Overordnede kursusmål
The objectives of this course are structured as follows:
• Knowledge to be developed during the course: Thorough
understanding of principles, mathematical modeling steps and
application fields of different impact assessment methods including
limitations, assumptions and uncertainty as basis for assessing and
evaluating health and environmental impacts in a life cycle
perspective from local to global scale.
• Skills/competences to be developed during the course:
Identification, application and interpretation of results of
assessment methods and tools for quantifying environmental, health
and life cycle impacts associated with chemical emissions and
resources consumption. Main focus areas are life cycle impact
assessment (LCIA) and chemical alternatives assessment (CAA) of
hazardous chemicals in contrast to regulatory risk assessment (RA).
• Presumed knowledge: Fundamentals in mathematical modeling and
environmental chemistry is required. Additional knowledge in life
cycle (impact) assessment and/or risk assessment and/or policy
analysis is helpful, but not required.
• Required expertise in follow-up education (as engineers):
Identify and apply approaches for evaluating chemical pollution
problems in different contexts.
Læringsmål
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
- Describe and analyze complex real-life questions and problems
in the fields of environmental health impact assessment and
chemical substitution
- Explain principles of different impact assessment methods and
the underlying modeling frameworks
- Apply impact assessment methods and models to quantify
environmental and health impacts of chemical emissions
- Characterize chemical emissions and quantify impact factors on
the basis of existing data and assessment models
- Evaluate the relevance of different impact categories and
develop priority lists of chemicals
- Evaluate strengths and limitations of quantitative impact
assessment methods and determine and justify uncertainties
- Identify and answer research questions from the fields of
comparative impact and alternatives assessment
- Design and develop impact pathways that are aligned with
current impact quantification methods
- Communicate model results consistently and structured in oral
and written form
Kursusindhold
The course will be divided into three main sections: (i) overview,
understanding and modeling steps of different impact assessment
methods and their application fields; (ii) introduction into
principles, analysis and development of impact pathways and
quantification of environmental fate, exposure and effects of life
cycle-based impacts; (e) rank and recommend best-in-class options
based on quantified impacts and communicating results in a
consistent, reliable and transparent way to decision makers and
stakeholders.
Litteraturhenvisninger
Hauschild, M., Huijbregts, M.A.J., 2015. Life Cycle Impact
Assessment. Springer Press, Dordrecht.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9744-3
Sonnemann, G., Castells, F., Schuhmacher, M., 2004. Integrated
Life-Cycle and Risk Assessment for Industrial Processes. Lewis
Publishers, Boca Raton, USA.
http://www.crcpress.com/9781566706445
Jolliet, O., Saadé-Sbeih, M., Shaked, S., Jolliet, A., Crettaz, P.
2016. Environmental Life Cycle Assessment. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b19138Sidst opdateret
01. maj, 2018
