SOCIAL LCA TRAINING COURSES
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- When: 9:00, Monday 08 April 2013 - 19:00, Friday 12 April 2013
- Location: Barcelona, Spain
- Registration fee: 250 euro for students, 500 euro for university personnel, 1250 euro for professionals
- Organizer: INTERNATIONAL LIFE CYCLE ACADEMY
- Contact: [email protected]
- social impacts courses EDUCATION TRAINING LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
SOCIAL LCA: THE WHY AND THE HOW
Course subject: This course introduces the theory and background of social life cycle assessment. This course will look at the need for incorporating social impacts into life cycle assessment, as well as the difficulties related to their evaluation. A background to important social issues will be given, along with an examination of the UNEP-SETAC S-LCA Guidelines.
Social LCA: Practical work with methodological sheets
Course Subject: This course involves practical work on the basis of the UNEP-SETAC social life cycle assessment guidelines, its associated methodological sheets, and their practical application in current S-LCA methods. Students will closely examine stakeholder groups and subcategories, and their policy relevance. Data collection exercises will demonstrate the available data sources for S-LCA and the necessary precautions needed for their application and interpretation. Case studies with different assessment methods, including fully quantitative, will be used to identify hotspots, and explore the options for aggregating data across impact categories.
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