Study Guide

Objective

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

Content

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.

Materials

Online lectures and materials on ITSlearning platform.

Teaching methods

Materials and activating tasks on ITS platform & online lectures on Mondays and online clinics Thursdays.

Exam schedules

No exam

As this is an online course based on tasks:
- You don't have the possibility to raise your final grade or a grade for an individual task.

International connections

Online lectures, clinics, tasks and materials on ITSlearning platform.

Project assignment in teams.

Completion alternatives

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

Student workload

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

The main task is Project assignment that will be done in teams.

Additionally there are some smaller tasks also.

Content scheduling

The course will take place during 29.03.2021 - 30.04.2021

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.

Online lectures on Mondays & Online clinics on Thursdays. The online lectures will be recorded and you can find those videos in ITS.

Mon 29.3. at 12-13 o’clock
Thu 1.4. at 12-13 o’clock
Mon 5.4. at 12-13 o’clock
Thu 8.4. at 12-13 o’clock
Mon 12.4. at 12-13 o’clock
Thu 15.4. at 12-13 o’clock
Mon 19.4. at 12-13 o’clock
Thu 22.4. at 12-13 o’clock
Mon 26.4. at 12-14 o’clock (please note: 2 hours)
Thu 29.4. at 12-13 o’clock

Further information

You can ask for more details if needed: piia.nurmi@turkuamk.fi

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Grade will be determined by the following way:

Project assignments in teams 60 %. This consists of the actual work and self and peer evaluation.

Other tasks 40 %. More info in ITS:

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Student has not returned tasks in deadline.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Student poorly understands the principles of LCA process and the results of a LCA analysis. Student has shortcomings in their independent work management and use of external networks and resources. Student has difficulties to think in a customer-oriented way.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Student understands the principles of LCA process and the results of a LCA analysis. Student practices to act independently using external networks and resources to manage a work successfully. Student practices to think in a customer-oriented way.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student excellently understands the principles of LCA process and the results of a LCA analysis. Student acts independently using external networks and resources to manage a work excellently. Student thinks excellently in a customer-oriented way.