Life Cycle Assessment (2020)

 

 

Course Information Course: Life Cycle Assessment Code: G799 Department / Unit: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department Degree: Degree in Chemical Engineering Faculty: School of Industrial Engineering and Telecommunications ECTS credits: 6 Language of instruction: English Instructors: Jonathan Albo Sánchez, Antonio Domínguez Ramos, María Margallo Blanco, Javier Pinedo Alonso

 

 

Course structure

 

Unit 1. Life Cycle Assessment fundamentals

• 1.1. Sustainable Development
• 1.2. Development of the LCA concept
• 1.3. Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment
• 1.4. Europe 2020
• 1.5. Life Cycle Thinking

 
Unit 2. Life Cycle Assessment methodology

• 2.1. Goal and Scope definition
• 2.2. Life Cycle Inventory
• 2.3. Life Cycle Impact Assessment
• 2.4. Interpretation

 
Unit 3. Practical activities

• 3.1. Applied LCA problems
• 3.2. Project with openLCA