The engineering students will discover elements of reflection, the tools, knowledge and the necessary skills for the environmental assessment of organisations (processes, enterprises, services, etc) and the integration of these elements into decision taking processes (strategic choices, ecodesign, etc).
| On completion of the unit, the student will be capable of: | Classification level | Priority |
|---|---|---|
| Identifying methods of environmental impact assessment | 1. Knowledge | Important |
| Identifying and calculating environmental assessment indicators adapted to a given project | 3. Apply | Essential |
| Understanding the stakes and limits of environmental impact assessments | 2. Understand | Essential |
| Integrating the basics of environmental impact assessment into projects, in different contexts and systems | 4. Analyse | Essential |
| Using LCA tools: EcoInvent data bases and SIMAPRO software programmes. | 3. Apply | Essential |
| Undertaking the environmental assessment of a given project | 6. Assess | Essential |
| Percentage ratio of individual assessment | Percentage ratio of group assessment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written exam: | 33 | % | Project submission: | % | |
| Individual oral exam: | % | Group presentation: | 34 | % | |
| Individual presentation: | % | Group practical exercise: | % | ||
| Individual practical exercise: | % | Group report: | 33 | % | |
| Individual report: | % | ||||
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| Type of teaching activity | Content, sequencing and organisation |
|---|---|
| Course | Issues of environmental impact assessments: local and global Methods of local and global impact assessment and Life Cycle Analysis thinking |
| Course | Greenhouse gas emissions balances |
| Course | Methods and tools for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) characterisation |
| Supervised studies | Application of LCA techniques in a case study: use of EcoInvent data bases and SIMAPRO software programmes. |