Life Cycle Assessment

Content

The module ‘'Lifecycle Assessment’ takes place during winter semester. The essential content of the course is the Life Cycle Assessment Method and cross-linked thinking regarding environmental aspects, interdependencies and the interpretation of these.

The course 'Lifecycle Assessment’ gives an overview over the context of Life Cycle Assessment and different, alternative assessment methods. Therefore, the course illustrates general aspects and processes of a LCA as well as specific characteristic of LCA in the building sector. This distinction enables the students to draw nuanced conclusions to decisions and approaches of action. The international and national regulation form the basis of this seminary. The elemental knowledge to compile a LCA consists of:
- Goal and scope definition
- Lifecycle inventory analysis (LCI) and product systems
- Lifecycle impact assessment (LCIA), indicators and endpoint categories
- Interpretation, iteration and analysis
- Environmental product declaration and databases
- Allocation
- Substitution and End-of-Life aspects
- Recycling, use phase and lifetime of building components

A workshop with focus on the application of this method, parallel to the lectures enables a deeper understanding and practical application of the theoretic elements of the lecture. The realistic context with a building as an example offers a direct approach to deal with datasets, databases and to gradually build implement and build up a lifecycle calculation within MS Excel. Lectures from partners with practical experience offer an outlook to the wide range of possibilities for application and integration of LCA.

Further information

Supervision: Christine Hani

Lecture: see Moodle or TUMonline

Exercise: see Moodle or TUMonline

Consultation hours: by appointment

Other: Lecture with integrated exercises, supported by board work and presentations