Life Cycle Assessment

Life Cycle Assessment, 5 credits - LC00BS48

Upcoming implementations:

Life Cycle Assessment LC00BS48-3003 27.02.2023-30.04.2023 5 credits (PEYTES19, ...) +-
Teacher(s) in charge

Piia Nurmi, Sonja Lankiniemi, Marketta Virta, Annika Holmbom, Mitja Hokkanen

Learning material

Online materials in ItsLearning.

Learning methods

Materials and activating tasks on Itslearning platform

Teaching language

Finnish

Timing

27.02.2023 - 30.04.2023

Enrollment date range

01.12.2022 - 20.02.2023
Group(s)
- PEYTES19
- PEYTES20
Seats

20 - 70

Responsible unit

Engineering and Business
Small group(s)
- Vain avoimen AMK:n opiskelijoille (Tutkinto-opiskelija ilmoittaudu joka tapauksessa, toteutus ei ole vain avoimen opiskelijoille) (Size: 15. Open university: 15.)
Teachers and responsibilities

Main responsible teacher:
Piia Nurmi

Other teachers
Mitja Hokkanen
Sonja Lankiniemi
Marketta Virta
Erika Reiman
Henna Knuutila

Additional information

Avoimen AMK:n opiskelijoille varattu 15 paikkaa.

Itslearning ja sähköposti (not translated)

Degree Programme(s)

Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Technology

Share of online studies

5 credits

Assessment scale

H-5

Alternative methods of attainment for implementation

The only way to do the course is to do the tasks, no alternative ways to complete the course.

Exam dates and retake possibilities

No exam.

The course grade is based on tasks so you don't have the possibility to raise your final grade or a grade for an individual task.

Pedagogic approaches

Online lectures, tasks and materials on Itslearning platform

Student's schedule and workload

The course is 5 ects so the workload is 135 hours all together.

The main task is a group assignment. Additionally there are some smaller tasks also.

Content scheduling

The English version of the course is online course.

The course period is on 27.2.-30.4.2023

Student learning objectives:
1. Understand the principles of the LCA process.
2. Are able to clearly communicate the fundamental concepts of LCA
3. Understand the results of a LCA analysis.
4. Practice work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural team
5. Practice think in a customer-oriented way
6.Practice to act independently using external networks and resources to manage a work successfully

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is used to assess environmental impacts of different subjects, such as products, services, processes and economic activities. They can also be used as a basis for reducing the environmental impacts, for example by highlighting the problem areas and finding alternatives for the causes.
The core idea of a LCA is to look at the complete life cycle of a subject and both identify and quantify the different sources of environmental loads. There exists many different types of LCAs, some compare different products to each other and can be more simplified while others investigate the life cycle of one product in high detail and accuracy, some describe the current situation while others focus on capturing consequences of decisions. LCAs can be constructed based on processes when there is detailed data available but they can also be based on input-output data.