This page presents notes for some of the lecture sessions.
| LEC # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | (PDF) |
| Part 1: Views on Industrial Ecology | ||
| 2 | What is Industrial Ecology? | |
| 3 | Environmental Paradigm | (PDF) |
| 4 | Sustainability: Concepts and Metrics | (PDF) |
| 5 | Resource Economics | |
| 6 | Resource Economics (cont.) | |
| 7 | Resource Econ Group Presentations | |
| Part 2: LCA: Method Basics | ||
| 8 | Life-cycle Assessment - Overview | (PDF) |
| 9 | Using the Software | |
| 10 | LCA - Scope | (PDF) |
| 11 | LCA - Inventory | (PDF) |
| 12 | LCA - Inventory Allocation | (PDF) |
| 13 | LCA - Recycling | |
| 14 | Materials Flow Analysis | (PDF) |
| Part 3: Environmental Evaluation and Advanced Methods | ||
| 15 | Overview of Case 2 | |
| 16 | LCA - Impact Assessment - EPS | (PDF) |
| 17 | LCA - Impact Assessment - EcoPoints | (PDF) |
| 18 | LCA Research | |
| 19 | Case 1 Presentations | |
| Part 4: Aggregate Materials Flows | ||
| 20 | National Materials Flows | |
| 21 | Material Flow Case Study | |
| Part 5: Environmental Policy Strategies | ||
| 22 | Environmental Policy Making (Part 1) | (PDF) |
| 23 | Environmental Policy Making (Part 2) | |
| 24 | Industrial Ecology Research @ MIT | |
| 25 | Final Presentations | |