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Valid for year : 2013
 
TKMJ29 Resource Efficient Products, 6 ECTS credits.
/Resurseffektiva produkter/

For:   DPU   ENV   I   Ii   IND   M   Y  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 48
Rec. self-study hours: 112

  Area of Education: Technology

Main field of studies: Mechanical Engineering

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A

Aim:
The course will give students an understanding of how to realize the potential for more resource-efficient and thereby less environmentally-demanding products. This is achieved by taking the lifecycle perspective as a starting point and utilizing relevant design, material and production choices. Upon successful completion of the course, a student should be able to do the followings in English:
  • Understand and describe the connection between our societyâ?Ts use of products and resources and environmental related problems.
  • Understand and describe basic concepts such as lifecycle perspective, environmental effect, sub-optimization, functional unit, sustainable development, eco-design, greenhouse effect and precautionary principle.
  • Use and understand methodological tools such as Disassembly Analysis, checklists (e.g. Eco Strategy Wheel), and Quality Function Deployment for Environment.
  • Understand the concepts of Life Cycle Assessment and interpret results from a Life Cycle Assessment.
  • Understand and use some general strategies for improving resource efficiency of products.
  • Apply the courseâ?Ts content in the analysis of an existing or prospective product from resource efficiency and environmental perspectives. This will produce general resource efficiency and environmentally-related improvement suggestions. Furthermore, it will require the identification and analysis of basic energy-, material- and environmentally-related product requirements.


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Environmental engineering or Large technical systems and the environment

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Supplementary courses:
Integrated Product Service Engineering
Organisation:
Instruction is given in the form of lectures and project work. Course grades are determined based on a written exam and a written report (and possibly an oral presentation) by each project group.
Course contents:
Review of overall concepts such as lifecycle perspective, environmental effect, sub-optimization, functional unit, system boundaries, sustainable development, eco-design, greenhouse effect and precautionary principle. Basic introduction to Life Cycle Assessment methodology. Some methods and tools for resource efficient product development, theory and practice of e.g. Disassembly Analysis, checklist, QFD for Environment.
Mandatory group project work where the students, given an existing or prospective product, apply theory and methodology from the course to analyze and provide general resource- and environmentally-related improvement suggestions. This will include the identification and analysis of basic energy-, material- and environmentally-related product requirements.
Course literature:
Compendium Resource Efficient Products 2013, IEI / Environmental Technology and Management
Examination:
Written examination
Laboratory wor
 3 ECTS
3 ECTS
 


Course language is English.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: niclas.svensson@liu.se
Examiner: Tomohiko Sakao
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Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 10/09/2012