Study-unit ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT ASSSESMENT AND MITIGATION
| Course name | Sustainable materials and processes engineering |
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| Study-unit Code | A002430 |
| Curriculum | Processi sostenibili |
| Lecturer | Beatrice Castellani |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2023 |
| Supplied | 2024/25 |
| Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
| Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
| Sector | ING-IND/11 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | The course provides the basics of assessing the environmental impact of products and processes. The course describes: - the main environmental indicators and frame the environmental status at world and national level. - technologies, procedures and technological solutions for the mitigation of the environmental impact. - technologies and processes for waste management and circular economy |
| Reference texts | Teaching materials edited by teacher |
| Educational objectives | The main objective of the course is to provide students with the regulatory context and technical tools to address the assessment of the environmental impact of products and processes. The main knowledge acquired will be: knowledge of environmental indicators; knowledge of technologies, procedures and technological solutions for environmental impact mitigation, knowledge of technologies and processes for waste management and circular economy |
| Prerequisites | Not required |
| Teaching methods | The course is organized as follows: - theoretical and practical lessons on all the course topics |
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| Learning verification modality | Oral test, during which the course topics and the paper produced by the candidate and assigned by the teacher in the initial phase of the course will be discussed. |
| Extended program | Climate changes. Causes of climate change, future scenarios and external costs. Indicators correlated with climate change: radiative forcing e comparison between anthropogenic and natural drivers. The CO2 equivalent and the indicators related to it: carbon abtment cost, mitigation potential. - Environmental indicators for products and processes. Carbon foot print, water foot print, ecological footprint, LCA. Examples of calculation. - Environmental impact mitigation methods. Technologies, procedures and technological solutions. |
| Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile | 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 |