Life cycle assessment - Eco design

Today, it is essential to design products that respect the environment throughout their entire life cycle. It is widely recognized that, as a product progresses through the various stages of production, the technical choices available become narrower, and the opportunities for reducing environmental impact are correspondingly reduced. So it's right from the start, at the product design stage, that the environment must be taken into account.

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

• Choice of materials and raw materials
• The technologies used to manufacture, use and maintain the product, and to dispose of it as waste.
• The product's lifespan and the possibility of recovering materials at end-of-life (recycling, etc.).
• User behavior analysis.

Hourly volumes* :

            CM :11h

            TD :9h

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

- Understanding LCA methodology

- Detailed methodology for calculating global warming impact 

- Apply LCA methodology to the eco-design of a simple product

Basic matrix calculus

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 fuels and carbon emissions, greenhouse gases and temperature anomalies)
7. Global warming impact 1 (equivalent carbon accounting, characterization factor, carbon balance)
8. Applied eco-design of a simple product (choice of materials, performance indices)
9. Applied eco-design of a simple product (LCA )

Administrative contact(s) :

Secretariat Master Chemistry

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