Christopher Lucien Mutel: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2017 |
| Name | Dr. Christopher Lucien Mutel |
| Address | Institut für Umweltingenieurwiss. ETH Zürich, HPZ E 33 John-von-Neumann-Weg 9 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| christopher.mutel@ifu.baug.ethz.ch | |
| URL | http://chris.mutel.org |
| Department | Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102-1227-17L | Advanced Life Cycle Assessment (HS17)  | 2 credits | 4S | C. L. Mutel | |
| Abstract | In 2017, the PhD seminar will focus on prospective sustainability assessment. Prospective assessment requires a number of new techniques; a special focus will be placed on the generations and incorporation of future scenarios. Classes will be taught using the Brightway framework for life cycle assessment, along with other open source software tools and libraries. | ||||
| Learning objective | To improve ones understanding of life cycle assessment, and the broader issues in modeling, improving, and understanding sustainability assessments. | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Students should be familiar with either life cycle assessment, environmental science, or economic modeling. This seminar is intended to be primarily for Ph.D. students. | ||||
| 166-0202-00L | Integrated Assessment of Technologies and Transport Systems Only for MAS in Future Transport Systems and CAS in Future Transport Systems: Technology Potential. | 1.5 credits | 1G | C. L. Mutel | |
| Abstract | The module provides a solid introduction to integrated technology assessment with regard to economic, ecological and social criteria. It introduces life cycle assessment (LCA), cost assessment, risk assessment and multi-criteria decision analysis. It also presents scenario analyses based upon energy-economic models which explicitly represent transport and energy-supply technologies. | ||||
| Learning objective | An overview of suitable methods for analysing and evaluating technical systems (transport systems) and the ability to choose among them to address concrete problems | ||||
| Content | (1) Introduction to and overview of integrated assessment - Current status of transport in Switzerland and internationally - Scope and goals of integrated assessment - Sustainability: concept and practical implementation via criteria and indicators - Overview of concepts and implementation methods (2) Selected methods for assessing transport technologies and their application to current and future options - Ecobalance / life cycle assessment (LCA) - Location-specific assessment of health hazards and environmental pollution - Risk analysis - Internal cost assessment - External cost assessment (3) Integrated assessment of transport technologies - Overall costs (internal and external) - Multi-criteria analysis (4) Analysis of transport scenarios - Scenarios, influencing factors, policy and sustainability - Approaches to scenario modelling - Global mobility scenarios: examples - Transport scenarios for Switzerland using energy system models | ||||
| Lecture notes | Distributed at start of module | ||||
| Literature | Distributed at start of module | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Announced to students of the of the MAS / CAS at the beginning of the term | ||||