Detailed knowledge of Life Cycle Assessment method

Mechanisms of environmental impacts of industrial activities

Environmental declaration of products

Studenti budou znám principy metody posuzování životního cyklu a budou umět jí rámcově použít pro technologické i správní či manažerské projekty. Studenti budou mít přehlet o základních kategoriích dopadu na úrovni medpointů i endpointů. Studenti se budou orientovat v probematice environmentálních prohlášení a budou umět rozpoznat, zda určitý technologický postup nemá potenciál vytvářet přenesenou environmentální zátěž.

Prezentace na dané téma během semestru.

Písemná a ústní část zkoušky.

R: Baumann, H. and A.M. Tillman, The Hitch Hiker´s Guide to LCA2004, Lund: Studentlitteratur.

J. Guinée (Ed.): Handbook onLife Cycle Assessment

1. Industrial ecology, producst ecology. Relationship between human activities and environment. Life cycle thinking. Problem of environmental impact assessment of processes and human activities.

2.Environmental impact categories - local, regional, global. Overview of impact categories: Resource consumption. Waste production. Origin and causation. Assessment and Evaluation methods. Future trends.

3.Overview of impact categories: Eutrophication. Acidification. Origin and causation. Assessment and Evaluation methods. Future trends.

4.Overview of impact categories: Global warming. Stratospheric ozone depletion. Photochemical ozone formation. Origin and causation. Assessment and Evaluation methods. Future trends.

5.Overview of impact categories: Ecotoxicology. Origin and causation. Assessment and Evaluation methods. Future trends.

6.Overview of impact categories: Human health. Human toxicity. Origin and causation. Assessment and Evaluation methods. Future trends.

7.Life Cycle Assessment concept. Goal and scope definition. Standards. Functional unit. Reference flow. System boundary.

8.Inventory analysis. Process. Unit process. Reference flow.

9.Elementary flow. Energy. Allocation. Data quality.

10.Impact assessment. Classification. Characterization. Normalization. Valuation

11.Calculation of impact potentials. Impact category indicator. Equivalency factors.

12.LC Interpretation. Improvement assessment. Presentation. Critical review. Sensitivity analysis. PC software.

13.Other system tools of environmental protection: cleaning production, IPPC, environmental management EMS, Ecodesign. Ecoaudit. Ecolabeling. ERA. The role of ERA in environmental management. Relationship between EIA, ERA and LCA.

14.Examples of negative impacts of fable waste management. Case studies. Ethical and social aspects of environmental protection. Ecological education. Environmental ethics.

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment: http://www.springer.com/environment/journal/11367

Kočí, V.: Environmentální dopady: posuzování životního cyklu. VŠCHT Praha 2013, pp 131, ISBN 978-80-7080-858-0.

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