Life cycle analysis – Eco-design

It is now essential to design products that are environmentally friendly throughout their entire life cycle. It is widely accepted that as a product progresses through the manufacturing stages, the technical choices available become more limited and the opportunities to reduce environmental impacts diminish accordingly. It is therefore necessary to integrate environmental considerations from the outset, i.e., at the product design stage.

The method is based on analyzing a product's life cycle. It takes into account factors such as:

• The choice of materials and raw materials
• The technologies used during the manufacture, use, maintenance, and disposal of the product.
• The product's lifespan and the possibility of recovering materials at the end of its life (recycling, etc.).
• Analysis of user behavior.

Hourly volumes:

            CM: 11 a.m.

            Tutorial: 9 a.m.

- Understanding the challenges of eco-design for manufacturers and society as a whole

- Understanding the LCA methodology

- Understand the detailed methodology for calculating the impact of global warming 

- Know how to apply the LCA methodology to eco-design a simple product

Basic matrix calculations

Two-hour terminal check

1. Challenges of eco-design in materials (planetary boundaries, Anthropocene, linear/circular economy, eco-design)
2. Eco-design (history, national and international regulations, standards, industrial challenges, functional, technical, and environmental specifications, LCA)
3. LCA Methodology 1 (ISO 14001, functional unit, inventory)
4. LCA Methodology 2 ( inventory matrix and impact calculation methodology)
5. LCA Methodology 3 (Mid-point and End-point Impact Factor Categories and Analysis)
6. Energy and climate issues (fossil fuels and carbon emissions, greenhouse gases, and temperature anomalies)
7. Impact of global warming 1 ( carbon equivalent accounting, characterization factor, carbon footprint)
8. Applied eco-design of a simple product ( choice of materials, performance indicators)
9. Applied eco-design of a simple product ( LCA)

Administrative contact(s):

Master's Program in Chemistry Secretariat

https://master-chimie.edu.umontpellier.fr/