Course description
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a systematic tool that evaluates environmental impacts over the life cycle of a product or service. As the Sustainability Hub assists chemical engineers in supporting the UN Sustainability Development Goals, this training course will be a key knowledge strand that has the potential to influence them all. IChemE Members can obtain free access to this course by inputting a discount code. See below for more details.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Chemical engineers at all levels, across all sectors, seeking to develop a better understanding of life cycle assessment.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
By the end of the course, you will gain an introductory level understanding of:
- the needs for, and purpose of, an LCA on a product and/or process
- how an LCA is performed on a simple product and/or process
- interpreting the outcome of an LCA
- the challenges in implementing LCA within your organisation
- how LCA can support ‘sustainability thinking’
Training Course Content
Course outline
- Introduction to LCA
- sustainable development
- system thinking and LCA
- LCA applications
- Conducting an LCA
- goal and scope
- inventory analysis
- impact assessment
- interpretation
- LCA case study – conducting an LCA
- LCA examples – interpreting an LCA
- goal of LCA interpretation
- presenting LCA results
- uncertainty in LCA
Course delivery details
This on-demand course is delivered via IChemE’s Virtual Learning Zone. Registration is required. You will be able to access the training course via your web browser and complete the course at your own pace. You will have access to the course for six months.
CPD hours should be used as an approximate guide and will vary depending on the preferred approach of the delegate and to what extent additional learning is completed.
This course is also available for in-company delivery, either on-site or online. Content can be tailored to your specific requirements. Contact IChemE to request a quotation.
Expenses
£265 + VAT
If purchasing for multiple users, you can benefit from the following discounts:
• 2-5 users – 25% discount
• 6-10 users – 35% discount
• 11-50 users – 50% discount
After purchase, you will receive further information about how to provide your users' details.
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