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Life Cycle AnalysesLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: IE10038

Credits

5 op

Teaching language

  • Finnish

Responsible person

  • Lasse Okkonen

Objective

You will learn alternative approaches to sustainability and sustainable development. You will know key concepts of the industrial ecology and regional and product-based approaches in solving the sustainability challenges. You are able to define system boundaries, actors, and material and energy flows. You will know key concepts and ISO 14040 and 14044 standards guiding the life cycle analyses. You can conduct life cycle analyses for the evaluation of the environmental impacts of a product or a service.

Content

The main contents of the course include:

- Product-based approaches to sustainable development
- Key concepts and principles of industrial ecology
- Key concepts and standards guiding the life cycle analyses
- LCA tutorial practices
- Conducting life cycle analyses in collaboration with working-life partners / RDI -projects

Enrollment

01.10.2024 - 31.10.2024

Timing

07.01.2025 - 30.04.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

RDI portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

30 - 50

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Engineering
Teachers
  • Lasse Okkonen
Teacher in charge

Lasse Okkonen

Groups
  • IENS22
    Engineer, Energy and Environmental Engineering, Full-Time Studies, Fall, 2022

Objective

You will learn alternative approaches to sustainability and sustainable development. You will know key concepts of the industrial ecology and regional and product-based approaches in solving the sustainability challenges. You are able to define system boundaries, actors, and material and energy flows. You will know key concepts and ISO 14040 and 14044 standards guiding the life cycle analyses. You can conduct life cycle analyses for the evaluation of the environmental impacts of a product or a service.

Content

The main contents of the course include:

- Product-based approaches to sustainable development
- Key concepts and principles of industrial ecology
- Key concepts and standards guiding the life cycle analyses
- LCA tutorial practices
- Conducting life cycle analyses in collaboration with working-life partners / RDI -projects

Evaluation scale

H-5