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ENGR038 HM - Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Environmental Design

Credit(s): 3

Staff. The course introduces the concept of estimating the environmental impacts of a product or service from ‘cradle to grave’ or ‘cradle to cradle’. This growing field of research and applications is known as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). In a combination of lectures explaining the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of LCA (incl. guest lectures by practitioners) and hands-on practical exercises using available software for LCA students learn about the steps involved in conducting a LCA, the associated data needs and assumptions, the interpretation of the results, and how they can meaningfully inform product design and manufacturing decisions. Working in groups, students complete their own LCA in the last part of the course.