Introduction to environmental assessment

Duration

12h Th, 12h AUTR

Number of credits

Lecturer

Angélique Léonard

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Presentation of the environmental assessment methods Environmental impact assessment Life cycle assessment Environmental communication (Eco-labels) Environmental audit (EMAS and ISO 14000) Ecological footprint

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

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.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures and compute an ecological footprint

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

12h including theory and practical cases

Recommended or required readings

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

Assessment methods and criteria

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.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The course is given on the Gembloux site, on Monday morning from 13/11/2017

Contacts

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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