AG2800 Life Cycle Assessment 7.5 credits
Life Cycle Assessment
Educational level
Second cycleAcademic level (A-D)
CSubject area
Grade scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Course offerings
Autumn 13 for single courses students - To application
Periods
Autumn 13 P2 (7.5 credits)
Application code
10008
Start date
04/11/2013
End date
2014 week: 3
Language of instruction
English
Campus
KTH Campus
Number of lectures
Number of exercises
Tutoring time
Daytime
Form of study
Normal
Number of places *
1 - 10
*) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.
Schedule
Course responsible
Anna Björklund <annab@kth.se>
Teacher
Anna Björklund <annab@kth.se>
Yevgeniya Arushanyan <yaru@kth.se>
Application
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Autumn 13 for programme students
Periods
Autumn 13 P2 (7.5 credits)
Application code
50502
Start date
04/11/2013
End date
2014 week: 3
Language of instruction
English
Campus
KTH Campus
Number of lectures
Number of exercises
Tutoring time
Daytime
Form of study
Normal
Number of places
No limitation
Schedule
Course responsible
Anna Björklund
Target group
TMHIM2, TCAEM2
Part of programme
Learning outcomes
The overall aim of this course is to develop your skills of systems thinking in environmental issues, related to your own area of expertise. This course will give you a basic analyst’s competence in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
After completing the course, you should be able to:
- Explain the overall purpose and principles of LCA.
- Discuss possible applications and limitiations of LCA.-Describe the content and explain the purpose of the analytical steps of LCA.
- Carry out a complete LCA of a product or service system, including:
1. identify and delimit the system,
2. specify and handle allocation problems,
3. identify and use relevant data from LCA databases,
4. collect and use data from other sources,
5. choose characterisation method based on coverage and relevance to the intended application,
6. implement and use a computer model of the system in the LCA software SimaPro,
7. analyse, explain, and interpret model results. - Write a report of the performed LCA, applying to the reporting guidelines and terminology as defined in the ISO standard for LCA.
- Make a critical review of another LCA.
Course main content
The course includes lectures and a group project. Lectures will cover the following areas:
- LCA in relation to other environmental systems analysis tools.
- Methodology for the different phases of an LCA (goal definition and scoping, inventory analysis, impact assessment and interpretation).
- Methodology for simplified LCA.
- LCA software tools and databases.
- Critical review of an LCA study.
- Application areas of LCA and limitations.
Disposition
The course includes lectures and a group project. Groups of 2-4 students will perform projects in which an LCA is performed with the software SimaPro. Projects are presented in a report and at a seminar. Each group will also make a critical review of the LCA of another group.
Eligibility
180 credits (hp) in Engineering, Natural sciences including 15 hp in Environmental Science or equivalent and documented proficiency in English corresponding to English B/English 6.
Literature
Baumann, H, and Tillman, A.-M. (2004): The Hitch Hiker´s Guide to LCA. Studentlitteratur.
Aktuella vetenskapliga artiklar.
Examination
- PRO1 - Critical Review, 1.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
- PRO2 - Project report, 4.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- TEN1 - Examination, 2.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Requirements for final grade
Examination (TEN1; 2,5 hp)
Critical review (PRO1; 1,0 hp)
Project report (PRO2; 4,0 hp)
Final grade is a weighted average of the written exam and the project report. Pass grade on the critical review is required to receive a final grade.
Offered by
ABE/Environmental Strategies Research
Contact
Anna Björklund, anna.bjorklund@abe.kth.se, Tel. 08-7908621
Examiner
Anna Björklund
Version
Course plan valid from:
Autumn 13.
Examination information valid from:
Spring 09.
