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ExpertiseUpdated on 22 May 2025

Design for Circularity and Sustainability

Christoph Tochtrop

Researcher at Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie

Wuppertal, Germany

About

The design of products and services is not only defined by their functionality and aesthetics, but also by their environmental impact. Innovations and ideas are realised in products and infrastructures. The Wuppertal Institute researches how product-service systems can be made more sustainable.

Field

  • Life cycle assessment / Product life cycle management
  • Network design of reverse supply chains
  • Reverse Manufacturing

Organisation

Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie

R&D Institution

Wuppertal, Germany

Similar opportunities

  • Expertise

    Urban Transformation & Circular Design

    • Data ecosystems
    • Reverse Manufacturing
    • Industry 4.0 technologies
    • Manufacturing and machine learning
    • (AI based) Material and Product Design
    • Network design of reverse supply chains
    • (Advanced) Materials and additive manufacturing
    • Life cycle assessment / Product life cycle management

    Annika Greven

    Researcher at Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie

    Wuppertal, Germany

  • Expertise

    LCA & Design for the Circular Economy

    • Data ecosystems
    • Manufacturing and machine learning
    • (AI based) Material and Product Design
    • (Advanced) Materials and additive manufacturing
    • Life cycle assessment / Product life cycle management

    Malte Schäfer

    Researcher at Uni Wuppertal

    Wuppertal, Germany

  • Expertise

    Value retention strategies and business impact

    • Data ecosystems
    • Manufacturing and machine learning
    • Network design of reverse supply chains
    • Simulation models and predictive analytics
    • Life cycle assessment / Product life cycle management

    Andre Podleisek

    Professor for Sustainability and Quality in Industry at OST - Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences

    Rapperswil, Switzerland