LCA 1.02
Advanced LCA course
Professionals: $2,500 ex. GST
Students: $1,250 ex. GST
6th August - 5th September 2024
Online only
Session Times (AEST)
Tuesdays 11:00-14:30
6th, 13th, 20th, 27th August and 3rd September with a half-hour lunch break.
Thursdays 13:00-14:00
8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th August and 5th September
Course Outline
Building a comprehensive goal and scope
Systematic process for the development of functional unit and reference scenarios
Choosing the appropriate standard framework
Data quality framework
Dynamic LCA considerations
Attributional or Consequential LCA
Building a cracking inventory model
Modularisation
Variables and parameters to make scalable and responsive inventory models.
Data options and data consistency.
System expansion challenges & solutions
Alternative fate of waste products
Modelling recycling at both ends of the life cycle
The circularity formulae
Modelling net recycling rates from EN15804
EPD considerations
Additional inventory indicators – how to model.
Finding the right impact models
Modelling background infrastructure
Impact assessment
Advanced LCIA modelling
LCA and regionalisation
Water and land impact
Interpretation and reporting
Getting data out of software
Auditing flows and background libraries
Reporting for EPDs and Building LCAs
Getting your LCA to speak to the audience.
Who should do the course?
Students who are about to sit the LCACP exam
Current and former LCA professionals.
People wanting to stay up to date with the latest standards and approaches.
People interested in the connections between LCA and other disciplines.
IT requirements
Excel
Zoom
SimaPro is used exclusively (user access provided by Lifecycles)
