Spring 2023 Sustainability Management PS5021 section 001

THEORY & PRACTICE OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSME

THEORY & PRAC OF LIFE CYC

Call Number 11434
Day & Time
Location
R 6:10pm-8:00pm
303 Hamilton Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Christoph J Meinrenken
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), a methodology to assess the environmental impact of products, services, and industrial processes is an increasingly important tool in corporate sustainability management. This course teaches both the theoretical framework as well as step-by-step practical guidelines of conducting LCAs in companies and organizations. Particular emphasis is placed on separating the more academic, but less practically relevant aspects of LCA (which will receive less focus) from the actual practical challenges of LCA (which will be covered in detail, including case studies). The course also covers the application of LCA metrics in a companies’ management and discusses the methodological weaknesses that make such application difficult, including how these can be overcome. Product carbon footprinting (as one form of LCA) receives particular focus, owing to its widespread practical use in recent and future sustainability management.

Web Site Vergil
Department Sustainability Management
Enrollment 35 students (35 max) as of 9:05PM Thursday, March 28, 2024
Status Full
Subject Sustainability Management
Number PS5021
Section 001
Division School of Professional Studies
Open To SIPA, Professional Studies
Campus Morningside
Note Graduate Students Only. Cross-Reg open 1/17/23
Section key 20231SUMA5021K001