This course provides students with the necessary background to understand the environmental impacts associated with the choice of a material solution. Without aiming to be exhaustive, general background of environmental impacts and challenges are presented, before describing the methods and tools adapted to performing R&D with an ecological approcah. Here is a list of associated skills:
- define the basic notions associated with ecodesign, sustainability and circular economy
- anticipate the environmental pros and cons associated with various material solutions (compartiment and stages of the strongest impacts)
- select the most appropriate method and tool to practice ecodesign depending on the activity
- perform a pertinent preparation of a (comparative) life cycle analysis
- analyze the results obtained from a life cycle analysis and comment them
