Industrial Resource Management and Cleaner Production
For whom?
Participants should possess a BSc degree in an area relate environmental engineering and science, microbiology, chemical engineering, chemistry, public health, etc. Professional experience in the water field helps to fully grasp the significance of the back-ground thinking relayed in the module and of the practical benefits of some of the concepts presented. A good command of the English language is required.
Dates, Fee, ECTS
Start: 13 February 2017
End: 03 March 2017
Deadline IHE application: 13 January 2017 - 23.59 (CET)
Course fee: € 2850
Learning objectives
Upon completion, the participant should be able to:
- suggest options for preventing pollution within urban and industrial water management settings;
- assess the environmental impact of products and processes;
- suggest treatment/disposal methods for industrial wastewater from which the value has been taken out;
- understand the importance of environmental management systems in the industrial context;
- indicate how the sustainable use of resources can be beneficial for reducing environmental burden(s);
- analyze the different system tools that support industrial ecology and make basic calculations related to life cycle analysis.
Course content
- What is Cleaner Production, why is it needed, what are the benefits, and what does it mean in practice?
- After this introduction, tools are discussed that can help in analysing and improving the environmental status, such as Life Cycle Analysis and Eco-design. The importance of proper environmental management is brought in and how these systems can be set up. ISO and ISO certification is mentioned.
- Specific attention is devoted to industrial water management in which both the raw water, the in-process water and the water leaving a process or set of processes are looked at from the point of few of optimised usage.
- The short course includes a fieldtrip to a site where Cleaner Production has been practiced on a water issue.