Name: Conference on Technology Towards Zero Waste and Zero Carbon (TEC2ZERO)
Start: 2025-10-09T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-10-10T14:00:00+02:00
Location: Bergische Universität Wuppertal

Conference on Technology Towards Zero Waste and Zero Carbon (TEC2ZERO)

from Thursday, 9 October 2025 (08:00) to Friday, 10 October 2025 (14:00)

Monday, 6 October 2025
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Thursday, 9 October 2025
10:00 OS 1: Oral Session 1
Oral Session 1
10:00 - 11:25
Room: HS 32
Contributions

10:45 Global Circular Economy – socio-ethical justice and challenges for science

11:05 Perovskite and Organic Solar Cells to Overcome the Green Paradox
11:25 Kaffepause
Kaffepause
11:25 - 12:00
Room: Foyer Geb. K
12:00 OS 2: Oral Session 2
Oral Session 2
12:00 - 13:00
Room: HS 32
Contributions

12:00 Automated Detection of Anthropogenic Rare Earth Element Contaminations

12:20 Die Rolle des natürlichen Wasserstoffs im zukünftigen globalen Energiemix

12:40 Mechanochemically Self-Immolative Polymers
13:00 Mittagspause
Mittagspause
13:00 - 14:00
15:45 OS 3: Oral Session 3
Oral Session 3
15:45 - 17:05
Room: HS 32
Contributions

15:45 Nanostructured and Atomically Dispersed Catalysts on Biomass-Derived Supports for Lignin Depolymerization

16:05 Grinding Sludge Waste from High-Alloy Tool Steel through a Smelting-Metallurgical Process

16:25 Where Safety Meets Sustainability – Oxidations in Continuous Flow

16:45 GraphRAG-Based Product Selection: Multi-Criteria Sustainability in Construction
Friday, 10 October 2025
09:00 OS 4: Oral Session 4
Oral Session 4
09:00 - 10:30
Room: HS 32
Contributions

09:30 Zero Narratives and threshold narratives

09:50 Psychology of Transformation: How Personality and Motivation Shape Sustainable Behavior and Business Processes

10:10 Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Methods for Pricing Emission and Renewable Energy Certificates in Energy Markets
10:30 Kaffepause
Kaffepause
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Foyer, Geb. K

11:00 Sustainable Design Literacy – a systemic approach through product and service innovation
Sustainable Design Literacy – a systemic approach through product and service innovation (Product Design)
11:00 - 11:15
Room: Foyer, Geb. K oder HS 32 In this paper we paper suggest a systemic approach to strengthen sustainable literacy through strategic design on a societal level. The UN Resource Council (2020) underscores that extending product life cycles and increasing the intensity of use is crucial for meeting climate and resource goals. Design can help to bind carbon dioxide in products and infrastructures in the long term and on a large scale—make it available for further use (Carbon Cycle). Extending product life cycles requires not only a cultural shift in production but also in consumption habits, supported by repair-friendly products and accessible services. Against this background, we present the project Sustainable Design Literacy, launched within the Master's Program in Strategic Innovation in Products and Services. Placing repair at the heart of the circular economy, the project aims to build competencies across the entire life cycle—from design and production to use, maintenance, repair, and responsible disposal. A multi-stage roadmap to 2030 outlines three core goals: raising awareness, strengthening knowledge and skills, and creating repair opportunities. The project specifically targets the needs of 18- to 34-year-olds because they have a significantly lower awareness of repair compared to older groups (Micklitz et al., 2022). Key elements of the concept are: legal and education-oriented measures (e.g., repair escape rooms); concepts for manufacturing companies (e.g., forms of interaction such as digital twins and repair apps); strategies for service providers (e.g., platforms and repair services); and product design (e.g., “readable” and modular products, modular designs). The concept highlights that transformation towards more sustainable forms of production and consumption need new and diverse educational formats, intelligent products and innovative business models, but also supportive policy frameworks. To conclude, we will use the visual outputs from the project to discuss the role of design in enhancing communication among diverse stakeholders to reach sustainable literacy together.
12:00 OS 5: Oral Session 5
Oral Session 5
12:00 - 13:00
Room: HS 32
Contributions

12:00 Port-Hamiltonian Surrogate Modeling for Renewable Energy Systems

12:20 Evaluation of Regionally Conditioned Climatic Hazards Affecting Electrical Distribution Systems during Heatwaves and Cold Spells

12:40 Building Performance Assessments at the Living Lab NRW as an Educational Resource
13:00 Abschluss mit Award-Zeremonie: Abschluss mit Award-Zeremonie
Abschluss mit Award-Zeremonie
13:00 - 13:30
Room: HS 32

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