ME 515 Life Cycle Assessment: Syllabus and Lectures Fall Quarter 2009 ME515 LCA Class Homepage Data Sources UWME Design for Environment Homepage Sept 30: Introduction Heijungs & Suh chapter 1 ISO 14040:2006 and ISO 14044:2006 Cooper, J.S. “Specifying Functional Units and Reference Flows for Comparable Alternatives,” International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 8, 337-349 (2003) LECTURE NOTES IN PDF: course introduction Oct 5 - 12: Goal and scope definition and the basic model for inventory analysis Oct 10: Project proposal due (submit to the class catalyst drop-box by 5pm) Heijungs & Suh chapter 2 LECTURE NOTES IN PDF: goal and scope LECTURE NOTES IN PDF: the basic model Oct 14: QUIZ (in-class, solution in pdf) Oct 16: Goal and scope report due (submit to the class catalyst drop-box by 5pm) Oct 19 - 26: Inventory data sources LCA database projects website More data sources website Jiménez-González, C., S. Kim, M.R. Overcash (2000) “Methodology for Developing Gate-to-Gate Life Cycle Inventory Information,” International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 5(3) 153-159 LECTURE NOTES IN PDF: inventory data sources Oct 28 - Nov 2: The refined model for inventory analysis Heijungs & Suh chapters 3 and 4 LECTURE NOTES IN PDF: the refined inventory model LECTURE NOTES IN PDF: remaining issues Nov 4 - 9: Inventory analysis help sessions NO CLASS ON 11/11: Veterans Day   Nov 16: Inventory analysis due (submit to the class catalyst drop-box by 5pm) Nov 16: Impact Assessment Heijungs & Suh section 8.1 LECTURE NOTES IN PDF: impact assessment Nov 18: Interpretation Heijungs & Suh chapter 6 and section 8.2 Heijungs, R., R. Kleijn (2001) “Numerical approaches towards life cycle interpretation: five examples,” International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 6(3) Available at http://www.leidenuniv.nl/cml/ssp/publications/wp2000-001.pdf LECTURE NOTES IN PDF: interpretation Nov 23: Consequential LCA Ekvall, T., B.P. Weidema (2004) System Boundaries and Input Data in Consequential Life Cycle Inventory Analysis, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 9(3) 161-171 LECTURE NOTES IN PDF: consequential LCA Nov 25: LCA applications, tools, and status LECTURE NOTES IN PDF: LCA status Nov 30 - Dec 9: LCA project forum- BRIEF oral reports given in class (15 min) in MEB102 Dec 16: Final report due (submit to the class catalyst drop-box by 5pm)   For more information, contact Associate Professor Joyce Smith Cooper at cooper@me.washington.edu