Material flow analysis and resource management
ENV-501
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Welcome to the Material Flow Analysis and Resource Management Moodle page
This is the main repository of information and content for the course
SCHEDULE
Lectures: 8:15 - 10:00
Exercises: 13:15 - 14:00
Project sessions: 14:15 - 15:00
Course room: GR A3 30
Computer lab: CM 1 111
FORUM
Please use the Forum if you have any questions.
READ MORE ABOUT MFA
Please find below some interesting MFA literature and inspiring material we highly recommend you to have a look at.
- Moreau and Massard (2017) Material and Energy Flow Analysis (File)
- Binder C. (2012) Material Flow Analysis (File)
- Baccini P. and Brunner P. (2012). Metabolism of the Anthroposphere: Analysis, Evaluation, Design (File)
- Brunner B. and Rechberger H. (2016) Handbook of Material Flow Analysis (URL)
- Eurostat (2018) Handbook Economy-wide material flow accounts (URL)
- Lifset and Graedel (2018) Industrial Ecology: Goals and Definitions (File)
- Video: International Resource Panel (URL)
- Umberto User Manual (File)
- STAN User Manual (Page)
COURSE INFOS
GROUP PROJECT
- Group project guidelines (File)
- Group project guidelines presentation (File)
- Guideline: How to write research papers (File)
- Final group projects: Schedule 12-19 Dec 2024 (URL)
- Project tasks (File)
- Link to join Final Group Project Presentations 12-19 Dec 2024 (URL)
W1: Introduction to the course and general concepts
Lecturer: Dr. Francisco Martin del Campo
CONTENT
Historical overview of resource use in time and space
Key issues in resource management
Industrial ecology as key research area of resource management
Overview of approaches for resource management
EXERCISE
Introduction to Python
PROJECT SESSION
Project presentation, guidelines, objectives
- Lecture slides: Introduction to the course and general concepts (File)
- Exercise session 1 (Folder)
- Audio recording Lecture 1 (File)
W2. Economy-wide Material Flow Analysis (EW-MFA) and EW-MFA in different countries
Lecturer: Prof. Claudia Binder
Lecturer: Dr. Francisco Martin del Campo
CONTENT
MFA
and EW-MFA: definitions
Main
material categories
in EW-MFA
EW-MFA
indicators
Data
Sources
How
to
perform
an
EW-MFA
Cross-country
comparisons
EW-MFA indicators country comparisons
PROJECT SESSION
Project definition & goals
- Lecture slides: EW-MFA and EW-MFA in different countries (File)
- Exercise week 2 (Folder)
- Audio recording Lecture 2 (File)
W3: EW-MFA in the Swiss context / Urban Metabolism
Lecturer: Dr. Francisco Martin del Campo
Guest lecturer: Florian Kohler, Swiss Federal Office (FSO) - Economy-wide Material flow accounts and their extension to circular flows in Switzerland
Florian Kohler is head of the natural resources and territory group at the Federal statistical office FSO. This group produces statistics in the field of material flow accounts, economic accounts for the primary sector, analyses of agriculture and food, and territorial analyses. For more than 10 years he is responsible for the production and development of economy-wide material flow accounts for Switzerland, and in this context has also represented Switzerland in various groups and task forces of Eurostat, the European Statistical Office. Before working at the FSO, Florian Kohler obtained his PhD in ecology on a joint project between the University of Neuchâtel and the former ECOS lab of EPFL, and did a post-doc in the Netherlands at the University of Wageningen in the field of conservation biology.
