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

• Identify the fundamental differences between technology and technique;
  Develop sustainable, efficient energy and emission-free technologies as well as the independent development of technologies that are applicable in a giving environment
• Understand the principles of Appropriate Technology in the field of sustainable building, ecological product development and alternative energy concepts.
• Make a presentation over the acquired knowledge on the basis of a seminar work and avail it to a wider audience.

The lectures provides basic knowledge about the concepts of Appropriate Technology and development technology as well as chances and challenges of sustainable development and social-ecological transformation.  Concepts of Appropriate Technology in developing countries, North-South-Dialogue and technology transfer. At the same time, experts from the field of science, technology and civil society offer specific practical knowhow of sustainability in order to explain the significance and importance of the Appropriate Technology in the profession of the graduate engineer.

Open lecture style with room for technical discussions; Interactive, so that students are engaged with their own pre concepts of AT and experiences. Literature: Appropriate Technology: Tools, Choices and Implications by Barret Hazeltine and Christopher Bull; Capital in the 21st century by Thomas Piketty and Technology for Liberation by Willem Riedijk

Individual report/essays depicting and proofing students’ understanding of the theory of appropriate technology in a real situation (either in German or English)