
  “Free” Software Licenses......Page 191
  A Closer Look at the GPL......Page 194
  Contributor Agreements......Page 196
  Software Indemnity......Page 200
  Maximizing the Cycle of Innovation......Page 204
  How We Got Here......Page 206
  Control over Interfaces......Page 209
  Innovation Commons......Page 211
  The Economics of Open Source......Page 212
  Beyond Software......Page 214
  Building an Open Source Community: Practical Advice from a Pro......Page 219
  Digital Rights Management......Page 224
  Is “Open DRM” an Oxymoron?......Page 226
  Fair Use and Other Concepts for Reducing Restrictions......Page 227
  Part III: Summary, and What’s Next......Page 229
Part IV: Bringing It to Life......Page 230
 Chapter 16 Education of the Citizen Engineer......Page 232
  Updating Engineering Curricula......Page 233
  Advice for Engineering Students......Page 236
  Advice for Engineering New Hires......Page 237
 Chapter 17 Citizen Engineers in Action......Page 240
 Lifecycle Phase Checklists......Page 244
  The \"Make\" Phase......Page 245
  The \"Use\" Phase......Page 246
  The \"Renew\" Phase......Page 247
 Required Reading for Citizen Engineers......Page 248
Notes......Page 250
Photo Credits......Page 258
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