Study Guide

Learning outcomes

Student will learn:
- Terms Carbon footprint and carbon storage and their application to wood products
- The role of wood material in environmental questions why wood materials can be a better solution for environmental problems
- Meaning of Environmental Product Declaration and basic principles of carbon footprint calculation

Implementation and methods of teaching

This module consists of seminar-style learning, readings, lectures, tutoring sessions,
independent study, video lectures (Youtube) and discussions in Learning
Management System (Mooc).

Timing and attendance

10.3.-30.9.2025

Learning material and recommended literature

Online reading material is provided at the course

Learning environment

LAB MOOC

Student time use and work load

About 60 total hours

Contents

The lesson plan includes:
- Introduction to carbon footprint and why it is important to reduce it
- Carbon footprint characteristic of wooden products
- Overall introduction to Estonian and Finnish forests and the forest industry
- Environmental product declaration
- Carbon calculation principles
- Discussion of relevant topics regarding the course

Assessment criteria

Achieving 50% will result in pass

Assessment scale

1-5