Life cycle assessment - Eco design

Today, it is essential to design products that are environmentally friendly throughout their life cycle. It is commonly accepted that as the manufacturing process of a product progresses, the technical choices become narrower and the possibilities to reduce environmental impacts become less and less. It is therefore from the start, i.e. at the product design stage, that the environment must be integrated.

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

• The choice of materials and raw materials
• The technologies implemented during the manufacture, use, maintenance of the product and during its treatment as waste.
• The life span of the product and the possibility of recovering materials at the end of its life (recycling, etc.).
• User behavior analysis.

Hourly volumes* :

            CM : 11h

            TD :9h

- To know the stakes of ecodesign for the industrialists and the society as a whole

- Knowing the LCA methodology

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

- Know how to apply the LCA methodology to the ecodesign of a simple product

Elementary calculation on matrices

Two hour final exam

1. Ecodesign issues for materials (planetary limits, anthropocene, linear / circular economy, ecodesign)
2. Ecodesign (history, national and international regulations, standards, industrial issues, functional, technical and environmental specifications, LCA)
3. LCA 1 methodology (ISO 14001, functional unit, inventory)
4. LCA 2 methodology (inventory matrix and impact calculation methodology)
5. LCA 3 methodology (Mid and End point impact factor categories and analysis)
6. Energy-climate issues (Fossil energy and carbon emissions, greenhouse gases and temperature anomalies)
7. Global warming impact 1 (carbon accounting equivalent, characterization factor, carbon balance)
8. Applied ecodesign of a simple product (choice of materials, performance indices)
9. Applied ecodesign of a simple product (LCA )

Administrative contact(s):

Secretariat Master Chemistry

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