A methodology for assessing the sustainability of hydrogen valleys

Marco Serafini¹, Fabiana Romano², Alessandro Arrigoni¹, Eveline Weidner¹, Mariagiovvanna Minutillo³

1: European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Netherlands, The; 2: Universitá degli studi di Napoli Parthenope; 3: University of Salerno

Use of life cycle management to support regional sustainable development - experiences of selected European regions"

Fritz Balkau¹, Guido Sonnemann², Takunda Chitaka²

1: sustainable solutions, France; 2: University of Bordeaux

Environmentally performant bio-economy supply chains from Macauba in Brazil requires proper management of the by-product pulp oil: A consequential LCA

Maria Luiza Mendonça de Barros Barbosa Gonçalves¹, Christhel Andrade Diaz², Guilherme José Maximo¹, Lorie Hamelin²

1: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil; 2: INRAE Toulouse, France

Mapping the Climate Profiles for the Decarbonization of Italian District Heating and Cooling Networks

Kevin Autelitano, Jacopo Famiglietti, Marcello Aprile, Mario Gualtiero Francesco Motta

Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energia, Via Lambruschini, n. 6, 20156, Milan, Italy

Farm-scale and regional-scale use of renewable energy to replace diesel fuel

Maximilian Schüler¹, Xinyuan Wang², Wenxin Yang³

1: Technische Hochschule Lübeck, Germany; 2: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois; 3: Master’s Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, UC Berkeley

Supporting Regional Sustainability Goals: Comparative LCA of Vacation Rentals and Hotels

Giulio Maria Mercatali¹, Didier Beloin Saint-Pierre², Roland Hischier², Giorgio Baldinelli¹, Jacopo Sorani²

1: Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti n. 67, Perugia, 06125, Italy; 2: Empa, Technology and Society Laboratory, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland

Drinking Water Scarcity: Man-Made Pollutants in the Potomac River Basin, USA

Veronica M_Ngaling Tangiri

Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District, United States of America

Environmental Impact of Upper Cisokan Pumped Hydro Energy Storage in Indonesia's Energy Transition

Fakhri Nugraha¹, Febelyn Tria Reguyal²

1: Perusahaan Listrik Negara, Indonesia and The University of Auckland, New Zealand; 2: The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Decarbonizing Steel – Harmonizing Product Carbon Footprint and CBAM Assessment Methodologies

Rajesh Kumar Singh, Ritesh Agrawal, Kalpeshkumar Prajapati

Sphera India Private Limited, India

Comparative LCA of Refinery Products: Naphtha, Propylene & Benzene (Fossil vs Circular)

Fernando Guerra¹, Rafael Carrion¹, Cesar Galera¹, Jasmin Hengstler², Usama Khalid², Oliver Schuller²

1: Cepsa/Moeve, Spain; 2: Sphera, Germany

Well-to-Wake Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of Synthetic fuels for the Maritime sector in the North Sea

Aza Pedraza Zulma Karina, Komal mallesh chougule, Gomez Trillos Juan Camilo, Brand-Daniels Urte, Thomas Vogt

DLR (German Aerospace centre), Germany

Life cycle assessment of CO2 utilization technologies: Methodological approaches and findings

Jinjoo An¹, Yuree Kwon^1,2, Jina Choi³

1: Chemical Process Solution Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology; 2: Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungnam National University; 3: CO2 & Energy Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology

A holistic view of ammonia micro gas turbine – the role of Life Cycle Assessment

Karolina Petela, Mateusz Proniewicz, Andrzej Szlęk

Silesian University of Technology, Poland

Cumulative Energy Demand and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Potential of Alternative Maritime Fuels: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach to Maritime Decarbonization

Alvin Wei Liang Ee, Shirleen Lee Yuen Lo, Shee Jia Chew, Hiang Kwee Ho, Bin Su

Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Exploring Feasibility of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Decarbonizing Waste-to-Energy Systems: Global Insights and Developing Country Perspectives

Cahyo Widoko Laksono¹, Minoru Fujii^1,2, Yasuaki Hijioka^1,3, Kenichi Nakajima^1,4

1: The University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: NIES Social Systems Division, Japan; 3: NIES Center for Climate Change Adaptation, Japan; 4: NIES Material Cycles Division, Japan

Life Cycle Management of an Emerging Primary Aluminium-air Battery for Seasonal Energy Storage

Hüseyin Ersoy^1,2, Manuel Baumann¹, Tomás Ramos², Marcel Weil^1,3, Stefano Passerini⁴

