What to study for EMG201T

EMG201T

Environmental Management II

 

What to study for the exam

 

Life cycle assessment

 

LCA101 Notes

All of it, I.e. p1 – p44

Pay special attention to

All definitions

The four steps that make up a LCA.

The smaller steps that make up each of the above steps and/or what you need to include in each of the above steps.

Benefits and limitations of LCA as a tool.

Generic product life cycle – diagram.

Flow diagrams for specific product systems – know how to make a drawing.

Sources of inventory data.

Steps in impact assessment stage.

Knowledge of impact categories.

Life cycle software and databases

(take some time to look it up on the internet)

 

 

Integrated environmental management series – Life cycle assessment

All of it, but especially the three different types of LCA.

 

ISO 14040

All of it, but especially the definitions!

 

Calculations as done in class.

You will have to be able to perform a life cycle impact assessment with inventory data provided to you.

 

Risk assessment

 

Risk assessment methodologies notes

All of it, but especially

Introduction

Release Assessment

Exposure Assessment

Consequence Assessment

Risk Characterization

 

Know the following:

Definitions

Risk model

The four steps that make up risk assessment

Method used for release assessment.

Methods used for exposure assessment.

Methods used for consequence assessment.

Man made and natural risk sources.

Performance testing and accident investigation.

Event trees and fault trees – make a drawing!

Difficulties for exposure assessment.

Monitoring for release assessment.

Different types of model for release assessment.

Risk factors for human health and the environment.

Calculation – doing a simple semi-quantitative risk assessment.