Energy and Environment

Overview

Compentency

Implementing energy management systems, energy transition and sustainable development

Module type

elective module

Semester

winter

Site

Monastir

Language

English

Workload

60 hours course attendance; 40 hours self-study

Credits

4

Recommended qualifications

none

Energy and Environmental Context, Energy Transition and Sustainable Development

Learning Outcome

After the successful participation in the course Energy and Environmental Context, Energy Transition and Sustainable Development the students are able to:

  • recognize the effect of energy use on the environment
  • drive a sustainable energy management
  • identify the improvement areas and cost reduction
  • implement an energy management system

Content

  • Energy and environmental context: growth of energy consumption; energy and climate change; energy independence and security act; state of the world's energy resources; opening of energy markets and price trends; the energycontext in MENA region. 
  • Energy transition and sustainable development: new energy technologies; biofuels (different production); biofuels (industrial processes); sustainable development and its limits; CO2 issue; energy optimization in the refinery; CO2 capture and storage; H2 (new energy vector); energy transition and globalresponsibility; economic estimates

Details

  • Lecturer: Habib Ben Aissia, Hacen Dhahri
  • Teaching method: lecture, exercise
  • SWS: 2
  • Credit points: 2
  • Examination: midterm assignments (1/3); final exam (2/3)

Energy and Environmental Management Systems

Learning Outcome

After the successful participation in the course Energy and Environmental Management Systems the students are able to:

  • drive a sustainable energy management
  • identify the improvement areas and cost reduction
  • implement an energy management system
  • know and interpret the requirements of ISO 14001
  • acquire the tools and measurement indicators for the successful ISO 14001 certification

Content

  • Energy Management Systems: initiate the optimizing energy consumption process; discover the ISO 50001; initiate an Energy Management System ISO 5000; implement an Energy Management System; monitoring andmeasurement; management review. 
  • Energy and environmental management systems: the challenges of environmental management system; establishment of an EMS according to ISO 14001; acquire the key tools to build EMS according to ISO 14001; continuousimprovement; organize efficient management reviews

Details

  • Lecturer: Souheil El Alimi, Ramla Gheith
  • Teaching method: lecture, exercise
  • SWS: 2
  • Credit points: 2
  • Examination: midterm assignments (1/3); final exam (2/3)