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 Environmental Research:
The production of
each product opens a string of questions which must be clarified
in order to optimise its production and consumption.
One should be aware of how to reduce both the consumption
of energy and raw materials and the employment of toxic substances
already during the development of products and in the methods used
for production. Within the framework of interdisciplinary teams, application
studies have been made. The results of the spectrum of these comprehensive
theses results in a concrete transformation of our understanding of
ecological balance, the construction of environmentally sustainable
products, as well as the research of social and political aspects of
the labour market for preventive environmental protection.
Research results represent a foundation for a future ecological
model on which a lifestyle can be based which will conserve natural
resources, minimise the discharge of emissions and allow a substantial
prevention of wastes.
Teaching Seminars
Basics of Environmental
Science
- Principles
of sustainability
- Ecological
material streams management
- Instruments
of environmental politics
- Methods
of environmental planning
- Methods
of ecological evaluation
- Environmental-
and quality management
Basics of Waste
Management
- General
basics of waste management
Terms; Types and quantities of waste streams;
legal basics
- Municipal waste
Pick-up, recycling, incineration, depositing
of municipal wastes
- Construction
waste
Pick-up, recycling, incineration, depositing of construction wastes
- Existing
wastes and hazardous wastes
Pick-up, recycling, incineration, depositing
of hazardous wastes
Special topics
in waste management
- Ecological
balancing in waste management
- Principles
of ecological waste management
- Possibilities
for prevention of wastes
- Preparation
of waste management concepts
- Requirements
of Agenda 21 for waste management
- Ecological
material management
Industrial and
managerial sociology
- Managerial
organizational structures
- Personnel
and accounting
- Management
philosophy and ethics
- Humanising
the workplace
- Globalisation
versus regionalisation
Individual Lecture Topics:
On packaging problems:
- Alternatives
to disposable packaging: prevention and recycling
- The packaged
society
- The ordinance
on packaging
- AIR-PACK®,
an environmentaly sustainable re-usable package
- Perspectives
and problems of re-usable systems
On Waste Recycling:
- Procedures
for recycling paper, glass, metal and synthetic materials
- Critical
aspects of waste recycling
On Waste Prevention:
- Instruments
for waste prevention
- The central
starting points for prevention of municipal wastes and
their ecological relevance
- Value
of waste prevention within the framework of circulation
management
- Environmental
political conditions for waste prevention
- The Waste-Odyssee
- Environmental relief through waste prevention
- Possibilities
for communal waste prevention
- Influence
of the EU guidelines on the prevention of wastes
- Waste
prevention as contribution to sustainable development
- Approaches
for a resource conserving product development
- Prevention
of construction wastes
On Ecological
Waste Management:
- Concepts
for ecological waste management
- Ecological
balance in waste management
- Demands
of waste management on ecological consultancy
Ecological Consulting
The highest goal
of every environmental protection measure should be the prevention
of negative ecological impact. Within the confines of a comprehensive
environmental protection plan one should include prevention of solid,
fluid and gas emissions, as well as sustainable utilisation of raw
materials.
Without a comprehensive overview of the environmental consequences,
there can be no guarantee that individual environmental burdens will
not simply be transfered.
The method of ecological balancing demonstrates the special
points of departure and problem areas of environmental impact. It also
offers a well-grounded basis for establishing short- and long-term
measures. With this as background
- ecological
balancing of products and production will be undertaken
as well as
- product-
and branch related concepts will be drawn up for reduction
of environmental burdens.
These researches
represent the basis for consulting communities, plants and associations.
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