TKMJ53 · 12 credits · Basic level (G2F) · Energi- och miljöteknik
Perspectives on Energy and Environmental Systems
Active · next start HT 2026
76%
passed the latest ordinary exam
DIT1 · 30 Oct 2025 · 17 students
78%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
DIT1 · 36 students
52%
Harder than 52% of courses at basic level
Compared with 874 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 36 students.
Part of 2 programmes
Exam
DIT1 Digital examination
- 5
- 4
- 3
- U
Ordinary exams
78% passed · 36 students
- 76%17
- 79%19
Re-exams
No sittings with at least 5 students.
- Get 4 or 5: 47% (36 students)
Show small sittings (2)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%3
- 25%4
Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Exam
TEN1 Written Examination
- 5
- 4
- 3
- U
Ordinary exams
79% passed · 62 students
- 87%15
- 88%24
- 65%23
Re-exams
43% passed · 7 students
- 43%7
- Pass the re-exam: 43% (7 students), compared with 79% (62 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 32% (69 students)
Show small sittings (6)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
- 50%2
- 0%2
- 50%2
- 67%3
- 100%2
Hand-in or lab
UPG2 Seminars
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 103 students
- 100%16
- 100%21
- 100%15
- 100%24
- 100%27
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
Hand-in or lab
UPG1 Group assignment
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 42 students
- 100%15
- 100%27
Later rounds
100% passed · 23 students
- 100%23
- Pass a later round: 100% (23 students), compared with 100% (42 students) on the ordinary exam
Show small sittings (1)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
Hand-in or lab
UPG3 Group assignment
- 5
- 4
- 3
Main rounds
100% passed · 32 students
- 100%11
- 100%21
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
- Get 4 or 5: 63% (32 students)
Show small sittings (2)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%2
- 100%3
About the course
Aim
- Explain the complexity of large technical systems and how they relate to sustainable development.
- Describe different approaches and methods for analysing systems, explain how they relate to the purpose of the analysis, and exemplify how they can support decision-making in the context of sustainable development.
- Explain and reflect on the relationship between the economy and the environment and on the different perspectives on sustainable societies.
- Explain and apply different strategies for a company to contribute to a sustainable society.
- Explain and discuss the significance of key parts of society's energy systems: supply, transformation, distribution and use of energy.
Content
The course introduces the concept of sustainable development including the economic, environmental, and social challenges and opportunities facing the world today, with emphasis placed on material and energy related challenges. Starting from these, a variety of both simple mitigation methods and complex proactive strategies to reduce environmental impacts from societies' energy and material use are examined. These strategies are approached from both a management and an engineering perspective, and their outcomes in terms of economic, environmental and energy output are discussed. Tools for assisting-decision making, implementing changes, and measuring outcomes are also presented. This course also touches upon the conditions that enable or hinder these strategies such as policies, the economic system and societal values.
Large technical systems is a central topic with special emphasis placed on electricity and heat use and provision, transport, water and waste management systems, linkages between systems, system thinking and life cycle approaches to solving environmental problems. Other important topics are the role of corporate sustainability management, design and innovation and government policies in reducing environmental impacts e.g. eco-innovation, eco-labelling and sustainable business models.
- Examiner
- Marianna Lena Kambanou
- Scheduled hours
- 0 h
- Main field of study
- Energi- och miljöteknik