DESIGN, SUSTAINABILITY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT - AN INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE BY KEA AND VESTFORBRÆNDING

Theme Catalogue

Table of Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................... 3 How to get there? ........................................................................................... 5 Overview of the Course ...................................................................................... 6 Registration and Group-work ............................................................................ 6 The course plan .............................................................................................. 7 Guided Tours, Workshops and Talks .................................................................. 9 Guided tours at Vestforbrænding ............................................................................................... 10 Resource Workshop ......................................................................................................................... 11 Guided tours of the recycling centres ....................................................................................... 11 Themes .......................................................................................................... 13 A. Collection of waste from private households ................................................. 13 B. The recycling-station of the future ............................................................... 15 C. Waste minimization and waste separation at Kea Design and Business ............ 17 D. Reuse of building materials ........................................................................ 19 E. The “GOLD FRACTIONS” from households .................................................... 21 F. MATERIAL DESIGN LAB .............................................................................. 23 G. Multi-cultural handling of waste in apartment buildings! ................................. 25

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Introduction KEA has, in collaboration with Vestforbrænding, created this week long course for students from Bygningskonstruktør, Produktudvikling og Teknisk Integration, and four specialties from the Design & Business program: Living Design, Sustainable Communication, Sustainable Fashion and Sustainable Purchasing. Through problemoriented group work you are given the opportunity to apply Vestforbrænding’s vast knowledge and experience in waste management to your own projects. Waste, design and sustainability sets the frame for the seven themes that you can choose to work with in your project group: Collection of waste from private households, the recycling station of the future, Waste minimization and waste separation at Kea Design and Business, reuse of building materials, The 'gold fractions' from households, Material design lab, and Multi-cultural handling of waste in apartment buildings! These themes deal with various material and social aspects of our waste management system and invite you to rethink and redesign its elements, focusing on how new ideas and concepts can change the ways to collect, sort, recycle and redesign waste so that it is less harmful, less wasteful and more beneficial to people. We hope that this interdisciplinary collaboration between the students, assisted by teachers from KEA and experts from Vestforbrænding can contribute to increased knowledge and awareness of waste and its application in new creative concepts for waste, design and sustainability. Enjoy!

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Vestforbrænding Vestforbrænding is an environmental company creating solutions in the waste management field. They are working to minimize waste and pollution, while also treating waste as a resource. Vestforbrænding handles around 900.000 tonnes of waste a year of which 33 % is recycled, 62 % goes to energy recovery through incineration and 5 % goes to special treatment (including landfill). Vestforbrænding are dealing with all spheres of waste management: • • • • •

Recycling, incineration, and landfill Separation and management of hazardous waste Collection and administration Consultancy services Research and development in the waste management field

In addition to solving waste management assignments Vestforbrænding is operating a number of recycling centres and the largest incineration plant in Denmark, generating both electrical power and district heating. Vestforbrænding is owned by 19 municipalities around Copenhagen and Northern Zealand. Their work is based on a ‘non-profit cost-coverage' principle, and in the long term perspective they should make neither a profit nor a loss. The 300 employees service a total of app. 865,000 people – 1/6 of Denmark's population. In addition, they service around 60,000 businesses. To find out more: www.vestfor.dk (Danish) or www.vestfor.com (English).

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How to get there? Vestforbrænding is located at Ring 3 at the intersection of Glostrup, Rødovre, Herlev and Skovlunde.. The address of Vestforbrænding is: Vestforbrænding, Ejby Mosevej 219, 2600 Glostrup. It is very easy to get to Vestforbrænding by public transport: Bus 300S connects via the ring road Vestforbrænding with the following stations: Ishøj, Vallensbæk, Glostrup, Herlev, Buddinge and Lyngby / Nærum. The bus connects withs-tog lines from Køge, Taastrup, Ballerup / Frederiksund, Farum and Holte / Hillerød. Buses 166 (Glostrup St. - Hellerup), 161 (Rødovre St. - Lyngby St.) and 330E (Lyngby - Ishøj) also stop within walking distance of Vestforbrænding. Find your connection at: www.rejseplanen.dk

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Overview of the Course “Design, Sustainability and Waste Management” is a very condensed, week long course of interdisciplinary group-work, workshops and guided tours to inspire and direct your project. At the end of the course you and your group will present your project for the other participants at a show in KEA’s Maskinhal.

