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Course Catalog 00/01


Environmental Engineering

SBA002 Recycling and Sustainable Systems Design 6.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Quarter I

LANGUAGE:English/Swedish

EXAMINER
N Tiberg Prof


PREREQUISITES
Decided by the examiner.

COURSE AIM
The aim of the course is to analyse the development of present unsustainable systems mainly for food and housing. The aim is also to describe conditions for sustainability and to elucidate ways todevelop sustainable alimentation systems including changes in worldview, policies and technologies.


CONTENTS
* The development of the earth and the worldview
* The development of energy and matter through society
* Waste reduction and recycling
* Conditions for sustainability
* Characteristics of sustainable systems
* Sustainable development


TEACHING


EXAMINATION

COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, G

ITEMS/CREDITS
Written test 1.50ECTS
Exercises and literaturereview 1.50ECTS
Project work 3.00ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Tiberg, Nils.: Kretslopp - i stället för förskingrande flöden. 1995.
Mollison, B. and Slay, R. M.: Introduction to Permaculture. Tagari Publications. Australia. 1991.
Trainer, T.: The Conserver Society. Zed Books. 1995.
Kompendium i kretsloppsteknik. Avd för avfallsteknik.

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Valid for the academic year 00/01.

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