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Study programs in Industrial Environmental Informatics at HTW Berlin (Germany)
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MOPS – Aktuelle Entwicklungstendenzen bei der mobilen softwaretechnischen Unterstützung eines prozessorientierten Stoffstrommanagements in KMU
No full textDesign of a recommender system to improve the environmental impact of companies based on their material and energy balances
No full textAs worldwide agreements aiming to reduce the carbon footprint keep coming into effect, many companies aim to become more efficient in their production process. However, it is costly to hire environmental experts to help with the efficiency and carbon reduction process. This research aims to analyze the possibility of creating a Recommender System (RS) which suggests Carbon Reduction Measures (CRM) to the users based on their Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) reports. Based on the literature review into the latest RS techniques and the available databases, a study was conducted into creating a RS prototype. Analysis of the results demonstrates, that with the currently available databases, it is not possible to create an effective RS. The results indicate that in order to be able to create a functional and useful RS more detailed data needs to be extractable from the LCA tool. Further research is needed into the exports from other Environmental Management Information Systems (EMIS) and the identification of other factors that could strengthen the effectiveness of the RS
Aggregation and Measurement of Social Sustainability and Social Capital with a Focus on Human Health
No full textAnwendung computergestützter Simulationswerkzeuge zur Unterstützung der strategisch-taktischen Werksentwicklung eines Batterieherstellers hinsichtlich der Energieeffizienz
No full textDer nachfolgende Beitrag versucht einen Weg aufzuzeigen, inwiefern das Verfahren der Modellbildung und Simulation
eine Unternehmensentwicklung auf strategischer und taktischer Entscheidungsebene unterst tzen kann, um effizienter
Material- und Energieressourcen einzusetzen. Bislang wurden Software-Werkzeuge zur Modellbildung, wenn
berhaupt, auf operativer Basis genutzt und flossen nicht in die konkrete strategische Ausrichtung bspw. der Produktion
ein. Im Forschungsprojekt KapSimEnergie wurde daher der Versuch unternommen, eine derartige Unterst tzung
bereitzustellen. Das Projekt KapSimEnergie lief vom 15.08.2011 bis zum 14.04.2013.http://enviroinfo.eu/sites/default/files/pdfs/vol7995/0543.pd
Design and implementation of a lecture for teaching current Green Coding approaches and practices at the HTW Berlin
No full textAt the Industrial Environmental Informatics Unit (HTW Berlin), a test integration for a future ’Green Coding’ course was developed to implement the concept of environmentally conscious and energy-efficient software development. The course titled ”Current Development Trends in Environmental Informatics” now educates students on fundamental concepts and techniques in this field. The course emphasizes the development of software that is both energy efficient and environmentally friendly. Students learn how to optimize software applications’ energy efficiency by designing energy-efficient algorithms and enhancing server and data center performance. The course covers essential principles of ’Green IT’ and explores the ’Green Coding’ sub-field. The course is divided into three modular parts: internal lectures, external lectures, and a practical part to manifest the theoretical knowledge. The content of the internal lectures was significantly influenced by the current state of research regarding ’Green IT’ at the Industrial Environmental Informatics Unit of the HTW Berlin, in which current and past master theses, papers, and publications were presented. Current known German ’Green Coding’ researchers were invited for external lectures, partly on-site and online. A practical measurement course lasting several days, which provided the students with several test setups according to the ”Blue Angel for software products” standard to pursue their research questions, was created to deepen their knowledge. The following article presents and discusses the topics and results of these short papers and evaluations of the course concept and the course itself
Simulating Sustainability
No full textThis paper highlights specific steps considering the inclusion of a holistic sustainability approach in
manufacturing companies by focusing especially on the integration of social criteria in an existing
Environmental Management Information System (EMIS). This EMIS combines discrete event simulation
(DES), life cycle analysis (LCA) as well as material flow analysis (MFA) and thus already encompasses
the main aspects of the economical and the environmental perspective at least for the consideration in the
production phase itself. The contribution will focus on the reasons for an integrated approach and the
demarcation/mapping of social aspects and indicators for the integration in a single simulation software
where the other two perspectives already exist. Moreover, methodologies picking up on holistic
approaches on the sustainability assessment of the whole life cycle of products are highlighted.http://enviroinfo.eu/sites/default/files/pdfs/vol7995/0514.pd
Prototypische Umsetzung einer Webanwendung zur Beurteilung von Stoff- und Energieströmen am Standort Berlin-Schöneweide
No full textReview of Environmental Informatics Education in Germany and selected European Universities
No full textIn this introductory article for the Environmental Informatics education workshop an overview of study programs in Germany and rudimentary for some other European universities is presented. The focus is laid on degree programs with a significant fraction of informatics content as recommended by the German Computer Society (GI-Gesellschaft für Informatik) for Informatics Bachelor and Master programs, classified in type 1 and type 2 curricula. Thus only degree programs have been stated where informatics departments are solely responsible (type 1) or where Informatics is jointly in charge with a related application discipline (type 2). Six relevant German degree programs within this scheme have been identified and analyzed.
Further we have a look overseas and point to master programs in England, France and Scandinavia. Interestingly, there are no bachelor programs in Environmental Informatics known in these countries which could be classified into type 1 or type 2 curricula in accordance with GI regulations.
This listing does not demand completeness although a thorough analysis of literature and of the web and personal contacts has been carried out and documented recently in the context of a bachelor thesis.
Finally this article refers to a German PhD program in Environmental Informatics embedded into a terrestical ecosystems research school.http://enviroinfo.eu/sites/default/files/pdfs/vol122/0063.pd
Sustainability Analysis and Optimisation of a PET Recycling Factory in the MENA Region
No full textThis study demonstrates the use of environmental informatics methods in the MENA region, where sustainability approaches still face major challenges. The following case study focuses on the analysis and optimisation of the environmental performance of BariQ, a PET recycling factory in the MENA region. Through the application of a MEFA, an LCA and an environmental benchmarking with a competitor in Europe, the Egyptian company’s level of performance and areas with potential for improvement are identified. Additionally, a photovoltaic system is set up and evaluated as an optimisation attempt of BariQs environmental impact
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