Registration and Group-work All students must subscribe to the course. To do so, you have to state a first and a second priority for the themes in this catalog by following an e-mail invitation you have gotten from doodle. It is important that you have submitted your priorities before the 10th of October! Before the start of the course, course leaders will put together groups of approximately five students across the participating programs according to the students’ priorities. Your group then has to follow the directions for the given theme in your project work. On the first day of the course each group must itself identify a problem formulation that the group will work with during the rest of the course. Assistance from resource persons from Vestforbrænding and teachers from KEA will be available to you during the day. Each group will be assigned a teacher as a supervisor for the project and will be assigned a room at one of KEAs addresses for the group work during the course. Below is a general overview of the course: Overview of the course Friday 2.11

Monday 5.11

Tuesday 6.11

Wednesday 7.11

Thursday 8.11

Location: Vestforbrænding

Location: KEA, Vestforbrænding, and recycle centres • Group work • guided tours and workshops

Location: KEA

Location: KEA & Vestforbrænding

Location: KEA & KEA Maskinhal

• Group work • Preliminary presentations of projects

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• Group work • Group presentations in KEA's Maskinhal

• Introduction to the week’s program • Practical exercises • Group formation and problem formulation

Group work Guided tours and workshops

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The course plan Friday the 2nd of November (at Vestforbrænding) 10:00-12:00   

A short introduction to the week's overall program and of Vestforbrænding Three 20 minute talks on waste, sustainability and design Quick practical exercises between the talks

12:00 to 12:45 

Lunch provided by Vestforbrænding. Vegetarians have to bring their own lunch. (There are no possibilities to buy food and drinks near Vestforbrænding!)

13:00-15:45 

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Presentation of the main themes and guidelines in connection with the assignment, tours and workshops that the students can choose at end of the day and how to book them. Open house within the 7 themes. The students go to their chosen theme, where two professionals, i.e. a professional from Vestforbrænding (the resource person see each theme description) and a KEA teacher will elaborate on the theme and answer any questions from the students. The students begin the problem formulation.Feedback will be given on each groups problem formulation. Each group must have their problem formulation approved before the weekend and are given a room at KEA where they will work during the following week. Bookings of tours and workshops must be submitted.

15:45 to 16:00 

Rounding up the day and introduction to next week’s program

WEEKEND Monday the 5th of November  

Monday is dedicated to group work at three of KEA’s locations, at Frederikkevej, Prinsesse Charlottes Gade and at Lersø Park Allé. Visits to the local recycling centres, tours of the incinerator and tests of educational facilities in WasteLab focusing on waste / material flows, and talks at KEA.

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Tuesday the 6th of November  

Tuesday morning is dedicated to group work. After lunch the groups present their preliminary findings and ideas for teachers and experts from Vestforbrænding (Location will be given on the first day of the course)

Wednesday the 7th of November  

Students work in groups with their case. A few tours and workshops can be attended.

Thursday the 8th November  

Students work on the presentation of their results for the show in KEA's Maskinhal at Prinsesse Charlottes Gade 38 Final presentations in the KEA Maskinhal

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Guided Tours, Workshops and Talks During the week you can attend tours, workshops and lectures for new knowledge and inspiration for your projects. Most of these activities are on Monday the 5th. You must apply for the activities you want to be a part of during the week, at Vestforbrænding on Friday the 2nd of November to be able to attend them. Note: there is a maximum of participants for each activity. Visits, workshops and lectures Day and date

Time

Place

Subject

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Friday Nov. 2nd

13.30-14.00

Vestforbrænding

short guided tour at the incineration plant for students of theme F: Material Design Lab

30

Monday Nov. 5th

9.00-10.00

Høje Taastrup Genbrugsstation

Sustainable construction and operation of recycling centres of the future

30

Monday Nov. 5th

10.15-11.00

Høje Taastrup Genbrugsstation

Recycling of Building Materials

30

Monday Nov. 5th

9.00-10.00/ 10.15-11.15/ 13.00-14.00/ 14.15-15.15 9.00-10.30/ 13.00-14.30/

Herlev Genbrugsstation

Recycling centres – a part of the waste collection system

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Vestforbrænding

Guided tour at the incineration plant.

30

Monday Nov. 5th

9.00-10.30/ 10.30-12.00/ 13.00-14.30

Vestforbrænding , Wastelab

Resource Workshop

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Wednesday Nov. 7th

9.00-10.30

Vestforbrænding , Wastelab

Resource Workshop (for Theme F Participants only!)