CONTENT
Environmental accounts at FSO
Material flows accounts
Circular material use
Understand urban MFA and urban metabolism concept
Understand accounting approaches and methods of urban MFA
Introduction MFA with STAN, Umberto, Phyton
PROJECT SESSION
System boundaries & data collection
- Exercise session 3 (Folder)
- Lecture slides: ENV-501 EW-MFA Florian Kohler. MFA_EPFL_240926 (1st timeslot) (File)
- Lecture slides: ENV-501 Week 3 - Urban Metabolism (2nd timeslot) (File)
- Audio recording lecture 3 (File)
W4: EW-MFA in the Swiss context: Cantons and Circular Economy
Lecturer: Prof. Claudia Binder
Lecturer: Dr. Francisco Martin del Campo
CONTENT
Learn from EW-MFA studies on how to get data from data-scarce contexts
Learn from EW-MFA about policies and circular economy
EXERCISE
Social metabolic indicators and risks
PROJECT SESSION
System boundaries & data collection (continuation)
- Lecture slides: ENV-501 - Week 4 - EW-MFA - Cantons and circular economy (File)
- Exercise slides - Week 4 - Sociometabolic risks (File)
W5: The Service-Stock-Flows Nexus
Lecturer: Prof. Claudia Binder
Lecturer: Dr. Francisco Martin del Campo
CONTENT
Understand the Nexus idea
Learn how to identify interlinkages between stocks, flows, and the services provided by these
MFA notation - Transfer coefficients
EXERCISE
MFA and transfer coefficient - examples
PROJECT SESSION
Stock-flow-service nexus approach & application to project
- Lecture slides: ENV-501 - Week 5 - Stock-flows-service nexus 2024 (File)
- Exercise session 5 (Folder)
- Audio recording lecture 5 (File)
W6: Dynamic MFA
Lecturer: Prof. Claudia Binder
Guest lecturer: Prof. Dr. Stefan Pauliuk, University of Freiburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pauliuk is an expert for method development to assess sustainable development
strategies. His work includes supply chain analysis, scenario modelling for
sustainable material futures, life cycle assessment of renewable energy supply
and conversion, and indicator development for resource efficiency and circular
economy strategies. Together with colleagues he estimated current in-use stocks
of steel and developed scenarios for material efficiency in the future steel
cycle that show the substantial greenhouse gas emissions mitigation potential
of energy and material efficiency. He studies the link between the transition
to renewable energies, costs, and the material cycles from a life cycle
perspective. He is professor for sustainable material and energy flow
management at the Faculty for Environment and Natural Resources, University of
Freiburg, Germany, where he leads the research group “Industrial Ecology
Freiburg”. He is currently the academic director of the MSc “Renewable Energy
Engineering and Management” at the University of Freiburg.
CONTENT
Principles and examples of Dynamic MFA
Practical approach to Dynamic MFA
Tools for Dynamic MFA - overview of the Resource efficiency–climate change (RECC) mitigation model framework
EXERCISE
Dynamic MFA
PROJECT SESSION
Dynamics of the system: past & future trends
W7: Spatial MFA
Lecturer: Prof. Claudia Binder
Lecturer: Dr. Francisco Martin del Campo
CONTENT
Understand different spatial approaches of MFA
The importance of temporal variations
Learn how to measure material stocks (spatially)
Learn how to identify drivers through spatial approaches
EXERCISE
Spatial stock analysis - case-study application
PROJECT SESSION
Spatial perspective & data availability
- Lecture slides: ENV-501 - Week 7 - Spatial MFA (File)
- Exercise session week 7 (Folder)
- Audio recording lecture 7 (File)
W8: Input-Output Analysis (IOA) and Material flow Cost Accounting (MFCA)
Lecturer: Prof. Claudia Binder
Guest lecturer: Dr. Vincent Moreau, EPFL
Dr. Vincent Moreau is a senior researcher at the Swiss Federal institute of
Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in environmental
and data sciences. For the past 10 years, he has been
leading research work in energy efficiency and environmental assessment of
economic activities. A mathematician and ecological economist by training,
Vincent has expertise in input output analysis (IOA) and life cycle assessment
(LCA). He lectures in material flow
analysis (MFA) at EPFL and Mines ParisTech and regularly supervises student
work.
