Number of hours
- Lectures 6.0
- Projects -
- Tutorials 6.0
- Internship -
- Laboratory works -
- Written tests 1.0
ECTS
ECTS 1.5
Goal(s)
- Understand the links between product/process and environmental impacts
- Understand the concept of product (process, service) life cycle
- Environmental analysis of a product or a system: identification of the impacts of the different components and manufacturing processes, identification of the impacts of each phase of the life cycle
- Be able to carry out a life cycle analysis on a simple product / process
Responsible(s)
Content(s)
- Environmental impacts
- Definitions (environment, environmental impact)
- Presentation of some environmental impacts
- Issues for engineering and the company
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Awareness of life cycle thinking
- Notion of impact transfer
- Notion of functional unit
- Methodology
- Environmental communication
- Greenwashing
- Standards
- Interest and implementation
- TP LCA
- Definition of the functional unit - Definition of the study boundaries
- Life Cycle Inventory - Modelling
- Calculations and interpretation of results
Test
Note = 0,3 x Examen écrit + 0,7 x Contrôle Continue
Calendar
The course exists in the following branches:
- Curriculum - Engineer student Master SCM - Semester 7
- Curriculum - Engineer student Master PD - Semester 7
Additional Information
Course ID : 4GMC13A1
Course language(s):
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Bibliography
Analyse du cycle de vie : Comprendre et réaliser un écobilan Pierre Crettaz, Myriam Saadé , Olivier Jolliet.
Life Cycle Assessment: Principles, Practice and Prospects by Ralph Horne, Tim Grant, and Karli Verghese (Paperback - June 2009)
Integrated Life-Cycle and Risk Assessment for Industrial Processes by Marta Schuhmacher (Kindle Edition - Apr. 17, 2007) - Kindle Book
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Goods and Services: An Input-Output Approach by Chris T. Hendrickson, Dr. Lester B. Lave PhD, and H. Scott Matthews (Hardcover - Apr. 19, 2006)