Realizing the Green Transition
This intensive course raises awareness of the opportunities and challenges involved in implementing sustainability across industries and societies, with a focus on advancing the green transition. Drawing on insights from natural sciences, sociology, economics, and law, the course explores key topics such as the balance between greenness, sustainability, and economic viability; bio refinery integration in industry; renewable energy solutions; and carbon footprint assessment. Case studies and group work will encourage active participation and practical application, with content tailored to participants’ backgrounds for an inclusive, interdisciplinary learning experience.
Mode of Participation: Blended
8 hours of frontal lectures mixed with case studies and team work sessions
- ECTS: 1
- Total hours: 8
- Language: English
- Mode of participation: Blended
- Course code: INV.TRSVL.6.2
- Category: GREEN COMPETENCIES
Prerequisites
No prerequisites. Open to PhD students of all disciplines.
How To Apply
Contact for registration: dottorati@unimib.it
The short, intense course will generate awareness regarding opportunities and challenges correlated to the process of implementing sustainability in industries and societies, i.e., fostering the postulated ‘green transition’. The last decade has generated a huge amount of knowledge regarding sustainable use of resources, energies and processing. Implementation of this knowledge requires an awareness and common fundamental knowledge of associated theoretical and practical aspects across various scientific areas and fields, requiring a close networking between natural sciences, sociology, economy and law in shortest time frames. The following points will be exemplary covered:
● Greenness vs. sustainability vs. economic viability
● Intercept points of bio refinery concepts with current industrial production schemes.
● Modern energy harvesting and storage options.
● Business models connected to exploiting renewable resources.
● Concept of carbon footprint and methods for quantification.
● Tools for monitoring impact of exploitation of renewable and sustainable resources and energies on current business models.
The topics will be treated also in the form of case studies: short introduction into the case by the lecturer, followed by elaboration of the cases in teamwork, presentation/discussion of results.
18/05/27, 2 pm - 6 pm (lecture hall will be indicated one week before the course starts)
20/05/27, 2 pm - 6 pm (lecture hall will be indicated one week before the course starts)
Students will have to sustain a brief colloquium with the lecturers at the end of the course, which serves to assure that the covered concepts and approaches were understood correctly as such and in connection with the guiding topic of the course.
4 - Quality Education
7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
understand the opportunities and challenges of implementing sustainability in industries and societies;
compare greenness, sustainability and economic viability;
describe bio refinery concepts, renewable energy options and related business models;
understand carbon footprint concepts and quantification methods.
Name of the faculty: Heiko Lange, Elena Collina
Contact for registration: dottorati@unimib.it