After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

• list the most common methods for environmental assessment
• select an appropriate assessment method for a certain issue
• apply assessment methods in practice
• interpret and communicate obtained results
  

Subject will be taught in English

• The need for an evaluation of material flow systems
• risks and opportunities of evaluation
• presentation of the most relevant scientific and technical evaluation methods such as Life Cycle Assessment, "geogenic vs antropogenic"-approaches, Total Materials Requirement (TMR), Sustainable Process Index (SPI), Cost-Benefit Analysis, Exergy, Entropy, Risk Analysis
• analysis of shortcomings
• working on case studies covering the presented evaluation tools

• Lecture with discussions
• Exercises
• Question & answer to Exercises

 For further questions concerning the lecture, please contact stefan.spacek@tuwien.ac.a

The presentation of our summer term courses is taking place on March 1, 2022 at 09:00.
Access Link: https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/93581727129?pwd=alZiVjZibC9jVWprN1FjY3hXZWM3UT09
Meeting-ID: 935 8172 7129
Passwort: UANKW20r
Participation in this presentation is not mandatory.

Additional information: If, due to the requirements of the federal government or the TU Wien, it is not possible to hold the course and the examination or parts of the course in attendance, the format will be switched to online. . When switching to the online format, the following methods and modes apply:

Method when switching to online format:
Recordings in TUWEL, zoom meetings

Exam mode when switching to online format:
Written, under supervision (Zoom Meeting)

Assessment scheme for the online exam:
See “exam modalities”; no change by switching to online format

Required technical equipment for participation in the course and examination:
Device with internet access (notebook, PC, tablet, smartphone)

Certificate of achievement:
See “exam modalities”; no change by switching to online format

Zuordnung im Masterstudium Bauingenieurwesen (Studienkennzahl: 066 505):
Modul 2 der Vertiefungsrichtung Wasser & Ressourcen
Modul 3 der anderen Vertiefungsrichtungen

• The grade is composed of the evaluation of the exercises and of the performance at the written exam
• Two assignments with focus on the application of specific methods to a waste management problem
• Points received from the exercises are only taken into account if the assignments were finished before the written exam
• Written exam (first possibility at the end of the lecture series)
• Insight into the completed exam is only possible with an appointment (E-Mail).