CONTENT
Understand the use and contenf of Input-Output Tables (IOT)
Compare process MFA and Input.Output Analysis (IOA)
Learn how to apply IOA
Understand Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA)
EXERCISE
IOA and MRIO exercise with Python
PROJECT SESSION
Open session with reflections & discussion
- Lecture slides: ENV-501 - Week 8 - MRIO MFCA Vincent Moreau 7 Nov 2024 (File)
- Exercise session week 8 (Folder)
- Swiss Energy Input-Output Tables (File)
W9: MFA and Uncertainty
Lecturer: Prof. Claudia Binder
Guest lecturer: Prof. Dr. Stefan Pauliuk, University of Freiburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pauliuk is an expert for method development to assess sustainable development strategies. His work includes supply chain analysis, scenario modelling for sustainable material futures, life cycle assessment of renewable energy supply and conversion, and indicator development for resource efficiency and circular economy strategies. Together with colleagues he estimated current in-use stocks of steel and developed scenarios for material efficiency in the future steel cycle that show the substantial greenhouse gas emissions mitigation potential of energy and material efficiency. He studies the link between the transition to renewable energies, costs, and the material cycles from a life cycle perspective. He is professor for sustainable material and energy flow management at the Faculty for Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Germany, where he leads the research group “Industrial Ecology Freiburg”. He is currently the academic director of the MSc “Renewable Energy Engineering and Management” at the University of Freiburg.
CONTENT
Approaches to solving MFA systems
Sensitivity analysis and Error propagation in MFA system models
How to present results and uncertainty ranges
EXERCISE
Exercise on uncertainty
PROJECT SESSION
Scenarios development & uncertainty
W10: Case studies: Waste management in Indonesia / Critical Raw Materials (CRM) in the Swiss context
Lecturer: Dr. Francisco Martin del Campo
Guest lecturer: PhD candidate, Giulia Frigo
CONTENT
Case study on waste management in Indonesia
Case study on Critical Raw Materials and the Swiss energy transition
EXERCISE
Exercise on data visualization
PROJECT SESSION
Scenario development & uncertainty (continuation)
- Exercises (Folder)
- Lecture week 10 - Case studies, critical raw materials; waste management in Indonesia (Folder)
W11: Social metabolism
Lecturer: Prof. Claudia Binder
CONTENT
Understand relationship between MFA, policy and public
Understand MFA as a tool for bridging disciplines
Learn how to use MFA for policy making
Learn how MFA can be combined with social science approaches
Learn from case studies
EXERCISE
Past exam
PROJECT SESSION
Policy measures & recommendations
W12: Agent-based model (ABM)
Lecturer: Prof. Claudia Binder
Guest lecturer: Dr. Maria Anna Hecher & PhD Candidate Simon Ladino-Cano
CONTENT
Understand the key
characteristics of Agent-Based Models (ABM) and their application fields
Recognize the purpose of ABMs
in Industrial Ecology
Learn about the differences
of MFA and ABM and understand the added value of using ABM in Industrial
Ecology research
Recognize how ABM can be used for
spatial energy planning
EXERCISE
Past exam
PROJECT SESSION
Policy measures & recommendations
W13: Group project presentations
Final presentations
- 10-15 minute presentation plus 5-10 minutes of discussion (with discussants!).
- Present your results as if you were a consultant reporting to stakeholders.
- Assume she/he understands basic MFA but has not read your report and is primarily (only) interested in the environmental/economic/social/policy implications.
- She/he is busy and wants to hear your main conclusions and suggestions, and also potential for future collaboration.
- You may use slides but other support is acceptable.
W14: Group project presentations
Final presentations
- 10-15 minute presentation plus 5-10 minutes of discussion (with discussants!).
- Present your results as if you were a consultant reporting to stakeholders.
- Assume she/he understands basic MFA but has not read your report and is primarily (only) interested in the environmental/economic/social/policy implications.
- She/he is busy and wants to hear your main conclusions and suggestions, and also potential for future collaboration.
- You may use slides but other support is acceptable.