Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • RECP Context Business case

    • Introduction to the R - Ladder

    • RECP Context

    • Legal Background

    • RECP Context - International

    • RECP vs Pollution Control

    • Why RECP

    • RECP Implementation

    • RECP Intervention Framework

    • Case studies

  2. 2

    • Introduction to Methodology

    • Planning and organisation

    • Pre-assesment

    • Feasibility

    • Detailed Assessment

    • Implementation

    • Monitoring

    • Tools and metrics

    • Case study 2

    • RECP Methodology End User Test
  3. 3

    • Introduction

    • Importance of materials management

    • Importance of material flows

    • Importance of material balances

    • RECP Interventions

    • Importance of supply chain

    • Definintion of waste

    • Waste hierarchy

    • R-Ladder

    • Waste flow intervention types

    • Materials and Waste End User Test
  4. 4

    • Introduction

    • Water properties

    • Industrial water use

    • Industrial wastewater

    • Water fundamentals

    • Water hierarchy

    • Water treatment

    • System balance

    • Cost of water and wastewater

    • Water management

    • Data management

    • Water - Good practice

    • Case study

    • Thematic area - Water End User test
  5. 5

    • Energy Terminology

    • Introductio to Energy

    • Energy Principles

    • Useful Energy

    • Energy Balance

    • Energy Management

    • Energy systems optimization

    • Water heating energy systems

    • Building energy systems

    • Process heating energy systems

    • Renewable Energy

    • Energy Storage Syatems

    • Thematic Area - Energy End User test
  6. 6

    • Introduction and common terminology

    • Climate change impacts

    • Main bodies of climate change

    • CO2 emissions: countries and sectors

    • South Africa's NDC

    • Business GHG inventory development

    • Carbon Management

    • Different greenhouse gasses

    • Emission factors

    • Other concepts - Decarbonization

    • Carbon neutral and net zero

    • Carbon offsets and credits

    • Case Study

    • Thematic area - Carbon End User test
  7. 7

    • Define Life Cycle Management (LCM)

    • What is Capability Maturity Model (CMM)

    • Understanding the life cycle capability assessment process

    • Tools used

    • Test