MILLE Project will offer to industrial & professional world innovative Lifelong Learning modules:
- targeted at topics already individuated by a bottom-up process, with full involvement of industrial and professional stakeholders;
- based on on-line training tools, combining high flexibility (lectures offered asynchronously, according to the personal needs and availability of learners) with periodic assessments with board of teachers (on-line synchronous meetings);
- enriched by Industry-Academy interaction (50/50 contribution to lectures);
- designed with attention paid to learners workload (4 hours a week, for 6 weeks and an estimated effort of 3 CFU);
- fully inserted in the new EU Micro-credential system for certification.
The MILLE catalogue is composed by the following 9 modules, grouped by 3 levels. Click on the links below to see the single module content.
Basic Modules (BM)
BM1 - Life Cycle Assessment
- Click here for the summary sheet of the BM1 module (in pdf format).
- Content of BM1 Module:
- Introduction to life cycle approach;
- LCA principles and framework;
- LCA to support Environmental Labels;
- Relevance of inventory in LCA studies;
- LCA for circular economy and for energy transition.
BM2 - Eco-sustainable design
- Click here for the summary sheet of the BM2 module (in pdf format).
- Content of BM2 Module:
- Ecodesign and the Circular Economy
- Ecodesign in the design process
- Ecodesign in EU-Regulation
- Circular business models
- Product/Service/System-Design
- A basic introduction to reliability in electronic systems
- Energy related design aspects
- Deep dive Electronics - Understanding impacts and design
- Materials in design and related issues (CRM)
- The design process: concept, embodiment, details
- A materials selection systematic approach
- Co-selection material and shape to serve for material use improved efficiency
- How to face multi-objectives design problem in material selection
- Eco-design driven material choice
BM3 - Resource Management & Critical Raw Materials
- Click here for the summary sheet of the BM3 module (in pdf format).
- Content of BM3 Module:
- Introduction to resources management
- Introduction to Critical and Strategic Raw Materials
- Critical Raw Materials act
- Relevance of raw materials for strategic technologies
- Supply chain of CRM
- Mining of CRM and mining charts
- Mitigation measures
- Urban Mining
- Case Study: Rare earth elements
- Case study: Lithium
- Case study: Copper
- Further CRMs
- Recovery of CRM: pyro, hydrometallurgical approaches and alternative approaches
Expert Modules (EM)
EM1 - Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- Click here for the summary sheet of the EM1 module (in pdf format).
- Content of EM1 Module:
- introduction to the life cycle approach;
- steps of LCA and contents;
- LCA in practice with softwaresand databases;
- LCA to support environmental labels;
- LCA in circular economy and energy transition.
EM2 - Eco-sustainable design
- Click here for the summary sheet of the EM2 module (in pdf format).
- Content of EM2 Module:
All contents from Basic level - plus:
- NetZero, R-Strategy-Waste management, Scope1-2-3 and other Systems
- Circular & Ecodesign tools
- Ecodesign - Measurement, Indicators, Labels
- Material selection in a CRM perspective
- Design for Recycling in a Critical Raw Materials Perspective
- Material Substitution in a Critical Raw Materials Perspective
- Product design from an environmental and critical raw materials perspective
- Design for and from recycling – principles and limitations
- Lightweight design versus raw materials criticalities
EM3 - Resource Management & Critical Raw Materials
- Click here for the summary sheet of the EM3 Module (in pdf format)
- Content of EM3 Module:
- The EM3 module aims at introducing to an expert audience the topics of critical raw materials by contextualizing it into the broader framework of natural resources and their scarcity. The module will present the methodology Material Flow Analysis as a quantitative tool for research management and its applicability to criticality and circularity.
EM4 - Digital Product Passport and Blockchain Technology
- Click here for the summary sheet of the EM4 module (in pdf format).
- Content of EM4 Module:
- Sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR)
- CSR and risk management
- Supply chains
- Digital Product Passport
- Digital supply chains
- Blockchain
- Transfer of concepts to individual contexts
Manager Modules (MM)
MM1 – LCA & Life Cycle Thinking
- Click here for the summary sheet of the MM1 module (in pdf format).
- Content of MM1 Module:
- introduction to LCT and LCA;
- LCA principles and framework;
- LCA to support environmental labels;
- Life Cycle approach for sustainability assessment;
- LCA for circular economy and for energy transition.
MM2 - Circular Economy (Business Models, Regulatory Framework, Certification)
- Click here for the summary sheet of the MM2 module (in pdf format).
- Content of MM2 Module:
- Introduction to circular economy and sustainability
- Business model description of the main characteristics and components;
- Business models in the circular economy framework focused on presenting and knowing the different circular business models a firm can adopt;
- Regulatory framework and certification to present the different regulations related to circular economy in terms of design and product management and certification schemes available.