Number of hours
- Lectures 6.0
- Projects -
- Tutorials 6.0
- Internship -
- Laboratory works 15.0
- Written tests -
ECTS
ECTS 2.0
Goal(s)
- Understanding of the relations between product/process and environmental impacts
- Understanding of the product (process, service) life-cycle notion
- Product or system environmental analysis : impacts of the different components and manufacturing processes, impacts of each life-cycle stage
- To be able to make a simple product / process life-cycle analysis
Responsible(s)
Content(s)
- Environmental impacts (1h30)
- Definitions (environment, environmental impact)
- Presentation of some environmental impacts
- Engineering and company stakes
- Life-Cycle Assessment (4h30)
- Life-Cycle thought awareness
- Impacts transfer notion
- Functional unit notion
- Methodology
- Environmental communication (1h30)
- Greenwashing
- Standards
- Interests and implementation
- Introduction to the LCA practical work on the batteries (1h30)
- Definition of the functional unit
- Defintion of the study boundaries
- Model and indicators (3h)
- Practical work : LCA of batteries (6h)
- Model with the Simapro LCA software
- Project : comparison of two products / processes environmental performances (9h)
- Choice of a topic (ideally from the companies data)
- Model with the Simapro LCA software
Test
- Written exam
- Practical work
- Project report
- Mark : 0,25 x written exam + 0,75 x (practical work + project report)
Note : 0,25 x Examen écrit + 0,75 x (CC+projet)
Calendar
The course exists in the following branches:
- Curriculum - Engineer IPID apprentice program - Semester 5
Additional Information
Course ID : 3GMAF112
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)