Study Programmes 2016-2017
| ENVT2049-2 | ||||||||
| Introduction to environmental assessment | ||||||||
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Duration :
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| 12h Th, 12h AUTR | ||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Angélique Léonard | ||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | ||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||
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Learning unit contents :
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| Presentation of the environmental assessment methods Environmental impact assessment Life cycle assessment Environmental communication (Eco-labels) Environmental audit (EMAS and ISO 14000) Ecological footprint | ||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
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| To introduce the various environmental assessment methods and to initiate to they use. After completing the course the student is expected to 1. Choose the suitable method of environmental assessment and to identify the limits of it. 2. Initiate an environmental assessment. 3. Discuss a life cycle assessment. | ||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Lectures and compute an ecological footprint | ||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 12h including theory and practical cases | ||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Presentations available on eCampus
References : LCA (1995). Nordic Technical Paper n°10, TEMANORD 503, 103p. von Zharen W.M. (1996). ISO 14000 Understanding the environmental standards. Rockville, Maryland Government Institutes, 213p. Lindfors et al. (1995). Nordic Guidelines on Life-Cycle assessment, Nord 1995:20, 224 p. Guinée J. B. (2002) Handbook on Life Cycle Assessment. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers, Coll. Ecoefficiency in industry and science , 692 p. Wackernagel M., Kitzes J., 2008. Ecological Footprint. Human Ecology: The Ecological Footprint. In Encyclopedia of Ecology. Ed. S.E. Jorgensen and Brian Fath. Elsevier, 1031-1037 |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The work will be the object of an oral presentation. 50% of the final mark will attributed to the form of the presentation (slides quality, elocution), and 50% on the content of the presentation and the answers to questions. | ||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Prof. Angélique LEONARD
Chemical Engineering
PEPs - Products, Environment, Processese
Quartier Agora Institut de Physique, B5a, Bureau 1/51 Tél. 04/366.44.36 A.Leonard@ulg.ac.be |
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Items online :
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