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Finding engineering solutions which reduce waste, address limited and undesirable resource use, and allow recovery and reuse especially of high value engineered components is an increasingly urgent need across. The Circular Economy approach attempts to address these challenges which have direct impact on the ability of society, the economy and the environment to flourish. This module will cover the scope of circular economy for engineering, presenting theories, approaches, methods, tools, with worked examples. Enablers, drivers and opportunities that infrastructure can bring to circular economy will be cover as well as policy dialogue and innovations that this would entail. It provides future engineers with the skills and capabilities to challenge traditional approaches without compromising safety during the lifecycle of the engineered solution.

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Teaching Delivery

This module is taught in 10 weekly 2-hour lectures and 10 weekly hourly tutorials.

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Learning Outcomes

1. Recognize and know how to assess the extent of circularity embedded in engineered systems
2. Distinguish between methods for circularity in engineered systems that can be used to reduce negative impacts on society and the environment
3. Facilitate technical skills needed by MSc dissertations that use analytical methods or modelling techniques to investigate engineering challenges

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Recommended readings

Bassi, Andrea Marcello et al. 2021. 鈥淚mproving the Understanding of Circular Economy Potential at Territorial Level Using Systems Thinking.鈥� Sustainable Production and Consumption 27: 128鈥�40.

Giezen, Mendel. 2018. 鈥淪hifting Infrastructure Landscapes in a Circular Economy: An Institutional Work Analysis of the Water and Energy Sector.鈥� Sustainability 10(10). .

Iacovidou, Eleni, John N Hahladakis, and Phil Purnell. 2021. 鈥淎 Systems Thinking Approach to Understanding the Challenges of Achieving the Circular Economy.鈥� Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28 (19): 24785鈥�806. .

脟etin, Sultan, Catherine De Wolf, and Nancy Bocken. 2021. 鈥淐ircular Digital Built Environment: An Emerging Framework.鈥� Sustainability 13 (11). .

Turner, David A., Ian D. Williams, and Simon Kemp. 2016. 鈥淐ombined Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment as a Support Tool for Solid Waste Management Decision Making.鈥� Journal of Cleaner Production 129 (August): 234鈥�48. .

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Mignacca, Benito, Giorgio Locatelli, and Anne Velenturf. 2020. 鈥淢odularisation as Enabler of Circular Economy in Energy Infrastructure.鈥� Energy Policy 139 (April): 111371. .

Akanbi, L A, L O Oyedele, K Omoteso, M Bilal, O O Akinade, A O Ajayi, J M Davila Delgado, and H A Owolabi. 2019. 鈥淒isassembly and Deconstruction Analytics System (D-DAS) for Construction in a Circular Economy.鈥� Journal of Cleaner Production 223: 386鈥�96. .

Jensen, Paul D., Phil Purnell, and Anne P.M. Velenturf. 2020. 鈥淗ighlighting the Need to Embed Circular Economy in Low Carbon Infrastructure Decommissioning: The Case of Offshore Wind.鈥� Sustainable Production and Consumption 24 (October): 266鈥�80. .

Hart, Jim, Katherine Adams, Jannik Giesekam, Danielle Densley Tingley, and Francesco Pomponi. 2019. 鈥淏arriers and Drivers in a Circular Economy: The Case of the Built Environment.鈥� In Procedia CIRP, 80:619鈥�24. Elsevier B.V. .

Zvimba, John N., Eustina V. Musvoto, Luxon Nhamo, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Isaac Nyambiya, Lazarus Chapungu, and Lawrence Sawunyama. 2021. 鈥淓nergy Pathway for Transitioning to a Circular Economy within Wastewater Services.鈥� Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering 4 (December): 100144. .