1: Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany; 2: Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research (CENSE), NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal; 3: Helmholtz Institute Ulm for Electrochemical Energy Storage (HIU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Ulm, Germany; 4: Center for Transport Technologies, Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH (AIT), Vienna, Austria

Reducing environmental impacts of water electrolysis systems by reuse and recycling - Life cycle assessment of a 5 MW alkaline water electrolysis plant

Annika Carolina Hoppe, Christine Minke

TU Clausthal, Germany

Integrating life cycle assessment into the V-model for cyber physical systems for ecodesign purposes

Jonas Keller¹, Matthias Müller¹, Michael Held²

1: University of Stuttgart, Institute for acoustics and building physics (IABP), Germany; 2: Fraunhofer Institute for building physics (IBP), Germany

Applying New Time-Integrated Approach for Biodiversity Footprint To Cosmetic Sector: Case Study Of l’Oréal

Magdalena Czyrnek-Deletre¹, Margot Rigal¹, Emma Garrigues¹, Aude Dupin¹, Alexis Burguburu¹, Jacques L'Haridon², Guillaume Neveux¹

1: I Care by BearingPoint, Paris, France; 2: L'Oréal Research & Innovation, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France

Harmonizing environmental life cycle assessments of solar thermal energy systems: Methodology guidelines from the IEA Solar Heat and Cooling Programme Task 71

Hanna Kröhnert, Sabine Frei, René Itten

Institute of Natural Resource Sciences, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland

Bridging systematic, digital and physical sustainability: How LCA guides the path to the development of more sustainable electronic products.

Lukas D'Olif, Jonathan Demierre

Helbling Technik Wil AG, Switzerland

A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making tool to be used in Green and Circular Public Procurement

Nicolas Bertoldo¹, Mette Alberg Mosgaard², Anja Marie Bundgaard², Giovanni Dotelli¹

1: Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering ”Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, Milan, 20133, Italy; 2: Aalborg University, Department of Planning, Rendsburggade 14, Aalborg, 9000, Denmark

Developing a Standardized Life Cycle Assessment Methodology for Higher Education Institutions: Addressing Data Gaps and Enabling Comparability for a Sustainable Development

Constantin Keul, Venkateshwaran Venkatachalam, Sebastian Spierling, Hans-Josef Endres

Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

TOWARDS CLOSING THE IMPLEMENTATION GAP: AN ANALYSIS OF DECISION MAKING IN REUSABLE PACKAGING SYSTEMS.

Ignacio Garcia de Paredes¹, Blanca Corona¹, Bjorn de Koeijer², Ernst Worrell¹

1: Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Vening Meinesz Building A, Princetonlaan 8a, 3584 CB Utrecht, Netherlands; 2: Department of Design, Production and Management, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, The Netherlands

Life Cycle Assessment of shopping bags used in Portugal

João Guilherme Serra, Paula Quinteiro, Ana Cláudia Dias

University of Aveiro/CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies

Bridging innovation and circularity: Integration of low-TRL chemical recycling technologies into circular systems

Paula Milena Rincon Trujillo, Philip Biessey, Manfred Renner

Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Future of Protein: A Global LCA Model for Optimizing Land Use and Integrating Renewable Energy in Single Cell Protein Hybrid Farm

Vishal Khanpit^1,3, S Viswanathan², Olaf Hinrichsen³

1: TUMCREATE, 1 CREATE Way, #10-02 CREATE Tower, Singapore 138602; 2: Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; 3: TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Global Biodiversity Footprints of Agricultural Production Systems: Comparing the Biodiversity Impacts of Staple and Luxury Food Crops

Michael Götz, René Itten

Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

Life Cycle Assessment of novel protein sources uses a newly developed protein-quality-based approach

Andreas Geß¹, Özlem Özmutlu², Tullia Tedeschi³, Sara Cutroneo³, Barbara Prandi³

1: GreenSurvey, Germany; 2: University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Germany; 3: University of Parma, Italy

Beyond carbon emissions: assessing environmental impacts of traditional Norwegian meals

Fabiana Frota de Albuquerque Landi, Rannvá Danielsen, Erik Svanes

NORSUS Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research, Norway

A sustainable and healthy bite: A nutritional life cycle assessment of mealworms compared to conventional protein-rich food

Zhengxuan Wu¹, Elena Werner², Daniel Maga¹, Venkat Aryan¹

1: Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Germany; 2: Alpha-Protein GmbH, Germany

Automated Life Cycle Assessment of Food Assortments including Planetary Boundaries, Multi-Nutrients and Health Outcomes: a novel Approach for Food Retail, Wholesale and Gastronomy

Toni Meier, Frank Forner, Susann Schade

Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Economics • INL, Germany

A market share-based model for the avoided burden approach of life cycle assessment considering future decarbonization in industries: A case of polymer recycling

Kazuma Hirata, Daiki Kata, Jun Nakatani

The University of Tokyo, Japan

Advancing Polymer Recycling: Integrating HydroPRT with Complementary Technologies

Stuart Coles¹, Matthew Ozoemena¹, Robert Heymer¹, You Wu¹, Geoff Brighty²

1: WMG, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, UK, CV4 7AL; 2: Mura Technology Limited, LDN:W Level 4, 3 Noble Street, London, UK, EC2V 7EE

Quality of waste feedstock and quality of recyclate: zero burden or (how much?) avoided burden?

