Life cycle assessment of polymers and composites

• LCA in relation to other environmental systems analysis tools. • Methodology for the different phases of an LCA (goal definition and scoping, inventory analysis, impact assessment and interpretation). • Methodology for simplified LCA. • LCA software tools and databases. • Application of LCA on polymers and polymer composites production.• LCCA Life Cycle costing Analysis.

- Explain the overall purpose and principles of LCA. - Describe the content and explain the purpose of the analytical steps of LCA. - Carry out a complete LCA of a polymeric products or processes, including: identify and delimit the system, specify and handle allocation problems, identify and use relevant data from LCA databases, collect and use data from other sources, choose characterization method based on coverage and relevance to the intended application, implement and use a computer model of the system in the LCA software SimaPro, analyse, explain, and interpret model results.- Carry out a complete Life cycle Cost analysis (LCCA). - Write a report of the performed LCA and LCCA, applying the reporting guidelines and terminology as defined in the ISO standard for LCA.