| Competences |
| Type A | Code | Competences Specific |
| Common | ||
| AC1 | Identificar i enunciar problemes ambientals. | |
| AC3 | Relacionar les lleis de les diferents esferes per tal d'assolir la sostenibilitat. | |
| AC7 | Identificar els consums no sostenibles dels recursos. | |
| AC8 | Identificar fonts de contaminació local, regional i global i avaluar-ne els seus efectes. | |
| AC9 | Conèixer totes les fonts d'energia, especialment les d'origen renovable, saber com es poden utilitzar, transformar i fer-ne ús eficient. | |
| AC10 | Proposar modificacions per reduir la contaminació en origen i d'acord amb criteris de l'enginyeria verda. | |
| AC11 | Definir la idea de sostenibilitat i conèixer com s'estructuren i funcionen els ecosistemes per preveure possibles desequilibris dels mateixos. | |
| AC12 | Redactar informes sobre impacte i temàtiques mediambientals. | |
| AC17 | Realitzar anàlisis de cicle de vida. | |
| AC18 | Avaluar l'impacte social de la contaminació local, regional i global. | |
| Professional | ||
| Research | ||
| AR5 | La presentació de resultats en format de literatura científica, d’acord amb els estàndards comunament acceptats. | |
| AR6 | L’avaluació crítica de resultats de recerca, pròpia o aliena. | |
| Type B | Code | Competences Transversal |
| Common | ||
| BC1 | Creativitat. Desenvolupar idees i projectes originals. | |
| BC2 | Flexibilitat. Disponibilitat per a l’adaptació en ambients canviants. | |
| BC3 | Treballar autònomament amb iniciativa. | |
| BC4 | Resoldre problemes de manera efectiva. | |
| BC5 | Transferibilitat. Aplicar coneixements i habilitats en entorns nous o no familiars i en contextos multidisciplinars relatius a la seva àrea específica. | |
| BC6 | Actuar amb un esperit crític i responsable. | |
| BC7 | Considerar l’ètica i la integritat intel•lectual com a valors essencials a la pràctica professional. | |
| BC8 | Lideratge. | |
| BC9 | Treballar en equip i gestionar equips. | |
| BC10 | Assertivitat. Comunicar de manera clara i sense ambigüitats tant a audiències expertes com no expertes. | |
| BC11 | Learning to learn | |
| BC12 | Planificació i organització. | |
| BC13 | Sensibilitat pel medi ambient. | |
| Type C | Code | Competences Nuclear |
| Common | ||
| CC1 | Domini de l’expressió i la compressió del/s idioma/es estrangers per al desenvolupament professional derivat del curs de postgrau. | |
| CC2 | Ús de les eines específiques de TIC per al desenvolupament professional derivat del curs de postgrau. | |
| CC3 | Desenvolupament d’una perspectiva global del món en l’àrea específica on s’ubica el postgrau. | |
| CC4 | Desenvolupament d’habilitats informacionals. | |
| CC5 | Gestió del temps per al desenvolupament acadèmic i professional. | |
| Learning aims |
| Objectives | Competences | ||
| To provide basic knowledge on sustainability tools by introducing to basic concepts: Ecoeficiency, pollution prevention, cleaner production, life cycle thinking, industrial ecology,... | AC1 AC3 AC7 AC8 AC9 AC10 AC11 AC12 AC17 AC18 AR5 AR6 |
BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4 BC5 BC6 BC7 BC8 BC9 BC10 BC11 BC12 BC13 |
CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 CC5 |
| To learn basic concepts and applications of Environmental Risk Assessment. To know and to operate Life Cycle tools. | AC1 AC3 AC7 AC8 AC9 AC10 AC11 AC12 AC17 AC18 AR5 AR6 |
BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4 BC5 BC6 BC7 BC8 BC9 BC10 BC11 BC12 BC13 |
CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 CC5 |
| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1.a- Basic Principles in Environmental Management. | Sustainable Development. Ecoefficiency. Pollution Prevention. Cleaner Production. Life Cycle Thinking. Design for Environment. Industrial Ecology. |
| 1.b- Environmental Risk Assessment | Environmental Pollutants. Inventories. EPER. Dispersion of atmospheric pollutants. Fate and transport. Environmental Impact Assessment. Risk Assessment. Fate and transport models. Multimedia models: Caltox, EUSES, IMPACT 2000, ..... |
| 2. - Life Cycle tools | Life Cycle Assessment. Introduction to LCA methodology. LC Inventory. LC Impact Assessment. Carbon footprint based on LCA. Ecoefficiency indicators. Economical, environmental and social aspects of sustainability. |
| Planning |
| Methodologies :: Tests | |||||||||
| Competences | (*) Class hours | Hours outside the classroom | (**) Total hours | ||||||
