Overview
Key facts
Almost all economic activity causes some negative impacts of the environment, either directly or through goods and services that are bought in. Mitigation methods for reducing unwanted emissions can themselves create other negative environmental impacts as side effects. Accounting for all these effects requires a holistic approach, such as Environmental Life Cycle Assessment. This powerful method quantifies upstream and direct impacts on the environment in the production of specified goods or delivery of services. It includes the better known subset of the Product Carbon Footprint and the Water Footprint.
Cranfield University's Evaluating Environmental Sustainability programme will teach you more about this topic.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) including carbon footprint and water footprint,
- Background and principles,
- The four stages of LCA in detail, split into a more lecture-based part and more practical group working part,
- Differences between the carbon footprint and full LCA,
- Background to water resources, use and these can be measured,
- Integration of water use and its impacts into LCA.
- Outline of social life cycle assessment.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 5 days
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Delivered
Disciplines
Sustainable Development Environmental Sciences View 75 other Short Courses in Sustainable Development in United KingdomAcademic 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.
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Other requirements
General requirements
The course is aimed at professionals who need to understand the fundamentals of life cycle assessment and carbon footprinting. The module also addresses water footprinting.
Tuition Fee
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International
1400 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1400 GBP for the full programme during 5 days. -
National
1400 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1400 GBP for the full programme during 5 days.
Living costs for Cranfield
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.