Life Cycle Assessment (2020)
Diagrama de temas
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Teaching Faculty
Jonathan Albo Sánchez
Antonio Domínguez Ramos
María Margallo Blanco
Javier Pinedo Alonso
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a well-known methodology applied to products, processes and services which considers its full life cycle: from the cradle (as natural resources) to the grave (as air emissions, liquid effluents and solid wastes).
The course covers all aspects about how to perform an LCA study: definition of the goal and scope as well as the target audience, gathering data on resource consumption and emissions, burdens to the environment, checking the robustness and significance of results and conclusions, and reporting and reviewing to ensure transparency and quality.
This LCA course includes LCA fundamentals as well as practical activities based on LCA projects. For project development, the students learn how to use openLCA, which is an open-source and free software for Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment.
Keywords
Sustainable Development; LCA concept; Life cycle thinking; Goal and Scope definition, Inventory; Impact Assessment; Interpretation.
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Assessment criteria
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA "LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT"
Description
Typology
Final assessment
Reassessment
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Exam. corresponding to the lectures
Written exam
No
Yes
50%
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Minimum mark: 5,00.
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Duration: 2 hours
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Date: After completing the lectures 1 & 2
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Retake conditions: Final exam in June and/or September
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Comments: The september retake exam is only for those students who did not pass the June exam
Final report of the group project
Report
No
Yes
20%
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Minimum mark: 0,00.
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Duration:
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Date: At the end of the course
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Retake conditions: Final exam in June and/or September
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Comments: The september retake exam is only for those students who did not pass the June exam
Final oral defense of the group project
Oral exam
No
Yes
25%
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Minimum mark: 0,00.
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Duration: To be determined
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Date: At the end of the course
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Retake conditions: Final exam in June and/or September
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Comments: The september retake exam is only for those students who did not pass the June exam
Intermediate oral defense of the group project
Oral exam
No
Yes
5%
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Minimum mark: 0,00.
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Duration: To be determined
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Date: During the course
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Retake conditions: Final exam in June and/or September
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Comments: The september retake exam is only for those students who did not pass the June exam
TOTAL
100%
COMMENTS:
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Attendance is strongly recommended to the students. The individual contribution of each student to the group project will be checked in the oral defense of the project during the practical activities.
If the final mark from the test and the group project is below the minimum mark (5.00), the student can pass a retake exam in June (date determined by the ETSIIyT board). An additional retake exam is possible in September (date determined by the ETSIIyT board).
Part-time students COMMENTS:
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Partial time students can pass the course thanks to the exam corresponding to the lectures that will be taken place before the start of the group projects. A retake exam is possible in June in a date to be determined . A second retake exam is possible in September in a date to be determined.
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