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KE0069

Environmental Impacts of Energy Systems

This course gives you, as a student of civil engineering in energy systems, knowledge of the environmental impacts the energy system has, and how you as a civil engineer can contribute to creating sustainable energy systems. Theory is interspersed with projects where you assess energy solutions from an environmental perspective.

The energy solutions of the future are a topical subject that is discussed daily in the media. Future energy systems must have low emissions, especially of greenhouse gases, but without threatening biological diversity by demanding large areas of land. In addition, they should be both stable and flexible, so that energy is always available when we need it. The old energy solutions based on fossil fuels present major environmental problems and the transition to a new, more sustainable energy system presents challenges that it is important to be aware of. During the course, we go through old and new environmental problems from an energy perspective and link them to both Swedish environmental goals and global goals. We believe that equipped with knowledge of the details and the underlying causes, you will be able to propose good solutions as qualified civil engineers.

Lectures are interspersed with debate, statistical exercises and a longer report where you independently develop a sustainable energy solution for an entire country and calculate and discuss what environmental improvements it will result in.

Information from the course leader

Välkomna till kursen!

Vi ses i den 28 augusti kl. 8:15 i sal A241 i Biocentrum på SLU.

Mvh Stina Drakare, kursledare

Course evaluation

The course evaluation is now closed

KE0069-10420 - Course evaluation report

Once the evaluation is closed, the course coordinator and student representative have 1 month to draft their comments. The comments will be published in the evaluation report.

Additional course evaluations for KE0069

Academic year 2024/2025

Environmental Impacts of Energy Systems (KE0069-10037)

2024-09-02 - 2024-10-31

Academic year 2022/2023

Environmental Impacts of Energy Systems (KE0069-10092)

2022-08-29 - 2022-10-31

Academic year 2021/2022

Environmental Impacts of Energy Systems (KE0069-10174)

2021-08-30 - 2021-11-01

Academic year 2020/2021

Environmental Impacts of Energy Systems (KE0069-10255)

2020-08-31 - 2020-11-01

Academic year 2019/2020

Environmental Impacts of Energy Systems (KE0069-10200)

2019-09-02 - 2019-10-31

Syllabus and other information

Litterature list

Drakare et a. (2022) Energi och miljö - energisystemens miljöpåverkan. Kurskompendium version 1.0. SLU, Vatten och miljö. Rapport 2022:9. https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/28635/1/drakare-s-et-al-20220829.pdf

Taro Lennerfors (2019) Etik för ingenjörer. Studentlitteratur. ISBN 978-91-44-12769-9. Upplaga 1:1. 259 sidor.

Course facts

The course is offered as an independent course: No The course is offered as a programme course: Master Programme in Energy Systems Engineering Tuition fee: Tuition fee only for non-EU/EEA/Switzerland citizens: 12690 SEK Cycle: Bachelor’s level (G1F)
Subject: Chemistry Chemistry
Course code: KE0069 Application code: SLU-10420 Location: Uppsala Distance course: No Language: Swedish Responsible department: Department of Aquatic Science and Assessment Pace: 33%