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

• understand the current resource situation (with a focus on metals)
• recognise the mutual influence of different measures against the threatening scarcity of resources
• make an active contribution to the circular economy in their later careers.

• Background (14 critical mineral raw materials report of the European Commission, water, energy, …)
• Economic, social and political impacts of resource scarcity
• State-of-the-art of possible solutions:
  - Design for Environment
  - Cleaner Production and industrial symbiosis
  - Alternative use models (product-service-shift)
  - End-of-Life Management (Collection, refurbishment, re-use of product and components, material recycling, energy recovery)
• Practical case studies from leading companies
• End of waste – when will waste become a resource?
• Future trends in research and industry

All preparatory lecture material (PDFs) will be uploaded to TUWEL before the first webmeeting.

Tuesday 02.03.2021:

Webmeeting „Welcome & Introduction“:

Meeting-ID

Time: 09.00 – 11.00 Uhr CET

Content:

• Welcome and short introductions
• Questions & Answers

Tuesday 09.03.2021:

Individual studying of preparatory material for next webmeeting

Tuesday 16.03.2021:

Webmeeting „Background & Motivation“:

Meeting-ID

Time: 09.00 – 11.00 Uhr CET

Content:

• Short recap of preparatory material
• Questions & Answers

Tuesday 23.03.2021:

Individual studying of preparatory material for next webmeeting

Tuesday 13.04.2021:

Webmeeting „Understanding Eco-efficiency (Learning Unit A) “:

Meeting-ID

Time: 09.00 – 11.00 Uhr CET

Content:

• Short recap of preparatory material
• Questions & Answers

Tuesday 20.04.2021:

Individual studying of preparatory material for next webmeeting

Tuesday 27.04.2021:

Webmeeting „Exploring Eco-efficiency (Learning Unit B) & Implementing Eco-efficiency (Unit C)“:

Meeting-ID

Time: 09.00 – 11.00 Uhr CET

Content:

• Short recap of preparatory material
• Questions & Answers

Tuesday 04.05.2021:

Individual studying of preparatory material for next webmeeting

Tuesday 11.05.2021:

Webmeeting „Environmental Impacts of electronic products“:

Meeting-ID

Time: 09.00 – 11.00 Uhr CET

Content:

• Short recap of preparatory material
• Questions & Answers
• Any questions related to individual project presentations

Tuesday 18.05.2021:

Individual preparation of project presentation

Tuesday 01.06.2021:

Individual preparation of project presentation

Tuesday 08.06.2021:

Webmeeting „Project presentations (group A)“:

Meeting-ID

Time: 09.00 – 11.00 Uhr CET

Content:

• Project presentations (group A)
• Discussion

Tuesday 15.06.2021:

Videokonferenz „Project presentations (group B)“:

Meeting-ID

Time: 09.00 – 11.00 Uhr CET

Content:

• Project presentations (group B)
• Discussion

Tuesday 22.06.2021:

Videokonferenz „Project presentations (group C)“:

Meeting-ID

Time: 09.00 – 11.00 Uhr CET

Content:

• Project presentations (group C)
• Discussion

Participation and individual presentation

Basic knowledge in production, logistics, quality, process and project management