SEAD 520 — Life Cycle-Based Environmental Footprinting
Introduction to Life Cycle-Based Environmental Footprinting and the application of basic methods for life-cycle environmental inventory and impacts modeling. LCA theory and quantitative analysis, approaches for assessing and reducing the environmental impacts of product, process, and technology systems. System boundary and functional unit design approaches, process-based and input-output-based methods for modeling mass and energy flows in life-cycle systems. How LCA can facilitate sustainable technology innovation and deployment, behavioural and societal changes, and policies, standards and regulations.
- Credits: 3
- Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
- Department: Trottier Inst Sust,Eng&Design
- Taught by: Sarah Jordaan
Sections offered
- Section 001 (Lec), Wed 2:35-5:25 pm · Thu 11:35 am-2:25 pm — 15 seats open
- Section 002 (Lec), Wed 2:35-5:25 pm · Thu 11:35 am-2:25 pm — 2 seats open