Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a worldwide-used methodology for the compilation and evaluation of the inputs, outputs and the potential environmental impacts associated with products, processes or services.
This course presents the main concepts of LCA in a format accessible to a broad audience.
Package 1: Introduction to LCA and its relation with environmental decision support
Package 2: In-depth presentation of the main issues in LCA
Package 3: SimaPro software modeling and results interpretation
Package 4: Specialization modules for selected topics

Course leader

Pr. Li SHEN, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands & Pr. Caroline SABLAYROLLES, Toulouse INP, France & two other invited lecturers.

Target group

Senior Bachelor / MSc / PhD students and professionals who want to achieve a first degree of specialization in this field, but also to other people with a specific interest in these topics and a limited amount of time.

Course aim

Let the student learn the LCA concepts and use them in case-studies using SimaPro software.

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