Life Cycle Assessment – Eco-design

It is essential today to design products that are environmentally friendly throughout their entire life cycle. It is widely recognized that as a product moves through the various stages of manufacturing, technical options narrow and the opportunities to reduce environmental impacts diminish accordingly. Therefore, environmental considerations must be integrated right from the start—that is, at the product design stage.

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

• The selection of materials and raw materials
• The technologies used during the manufacture, use, and maintenance of the product, as well as during its disposal as waste.
• The product's lifespan and the ability to recover materials at the end of its life (recycling, etc.).
• Analysis of user behavior.

Hourly volumes*:

            CM: 11:00 a.m.

            TD: 9:00 a.m.

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

- Understand 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 Calculus

Two-hour final exam

1. Challenges in the Eco-Design of Materials (Planetary Boundaries, the 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 (Categories of Impact Factors: Midpoints and Endpoints, 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 metrics)
9. Applied Ecodesign of a Simple Product ( LCA)

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