Entry requirements

120 credits in Science including Materials Chemistry 10 credits, or equivalent.

Learning outcomes

After completing the student should be able to

• Discuss the concept "sustainable development" and analyse environmental, social and economical perspectives on materials development.
• Give an overview over toxicological effects on human and ecology from materials production and usage.
• Discuss energy usage and energy relevant materials in a perspective of sustainability.
• Give an overview over applications of the legislation within the environmental area for materials exploitation, production and usage.
• Apply simplified Lice-Cycle Assessment methodology.
• Discuss methods for industry-oriented environmental practice.

Content

The concept of "sustainable development" and materials: environmental, social and economical aspects of materials usage and development. Energy usage and energy relevant materials are studied in a perspective of sustainable development. Different types of materials environmental impact during different parts of their life-cycle including waste management and materials recycling. Toxicological aspects on materials production and usage. Using databases. Orientation in Swedish environmental legislation. Industry-oriented environmental practice and environmental management systems (ISO 14001), environmental certification and other ecolabling, and environmental product development ("ecodesign"). The course contains two project works: (i) comparative simplified life-cycle assessment following ISO 14040; a case-study on industry-oriented environmental practice.

Instruction

Lectures, seminars, group projects.

Assessment

Written exam (5 credits). Approved project works (3+1 credits) and active participation in seminars (1 credit) are also mandatory. The final grade corresponds to an overall evaluation of the written exam and all mandatory parts of the course.