Course title:
Life cycle assessment
Primary programme:
Fizikus mérnök BSc
ECTS credits:
3
Course type:
elective
Number of lectures per week:
2
Number of practices per week:
0
Number of laboratory exercises per week:
1
Further knowledge transfer methods:
LCA software tutorial
Grading:
Examination
Special grading methods:
group project
Semester:
6
Prerequisites:
Responsible lecturer:
Dr. Viktória Barbara Kovács, assistant professor, PhD
Lecturers and instructors:
Course description:
The course aimed to present the life cycle assessment methodology (LCA), which encourages holistic thinking. Students will learn about the basic concepts, standards, most commonly used types, and applications of life cycle assessment. They are introduced to different impact assessment methodologies. They can learn to use the modern life cycle assessment softwares (e.g. openLCA, GaBi, EASETECH).
Reading materials:
European Commission - Joint Research Centre - Institute for Environment and Sustainability: International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook
Jeroen B. Guinée et al.: Handbook on Life Cycle Assessment - Operational Guide to the ISO Standards, Kluwer Academic Publishers (2002)
Michael Z. Hauschild eat al.: Life Cycle Assessment Theory and Practice (2018), DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56475-3
List of competences:
Please find the detailed list, as quoted from the Hungarian training and outcome requirements of the Physicist Engineer program, in the Hungarian version of the course description.