Life cycle assessment & Circular economy

 

 

FACULTY

ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

LEVEL OF STUDY

UNDERGRADUATE

SEMESTER OF STUDY

5o

COURSE TITLE

Life cycle assessment & Circular economy
COURSEWORK BREAKDOWNTEACHING WEEKLY HOURSECTS Credits
Lectures4
Laboratory0
Projects0

TOTAL

5
COURSE TYPE Elective
PREREQUISITES
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION/EXAMSGreek
COURSE DELIVERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTSYES

MODULE WEB PAGE (URL)

https://eclass.uowm.gr


2. LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning Outcomes

The course introduces the students to the basic principles of Life Cycle Analysis and the Circular Economy. It aims at enabling students to:
• Develop and support their arguments for problem solving in the framework of environmental assessment.
• Gather and interpret relevant inventory data, related to mass & energy balances of the examined processes or systems.
• Disseminate information, ideas, challenges and solutions to both scientific and non-scientific audiences.


General Skills

• Collect, analyze and combine data or information using all the necessary technologies
• Decision making
• Independent work
• Teamwork


3. COURSE CONTENTS

1 Introduction
2. What is the Life Cycle Analysis
3. What does circular economy mean
4. Environmental management systems
5. Introduction to waste recycling and utilization technologies
6. Quantitative assessment methods and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)
7. Methodological Framework of LCA according to ISO standards
8. LCA Databases
9. Uncertainty of LCA
10. Environmental impact analysis
11. Design Tools
12. LCA Software


4. TEACHING METHODS – ASSESSMENT

MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
• PowerPoint lectures
• e-class

TEACHING METHODS
Method descriptionSemester Workload
Lectures40
Independent Study30
Case study80
Course Total
ASSESSMENT METHODS • Case study report and presentation
• Final exams


5. RESOURCES

Suggested bibliography :

• H. Scott Matthews, Chris T. Hendrickson, Deanna H. Matthews, “Life Cycle Assessment: Quantitative Approaches for Decisions That Matter”, Carnegie Mellon University

Related academic journals:

• Journal of Life Cycle Assessment • Journal of Cleaner Production • Sustainability