TKMJ10 Industrial ecology 2011

Study Guide@lith

Valid for year : 2011

TKMJ10	Industrial ecology, 6 ECTS credits. /Industriell ekologi/ For: ENV I Ii KA M Y
	Prel. scheduled hours: 80 Rec. self-study hours: 80
	Area of Education: Science Main field of studies: Mechanical Engineering
	Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A
	Aim: The course aims at developing the participants�?T understanding of a pro-active approach to the prevention of environmental impact from products, organisations and technical systems. This will be accomplished since the participant will be; able to evaluate environmental impact from material- and energy flows in a life-cycle perspective based on thermodynamics and suggest improvements with the awareness of the risk for problem shifting able to apply material strategies such as dematerialization, substitution and waste hierarchies regarding different products aware of different tools and strategies how different actors can optimize the use of material and energy in a life cycle perspective able to reflect upon how cooperation between different actors regarding material and energy resources can be developed aware of how waste management is organized in practice regarding collection, sorting and further treatment with special focus on Swedish conditions
	Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Admittance requirements for master programme at LiTH or at least two years engineering studies at university level. Large Technical Systems and the Environement or a comparable basic course in Environmental Science is compulsory 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: Management systems and sustainability, Resources effcicient products
	Organisation: The course includes lectures, guest lectures and different levels of group assignments.
	Course contents: Material strategies with special emphasis on waste and recycling: Waste management in practice, Waste hierarchy, Reuse, Material and Energy recycling, Land-fills, Urban and Land-fill mining, Resource dissipation, Exergy and entropy, Dematerialisation, Transmaterialisation, Material and substance selection, Service-life, Use of by-products, Producers�?T responsibility Tools and concepts for environmental systems analysis with special emphasis on material flow analyses: Problem shifting �?" tool selection, Material flow analyses, Total material requirement, Direct material input, Material intensity per service, Ecological rucksacks, Ecological footprint, Substance flow analyses, Life-cycle assessments Industrial symbiosis �?" occurrence and typology, Eco-industrial parks, Development of industrial symbiosis, Socio-economic dimensions of industrial symbiosis Business dimension: Cooperation with industrial partners through guest lectures, study visits and project work will give an insight into the conditions for a company in the recycling business
	Course literature: Compendium, scientific articles and reports to be decided later.
	Examination:
	A written examination Approved assignments	4 ECTS 2 ECTS

	Active participation in group assignments.
Course language is English. Department offering the course: IEI. Director of Studies: niclas.svensson@liu.se Examiner: Niclas Svensson Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish

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Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se Last updated: 02/22/2011