Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
1
SDU – Sustainability in Engineering Educations
Henrik Wenzel SDU – Life Cycle Engineering ETALEE 2017 Exploring Teaching for Active Learning in Engineering Education Videnbyen, SDU, Odense 23 & 24 May 2017
2
Sustainability in engineering educations at SDU
Environmental engineering (M. Sc.) Energy Technology (B.Sc. + M.Sc.) – will probbaly soon change name to Green Energy (B.Sc.) and Energ Systems (M.Sc.) Integrated Design (B.Sc.) and Product Design and Innovation (M.Sc.) – with a specific profile on Sustainable Product Development Chemical Engineering – with a special profile on Environmental aspects Det Tekniske Fakultet, Institut for Kemi-, Bio- og Miljøteknologi
3
Core courses & disciplines taught
Global Sustainability (built on the platform of the IPAT equation). Life Cycle Assessment (the consequential approach). Process Integration (optimizing the network of processes at company level) Eco-Efficient Engineering (incl. Cleaner Production and more) Material Flow Analysis Waste & Ressource Management Waste Processing Technology Energy System Analysis & Design Industrial Ecology (Urban Metabolism, Industrial Symbiosis) Techno-economic Assessment, socio-economic assessment LCA & biosystems Water Management Systems Urban Water Management Det Tekniske Fakultet, Institut for Kemi-, Bio- og Miljøteknologi
4
Defining sustainability can be a challenge
The concept of sustainability is like an accordion, you can twist and turn it in any direction - to make it play the tune, you like …Jens Kampmann, first director of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, in the 1980’s Det Tekniske Fakultet, Institut for Kemi-, Bio- og Miljøteknologi
5
Our approach to sustainability assessment
We understand sustainability as long term viability, i.e. … within planetary boundaries and quality standards … and competitive under future framework conditions…
6
We have a holistic approach and apply a systems perspective…
7
We study the world… … especially technical systems
8
We study the world… … especially technical systems
… through a ‘macroscope’
9
We study the world… … especially technical systems
… through a ‘macroscope’
10
We study the world… … especially technical systems
… through a ‘macroscope’
11
We study the world… … especially technical systems
… through a ‘macroscope’ … in order to understand them
12
We study the world… … especially technical systems
… through a ‘macroscope’ … in a holistic perspective
13
We study the world… … especially technical systems
… through a ‘macroscope’ … in a holistic perspective … to get the big picture right
14
In order to do this…
15
In order to do this… … we need to understand the world
16
In order to do this… … we need to understand the world
… and the ways in which it can develop
17
Our approach to sustainability assessment
Environmental effects Bio-sphere: Resources, nature Markets, reserves, natural cycles Fossil resources, mineral resources, biomass, land, water, phosphorus, biodiversity, … Techno-sphere: Background system Crops Infrastructure, markets, material cycles Materials Transport Waste management Electricity Heat Technical system: Foreground system System 1 System 2 Comparative studies of technical systems under prevailing and future contextual conditions of techno-sphere and bio-sphere
Similar presentations
© 2025 SlidePlayer.com. Inc.
All rights reserved.