Low Carbon Design and Operations
Programme Outline
Day 1
- Introduction to circularity and circular economy
- Types of waste streams and challenges in managing them
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- In-class Assignment 1: Performing an LCA for a selected value chain in your organisation
- Carbon footprinting methodologies
- Scope 1, 2, & 3 reporting (GHG Protocol)
- Scope 4 emissions: should you report them?
Day 2
- Four broad supply chain management strategies: legal, ethical, responsible, and sustainable
- Responsible sourcing and procurement
- Supply chain transparency and traceability
- Exercise: Designing a supplier questionnaire for your organisation
- Supplier management and performance monitoring
- Supplier capacity-building
- Downstream client management for supplier organisations
Day 3
- Energy performance and efficiency
- Efficient energy purchasing and on-site generation
- Smart systems for energy management
- In-class Assignment 2: Identifying the top cost-saving energy efficiency opportunities for your organisation
- Sourcing for renewables
- Renewable Energy Credits (RECs)
- Team Project briefing and preliminary planning
Day 4
- Is decarbonisation possible without carbon removal?
- Carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS)
- Nature-based approaches for carbon removal
- Exercise: Building a business case for a selected CCUS/nature-based solution for your organisation
- Carbon pricing and taxes
- Carbon offsets and voluntary credits
- Mandatory carbon cap-and-trade systems
Day 5
- Team Project: Re-imagining a low-carbon value chain for your organisation
Assessment
- Assignments
- In-class participation
- Team Project
Subject Credits
Upon completion and satisfying the requirements of passing this course, learners will be awarded 12 subject credits.