Life Cycle Assessment and Carbon Accounting

3 credits · Nicholas/Sanford Schools - DKU

Life cycle assessment (LCA) provides a standardized framework (ISO 14040-14044 series of standards) to quantify the potential environmental impacts of a wide range of products, processes, services, urban systems, human activities, and policy decisions. Carbon/greenhouse gas accounting utilizes standardized frameworks (e.g., GHG Protocol, ISO 14064) for organizations to quantify and report their total greenhouse gas emissions. This course will introduce you these frameworks, and their wide applications. You will gain hands-on experience in conducting LCA and carbon accounting.