Teaching sustainability in engineering solutions as a generic bachelor course

(24/12/2018) Teaching sustainability in engineering solutions as a generic bachelor course Engineers have the potential to significantly influence the sustainability of technological solutions. At DTU we aim to address sustainability to all engineering students at DTU. One of the means to address students throughout DTU is the establishment of a course aimed at bachelor students from all of the university’s study lines. The objectives of the course, which is named “Sustainability in engineering solutions”, is for the participants to acquire an understanding of the basic concept of sustainability and its three dimensions (people, profit, planet), as well as to get an overview of a number of tools for the analysis of problems and the synthesis of solutions that are sustainable throughout their life cycle. The course ensures that the participants acquire the skills to use the most central of the tools introduced. Furthermore, the participants should understand the engineer’s role and responsibility in the development of sustainable solutions. Examples of learning outcomes are: •Describe the three dimensions of sustainability •Explain that each dimension is multifactorial and discuss the trade-offs that exist within and between them •Illustrate how companies can work towards the development of sustainable solutions •Know and use various simplified tools for use in sustainability assessment •Be able to relate critically to the results of various tools.

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