Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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4314579 Biological and Environmental Engineering | OB | 1 | 2 |
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Students must have a solid foundation of the following subjects:
- Energy and material balances
- Knowledge of thermodynamics.
The main objective of the module is that students combine knowledge and tools to evaluate processes and products to optimize resources (materials and energy) and also to minimize their environmental impacts. The methods, tools and strategies to quantify the environmental impacts in the life cycle are studied. The application of thermodynamic principles is included as a tool to quantify the use of resources, as well as the efficiency in the transformation of raw materials to products. The concepts are explained and then applied to a guided project that the students develop in groups.
This is a hands-on training course. It uses the analysis of a production system as case study for group and individual work. We learn different methods for sustainability assessment and the software needed to develop it.
We combine:
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Exercices | 16 | 0.64 | KA11, KA12, SA09, SA16, KA11 |
Theory lecture | 22 | 0.88 | KA10, KA11, SA09, SA16, KA10 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Supervised work in the classroom | 15 | 0.6 | KA10, KA11, KA12, SA09, SA16, KA10 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Group work | 64 | 2.56 | CA15, SA03, SA09, SA16, CA15 |
Individual work | 20 | 0.8 | CA15, KA10, KA12, SA09, SA16, CA15 |
This course follows a continuous evaluation. The table shows an orientation of how grades are calculated. Please check syllabus for updated percentages
Group work. The case study will be selected from a list of cases related to the energy transition.
Submission deadlines will be presented during th first day of the course.
Retakes. If the course is failed there will be the possibilty of presenting an individual work with an in depth critical analysis of a part of the course contents. The maximum grade granted in this case will be a 5.00.
Grade Reviews. For each evaluation activity, a place, date and time of review will be indicated in which the student can review the activity with the teaching staff. In this context, claims may be made regarding the grade of the activity, which will be evaluated by the faculty responsible for the subject. If the student does not appear in this review, this activity will not bereviewed later.
Honor plates (MH). Granting an honors qualification is the decision of the teaching staff responsible for the subject. The regulations of the UAB indicate that MH may only begrantedto students who have obtained a final grade of 9.00 or higher. Up to 5% of MH of the total number of students enrolled can be granted a MH.
A student will be considered non-evaluable (NA) if he has not submitted the project (oral or written) and has not done any of the theoretical and practical tests.
Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, the irregularities committed by the student that may lead to a variation in the qualification of an evaluation act will be graded a zero. Therefore, copying, plagiarism, deception, copying, etc. in any of the evaluation activities it will imply suspending it with a zero.
Unique Assessment
This subjectdoes not effert single assessment
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Group Project | 40% | 6 | 0.24 | CA15, KA11, KA12, SA03, SA09, SA16 |
Individual Deliverables | 60% | 7 | 0.28 | KA10, KA11, KA12, SA16 |
Textbooks
Articles
A list of articles will be provided with the syllabus
Databases
Ecoinvent https://www.ecoinvent.org/
GaBi http://www.gabi-software.com/spain/index/
Software