Talking today about alternative methods to fossil fuels for energy is an increasingly common issue. The global concern for issues such as global warming, natural disasters, the depletion of the planet's resources, the environmental crisis and food production and diseases related to air pollution have generated an urgent need to invest in development of options that impact the environment to a lesser extent and allow man to keep moving forward.

Solar, hydraulic, wind or those from biomass and biofuels, are some of the renewable energies that help preserve the environment.

Advantages of renewable energy.

- Help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, helping to curb global warming. Clean energy is considered more environmentally friendly than conventional energy.

- Reduce energy production costs, create new jobs and reduce dependence on large energy powers and countries with fossil fuel reserves (oil, coal and natural gas).

- They produce energy indefinitely, when they are obtained from inexhaustible and unlimited sources of energy.

The evaluation of the life cycle (LCA) is a tool that allows us to know what the environmental impact generated by a product is, by the process and even by the activity that is carried out throughout the product's life cycle, knowing This may be to put measures to avoid the impact or correct it.

2. The contribution of information to decision makers in the industry, such as strategic planning, priority setting, design and redesign of products or processes.

3. The selection of relevant environmental performance indicators.

4. Marketing, which can be done in an environmental labeling scheme, preparing an environmental claim or an environmental declaration of the product.

·         Process and manufacturing: convert raw materials and energy into the desired product.

·         Distribution and transportation: Transfer of the final product to the customer. Use, reuse and maintenance: finished product throughout its life in Service.

·         Recycling: begins once the product has fulfilled its initial function and is consequently recycled through the same product system.

·         Waste management Begins once the product has fulfilled its function and is returned to the environment as waste

Within the current regulations, there are some rules that allow carrying out principles and strategies in the development of environmental management. The 14040 and 14044 standards refer to the "ACV life cycle analysis" methodology, which supports environmental management, as it is based on the importance of environmental protection and the possible impacts associated with products, both manufactured and consumed. In order to understand the scenarios in which this regulation can be applied, this phase of the course invites you to review a scientific article hosted in the Science Direct database (ELSEVIER), which presents a study where the ACV method is applied, when evaluating the energy consumption and GEI emissions, of projects of the Chinese energy distribution system, taking as a case study "the ACV of beer". 

Rescuing the concepts given in the recommended regulations and the article consulted, an online mural is made, where each member of the activity expresses their point of view regarding the subject of study. In order to strengthen the internationalization of the program and in order to promote bilingualism, the interactions of the forum and the mural are in English. 

Given the above considerations, a general position is expressed on the subject of study, when defining environmental management, as a tool for reducing the impact generated to the environment. Alterations in nature are caused every moment, with each substance, food or product consumed, causing resources to decrease as a result of hyper-consumerism, which today are quite evident. To think about a viable future, it is important to be aware of the proper use of resources, optimizing and / or recycling them if possible.  (Aporte Luz Karime)

 • Identify the standards that support environmental management such as ISO 14040 and 14044, allows describing the principles and frame of reference, as well as the requirements and guidelines, for the analysis of the life cycle (ACV) of a product. (Aporte Luz Karime)