génie de l'environnement

OBS: génie de l'environnement : terme confirmé par l'Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec. Selon ce dernier, c'est le terme le plus fréquemment utilisé.

OBS: The area of endeavor that in the end will either save or doom mankind. The environmental engineer, generally a civil or industrial engineer, is called upon to design, study, install and monitor mechanisms and processes that affect the human environment either adversely or beneficially. His greatest contribution to mankind lies in the realm of practical application.
OBS: The term ""environmental engineering"" is sometimes used to designate a more specific concept better designated by the term ""climatic engineering"".