| Introductory activities |
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1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Lecture |
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10 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Problem solving, classroom exercises |
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10 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Problem solving, exercises |
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0 | 20 | 20 | |||||
| Project proposal |
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0 | 31 | 31 | |||||
| Personal tuition |
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1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Oral tests |
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1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | |||||||||
| Methodologies |
| Description | |
| Introductory activities | Explanation of the course content, course methodology and evaluation procedure. |
| Lecture | Presentation of course content by the teacher in lecture room. |
| Problem solving, classroom exercises | Guided solving of problems or exercices by the students in lecture room. |
| Problem solving, exercises | During the week students are requested to solve problems and exercices. Results have to be delivered within the term fixed by the teacher. |
| Project proposal | Development of a case study based on an environmental assessment based on life cycle techniques. |
| Personalized attention |
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| Assessment |
| Description | Weight | ||
| Oral tests | Students who have not passed the course by continuous evaluation have to assist to a final oral or written examination. | Maximum 50% | |
| Others | Final qualification can be obtained by continuous evaluation based on percentage of assistance and the marks obtained in exercices in lecture room, homeworks and the final project |
50% to 100% | |
| Other comments and second exam session | |||
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Marks corresponding to continuous evaluation are based on the following items: Evaluation of exercices in lecture room and homeworks 70% Evaluation of Final project 30% |
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| Sources of information |
| Basic |
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General"Integrated Life-Cycle and Risk Assessment for Industrial Processes", Guido Sonnemann, Francesc Castells and Marta Schuhmacher, Lewis Publisher 2004. ISBN: 1-56670-644-0, (2004). Environmental Risk Assessment-Risk assessment and environmental fate methodologies. Edited by Edward J. Calabrese, Paul T Kostecki Lewis Publisher, cop 1992 ISBN: 0-87371-711-2. -Risk assessment and management handbook: for environmental, health, and safety professionals. Rao V. Kolluru, Steven M Bartell, Robin M. Pitblado, R. Scott Stricoff McGraw-Hil, cop.1996. ISBN: 0-07-035987-3. -Quantitative risk analysis: a guide to Monte Carlo simulation modelling Risk assessment and risk management. David Chisterter et al. John Wiley and Sons, cop 1996 ISBN: 0-471-95803-4. -Illustrated Handbook of Physical-Chemicall Properties and Environmental fate for organic chemicals. Donald Mackay, Wan Ying Shiu, Kuo Ching Ma. Lewis Publishers 1991 ISBN: 0-87371-513-6. -Environmental modelling. P.Melli and P. Zannetti. Elsevier Applied Science, cop.1992 ISBN: 1-85312-120-7. Life Cycle Assessement - Life Cycle ManagementEuropean Commission's information hub on life cycle thinking based data, tools and services: http://lca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/lcainfohub/index.vm Life Cycle Management A Business Guide to Sustainability - CD-ROM http://www.unep.fr/shared/publications/cdrom/DTIx0889xPA/start.htm PRé Consultants: http://www.pre.nl/life_cycle_assessment/life_cycle_assessment.htm LBP, Dept Life Cycle Engineering, Universität Stuttgart: http://www.steeluniversity.org/content/html/spa/default.asp?catid=146&pageid=2081271422 |
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"Integrated Life-Cycle and Risk Assessment for Industrial Processes", Guido Sonnemann, Francesc Castells and Marta Schuhmacher, Lewis Publisher 2004. ISBN: 1-56670-644-0, (2004). |
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| More details about the course will be given via platform Moodle, active to all inscribed students at the beginning of second semester. |