Instrumentos de Gestão Ambiental
This curricular unit aims to introduce the concept of industrial ecology and address the concepts for a systemic approach in environmental management, explaining the tools and standards to support environmental management, namely the life cycle analysis; the ecological design of products and eco-labels; the environmental management systems; the environmental audits; the assessment and communication of the environmental performance of organizations and other environmental management instruments, such as sustainable construction, forest certification systems and other certifications.
1. Environmental Management Systems
2. Life cycle analysis and ecological design of products
3. Environmental performance evaluation and communication
4. Environmental audits
Capacity to explain and distinguish the various environmental management instruments, namely the life cycle analysis of products, ecodesign and sustainable design; eco-labels, environmental and/or sustainability management systems, environmental audits and environmental performance assessment, and other environmental and/or sustainability management instruments, and to understand their applicability and usefulness within the scope of industrial ecology.
. Concepts and tools for a systemic approach in environmental management;
Life cycle analysis;
Ecological and/or sustainable design of products and eco-labels;
Environmental management systems;
Environmental audits;
Assessing the performance and communication of sustainability;
Other environmental and/or sustainability management instruments.
Mandatory
Videira, N. Alves, I. Subtil, R. (2007). Instrumentos de Apoio à Gestão do Ambiente. Volume 2. Edições da Universidade Aberta.
Ferrão, P. (2009). Ecologia Industrial. Princípios e ferramentas. Instituto Superior Técnico Press. Lisboa.
Written material (support slides for each topic with updates) and support videos on the platform.
E-learning.
Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a final digital test, Global e-folio (e-folio G) at the end of the semester (60%). In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one final exam (100%).