Overordnede kursusmål
Course objectives are structured as:
• Knowledge to be developed: 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: 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 chemical substitution, life cycle impact assessment, and health
impact assessment.
• 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 methods and models to quantify environmental and health
impacts of chemical emissions and chemicals in products
- Characterize chemical exposures 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
1. Fantke et al. 2015. From incremental to fundamental substitution
in chemical alternatives assessment.
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2015.08.001
2. Hauschild & Huijbregts 2015. Life Cycle Impact Assessment.
http://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9744-3
3. Sonnemann et al. 2004. Integrated Life-Cycle and Risk Assessment
for Industrial Processes.
http://www.crcpress.com/9781566706445
4. Fantke & Ernstoff 2018. LCA of chemicals and chemical
products.
http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56475-3_31Sidst opdateret
05. april, 2019
