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Overview
What you will study
The Life Cycle Assessment course offered by University of Cape Town aims to allow the student to develop skills and insights in the important steps of goal and scope definition, inventory modelling, data quality assessment, choice of impact assessment categories, interpretation and uncertainty propagation, partly by working with LCA software and databases.
Course outcomes:
Knowledge (Information plus Understanding)
- Explain functional units used in specific LCAs.
- Discuss the relevance of impact categories to particular LCAs and select the appropriate impact assessment models
- Interpret LCA results, paying appropriate care to uncertainty.
- Discuss the usefulness of life cycle thinking, single-impact (e.g. carbon footprint) vs multi-impact approaches in different decision-making contexts.
Skills (Application of Knowledge)
- Define the goal and describe the scope for a comparative product LCA.
- Model the foreground system on a spreadsheet and transfer this to an LCA software package to couple with well-selected background processes into a working system model.
- Choose relevant LCIA categories and report on the modelling outcomes.
- Interpret the LCA results.
Values and Attitudes
- Value quantitative full-system evidence in environmental decision-making
- Question environmental myths
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- LCA history and uses
- The ISO norms
- Goal and scope definition
- Inventory modelling, data quality assessment
- The science behind some key impact categories
- Carbon footprints
- Water footprints
- LCA to support decision-making in product systems, process systems or in policy-making
- Interpretation and uncertainty propagation
- LCA software and databases
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 3 days
- Part-time
- 3 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Blended
Disciplines
Sustainable Development Environmental Sciences View 3 other Short Courses in Sustainable Development in South AfricaWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Environmental and sustainability assessment practitioners and scientists; life cycle designers, managers and engineers.
- Please note that a prerequisite for attendance is 3 years of undergrad studies in natural sciences or engineering.
Tuition Fee
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International
12000 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 12000 ZAR for the full programme during 3 days. -
National
12000 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 12000 ZAR for the full programme during 3 days.
- Discounts for staff and students of UCT are available.
- A 10% discount will apply to participants attending the course online.
Living costs for Cape Town
9088 - 15529 ZAR /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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