Environmental Analysis of Product - 3GMAF112
A+Augmenter la taille du texteA-Réduire la taille du texteImprimer le documentEnvoyer cette page par mail
Number of hours
- Lectures : 6.0
- Tutorials : 6.0
- Laboratory works : 15.0
- Projects : -
- Internship : -
- Written tests : -
ECTS : 2.0
-
Goals
- 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
Content - 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
Tests - 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)
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)
A+Augmenter la taille du texteA-Réduire la taille du texteImprimer le documentEnvoyer cette page par mail