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Life Cycle Assessment (Spring 2011) |
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| Course code : | XLCA-U1 | ||
| ECTS Credits : | 5 | Status : | Optional |
| Revised : | 27/08 2007 | Written : | 31/03 2004 |
| Placement : | 6 semester | Hours per week : | -1 |
| Length : | 1 semester | Teaching Language : | English |
| Objective : | The aim of the course is to provide the students with an understanding of environmental effects of products seen in a lifecycle perspective, and experience in methods of life cycle assessments. Learning objectives: A student who has fully met the objectives of the course will be able to: • Define a relevant functional unit for a product or a system • model an inventory • execute a lifecycle assessment of a product or a system using different LCA tools. • develop proposals for the application of the results and for further analysis based on the LCA |
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| Principal Content : | Environmental effects, resources, waste disposal and working environment. Methods for life cycle assessments. Inventory of processes (process tree), data collection and impact assessment. Improvement of products by new materials or improved production process (ecodesign). It is possible to elaborate on the product used in Project 3 (Integrated Product Development). |
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| Teaching method : | E-learning. The work is done individually or in teams. Teaching is based on course material, exemplary assignments and an independent life cycle assessment of a product. |
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| Required prequisites : | For Export Engineering students: 1st, 2nd and 3rd semester and the PE-4-3 exam and/or the PE-5-3 exam must be passed. |
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| Recommended prerequisites : | For non-Export Engineering students: basic chemistry, general environmental science, basic knowledge of materials and industrial production processes. |
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| Relations : | - | ||
| Type of examination : | Approved labs/assignments | ||
| External examiner : | Internal | ||
| Marking : | 7 step scale | ||
| Remarks : | The final mark is the mean of the marks of the assignments. | ||
| Teaching material : | Course material available on CampusNet. | ||
| Responsible teacher : | Gitte Mellemgaard
, gime@dtu.dk |
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