Students are able to

• plan and deal with production processes depending on their environmental impact.
• examine and possibly replace material technologies / processing technologies on the basis of environmentally friendly alternative technologies.
• critically question one's own actions, both privately and professionally, with regard to sustainability and the circular economy.
• incorporate the SDGs into their work.
• acquire basic awareness of the impact of products and their product life cycles.

B2.06060.40.020 - Design Theory

• Socio-economic impact of disposable products
• Environmental impact of disposable products
• Analytical methods for the evaluation of product life cycles
• Price-dependent choice of materials for joining techniques (recyclability of products)
• Calculation of carbon footprints of industrial products
• C2C product certification measures
• Overview of circular economy and waste laws
• SDGs and their impact on technical products
• What does recycling mean in the field of mechanical engineering?

Braungart, Cradle to cradle: remaking the way we make things. 2009
Donough, Cradle to Cradle, 2002

seminar (SE)

overall examination