The main deliverable of the LIFE-C project is preparing the teaching and learning material for the innovative LCA course, consisting of the three independent modules:
- Introduction to life cycle thinking and assessment
- Application of life cycle assessment
- Social life cycle assessment and life cycle costing
The teaching materials developed within the project are: .ppt resources, combining detailed presentations and course introductions, grading details, video lectures, scientific papers, challenges, and external resources. In this paragraph, we briefly explain their use principles and where to find them. All of our teaching materials are public and are currently implemented into the official e-learning platform. After the project ends, the course syllabi along with the rest of the materials will be available on the Erasmus+ Results Platform. You can find our project by searching for “Promoting life cycle thinking in higher education”.
Layout of the LIFE-C course modules on specific sessions
| Module 1 sessions | Module 2 sessions | Module 3 sessions |
| 1: Introduction to the course and the topic of Life Cycle Thinking and Life Cycle Sustainability | 1: Introduction to the course and its topics | 1: Introduction to the course and S-LCA development |
| 2: Introduction LCA, its use purposes. LCA regulation | 2: Introduction to the LCA assignment and PEF and OEF | 2: Introduction of S-LCA |
| 3: Goal and scope definition | 3: LCA software training | 3: Goal and Scope |
| 4: Life cycle inventory | 4: EPD | 4: Social Hotspot analysis |
| 5: Life cycle impact assessment | 5: Carbon Footprint | 5: S-LCA databases and softwares |
| 6: Interpretation. Sensitivity and uncertainty | 6: Water Footprint | 6: Training for S-LCA databases and softwares |
| 7: Allocation | 7: LCC | |
| 8: Sensitivity analysis | 8: LCC methodologies and indicators | |
| 9: Uncertainty analysis and advanced methods for impact assessment | ||
| Assignment – Review and analysis of the selected LCA scientific paper or a LCA report | Assignment – LIFE-C Challenge, creation of a openLCA model based on provided challenge description – hands-on applied LCA! | Assignment – critical review of the S-LCA or LCC scientific study, optional LCC calculation problem-based assignment |