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Resource Efficient Products, 6 credits
Resurseffektiva produkter, 6 hp
TKMJ29
Main field of study
Energy and Environmental Engineering Product Development Mechanical EngineeringCourse level
Second cycleCourse type
Programme courseExaminer
Tomohiko SakaoDirector of studies or equivalent
Niclas SvenssonEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 36 hRecommended self-study hours: 124 h
Available for exchange students
YesECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Main field of study
Energy and Environmental Engineering, Product Development, Mechanical EngineeringCourse level
Second cycleAdvancement level
A1XCourse offered for
- Design and Product Development
- Mechanical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering
- Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering
- Industrial Engineering and Management, Master's programme
- Sustainability Engineering and Management, Master's programme
- Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering
Entry requirements
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Prerequisites
Environmental engineering and knowledge about product development required in ordinary engineering programsIntended learning outcomes
The course will give students an understanding of how to realize the potential for more resource-efficient and thereby less environmentally-demanding products. This is achieved by taking the lifecycle perspective as a starting point and utilizing relevant design, material and production choices. Upon successful completion of the course, a student should be able to do the followings in English:
- Understand and describe the connection between our society’s use of products and resources and environmental related problems.
- Understand and describe basic concepts such as lifecycle perspective, environmental effect, sub-optimization, functional unit, sustainable development, eco-design, greenhouse effect and precautionary principle.
- Use and understand methodological tools such as Disassembly Analysis, checklists (e.g. Eco Strategy Wheel), and Quality Function Deployment for Environment.
- Understand the concepts of Life Cycle Assessment and interpret results from a Life Cycle Assessment.
- Understand and use some general strategies for improving resource efficiency of products.
- Apply the course’s content in the analysis of an existing product (on the market) from resource efficiency and environmental perspectives. This will produce general resource efficiency and environmentally-related improvement suggestions. Furthermore, it will require the identification and analysis of basic energy-, material- and environmentally-related product requirements.
Course content
Review of overall concepts such as lifecycle perspective, environmental effect, sub-optimization, functional unit, system boundaries, sustainable development, eco-design, greenhouse effect and precautionary principle. Basic introduction to Life Cycle Assessment methodology. Some methods and tools for resource efficient product development, theory and practice of e.g. Disassembly Analysis, checklist, QFD for Environment.
Mandatory group project work where the students, given an existing product (on the market), apply theory and methodology from the course to analyze and provide general resource- and environmentally-related improvement suggestions. This will include the identification and analysis of basic energy-, material- and environmentally-related product requirements.
Teaching and working methods
Instruction is given in the form of lectures and project work. Course grades are determined based on the written exam and the written report (and possibly an oral presentation) by each project group.
Examination
| LAB1 | Laboratory work | 3 credits | U, G |
| TEN1 | Written examination | 3 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
Grades
Four-grade scale, LiU, U, 3, 4, 5Other information
Supplementary courses: Integrated Product Service Engineering
Department
Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utvecklingDirector of Studies or equivalent
Niclas SvenssonExaminer
Tomohiko SakaoCourse website and other links
http://www.iei.liu.se/envtech/utbildning/kurser?l=enEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 36 hRecommended self-study hours: 124 h
Course literature
Compendium “Resource Efficient Products 2014”, IEI / Environmental Technology and Management| Code | Name | Scope | Grading scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAB1 | Laboratory work | 3 credits | U, G |
| TEN1 | Written examination | 3 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
Regulations (apply to LiU in its entirety)
The university is a government agency whose operations are regulated by legislation and ordinances, which include the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance. In addition to legislation and ordinances, operations are subject to several policy documents. The Linköping University rule book collects currently valid decisions of a regulatory nature taken by the university board, the vice-chancellor and faculty/department boards.
LiU’s rule book for education at first-cycle and second-cycle levels is available at http://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/Innehall/Utbildning_pa_grund-_och_avancerad_niva.
Course literature is preliminary.
Compendium “Resource Efficient Products 2014”, IEI / Environmental Technology and Management
Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.
I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
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| 1.1 Knowledge of underlying mathematics and science (G1X level) |
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| 1.2 Fundamental engineering knowledge (G1X level) |
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| 1.3 Further knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural science (G2X level) |
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| 1.4 Advanced knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural sciences (A1X level) |
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| 1.5 Insight into current research and development work |
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| 2. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES | ||||||
| 2.1 Analytical reasoning and problem solving |
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| 2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery |
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| 2.3 System thinking |
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| 2.4 Attitudes, thought, and learning |
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| 2.5 Ethics, equity, and other responsibilities |
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| 3. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION | ||||||
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| 3.2 Communications |
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| 3.3 Communication in foreign languages |
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| 4. CONCEIVING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT | ||||||
| 4.1 External, societal, and environmental context |
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| 4.2 Enterprise and business context |
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| 4.3 Conceiving, system engineering and management |
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| 4.4 Designing |
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| 4.5 Implementing |
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| 4.6 Operating |
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| 5. PLANNING, EXECUTION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS | ||||||
| 5.1 Societal conditions, including economic, social, and ecological aspects of sustainable development for knowledge development |
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| 5.2 Economic conditions for knowledge development |
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| 5.3 Identification of needs, structuring and planning of research or development projects |
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| 5.4 Execution of research or development projects |
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| 5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects |
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