Intended learning outcome:
The module Life Cycle Assessment for Sustainable Engineering pretends to raise awareness about the environmental impacts of products and processes. In the course the students are expected to learn how to use the ISO 14040 methodology in order to quantified environmental impacts from a life cycle perspective. By completing this module, the students will be able to analyze products from a life cycle perspective, identify environmental hot-spots and optimization potential from different products and to understand the risk of problem shifting. The student will learn not only the individual steps of a life cycle assessment, but also to analyze the different factors that have an influence on the results, and therefore the students will be able to review critically understand other life cycle assessment analysis. In addition to the application of the methodology, the students will have an insight on several practical examples generally from the automotive sector. Of particular interest is the application of the methodology to the evaluation of the environmental implication of electric vehicles. Furthermore, the following topics of interest will be presented: Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCRs), Organization Environmental Footprint Sector Rules (OEFSRs). Through the participation on the lectures team Project, the students will enhance team work skills, project management skills. The students will learn to use the software Umberto.
Module content:
Providing knowledge of the fundamentals of Life Cycle Assessment (theory and practice):
| Code | 2522008 + 2522009 + 2522101 |
|---|---|
| Degree programme(s) | Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Technology-Oriented Management |
| Lecturer(s) | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Herrmann |
| Type of course | Lecture + exercise course + laboratory course |
| Semester | Winter semester |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Level of study | Master |
| ECTS credits | 7 |
| Contact person | Pavan Krishna Jois (Please contact the lecturer if the contact person is not available.) |