SBIO-5344: Industrial Ecology

Description: Conceptual foundation of the field of industrial ecology and its contribution to sustainability science and policy. Measurement, evaluation, and interpretation of quantitative environmental indicators associated with the life-cycle of products and industrial systems. Methods to calculate, quantify, and analyze flows of materials and resources as they are moved, transformed, and exchanged within consumption-production systems, using appropriate industrial ecology data and accounting methods. Life cycle assessment (LCA) methods and software training to quantify, evaluate and compare the life cycle environmental impacts of different products Pre: Graduate standing.

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Course Hours: 3 credits

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