Nyhetsflöde

ÖvrigtFöreläsning

SPre-seminarium

Multiple times for pre-seminar are listed in the schedule. Each group signs up for one of these.¶

Location: fms seminar room, Drottning Kristinas väg 30, 3rdfloor¶

Pre-Seminarium

Pre-Sseminar 2

Multiple times for pre-seminar are listed in the schedule. Each group signs up for one of these.¶

L22

Egen sal

Pre-seminar 2

L22Q21

Q21L22

FöreläsningL4: Inventory analysis

Constructing a flow model and collecting data of the technical system. Understanding this phase of LCA is important for you to make a detailed description of the technical system of your project, and to help you start collecting relevant data. This is necessary as background for the second project supervision meeting (PS2). Literature for L4: - Curran, M. A. (2015) Life Cycle Assessment Student Handbook. Chapter 3. - PRé Consultants (2013) SimaPro 7 Introduction to LCA, chapter 3. - Finnveden, G., Hauschild, M., Ekvall, T., Guinée, J., Heijungs, R., Hellweg, S., Koehler, A. ,Pennington, D., and Suh, S. (2009) Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment. Journal of Environmental Management 91, 1–21. - Hauschild, M., Goedkoop, M., Guinée, J., Heijungs, R., Huijbregts, M., Jolliet, O., Margni, M., De Schryver, A., Humbert, S., Laurent, A., Sala, S., and Pant, R. (2013) Identifying best existing practice for characterization modeling in life cycle impact assessment. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 18:683–697.

Constructing a flow model and collecting data of the technical system. Understanding this phase of LCA is important for you to make a detailed description of the technical system of your project, and to help you start collecting relevant data. This is necessary as background for the second project supervision meeting (PS2).¶

Literature for L4: -¶


* Curran, M. A. (2015) Life Cycle Assessment Student Handbook. Chapter 3. -
* PRé Consultants (2013) SimaPro 7 Introduction to LCA, chapter 3. -
* Finnveden, G., Hauschild, M., Ekvall, T., Guinée, J., Heijungs, R., Hellweg, S., Koehler, A. ,Pennington, D., and Suh, S. (2009) Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment. Journal of Environmental Management 91, 1–21. -
* Hauschild, M., Goedkoop, M., Guinée, J., Heijungs, R., Huijbregts, M., Jolliet, O., Margni, M., De Schryver, A., Humbert, S., Laurent, A., Sala, S., and Pant, R. (2013) Identifying best existing practice for characterization modeling in life cycle impact assessment. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 18:683–697.

B23L42

Salsbyte pga. underhåll

L421

FöreläsningLecture 9: LCA in practice

Lectures by invited speakers on application of LCA in companies and for planning purposes.¶


* “LCA and eco design at Bombardier” Yannos Wikström, Bombardier.
* “Practical application of LCA in research: assessment of emerging technologies” James Joyce, KTH.

M37Q22

FöreläsningLecture 8: LCA in practice

Lectures by invited speakers on the use of LCA for environmental product declarations.¶


* “The international EPD system – a tool for communicating life cycle performance of products and services”, Joakim Thornéus, The International EPD® System.
* “Environmental product declarations of buildings”, Nicklas Magnusson, Tyréns.

B22Q17

FöreläsningLecture 7: Social LCA

Overview of Social LCA, its main characteristics, methodology and guidlines. Presentation of a case study.¶

Literature for L7:¶


* Curran, M. A. (2015) Life Cycle Assessment Student Handbook. Chapter 7.4.
* Wu, R. Yang, D., and ChenWu, J. (2014) Social Life Cycle Assessment Revisited. Sustainability, 6, 4200-4226.

B22E35

FöreläsningL6: Weighting, normalisation and interpretation

Methods for further aggregation of impact assessment results, as an aid to interprete the impact assessment results. This is necessary as background for the fourth supervision meeting (PS4).¶

Literature for L6:¶


* Curran, M. A. (2015) Life Cycle Assessment Student Handbook. Chapter 5.
* PRé Consultants (2008) SimaPro 7 Introduction to LCA. Chapter 4.5 – 4.6.
* Hellweg, S. and i Canals, L. M. (2014) Emerging approaches, challenges and opportunities in life cycle assessment. Science, 344, 1109-1113.

B23Q17

FöreläsningL5: Impact assessment

Describing the environmental consequences of the environmental loads of a technical system, the principles and methods available for doing so. Understanding this phase is important when you start interpreting the results of your project. This is necessary as background for the third project supervision meeting (PS3).¶

Literature for L5:¶


* Curran, M. A. (2015) Life Cycle Assessment Student Handbook. Chapter 4.
* PRé Consultants (2013) SimaPro 7 Introduction to LCA. Chapter 4.1 - 4.4.
* Finnveden, G., Hauschild, M., Ekvall, T., Guinée, J., Heijungs, R., Hellweg, S., Koehler, A. ,Pennington, D., and Suh, S. (2009) Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment. Journal of Environmental Management 91, 1–21.
* Hauschild, M., Goedkoop, M., Guinée, J., Heijungs, R., Huijbregts, M., Jolliet, O., Margni, M., De Schryver, A., Humbert, S., Laurent, A., Sala, S., and Pant, R. (2013) Identifying best existing practice for characterization modeling in life cycle impact assessment. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 18:683–697.

D3E53

FöreläsningL3: Goal definition and scoping continued

Goal definition and scoping continued. Literature for L3: - Curran, M. A. (2015) Life Cycle Assessment Student Handbook. Chapter 2. - PRé Consultants (2013) SimaPro Introduction to LCA. Chapter 2. - Finnveden, G., Hauschild, M., Ekvall, T., Guinée, J., Heijungs, R., Hellweg, S., Koehler, A. ,Pennington, D., and Suh, S. (2009) Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment. Journal of Environmental Management 91, 1–21. - Hauschild, M., Goedkoop, M., Guinée, J., Heijungs, R., Huijbregts, M., Jolliet, O., Margni, M., De Schryver, A., Humbert, S., Laurent, A., Sala, S., and Pant, R. (2013) Identifying best existing practice for characterization modeling in life cycle impact assessment. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 18:683–697.

Goal definition and scoping continued.¶

Literature for L3: -¶


* Curran, M. A. (2015) Life Cycle Assessment Student Handbook. Chapter 2. -
* PRé Consultants (2013) SimaPro Introduction to LCA. Chapter 2. -
* Finnveden, G., Hauschild, M., Ekvall, T., Guinée, J., Heijungs, R., Hellweg, S., Koehler, A. ,Pennington, D., and Suh, S. (2009) Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment. Journal of Environmental Management 91, 1–21. -
* Hauschild, M., Goedkoop, M., Guinée, J., Heijungs, R., Huijbregts, M., Jolliet, O., Margni, M., De Schryver, A., Humbert, S., Laurent, A., Sala, S., and Pant, R. (2013) Identifying best existing practice for characterization modeling in life cycle impact assessment. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 18:683–697.

B22Q17