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Submit a proposal for a short course (8 June)
Are you interested in presenting a short course at the Third Eco-Efficiency Conference?
On Tuesday 8 June 2010, a range of half-day short courses are scheduled prior to the opening
of the conference. Registration is open to all participants of the Third Eco-Efficiency Conference.
If you want to organise a short course, we will provide a room with equipment.
You will receive a fixed cost allowance, provided there is a minimum of 8
participants. If there are less participants, the workshop will be canceled by the
conference organisation.
Interested in organising a short course? Please provide a short abstract on the
content here.
Deadline of submission: 15 March 2010
Short courses on the programme
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| Short Course 1 |
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| Title: |
Environmentally extended input-output analysis (EIOA) |
| Teacher: |
Reinout Heijungs, CML |
| Duration: |
½ day |
Description:
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Environmentally extended input-output analysis (EIOA) is a tool for the economy-wide analysis of the environmental repercussions of products and services. After its introduction in the 70s, its use declined in favour of the upcoming environmental life cycle assessment (LCA), but in the last decade, it has been revived. Sometimes, this assumes the form of replacing LCA, sometimes of complementing it (e.g. for estimating missing data in LCA), but the two are also sometimes used in an integrated form (known as hybrid analysis). This course will explain the basics of EIOA, contrast it with LCA, discuss some main fields of application of EIOA, and show how the strengths of EIOA and LCA can be combined. Also the use of EIOA for supporting MFA is discussed. |
| Teaching method: |
lectures and computer exercises |
| Requirements: |
own laptop with Windows and Office |
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| Short Course 2 |
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| Title: |
Innovative resources management methodology and tool |
| Teacher: |
Clara Ceppa, Politecnico di Torino |
| Duration: |
½ day |
Description:
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Current production processes do not fully exploit natural resources and discard a significant percentage and the growing mass of waste generated by industrial activities is becoming increasing critical as much as it causes serious damage to human health and the environment. So we should do more with what the Earth produces, and adopt a sustainable resources management. The goal of this course is to show to the researcher and the producers the possibility of new business by adopting a systemic reuse of waste. To do that during the course, the participants will use a new software that can help companies to organize themselves into "ecological networks" to achieve production that moves towards zero emissions by means of sustainable management and the valorization of waste. It’s an instrument for making the changes needed on the level of the management, organization and procurement of energy and resources. Thanks to the tool the participants can understand that new links can be created between various companies on a regional level and ultimately on a international level. I will propose some example about agro-food sector, packaging supply chain and materials and green supply-chain: from waste we could obtain new products and also new industrial process, such as quail eggs from cattle breeding or plate from palm leaves. |
| Teaching method: |
lectures and practical exercises |
| Requirements: |
own laptop with Windows, Office and internet connection |
More Short Courses will be added to the programme soon.
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