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The lecture introduces key features of LCA. The purpose is to give you an overview of course content and a possibility to start reflecting over how LCA can be used in various fields of industry and society. Throughout the remainder of lectures, LCA methodology will be covered in depth.

We will also go through practical issues and course design in this lecture.

Literature for L1:

• Curran, M. A. (2015) Life Cycle Assessment Student Handbook. Preface and Chapter 1.
• PRé Consultants (2013) SimaPro Introduction to LCA. Chapter 1.

First hour: How to set up and design a LCA study. Understanding this phase (Goal definition and scoping) of LCA is important for you to make an adequate and meaningful formulation for the topic of your project. This is necessary as background for the first project supervision meeting (PS1).

Second hour: We will discuss project ideas and form project groups (4 members per group). Please prepare before Lecture 2 by trying to think of areas and topics that you would like to work with in your projects.

NOTE: If you miss this lecture, you need to contact the course coordinator ASAP in order to make sure that you join a project group!!!

Literature for L2:

• Curran, M. A. (2015) Life Cycle Assessment Student Handbook. Chapter 2.
• PRé Consultants (2013) SimaPro Introduction to LCA. Chapter 2.
• “Suggested topics for LCA projects in AG2800”(found in Bilda or here)

Work in pairs, with someone in your project group. Run the SimaPro demo and start working on the tutorial. Follow the instructions that you can download from Bilda.

Literature for C1 (available in Bilda):

• Instructions to SimaPro demo in AG2800
• PRé Consultants (2013) SimaPro Introduction to LCA
• PRé Consultants (2014) SimaPro Tutorial

Preliminary dates for supervision are listed in the schedule. Each group signs up for exact date and time with their supervisor.

Describing the environmental consequences of the environmental loads of a technical system, the principles and methods available for doing so. Understanding this phase is important when you start interpreting the results of your project. This is necessary as background for the third project supervision meeting (PS3).

Literature for L5:

• Curran, M. A. (2015) Life Cycle Assessment Student Handbook. Chapter 4.
• PRé Consultants (2013) SimaPro 7 Introduction to LCA. Chapter 4.1 - 4.4.
• Finnveden, G., Hauschild, M., Ekvall, T., Guinée, J., Heijungs, R., Hellweg, S., Koehler, A. ,Pennington, D., and Suh, S. (2009) Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment. Journal of Environmental Management 91, 1–21.
• Hauschild, M., Goedkoop, M., Guinée, J., Heijungs, R., Huijbregts, M., Jolliet, O., Margni, M., De Schryver, A., Humbert, S., Laurent, A., Sala, S., and Pant, R. (2013) Identifying best existing practice for characterization modeling in life cycle impact assessment. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 18:683–697.

Methods for further aggregation of impact assessment results, as an aid to interprete the impact assessment results. This is necessary as background for the fourth supervision meeting (PS4).

Literature for L6:

• Curran, M. A. (2015) Life Cycle Assessment Student Handbook. Chapter 5.
• PRé Consultants (2008) SimaPro 7 Introduction to LCA. Chapter 4.5 – 4.6.
• Hellweg, S. and i Canals, L. M. (2014) Emerging approaches, challenges and opportunities in life cycle assessment. Science, 344, 1109-1113.

Work in project groups. The remaining C3-C6 are scheduled to make sure you have time to meet a teacher to ask questions about modelling in SimaPro. However, you also need to schedule own time with your project group in the lab, since time during scheduled computer labs will not be enough.

Overview of Social LCA, its main characteristics, methodology and guidlines. Presentation of a case study.

Literature for L7:

• Curran, M. A. (2015) Life Cycle Assessment Student Handbook. Chapter 7.4.
• Wu, R. Yang, D., and ChenWu, J. (2014) Social Life Cycle Assessment Revisited. Sustainability, 6, 4200-4226.

Multiple times for pre-seminar are listed in the schedule. Each group signs up for one of these.

Location: fms seminar room, Drottning Kristinas väg 30, 3^rd floor

Multiple times for pre-seminar are listed in the schedule. Each group signs up for one of these.

Location: fms seminar room, Drottning Kristinas väg 30, 3rdfloor

Multiple times for pre-seminar are listed in the schedule. Each group signs up for one of these.

Work in project groups. The remaining C3-C6 are scheduled to make sure you have time to meet a teacher to ask questions about modelling in SimaPro. However, you also need to schedule own time with your project group in the lab, since time during scheduled computer labs will not be enough.

Preliminary dates for supervision are listed in the schedule. Each group signs up for exact date and time with their supervisor.

Lectures by invited speakers on the use of LCA for environmental product declarations.

• “The international EPD system – a tool for communicating life cycle performance of products and services”, Joakim Thornéus, The International EPD® System.
• “Environmental product declarations of buildings”, Nicklas Magnusson, Tyréns.

Work in project groups. The remaining C3-C6 are scheduled to make sure you have time to meet a teacher to ask questions about modelling in SimaPro. However, you also need to schedule own time with your project group in the lab, since time during scheduled computer labs will not be enough.

Lectures by invited speakers on application of LCA in companies and for planning purposes.

• “LCA and eco design at Bombardier” Yannos Wikström, Bombardier.
• “Practical application of LCA in research: assessment of emerging technologies” James Joyce, KTH.

Work in project groups. The remaining C3-C6 are scheduled to make sure you have time to meet a teacher to ask questions about modelling in SimaPro. However, you also need to schedule own time with your project group in the lab, since time during scheduled computer labs will not be enough.

Preliminary dates for supervision are listed in the schedule. Each group signs up for exact date and time with their supervisor.

Multiple times for final seminar are listed in the schedule. Each group signs up for one of these.

Location: fms seminar room, Drottning Kristinas väg 30, 3^rd floor

Multiple times for final seminar are listed in the schedule. Each group signs up for one of these.

Location: 4055, Drottning Kristinas väg 30, 1^st floor

Multiple times for final seminar are listed in the schedule. Each group signs up for one of these.

Location: fms seminar room, Drottning Kristinas väg 30, 3^rd floor

Multiple times for final seminar are listed in the schedule. Each group signs up for one of these.

Location: fms seminar room, Drottning Kristinas väg 30, 3^rd floor