VGU Urban Development Planning Overview over Modules and ...

organized in a decentralised network. Their degree of
efficiency will be optimized by using CHC (combined
heat and power) or climate neutral (no fossil CO2)
technologies and energy sources like solar, wind and
bio-fuel, optimizing sustainability in an ecological as
well as economical way.
The strategies of energy optimizing call for
acceptance and participation of the involved groups.
We will discuss that topic with a focus on methods of
the social sciences. How these methods are
developed and applied shall be subject of this
arrangement. Furthermore we examine possibilities to
examine success of these energy concepts and their
evaluation.
6 Learning outcomes The goal of the module is to sensibilize and educate
the students about theoretical and practical knowledge
of implementing and managing new systems of
energy supply.
7 Instructional methods Introductory lecture, group work, group presentation,
excercises, case studies
8 Module Form Seminar
9 Mandatory / elective Mandatory
10 Language English
11 Key words Sustainability, Appropriate Energy Supply, Ecological
Development, Environmental Management, Citizen’s
Participation, New Energy Paradigm
12 Duration 2 weeks
13 Credits 2 ECTS
14 Exam Oral/written in form of individual or group presentation
15 Comments
16 Recommended
reading
Craig, .M.; Zukunftsenergien – Die Wende zum
nachhaltigen Energiesystem, Heidelberg 2005
Jacobson, M.Z.; Reviewsof Solutions of Global
Warming, Air Pollution and Energy Security, in:
Energy and Environmental Science, Stanford
University, RSC Publishing 2008
OECD/IEA, Renewables in Global Energy Supply, An
IEA Fact Sheet, Paris 2007
17 Links
Schluchter, W.; Zukunftsfähige Energieversorgung –
Ein Sozio-ökonomisches Projekt; in: BTU Cottbus,
Forum der Forschung 21/2008
http://www.sozum.tu-cottbus.de/
http://www.sustainableenergy.com/
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