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Assessment:
Quantifying
Environmental Impacts
Index
environmental impacts
06 Key Takeaways
07 Participant Profile
08 Testimonials
09 Instructors
11 Course Outline
15 Corporate Courses
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Online Course: Life Cycle Assessment: Quantifying Environmental Impact
The methodology
for assessing
environmental impacts
environmental improvements.
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Online Course: Life Cycle Assessment: Quantifying Environmental Impact
Environmental
Impact
60%
We are currently using about
60% more of the earth’s
resources than it can
regenerate every year;
8%
The vital LCA analyst role
Source: World Wide Fund for
Nature
is expected to grow by 8%
by 2028 and produce over
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across the U.S.
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Online Course: Life Cycle Assessment: Quantifying Environmental Impact
About
this Course
Life cycle assessment is an approach to quantify the environmental impact of a product or
process throughout its life.
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Online Course: Life Cycle Assessment: Quantifying Environmental Impact
Key Takeaways
You will learn to:
01 Describe different types of LCAs and the 05 Interpret the results of LCAs through the
reasons for conducting them lens of uncertainty
02 Define the goal and scope of an LCA 06 Apply LCAs to product, service, process,
firm, and policy decisions.
03 Collect primary life cycle inventory data
and select secondary data from 07 Master the utilization of LCA software
databases and databases
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nline Course: Life Cycle Assessment: Quantifying Environmental Impact
Participant Profile
This course is directed towards
Consultants who must be aware of current sustainability policies and how to enact them
within an organization.
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It is highly recommended that cross-functional teams carry out the course together, in
order to accelerate the process of adopting the outcomes of LCA.
register
register
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Online Course: Life Cycle Assessment: Quantifying Environmental Impact
Our Professional
Alumni Experience
Edouard Godineau
Franco Lodato
I particularly appreciated the sharing of The Office Hours weekly meetings with
the case studies towards the end of the the learning facilitator were highly
course, which gave great insights.
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Online Course: Life Cycle Assessment: Quantifying Environmental Impact
Instructors
Dr. Jeremy Gregory is the Executive
systems.
Consortium
engineering from Montana State
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Online Course: Life Cycle Assessment: Quantifying Environmental Impact
Elsa Olivetti is the associate director of the
demand.
materials markets.
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Course Outline
Module 2
Interpretation to Support Decisione
Goal and Scopr
)% eview the different types of
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outcome < A% Software component: Calculating
!% Introduce the concept of Uncertainty with open LCA
interdependencies when evaluating
environmental impact < Module 6
Module 3
products <
Life Cycle Inventorª Boots Shampoo <
)% Learn more about the inventory step Asics Running Shoes <
and procedures for conducting one < % Look at the corporate footprint of a
% Analyze what data is needed and leading company <
where this information can be obtained< Corporate Footprinting: Apple Inc. <
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Online Course: Life Cycle Assessment: Quantifying Environmental Impact
Certificate of Completion
All participants who successfully complete In order to obtain CEUs, participants must
the Life Cycle Assessment: Quantifying complete a required CEU confirmation form.
Environmental Impacts online course will CEUs are calculated based on the number of
receive an MIT Professional Education learning hours in each course.
Certificate of Completion. In addition, they
will also earn 6.4 Continuing Education
Units* (MIT CEUs).
The Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is defined as 10 contact hours of ongoing learning to indicate the
amount of time they have devoted to a non-credit/non-degree professional development program. To
understand whether or not these CEUs may be applied toward professional certification, licensing
requirements, or other required training or continuing education hours, please consult your training
department or licensing authority directly.
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Welcome to
the gateway
to MIT knowledge
Participants from
155 countries
online activities
92% of Professional
Alumni rated
their experience
as outstanding
About MIT
Bhaskar Pant
Executive Director of MIT Professional Education
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Corporate
Which program
best suits your
organization’s
needs?
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Director of Global Programs at MIT Professional Education
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Benefits of Joining the
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Are you ready
to quantify
environmental
impacts?
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