The objective of the lecture is to impart & develop fundamental facts, theories and principles of ecology & sustainability.

• History, literature, references
• The Earth: facts & figures
• Planetary boundaries
• Anthropogenic climate change
• Life cycle analysis, Material flow analysis, MIPS, embodied energy
• Externalisation of environmental cost
• First and second law of thermodynamic, efficiency, Carnot cycle
• Energy sources, transformation and storage
• Premature obsolescence
• Sustainable product design
• The 17 Sustainable Development Goals
• Action plan for the circular economy
• Sustainability & distributive justice

For the successful completion of the course the following criteria will be used:

• Constant and punctual participation (min. 70% attendance)
• Submission and presentation of the exercises results (50%  of the grade)
• Active participation in the discussion (50%  of the grade)

Distance Learning Information

The Zoom link (meeting ID & Passcode) can be found in the ownCloud folder for this lecture.