20

Wednesday Nov. 7th

11.30-13.00

Vestforbrænding

Guided tour at the incineration plant.

30

Monday Nov. 5th

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Guided tours at Vestforbrænding Vestforbrænding is operating Denmark’s largest incineration plant where waste is transformed into electricity and district heating. All waste from the normal bin goes here but there are great potentials for more recycling – especially from households. This guided tour will take you to the most interesting places of the incineration plant – a great experience for all your senses. The guided tour will be supplemented with discussions on what to do with waste.

Time Nov. 2nd : 13.30-14.00: short guided tour at the incineration plant for students of theme F: Material Design Lab Nov. 5th : 9.00-10.30 - guided tour at the incineration plant Nov. 5th : 13.00-14.30 - guided tour at the incineration plant Nov. 07th : 11.30-13.00 - guided tour at the incineration plant Meeting Point: The reception at Vestforbrænding. Due to safety rules a maximum of 30 persons are allowed per tour. NO exceptions are made!

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Resource Workshop When creating or designing a product, consideration of materials in terms of elasticity, strength, weight, and durability are often made. Considerations of the ecological footprint or ecological backpack are rarely made. How far does a pair of sunglasses or rollerblades travel from raw material to final product? Is it possible to separate the product when we are finished using it? WasteLab is purposely made for this investigation. Read more: http://www.wupperinst.org/en/projects/topics_online/mips/index.html Read more: www.wastelab.dk (summary in English).

Time and place: Monday November 5th: 9:00-10:30, 10:30-12:00 and 13:00-14:30. For the groups in Theme F, there will be an extra opportunity to participate in the workshop on Wednesday the 7th of November at 9:00-10:30. Due to educational purposes there is a max. of 20 students per course. Vestforbrænding, Ejby Mosevej 219, 2600 Glostrup Meeting Point: WasteLab

Guided tours of the recycling centres Sustainable construction and operation of recycling centres of the future On this guided tour the focus will be on issues like;  green technology  esthetical/visual integration of e.g. solar power  communication of green technologies and sustainable initiatives  sustainable buildings at the recycling centres

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Time and place: Monday the 5th of November at 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Høje Taastrup Genbrugsstation (Recycling Station), Lervangen 1-3, 2630 Taastrup

Recycling of building materials This guided tour will include issues like;  quality of used building materials  contamination of building materials (PCB etc.)  collection and resale of building materials The focus will be on old bricks, doors and windows.

Time and place: Monday the 5th of November at 10:15 – 11:00 Høje Taastrup Genbrugsstation (Recycling centre), Lervangen 1-3, 2630 Taastrup

Recycling centres – a part of the waste collection system This guided tour will focus on the recycling centres as a part of the waste system. Focus will be on a more societal level and examples of wastefractions and the recycling processes are given. Time and place: November 5th: 9:00-10:00 / 10:15-11:15 / 13:00-14:00 / 14:15-15:15 Herlev Genbrugsstation (Recycling centre), Marielundvej 49A, 2730 Herlev. Due to educational purposes a maximum of 30 persons are allowed per tour.

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Themes A. Collection of waste from private households Problem: Private households in Denmark produce a lot of waste. Approximately 4.000.000 tons pr. year. If you store this in twenty meters thickness you could cover Slotsholmen. Every year! At the moment, most of it is burnt and used for producing district heating and electricity. This is not bad but if you sort this waste, parts of it could be reused. Some waste is valuable from both a sustainable and from an economic point of view. The problem with sorting and collection of waste could be divided in three parts depending on the actual situations:   

Individual family houses Apartment blocks The public space

Aim: The aim for the workshop is to create knowledge about the problem and awareness around the necessity for incorporating waste solutions when we design our buildings and the buildings surroundings. Challenge: You have to work with design and innovation to create user friendly systems which are easy to operate both for common people and for the companies which treat the waste later (transport, sorting, reuse etc.). The design also should be beautiful. You are working with one or several of the above mentioned three scenarios 13

Documentation: The choice of documentation is up to you, but it should be visual – posters, power point, models etc. Ressource person: Jesper Bøttcher Jesper is a project manager at Vestforbrænding Dept. of Municipality Service. Jesper holds a M.Sc. in cultural geography and has worked with Waste Management in Køge and Frederiksberg. Jesper is currently working on a project for the collection of waste from residential buildings.

