Educational objectives General learning outcomes
The course aims to provide the scientific basis and technical knowledge to develop interdisciplinary skills aimed at assessing the sustainability of the use of renewable and exhaustible resources and, in general, of all production activities. Through the knowledge and use of tools and methods for environmental monitoring, for the characterization of the environmental and energy loads of the production cycles (LCA) and the related environmental costs (LCC), the course, in accordance with the principles of circular economy and with the SDGs n. 7, 11, 12 and 13 of the UN AGENDA 2030, aims to analyze the product and/or process impacts, pursuing the control and improvement of environmental performances, also in order to implement voluntary adhesion tools such as Environmental Labeling and Environmental Management Systems.
Specific learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
define the elements that identify a sustainable growth; evaluate what use of renewable resources can be considered sustainable and how mining exploitation and the use of exhaustible resources should be analyzed with a view to rationalization and reduction, without neglecting the eco-compatibility of the extraction processes;
know the Life Cycle Assessment methodology, identifying it as a tool for characterizing the environmental and energy load throughout the life cycle of a product/service and as a useful tool for identifying possible mitigation interventions on induced environmental impacts, also through the reduction of raw materials and energy used in a system;
know the Life Cycle Costing methodology as a tool for assessing total costs (private and environmental) throughout the life cycle of a product/service; discern the implications of replacing the "price" criterion of an asset with that of "cost", with a view to circular economy;
know the ecological labelling systems and the management tools that allow economic and non-economic organizations to control the environmental impacts of their activities, pursuing the continuous improvement of environmental performance;
know image processing techniques in order to characterize the territory and all its components from a qualitative and quantitative point of view, through the study and interpretation of medium and high resolution satellite images.
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Educational objectives Aims of the course: The course in Building Services aims to provide students with the basic tools for defining the plant equipment of modern buildings, paying attention to the simultaneous satisfaction of performance and energy efficiency requirements. Particular attention is given to air conditioning systems, trying to provide the basic knowledge and tools for a correct correlation between required performance and plant equipment, taking into consideration the energetic aspects and the adoption of solutions compatible with the use of renewable energy sources.
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Educational objectives The course aims to provide a basic and general knowledge of environmental processes in the atmosphere, water and soil through the definition of the exchanges of pollutants between the various environmental systems. In particular, the main sources of pollution will be described (origin of the pollutant and its transformation in the environment) and the subsistence mechanisms of the pollutants produced in the air, water and soil and the interactions between them. The principles of sustainable chemistry will also be addressed with examples of Green chemical processes. The student will have the opportunity to know the typical mechanisms of environmental chemistry, increasing his sensitivity towards the different forms of pollution, the interactions with the animal and vegetable world and the danger to human health. The notions acquired will allow him to address more specific issues in the continuation of his training, integrating the knowledge acquired in the course with other more detailed and related to defined areas
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Educational objectives The course aims to make students aware of the aspects of water availability and consumption and the effects
that can lead to critical situations that could endanger the safety of the water supply. It aims to show how the
supply systems and water availability are inseparable from the environmental/climatic aspects. From this
starting point, water resource management actions arise. A management plan that will have to be integrated
into the hydrological cycle and that calls for a circular economy vision to guarantee sustainability prospects.
The goal is to introduce risk and reliability analysis tools for water resources.
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