Descriptif
Advanced LCA
The aim of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) course option is to describe why and how to practice LCA thanks to some advanced methodologies. It provides the fundamental notions required to explore the functionality issues, to use spatialization and data visualisation tools and to improve the appropriation of LCA results (simplified modelling and multi-criteria analysis) in decision-making process. Students will have to carry out a specific question concerning the use of advanced methodologies to perform LCA.
Teaching staff
- Lynda Aissani, Research Engineer, INRAE
- Pierre Thiriet, Research Engineer, INRAE
- Samuel Le Féon, Research Engineer, INRAE
Diplôme(s) concerné(s)
Parcours de rattachement
Format des notes
Numérique sur 20Littérale/grade réduitPour les étudiants du diplôme MScT-Environmental Engineering and Sustainability Management
Le rattrapage est autorisé- Crédits ECTS acquis : 5 ECTS
La note obtenue rentre dans le calcul de votre GPA.
Pour les étudiants du diplôme Programmes d'échange internationaux
L'UE est acquise si note finale transposée >= C- Crédits ECTS acquis : 5 ECTS
Programme détaillé
Course outline
- Functionality issues
- Understanding the need to provide a functional analysis
- Exploring a specific tool such as the octopus diagram
- Providing contextualised functional units
- Bringing to light the complexity of a relevant definition of functional units
- Spatialization and data visualization
- Understanding issues of spatialization in LCA: geographical grid, indicators, data, etc.
- Exploring the different data visualization
- Providing spatialized LCA results and their visualization in LCA
- Making progress on the (spatialized) data representation in LCA
- Appropriation of LCA results
- Understanding the difficulty for decision-makers to appropriate LCA results
- Exploring the simplified modelling
- Providing multi-criteria results for decision-making
- Exploring ways to efficiently use LCA results for decision-making
- Oral presentation of case study resolution
- Students present the solution for their question concerning the use of advanced methodologies to perform LCA
The module includes 10 hours of courses and 10 hours of practical work.
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Level required: basic knowledge of LCA
Language: English
Credits ECTS: 3
Supervisor: Lynda Aissani
