SUSTAIN-CE

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SUSTAIN-CE

EU Programme: 

Coordination: YASAR UNIVERSITESI (Turkey)

Participants: IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Turkey)|KENTRO EREVNON NOTIOANATOLIKIS EVROPIS ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIREIA (Greece)|ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS (Greece)|ISQ (Portugal)|FOLKART YAPI SANAYI TICARET A.S. (Turkey)

Starting Year:  2020 

Duration: 2020-2023

ISQ Contact: YASAR UNIVERSITESI (Turkey)

Areas: Industry, Innovation, Sustainability, Training

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Acronym: SUSTAIN-CE

Project Title: Integration of Sustainable Design and Circular Economy Concepts in Civil Engineering Curricula

Project Code: 2020-1-TR01-KA203-093522

Total Cost: 254.412 €

Funding: 254.412 €

GOALS

SUSTAIN-CE addresses circular economy concepts and principles within the construction sector, aiming at integrating principles of sustainable development and circular economy (SD/CE) in civil engineering curricula, which should consider all steps from raw material to the life-cycle of the end-product in the construction sector.

Infrastructure is the backbone of sustainable development and forms much of the foundation for quality of life. However, it consumes vast material resources and energy. For this reason, it is of paramount importance that prospective engineers, who will design, construct, and maintain these systems for the next 50 or more years, are equipped with the awareness and knowledge of sustainable infrastructure design.

Main objectives of the SUSTAIN-CE project are:

  • To develop a new innovative civil engineering curriculum to allow the graduates the ability to apply concepts and principles of SD/CE in the design and construction of civil engineering projects.
  • To develop a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) platform that contains all the deliverables of the project.
  • To increase awareness and knowledge in the general civil engineering community on SD/CE related concepts.
  • Contribute to a sustainable improvement of quality of life in Europe.

In short, SUSTAIN-CE project will enrich the Civil Engineering undergraduate programs’ curricula by incorporating in them Sustainable Design (SD) and Circular Economy (CE) concepts. This will ensure that graduates can apply these concepts in the development and implementation of civil engineering projects.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

Civil engineering covers a wide range of disciplines that incorporates infrastructures: construction, environmental, geotechnical, water resources, structural and transportation engineering. Therefore, it is imperative civil engineering undergraduate students get accustomed to concepts and principles needed to meet the requirements of sustainability in civil engineering projects. As a response, SUSTAIN-CE project will attempt to enrich the contemporary civil engineering undergraduate programs’ curricula, which are mainly focused on regulations, standards, codes and safety and serviceability of infrastructure systems, by incorporating sustainability, resilience and circular economy concepts in various stages of the design courses. The partners will co-create a new innovative undergraduate civil engineering curriculum that covers sustainable infrastructure design to ensure graduates can apply concepts and principles of sustainable design (SD) and circular economy (CE) in the design and construction of civil engineering projects.

In short, SUSTAIN-CE will result in the following deliverables:

  1. The syllabus and contents of a new course supporting the SD/CE concepts in civil engineering
  2. Three Training Events – Training Academies – implemented in Portugal, Greece, and Turkey.
  3. Three evaluation reports summarizing the results of the three Training Academies
  4. A guideline for other educational institutions willing to implement SUSTAIN-CE Training Academies.
  5. One VLE platform (design, develop and content)

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained .

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