Circular Business Development

Full course description

This course builds upon the course Engineering in a Circular Economy and Life Cycle Assessment Project. You are encouraged to apply the concepts of the circular economy to solve cases being representative of linear-to-circular challenges. You approach each case by searching and studying relevant background information and example solutions applied in similar products. You are guided to relevant databases, books and journal papers. To solve the cases, you select and apply one of the circular economy business models which should encompass all economic aspects such as resources, logistics, savings on energy and waste streams, financing and product pricing. Where possible the full footprint is worked out. You should support your solution by a solid line of reasoning, basic calculations, experimental or computational evidence.