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
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IENS22Engineer, 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