Incoming Exchange Student Courses
General Data
Academic program Incoming Exchange Student Courses :
Type d'EC Classes (LIIEXP05EEcoDesign1Environment)
Lectures : 5h00
Tutorials : 10h00
Project : 4h00
Total duration : 32h00
Status :
Obligatoire
Period :
Semester 5
Education language :
English
Learning Outcomes
The project is decomposed into 2 main phases:
- Semester 5: Technical and environmental analysis (Life Cycle Assessment - LCA) of an existing small household appliance
- Semester 6: On the basis of the results of the analysis, develop ecodesign proposals for the product, at 3 different levels

The 2 phases can be attended independently by the students even if it would be preferable to attend both.

Learning outcomes for S5:
1. Basic skills in LCA:
- Software modelling (Simapro): choice of data & methods
- Capacity to interpret LCA results
2. Generic knowledge on the environment and on evaluations of impacts
3. Practical skills (project): measurement of energy consumption, product dismantling, Bill of Materials building, bibliography & research to define the product life cycle scenario.

Learning outcomes for S6:
1. Capacity to switch from analysis to synthesis: define ecodesign strategies on the basis of the analysis (main environmental hot spots)
2. Capacity to develop 3 ecodesigned solutions that are technically viable
Content
The project contains 3 expected content types: courses & tutorials, project sessions (labs), and personal work.
Content of Semester 5: 1. Courses & tutorials: basics of environmental evaluation & LCA. - Courses topics: global environmental issues, impacts and indicators, life cycle thinking, environmental evaluation using LCA - Tutorials on Simapro 2. Project sessions (labs) supervised by the teacher. - Energy measurements: data acquisition using a data logger - Dismantling (tools available) and BoM definition - Life cycle modelling on Simapro 3. Personal work: information search, interpretation of LCA results.
Content of semester 6:
1. Courses & tutorials: Ecodesign approaches and strategies.
- Courses topics: Ecodesign regulations & strategies, Materials & environment, Design for Sustainable behaviour, Thermal insulation & downsizing, Ecodesign of packaging, design for End-of-life, Innovation for ecodesign.
- Tutorials: CES EduPack (choice of materials), Simapro, CREO (CAD modelling)
2. Project sessions (labs) supervised by the teacher: Developing 3 levels of ecodesigned solutions
- Solutions developments: calculations, CAD modelling, LCA modelling of the 3 levels
3. Personal work: information search, interpretation of LCA results.
Pre-requisites / co-requisites
To do Ecodesign Project Part 1 – Technical, and preferably but not mandatory, to do Ecodesign Project Part 2 – Environment, Ecodesign Project Part 2 – Technical (s6)
Bibliography
Standards:
• ISO 14040-44 Environmental Management - Life cycle assessment. 2006.
• ISO/TR 14062 Environmental Management. 2002
• ISO 14020-25. Environmental labels and declarations. 2000
Online tools:
• Bilan Produit tool: http://www.base-impacts.ademe.fr/bilan-produit
• Ecodesign Pilot tool: http://pilot.ecodesign.at/pilot/ONLINE/ENGLISH/PDS/INDEX.HTM
Books and reports:
• IPCC. Climate Change 2007, Fourth Assessment report. 2007
• IPCC. Climate Change 2014, Fifth Assessment report, 2014
• Ashby, F. « Matériaux et environnement », Dunod, 2011
Online resources :
• http://www.mineralinfo.fr/page/matieres-premieres-critiques
• Online resources and publication from Jean-Marc Jancovici: https://jancovici.com/en/
• Online free MOOC on Waste management and Critical Raw Materials: https://www.edx.org/course/waste-management-and-critical-raw-materials