Denkstatt - Sustainable Thinking

Hietzinger Hauptstraße 28
A-1130 Vienna, Austria
Telefon: +43 1 786 89 00 Fax: +15
E-Mail: office@denkstatt.at

DI Mag. Harald Pilz

Contact:
Phone: +43 1 786 89 00 DW 23
from Januar 2009 till June 2010 on maternity leave

It is in danger, says the environment
It is costly, says the economy
It is unpleasant, says the society
It is interconnected, says sustainable development
It needs mutual understanding and a common
search for solutions, says mediation


As an author of studies I try to understand complex contexts, to assess systems in a comprehensive (i.e. environmental, economic and social) way and to identify priorities for optimisation.
As mediator I want to support the communication between parties in conflict, to contribute to better mutual understanding and to encourage the parties in a common search for solutions.

Professional duties:

  • Sustainability assessment of products and services within their life-cycle
  • Cost-benefit analysis for recycling and recovery options in waste management
  • Mediation for conflicts in the public sector (conflicts in the sectors environment, planning, quality of life, social issues)


Projects:

  • Plastkretsen
    Strategies for sensible recovery of domestic plastic packaging waste in Sweden (2006 – 2007, S)
  • Voestalpine Stahl GmbH
    Evaluation of the ecological expediency of plastics recovery in the blast furnace of Voestalpine (2003 – 2006, A)
  • PlasticsEurope
    The contribution of plastic products to resource efficiency (2003 – 2005, EU)
  • EFOSZ Federation of Hungarian Food and Beverage Industries
    Sustainable beverage packaging management in Hungary - Analysis of environmental and economic impacts of a unit-based product fee regulation on beverage packaging (2004, HU)
  • Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
    Contribution of waste management to Austrian aluminium household (2003, A)
  • Agrolinz Melamin GmbH
    Sustainability Assessment of nitrogen management for winter wheat (2002, A)

Education

  • 1986 – 1992 Studies in technical physics; University of Linz
  • 1986 – 1992 Studies in physics and mathematics for teaching; University of Linz
  • 1992 – 1998 Studies in technical environmental protection, Vienna University of Technology and Vienna University of Agriculture, Forestry and Renewable Resources
  • 2003 – 2004 Training for “Mediation for conflicts in the public sector”, ARGE Bildungsmanagement Wien