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M1 Livscyklus vurderinger af fødevarer og innovative teknologier (DJF) ( efterår 2010 - 10 ECTS )

Rammer for udbud

• Uddannelsessprog: engelsk
• Niveau: Master. Obligatory (environmental)
• Semester/kvarter: 3. term
• Timer per uge: Lectures 110 Project work 110 Supervising 30 Preparation 26  
• Deltagerbegrænsning: 24.
• Undervisningssted: Århus
• Hovedområde: Det Jordbrugsvidenskabelige Fakultet
• Udbud ID: 17062

Formål

The aim is to provide participants with the basics of LCA together with practical experience on working with LCA using its major methodologies and scientific methods. Specifically, the use of LCA is seen as evaluating the environmental issues associated with food production and with innovative technology implementation in bioproduction.

Indhold

A life cycle assessment analyses and describes the environmental impact originating from a product system throughout its life cycle. The assessment includes extraction of raw materials, production, usage, transport and removal. Both as a concept and as a scientific method, it is used to analyze product systems, ranging from single materials to more system oriented scenario evaluations. Specifically, LCA assessments are used to investigate and evaluate the environmental impact of introducing new production technologies in bioproduction. As part of this assessment, the most 'critical' production processes and production operations in relation to specified resource use and environmental impact parameters are identified.

This course gives an insight into the various aspects of the LCA methodology.

The following points are included:

• an overview of the development of LCA into a scientific based and standardised quantitative methodology for environmental impact assessment
• detailed identification and explanation of each stage of LCA from the setting of goal and scope, through to inventory analysis, impact assessment and finally to interpretation
• practical examples and case studies are used to demonstrate how to implement the methodology
• identification of off-the-shelf LCA software tools available evaluations
• setting LCA into the context of other tools such as Risk Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment and Cost-Benefit analyses

Faglige forudsætninger

Bachelor degree in Agricultural Sciences, Biology, Geology, Geography or similar.

Underviser

Claus Grøn Sørensen, E-mail Claus.Soerensen@agrsci.dk AU-DJF,  John Hermansen, AU-DJF

Undervisnings- og arbejdsform

The course consists of different parts:

• lectures
• exercises, with or without software
• presentations by students of case studies
• the writing of a paper
• an examination

The teaching will involve academic skills like critical and reflective study of methods and oral and written dissemination of findings.

English

Litteratur

Dansk Standard (2001): Livscyklusvurderinger - en kommenteret oversættelse af ISO 14040-14043, 1. udgave, ISBN 87-7310-270-9, DS håndbog 126 (In Danish and English)

Ekvall, T. and Weidema, B. P. (2004): LCA Methodology, System Boundaries and Input Data in Consequentioal Life Cycle Inventory Analysis, International Journal LCA 9 (3), p 161-171.

Studieordning og bedømmelse

Kandidatuddannelsen i biosystemteknologi

• PC-eksamen, bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur
• Skriftlig, bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur

• 7-point grading scale, (Computer-assisted examination)
• 7-point grading scale, (Written examination)

4 hours written examination with all means of aid incl. PC. Internal examiner, the Danish 7-point grade scale