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80410 Life-Cycle Assessments of Products and Systems. Danish title: Livscyklusvurdering af produkter og systemer Type: Å, Language: E Credit points: 10 point Offered by: Department of Manufacturing Engineering (IPT) Desirable: Mindst to af følgende kurser:63001,63280,63347,63350,63446,85252,85271 Recommended semester: 7th - 9th semester Limitation: Max. 30 Scope and form: 2 weekly lectures plus monday afternoon. Besides this, company visits may be used. Examination: Evaluation of individual reports and of the group reports from casework (13 point scale ) Contact person: Michael Hauschild, IPT, Building 403, Tel. +45 4525 4664 Aim: The students should: 1) acquire a basic understanding of the life cycle concept of, 2) acquire both theoretical and practical understanding of parameters within external environment, work environment, resource consumption and social aspects as key elements in an assessment of the life cycle of products or systems, 3) become familiar with the application of LCA as an environment oriented tool in companies or public administration, 4) be able to plan, carry out and evaluate a life cycle assessment. Contents: Introduction to the life cycle concept. Applications of LCA for evaluation- and development purposes in private and public companies and public administration. Purpose of using LCA in industrial production, incl. building industry, energy production etc.. Description of LCA tools/methods and operationalization of individual parameters with relations to external environment, work environment, consumption of resources (energy, minerals etc.), and social aspects. Presentation of different applications of LCA in various segments of industry. This includes manufacturing of buildings, food, energy, industrial products, chemicals and materials. Presentation of various support tools for LCA. Casework in groups. The topics are specific products from areas that lie within the focus areas of the engineering education given at DTU.