Sustainability in Engineering

Winter semester WS 15/16

1 hour per week course 8 lectures, each other Friday 9:45 a. m. – 11:15 a. m. in room V7.22 The first course takes place on 23^th of October 2015.

The following lectures take place at
> 23.10.15
> 06.11.15
> 20.11.15
> 04.12.15
> 18.12.15
> 15.01.15
> 29.01.15

Course documents

You can download the course documents some days before the lectures.
Download: Course Documents “Sustainability in Engineering”
[The documents are password protected. You will receive dhis password during the course]

Course objectives and contents

Over the last years, the concept of sustainability has gained importance. In times of climate change, resource depletion and economy crisis, sustainability is being considered as more and more important and is not only discussed in policy, but also in industry.

This course gives an introduction to sustainability and covers the following issues:

• Definition
• Historical development, international conferences, political issues and initiatives
• Sustainable Buildings: certification systems, especially DGNB
• Criteria and assessment
• Sustainability in companies
• Tools