ENV010 LCA - Life Cycle Assessment of Products and Services

Faculty of Science
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Mgr. Michal Bittner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Ivan Holoubek, CSc.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Mgr. Michal Bittner, Ph.D.
Supplier department: RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Tue 13:00–14:50 D29/252-RCX1
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- defend meaning of the life cycle assessment as a method that is useful if we strive to minimise the impact of industrial production on the environment
- explain how is possible to assess the impacts on the environment, and the utility of obtained results
- suggest how to optimise the process of the manufacturing or service in order to minimise their impact on the environment in their whole life cycle
- practically perform simple LCA with SimaPro software
- interpret obtained results with their critical assessment
Syllabus
  • Lectures:
  • 1) Principles of life cycle assessment of products and services, and defending of the meaning of LCA
  • 2) Definition of aims nad the scope of the study, functional unit, inventarisation
  • 3) Impacts assessment
  • 4) Impact categories (resources depletion, climatic changes, human health, ecosystem quality...)
  • 5) Interpretation of the life cycle and critical revision of the LCA study
  • 6) Sources of information, use of LCA, software tools
  • Excersises - work with SimaPro software
  • 7) Logic of the SimaPro
  • 8) Initiation of LCA study, aims and scope definition
  • 9) Use of relevant information from included databases or directly from the manufacturer
  • 10) Impact assessment and their interpretaion, various types of the visualisation and their importance, weighting
  • 11) LCA outputs
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KOČÍ, Vladimír. Posuzování životního cyklu. Vyd. 1. Chrudim: Vodní zdroje Ekomonitor, 2009, 263 s. ISBN 9788086832425. info
  • BAUMANN, Henrikke and Anne-Marie TILLMAN. The hitch hiker's guide to LCA : an orientation in life cycle assessment methodology and application. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2004, 543 s. ISBN 9144023642. info
Teaching methods
Education is performed as lectures with Powerpoint prezentation. Students are frequently asked to think about actual topic. They are encouraged to ask questions and be in interaction with the lecturer. Part of the subject is also work with programme SimaPro.
Assessment methods
Final written test with possibility of additional oral revision.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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