Applied life cycle assessment 7.5 credits, FOR056F
COURSE SYLLABUS, third-cycle courses
Course name: Applied life cycle assessment
ECTS/HP: 7.5
Course code: FOR056F
Educational level: third-cycle course.
Eligibility requirements: The course is open for students admitted to third-cycle studies at LTU.
Entry requirements:
No specific prerequisites
Course content:
The course provides you with an introduction to life cycle perspectives and applied life cycle methodology aimed at developing critical thinking regarding environmental impact and sustainable development. The focus will be on the following areas:
- Resource efficiency and sustainability
- What LCA is and why it's important?
- Life cycle perspective - a product's environmental impact throughout the value chain
- Functional units and system boundaries
- Environmental footprint of products and processes (nationally and globally)
- EPD – Environmental Product Declaration, environmental product declaration
Learning outcomes:
Knowledge and Understanding
After the course, you will understand the concepts of life cycle thinking and life cycle methodology, as well as examples of how they can be applied in research and industrial contexts. You will have gained an understanding of life cycle analysis as a method, its applications, strengths, and weaknesses, as well as knowledge and inspiration to use a life cycle perspective in your own research.
Skills and Ability
You will be able to critically evaluate and utilize results from a life cycle analysis.
Valuation skills and approach
You will have insight into how life cycle analysis can be applied as a tool for a deeper understanding of the environmental impact of a product or process.
Course methods:
The course is conducted as a literature and seminar course with hybrid teaching, online materials, and individual supervision throughout the course. The course is practically oriented, and participants will actively work on their own life cycle analysis project conducted using the software SimaPro.
Examination form:
The course is assessed through (I) smaller individual written examinations (quizzes), (II) project report, peer-review, and (III) presentations conducted either in pairs or individually.
Grading scale: Pass/Fail.
Course literature:
- The Hitch Hiker´s Guide to LCA: An Orientation in Life Cycle Assessment Methodology and Applications (2004), Henrikke Baumann and Anne-Marie Tillman.
- Life Cycle Assessment: Quantitative Approaches for Decisions That Matter (2018), H. Scott Matthews, Chris T. Hendrickson, Deanna H. Matthews
Education cycle:
Study period 3-4, 2025
Course is given periodically:
Every second year
Send application to: Pia Åkerfeldt, pia.akerfeldt@ltu.se
Deadline for application:
2024-12-31
Course open for application by doctoral students admitted to other universities than LTU:
No
Limited number of students:
20
Tuition:
No
Contact person:
Linn Berglund, linn.berglund@ltu.se, 0920-493381
Examiner:
Pia Åkerfeldt, pia.akerfeldt@ltu.se, 0920-491770
Course syllabus decided by: Prof. Lars-Göran Westerberg, Director for PhD studies
Date of decision:
2024-03-26
Updated: