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    This document provides information for an exam on Environmental Management I taken on December 7, 2015. It includes instructions for candidates, outlines the four exam questions, and provides details for each question including the number of marks allocated. The questions address topics such as the competitive advantages of sustainability as a core business strategy, life cycle assessment, cost-benefit analysis methods, cleaner production opportunity assessment processes, and how to embed sustainability in a company's daily operations. Candidates are instructed to answer all four questions, with each question worth a total of 25 marks.

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    This document provides information for an exam on Environmental Management I taken on December 7, 2015. It includes instructions for candidates, outlines the four exam questions, and provides details for each question including the number of marks allocated. The questions address topics such as the competitive advantages of sustainability as a core business strategy, life cycle assessment, cost-benefit analysis methods, cleaner production opportunity assessment processes, and how to embed sustainability in a company's daily operations. Candidates are instructed to answer all four questions, with each question worth a total of 25 marks.

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    This document provides information for an exam on Environmental Management I taken on December 7, 2015. It includes instructions for candidates, outlines the four exam questions, and provides details for each question including the number of marks allocated. The questions address topics such as the competitive advantages of sustainability as a core business strategy, life cycle assessment, cost-benefit analysis methods, cleaner production opportunity assessment processes, and how to embed sustainability in a company's daily operations. Candidates are instructed to answer all four questions, with each question worth a total of 25 marks.

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    UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS

    FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

    FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS

    (November/December 2015)

    PROGRAMME MSc Total Quality Management & Performance Excellence/


    MSc Project Management
    MSc Industrial Engineering & Management
    Exchange Programme

    MODULE NAME Environmental Management I

    DATE Monday MODULE CODE CIVE 6102


    07 December 2015

    TIME 09.30-12.30 Hrs DURATION 3 HOURS

    NO. OF 4 NO. OF QUESTIONS 4


    QUESTIONS SET TO BE ATTEMPTED

    INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

    Answer ALL questions.

    All questions carry equal marks.


    ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT I – CIVE 6102

    Answer ALL questions.

    Question 1

    (a) Explain the competitive advantages of a business which has made


    sustainability a core strategy. (5 marks)

    (b) What is the GHG protocol? Distinguish between scopes 1, 2 and 3.


    (5 marks)

    (c) Discuss the potential applications of Life Cycle Assessment(LCA) and


    explain how LCA can deliver benefits to a business (6 marks)

    (d) Explain the basic steps for a Design for Sustainability(DfS) of a


    particular product (9 marks)
    Total: [25 marks]

    Question 2

    (a) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the NPV, IRR, and the
    Payback period in the cost-benefit analysis of projects? (5 marks)

    (b) A Chemical Company is currently operating a process line that results


    in 1000 barrels per year of a hazardous waste, which it must dispose of
    at a cost of $250 per barrel in a hazardous waste landfill. It projects that
    this process line will continue to operate for the next 5 years after
    which it will be shut down. It is estimated that if the landfill liner were
    to rupture, there would be a remediation/cleaning cost of
    approximately $300 per barrel of waste. A proposed cleaner
    production project, costing $400,000 to construct and $50,000 per year
    in operation and maintenance costs, could reduce the amount of wastes
    produced by half. Determine whether the Cleaner production project
    investment be made? Assume a discount rate of 8 per cent and a
    projected landfill liner failure time of 10 years from the present.
    (20 marks)
    Total: [25 marks]
    Aide Memoire:

    PW = F/ (1 + i)n

    PW =A x PWF = A x [ (1+i) n – 1 ] / i x (1+i)n

    1
    ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT I – CIVE 6102

    Question 3

    (a) After giving the benefits of a Cleaner Production Opportunity


    Assessment (CPOA) to an organisation, draw a step wise process of
    conducting it. (10 marks)

    (b) What are the major barriers to the adoption of cleaner production?
    (5 marks)

    (c) Explain the relationship between Cleaner Production and


    Environmental Management Systems in promoting better
    environmental management in a company? (10 marks)

    Total: [25 marks]

    Question 4

    Consider a hypothetical company where the manager asks you as a


    sustainability officer to advise on the way to proceed such that sustainability
    becomes a core business strategy in the company. What would you advise the
    manager on the way to proceed? Your answer should include the key
    requirements of a company which has embedded sustainability in its daily
    operations. Total: [25 marks]

    END OF QUESTION PAPER

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