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Description
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a rapidly evolving tool used to model and quantify impacts of products, systems, or services over a range of environmental and resource issues, from a "cradle to grave" systems perspective. In the recent years, LCA has become a leading environmental assessment technique used by consumers, industry professionals, and policy makers. LCA is increasingly required by business to support innovation, design, eco-labelling and green certificates etc. An LCA models a product, service, or system life cycle. Applying this method of assessment is complex and difficult and translating the theory into a credible, transparent and applicable practice can be very challenging. The module aims to give an introduction to life cycle assessment (LCA) methods and how to apply them in real-life situations.
Learning Outcomes
- A solid understanding of the LCA process, data requirements and how to make use of the results
- Application of systems thinking and LCA to assess environmental dimension of the circular economy
- Ability to conduct an LCA through a range of case studies and hands-on exercises
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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