Basic 1st-year maths 

Fundamentals of energy systems 

Basic mass and energy balances 

Prior experience with a programming language (R, python, matlab) may be useful but not required 

Choices made in the design phase of energy systems have significant consequences in the medium and long term. These consequences refer to both economic and environmental impacts. 

To be able to identify and deal with these long-term effects, a global perspective is needed, including all the stages of an energy system's life cycle, from the extraction and transformation of raw materials to the operation and end-of-life phases. 

The goal of this course is to provide an overview of existing methods and tools to evaluate the economic and environmental performance of energy systems (estimation of the net present value, life cycle assessment, externalities, carbon footprint...) and complete it with a practical application in team projects. 

40% of the course consists in lectures on general aspects of environmental and economic evaluation tools considering a life cycle perspective, 60% corresponds to the development of a team project in groups of 4-5 students 

No written exam. Grades based on: 30% from daily notes on work done in team projects, 30% from final documents of team projects, 30% from oral presentation, 10% participation to the discussion