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B. The recycling-station of the future Problem: Today recycling-stations (container-places) are often just places with some containers and a pavilion building for the staff. It must be possible to design the perfect recycling-station with the right flow from the private person’s delivery of waste, to sorting in fractions, to pick-up, to reuse etc. It must also be possible to arrange this in a pedagogic way. This, together with the buildings for the staff, could be a show piece for reuse and sustainable ideas. You could work with “green energy”, sustainable materials, reuse of rainwater etc. Aim: The aim for the workshop is to create knowledge about the waste/reuse problem and awareness around the necessity for incorporating solutions when we design and use our recycling-stations. Challenge: You have to work with design and innovation to create user friendly systems which are easy to operate both for common people and for the companies which treat the waste later (transport, sorting, reuse etc.). The design also should be functional and beautiful. You could work with the entire recycling-station or with part-elements (visitor’s centre, building for the staff, the container section etc. Documentation: The choice of documentation is up to you, but it should be visual – posters, power point, models etc.

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Resource-person: Thomas Hernø Thomas is a project manager at Vestforbrænding Dept of Project Management. Thomas holds a M. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and has a lot of experience working with energy planning and optimization. Thomas is currently working with a project on sustainable local energy and water supply for the recycling stations.

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C. Waste minimization and waste separation at Kea Design and Business Introduction/Problem: Schools often lack a well-planned and thought out waste separation system. Either the users are not provided with a visible and optimal way of separating waste or they are not aware of the necessity of taking part in the separation of waste! How do you see it at Kea Design and Business? There are various possibilities for sustainable waste management: 1. Lack of well-planned waste separation systems in schools, institutions and conference centres and clear and visible communication of waste handling. 2. Decision maker’s policies on handling waste. E.g. who makes the decision on separation of waste, size of containers, frequency of emptying containers, accessibility etc? 3. Lack of awareness among users for waste minimizing and separating waste, as well as reconsidering the need of printing, re-using paper, printing on two sides, consumption of plastic bottles, paper cups etc. The aim of the workshop is to find sustainable solutions for better waste minimization and waste management in schools by integrating a life-cycle approach among the various stakeholders. Challenges: You have to work with design and innovation to create user-friendly systems, which must be easy to operate for all stakeholders handling the waste. The concept of this project includes user behavior analysis, communication strategy and practical and technical design solutions. The design must be aesthetic and appropriate to the surroundings. 17

Documentation: The design must be visual. Resource person: Tina Møller Tina is a consultant at Vestforbrænding marketing dept. and is currently working on a project on the collection and sorting of waste at schools and municipal institutions. Tina is trained as environmental technician and holds a Master in Communication and she previously worked in the Municipality of Copenhagen.

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D. Reuse of building materials Problem: In Denmark waste from the building construction sector is around 4.000.000 tons pr. year. A good part of this is reused but it could be done smarter, more systematically and more sustainably. At the moment there are only a few companies which are working with the collection, treatment and resale of building materials. A problem with reuse of building materials is that they are difficult to seperate from each other when we demolish our old buildings. This is something which should be taken into consideration beforehand when we are designing the buildings.. We also need better systems for demolishment, sorting, collection, treatment and resale of building materials. Aim: The aim for the workshop is to create knowledge about the waste/reuse problem concerning building materials and awareness around the necessity for incorporating solutions when we design, build and demolish our buildings. Challenge: You have to work with design and innovation to create user friendly systems which are easy to operate both for common people and for the companies which treat the waste later (transport, sorting, reuse etc.). Which building materials could be reused, how and where? Could the recycling-stations be the place where we collect, sort and pass on the building materials for further treatment and resale? Materials for reuse should be of a good quality, and they should not be polluted with unhealthy fragments. How do we ensure this? 19

Documentation: The kind of documentation is up to you, but it should be visual – posters, power point, models etc. Resource person: Henrik Radmer Rasmussen Henrik is a Process Consultant in Vestforbrænding Dept. for Operations and Environment. Henrik is an engineer and has worked with waste in the municipality of Allerød. At Vestforbrænding, Henrik is the link between our development and operational departments particular in relation to the operation of local recycling centres.

