| Course Unit Code | 546-0800/02 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 5 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Compulsory |
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| Level of Course Unit * | Second Cycle |
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| Year of Study * | Second Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Summer Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| KOD009 | Ing. Jana Kodymová, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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Environmental impact of products during their full life cycle, life cycle thinking, life cycle assessment, ecodesign, integrated product policy, circular economy
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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| Product life cycle assessment, ecodesign, environmental labels and declarations, benefits for environment |
| Course Contents |
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1. Introduction – products and environment, resources exhaustion, waste generation.
2. Product life cycle – „from craddle to grave“ or „ from craddle to craddle“
3. Product impact assessment through entire life cycle (LCA) - ISO 14040, ISO 14044
4. Goal and scope definition, unit system and functional unit, system borders. Data quality requirements, sources of data, exploitation of databases. Inventory analysis.
5. LC impact assessment, categories, indicators, standardization. Interpretention of LCA
6. LCA reporting, independent report quality assessment. LCA results exploration
7. Product environmental impact mitigation based on LCA results. Relation of LCA to other product tools – ecodesign, environmental labels and declarations.
8. Ecodesign (DfE, DfS, D4S) – definition. Functional and environmental performance of product. Connection to LCA.
9. Ecodesign strategies
10.End-of-life product management
11.EU integrated product policy and its reflection in Czech legislation in force
12.Environmental labels and declarations – Czech National Programme. Green marketing, green purchasing for public sector
13.Product management as a part of EMS |
| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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ZBICINSKI I., STAVENUIR J., KOZLOWSKA B., v.d.COEVERING H.:Product Design and Life Cycle Assessment (book 3 v serii Environmental Management BUP), The Baltic University Press, 2006, ISBN 91-975526-2-3
Norms ISO 14040 and 14044
MATTHEWS, H. SCOTT, Hendrickson, Chris T., and MATTHEWS Deanna, Life Cycle Assessment: Quantitative Approaches for Decisions that Matter, 2014. Open access textbook, retrieved fromhttps://www.lcatextbook.com/
BREZET H.: Design for Sustainability, UNEP, TU Delft 2006 (http://www.d4s-de.org/manual/d4stotalmanual.pdf)
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Posuzování životního cyklu : Life Cycle Assessment - LCA / Vladimír KOČÍ ; - Vyd. 1.- Chrudim : Vodní zdroje Ekomonitor, 2009 - 263 s.,ISBN 978-80-86832-42-5
Normy ČSN EN ISO 14040 a 14044
Internet – stránky MŽP (www.mzp.cz), CENIA (www.cenia.cz),CEMC (www.cemc.cz),
Světová podnikatelská rada pro udržitelný rozvoj (www.wbcsd.org), UNIDO
(www.unido.org), UNEP (www.unep.org),
ZBICINSKI I., STAVENUIR J., KOZLOWSKA B., v.d.COEVERING H.:Product Design and Life Cycle Assessment (book 3 v serii Environmental Management BUP), The Baltic University Press, 2006, ISBN 91-975526-2-3 |
| Recommended Reading: |
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KLOEPFFER, W. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): A Guide to Best Practice (1st Edition) (2014) 440p
ISO/TR 14047:2012 Environmental management -- Life cycle assessment -- Illustrative examples on how to apply ISO 14044 to impact assessment situations
ISO/TR 14049:2012 Environmental management -- Life cycle assessment -- Illustrative examples on how to apply ISO 14044 to goal and scope definition and inventory analysis
CINELLI, M., COLES, S.R., JORGENSEN, A., ZAMAGNI, A., FERNANDO, C., KIRWAN, K. Workshop on life cycle sustainability assessment: The state of the art and research needs - November 26, 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark (2013) International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 18 (7), pp. 1421-1424 |
KOČÍ, V. Porovnání environmentálních dopadů odnosných tašek z různých materiálů metodou posuzování životního cyklu – LCA. Praha: Fakulta technologie ochrany prostředí, VŠCHT, 2018. (https://www.mzp.cz/C1257458002F0DC7/cz/news_181228_tasky/$FILE/LCA%20-%20studie%20final.pdf)
ČSN ISO/TR 14047: Environmentální management - Posuzování životního cyklu - Příklady aplikace ISO 14042. 2003
ČSN ISO/TR 14049: Environmentální management - Posuzování životního cyklu - Příklady aplikace ISO/TR 14041 pro stanovení cíle a rozsahu inventarizační analýzy
KLOEPFFER, W. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): A Guide to Best Practice (1st Edition) (2014) 440p |
| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Seminars, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Project work |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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| Credit and Examination | Credit and Examination | 100 (100) | 51 |
| Credit | Credit | 33 | 17 |
| Examination | Examination | 67 | 34 |