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Context & Educational Focus: This open educational resource delivers a mathematically grounded, systems-level curriculum in Sustainable Manufacturing, industrial ecology, and decarbonization engineering for undergraduate and advanced pre-university STEM education. Formulated in alignment with the Washington Accord, EUR-ACE, and IEA global frameworks, the module examines how resource efficiency, clean power integration, and circular lifecycle design converge to eliminate industrial environmental impacts.

Theoretical & Analytical Formulations: The curriculum investigates industrial environmental performance through Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon accounting, life cycle assessment (LCA) inventories adhering to ISO 14040/14044, flue gas waste heat recovery thermodynamics, turbomachinery affinity laws governing VFD fan power scaling, closed-loop industrial water recycling kinetics, and material efficiency buy-to-fly ratios in additive versus subtractive processes.

Computational & Industry 4.0 Paradigms: Moving beyond simple compliance checklists, the module explores digital twin energy modeling, Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) applied to factory thermal management, smart microgrid load balancing, blockchain-verified material passports, and AI-driven electrical peak shaving.

Applied Engineering Artifacts: The module includes an interactive HTML5 failsafe simulation engine modeling multi-year industrial carbon decay and energy efficiency trajectories, a fixed-width systems engineering trade-off matrix, and fully worked numerical calculations covering life cycle material substitution, waste heat boiler payback economics, rooftop solar PV offsets, membrane water recycling, additive manufacturing scrap elimination, and variable frequency drive affinity scaling.

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