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E. The “GOLD FRACTIONS” from households Problem: In Denmark large quantities of rubbish are produced every year. At the moment most of it is not recycled. Aim: The aim for this workshop is to make better use of materials in domestic waste, either by creating a system to sort and sell the usable materials, or by developing products that can be produced from these materials. Challenge: Use innovative methods to explore some of the following points: • Collection Paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and metal are well-known recycled materials but are there other materials that can be reused? • Sorting Cost, efficiency, methods and equipment for transporting, handling and sorting of garbage into useful fractions • Sale of materials Demand and price of recycled materials in relation to quality varies greatly and affects both society and economy. • Reuse of materials Products that can be produced from recycled materials. Documentation: The choice of documentation is up to you as long as it is visual, i.e. posters, MS-PowerPoint, prototypes, scaled models etc.

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Resource-person: Mogens Rasmussen Mogens is a Senior Consultant at Vestforbrænding. He holds a Master of Public Administration and he is also an Architect. Mogens is currently working with the overall strategy for collection and sale of the dry recyclable waste (Paper, Cardboard, Glass, Plastic and Metal) from single-family houses.

Inspiration: Berlin's Orange Box http://www.bsr.de/11741.html All this belongs in the Orange Box: small domestic appliances, toys, metals, media, plastics, wood and some textiles, but not any kind of shoes. ReWATCH http://www.rewatch.com/watches/1400.htm A wristwatch made partly from recycled materials Part of the watchstrap is made of leather from recycled car seats. The case body is made of recycled brass with a stainless steel case back. The bezel is made of recycled aluminum beverage cans using a force of 100 tons. One can - one ReWATCH. Each bezel is unique. Swiss Made. 4-S http://www.4-s.dk/regado.jsp?type=page&id=141 Recyclable materials have a value. Some materials are so valuable, that 4-S’ customers will pay to receive these types of waste. The prices follow the market for recyclable materials and will therefore be adjusted continuously. What Do Your Recyclables Become? http://www.maine.gov/spo/recycle/residents/whatr ecyclablesbecome.htm Top 20 things that we shouldn’t throw away http://ecosalon.com/top-20-things-we-throw-awaythat-we-shouldnt 22

F. MATERIAL DESIGN LAB Problem: Nearly all the products and materials that surround us were never designed to be recycled nor are they biodegradable. This results in mountains of waste that include valuable minerals and nonrenewable materials with a destiny to be burned or end their days in a landfill. What is our responsibility as designers and how do we change materials and the way things are made? Aim: The aim for the workshop is to create knowledge on material composition and material lifecycles. Addressing the need for designers to participate in the design and creation of new sustainable materials. Challenge: You have to find a source of local waste material created by the city of Copenhagen and then design, manipulate and create a new material that can be used for product design or construction. The new material has to be 100% biodegradable or 100% recyclable. Note: The workshop is part of a slightly longer project and some of the theoretical lectures are given before the workshop starts. The lectures outside the workshop week are optional, but important to understand the theory behind. Documentation: The choice of documentation is up to you, but it should be visual – posters, power point, models etc.

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Resource-person: Alan Sørensen Alan is project manager at Vestforbrænding Dept. of Municipality Service. Alan holds a M.Sc. in biology. Alan is currently working with questions on the handling of Garden Waste, Bio-waste and Composting and Waste planning.

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G. Multi-cultural handling of waste in apartment buildings! Introduction/problem: In cities where several cultures are represented you find various approaches and behaviors on how to handle waste. Similar issues you may find in apartment buildings! By looking into the specific area of Copenhagen Northwest you may discover barriers or great opportunities to solutions of how to handle waste. Aim: The aim of the workshop is to achieve awareness of waste management among households with different backgrounds; (E.g. Culture, gender, age, income etc.) this by analyzing cultural behavior and finding better solutions to handling waste integrating a life-cycle approach. Challenges: You have to work with design and innovation of user-friendly and technical possible systems, which must be easy to operate for all stakeholders handling the waste. The concept of this project includes user behavior analysis, communication strategy and practical and technical design solutions. The design must be aesthetic and appropriate with the surroundings. Documentation: The documentation must be visual!

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Resource person: Kirsten Bojsen Kirsten is project developer at Vestforbrænding and holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical engineering. Kirsten is in charge of RESURSIUM a platform for innovation & development projects. Kirsten has participated in a waste management project in Jordan and takes part in a factfinding tour on waste management in Marilia, Brazil.

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