Life Cycle Engineering and Management of Products (EPS 219)

Course Load/Credits: 120 hours/8,0.

Content:

Sustainability in production systems: motivators for paradigm shift life cycle thinking;

Introduction to Life Cycle Engineering and Management of products;

Software and databases;

Ecodesign;

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA);

Life cycle modeling using LCA software and databases;

Eco-innovation;

Sustainable manufacturing;

Other relevant topics.

Bibliography:

1) ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE NORMAS TÉCNICAS ABNT (2009). NBR ISO 14040 Gestão ambiental: avaliação do ciclo de vida - princípios e estrutura. Rio de Janeiro: ABNT;

2) ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE NORMAS TÉCNICAS ABNT (2009). 14044. NBR ISO 14044 Gestão ambiental: avaliação do ciclo de vida requisitos e orientações. Rio de Janeiro: ABNT;

3) EUROPEAN COMMISSION - JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE - INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY: International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook (2010) General guide for Life Cycle Assessment - Detailed guidance. First edition March 2010. EUR 24708 EN. Luxembourg. Publications Office of the European Union; 2010;

4) EUROPEAN COMMISSION - JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE - INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY: International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook (2010) - Framework and Requirements for Life Cycle Impact Assessment Models and Indicators. First edition March 2010. EUR 24586 EN. Luxembourg. Publications Office of the European Union; 2010;

5) OLIVEIRA et al. (2021). Life Cycle Engineering and Management of Products. Theory and Practice. Springer, Cham. First edition, 329.p. Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-78043-2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78044-9;

6) SILVA, D.; MASONI, P. (2016). Diálogos Setoriais Brasil e União Europeia: análise crítica das principais políticas de gestão, manutenção e uso de bancos de dados internacionais de inventários do ciclo de vida de produto. Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia, Brasília;

7) UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME – UNEP (2007). Life Cycle Management - a business guide to sustainability. Paris: UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative;

8) UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME - UNEP (2016). Global Guidance for Life Cycle Impact Assessment Indicators – Volume 1. Paris: UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initative.