Dear students,

the Chair of Industrial Management, Production Management and Logistics offers a free software course in Life Cycle Assessment (Umberto LCA+) in January. 

The offer is mainly aimed at students of the Faculty of Economics, but can also be used by students of other faculties in case of free capacity.

Enrollment is possible from December 1st at the following link:

https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/41576169472/CourseNode/95402687938673

The course is limited to 20 participants. There is a waiting list.

Dates:

Jan 09, 2024  11:30 - 14:15

Jan 16, 2024  11:30 - 14:15

Jan 23, 2024  11:30 - 14:15

Room: Schlossplatz 1, EG.210 (PC-Pool)

Umberto LCA+ software is one of the leading LCA software solutions and allows to identify and reduce the resource and energy consumption of a process, optimizing the environmental performance of the products.

- Assessment of potential environmental impacts in accordance with ISO 14040/14044

- Graphical modeling of product life cycles

- Optimization of resource and energy efficiency

- Achieving eco-efficiency through integrated cost accounting

- Integration of life cycle assessment databases

Each participant will receive a certificate at the end under the following conditions:

- Attendance and successful participation at all dates of the software practical course

- Submission and passing of the assignment

Objectives and contents of the course:

- Introduction to the software Umberto LCA+

- Graphical representation of material and energy flows as a means of material flow analysis

- Recognition and evaluation of improvement potentials

- Visualization by means of Sankey diagram

- Determination of the CO2 footprint

- Use of subnetworks

- Cost calculation

- Export to Excel