The course describes the fundamental concepts of LCA as well as teaches students methods to perform quantitative life cycle analysis. Venditti has taught Environmental Life Cycle Analysis (PSE 476/WPS 576) at North Carolina State University every Fall since 2012. Richard Venditti’s research focus has been on developing new renewable biomaterials and analyzing the products using technical, economic and environmental life cycle analysis. Participants will receive a set of course notes and access to the lecture files via the internet to supplement the presentations made during the course.
Participants will receive the openLCA software and LCA data loaded and runnable on their computer. Conduct a life cycle assessment with commercial LCA software.Understand the relationship between software and LCA datasets.Upload datasets, transfer LCA models, export LCA results, and analyze data in a commercial LCA software package, openLCA.Interpret, critique and communicate LCA results.Perform an environmental impact assessment associated with a life cycle inventory.
Be able to apply allocation methods for co-products.Construct a flowsheet and perform a life cycle inventory of a process.Form a goal and scope statement and system boundary of an LCA.Define the life cycle stages of products or services.Outline the steps to conduct an attributional LCA.Approach complex problems with a systems thinking.Articulate the value of a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA).Upon successful completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
How does the choice of a processing variable, such as solvent choice or energy source, impact the overall environmental impacts of a product?.What is the human and ecological toxicity impact of a given process in the chemical processing industry?.How does the substitution of a plant-based renewable feedstock for a petroleum based feedstock impact the overall environmental friendliness of a product?.How do I communicate the environmental impact of a new product or process to others?.How can I make a decision as to whether a feedstock/synthesis pathway/processing method/product is environmentally preferable?.What is the carbon footprint and energy efficiency of a product that is being developed for commercial scale?.The workshop will help you answer questions like the following: Government agency, academia, non-profit agency employees.Sustainability managers and product development managers.Marketing, sales and service personnel who deal with questions of “green” products.
This will be achieved through a combination of lectures, computer laboratory instructions, and student computer problems/projects. This workshop will allow students to gain the skills required to perform product and process life cycle assessments using accepted methods and tools. Take away the commercial LCA software loaded on your own computer.Be able to conduct a life cycle assessment with commercial LCA software.Perform flowsheeting and develop a life cycle inventory as the basis for an LCA.Learn about LCA stages of products or services.Get an overview of the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA).Students will use a hands-on approach to use accepted methodologies and commercial software tools to complete an environmental LCA. This unique workshop will provide attendees an overall view of the basic concepts in the fundamental principles of environmental life cycle analysis (LCA) for a product or service. REGISTER TODAY Special Benefits for Course Participants This workshop will be held on request of a company with 5 students.