Génie industriel - Rubrique Formation - 2022

Basics for Life Cycle Assessment - 4GMC13A1

  • 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

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

Calendar

The course exists in the following branches:

  • Curriculum - Engineer student Master SCM - Semester 7
  • Curriculum - Engineer student Master PD - Semester 7
see the course schedule for 2025-2026

Additional Information

Course ID : 4GMC13A1
Course language(s): FR

You can find this course among all other courses.

Bibliography

Pierre Crettaz, Myriam Saadé , Olivier Jolliet. Analyse du cycle de vie : Comprendre et réaliser un écobilan, Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, 2017
Ralph Horne, Tim Grant, and Karli Verghese. Life Cycle Assessment: Principles, Practice and Prospects, CSIRO PUBLISHING, 2009
Guido Sonnemann, Michael Tsang, Marta Schuhmacher. Integrated Life-Cycle and Risk Assessment for Industrial Processes. Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2020
Chris T. Hendrickson, Dr. Lester B. Lave PhD, and H. Scott Matthews. Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Goods and Services: An Input-Output Approach. Washington, DC : Resources for the Futurer, 2006

Contacts

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