Sustainable Material Design & Engineering
Integrated course, 2.00 ECTS
Course content
The course deals with methods of environmental management for companies and organisations as well as their effects on product design, materials and production processes. Within these fields, basic knowledge of e.g. ecobalance, environmentally sound product development, sustainability management as well as methods and tools for the evaluation of environmental soundness and sustainability, is imparted.
Learning outcomes
Graduates acquire detailed knowledge of the development of ecological, economic and social sustainable solutions for design tasks of high complexity in the area of Product and Service Design
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources / tools
BOOKS: Schmidt-Bleek, F., Grüne Lügen; Welzer, H., Sommer, B., Transformationsdesign - Wege in eine zukunftsfähige Moderne
Mode of delivery
integrated course
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Bachelor Degree
Assessment methods and criteria
continuous assessment