Life Cycle Assessment for sustainable engineering

Target Audience

The lecture "Life Cycle Assessment for sustainable engineering" is particularly directed at students of mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, but also at students from other disciplines such as technology-oriented management (TOM), geoecology and environmental sciences. The course is offered through the Master's program in mechanical engineering focusing on production and systems engineering. The class is taught in English.

Contents

• Providing knowledge of the fundamentals of Life Cycle Assessment (theory and practice):
  • LCA steps accorcing to ISO 14040/44
  • Environmental impacts during the product life cycle, ecological hotspots and optimization potential
  • Problem shifting
• Learn how to conduct a Life Cycle Assessment
• Learn how to critically assess and review LCAs
• Use of numerous examples especially from the automotive industry and on e-mobility
• Introduction to environmental product declarations (EPDs), Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCRs) und Organisation Environmental Footprint Sector Rules (OEFSRs)
• The tutorial is composed of software training (Umberto) and a mandatory team project

Module Manual

Only the information in the module manual applies. In addition, only the information in the examination regulations of the respective course of study is legally binding.