Steven De Meester

Ghent University, Belgium

Quantifying the Environmental Costs of Phasing Out Legacy Substances for Plastics in Germany's Building and Infrastructure Sector

Sarah Schmidt¹, Thomas Gibon², David Laner¹

1: Research Center for Resource Management and Solid Waste Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Kassel, Mönchebergstraße 7, 34125 Kassel, Germany; 2: SUSTAIN research unit, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, 4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Effect of Feedstock Modelling and Multiple Loops of Polymer Recycling in environmental profile calculation

Giovanni Dotelli

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

How to integrate market and policy instruments like mass balance fuel use excluded into the LCA of recycled materials?

Maximilian Menche, Christian Krüger

BASF SE, Germany

Polymer Recycling and Life Cycle Assessment: An Overview of End-of-Life Allocation Approaches and Their Implications

Maria Evgenia Papavasileiou, Wouter van Kootwijk

Ecomatters, Netherlands, The

European Initiatives supporting Assessing Environmental Impact of Polymers in Recycling and Life Cycle Contexts

Carlo Brondi, Matteo Cordara

CNR, Italy

Modeling WEEE Recycling with Life Cycle Assessment: the case study of an Italian Treatment Plant

Federico Iorio Esposito¹, Alessandro Salvi¹, Giovanni Dotelli¹, Paola Gallo Stampino¹, Laura Borghi², Martina Scoponi²

1: Politecnico di Milano - Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica, Italy; 2: Stena Recycling

Socioeconomic impacts of increased legumes production for human consumption in Norway

Rannva Danielsen¹, Clara Valente¹, Anna Birgitte Milford², Simen Wilsher-Lohre²

1: NORSUS, Norway; 2: NIBIO, Norway

Combining qualitative and quantitative social life cycle assessment to analyze protein supply chain in Sweden

Edoardo Desiderio, Karin Östergren

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden

The Biodiversity Footprinting for Agricultural Transition (BFAT) project: for an improved modelling of the impact of agricultural production on biodiversity

Eliette Verdier¹, Alexis Burguburu¹, Eugène Pipraud¹, Arthur Albaz¹, Théo Joly¹, Amandine Kemmel², Juliette Alnikine², Magdalena Czyrnek-Delêtre¹, Guillaume Neveux¹

1: I Care, France; 2: CDC Biodiversité, France

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment to evaluate the sustainability of food value chains in developing countries: a case study of maize flour in Chad

Andrea Di Maria¹, Véronique Ancey², Laure Steer³

1: University of Liege, Belgium; 2: CIRAID, France; 3: IRAM, France

Embedding Sustainability in Product Development: A Pathway to Global Targets

Ileana Manera¹, Ondina Rocca²

1: Soremartec Italia Srl, Italy; 2: Quantis Italia

Food Impacts Toolkit: Delivering Information on Environmental Impacts of Foods to Consumers

Marius Rödder, Talita Amado, Paul Appel

corsus - corporate sustainability GmbH, Germany

Sustainable steel production: Application of S-LCA in German Steelmaking

Gijs Krekel^1,2, Julian Suer¹, Marzia Traverso²

1: thyssenkrupp Steel Europe, Germany; 2: Institute for Sustainability in civil engineering (INaB), Germany

Defining impact subcategories and indicators for battery electric vehicles: a methodological approach for Social Life Cycle Assessment

Erasmo Cadena¹, Davis Jose², Nilay Elginoz Kanat³, Maria Lidberg³, Anne Grau⁴, Katharina Gompf⁵, Lasse Schmidt⁶, Takunda Yeukai Chitaka⁷

1: Ghent University, Belgium; 2: Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering (INaB), RWTH Aachen University, Germany; 3: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden; 4: EDF Research and Development, Department of EPI, France; 5: BMW Group, Germany; 6: Volkswagen AG, Germany; 7: Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, France

Job creation in S-LCA: influence of database choice - Case study on jeans stone washing

Nirvana Angela Marting Vidaurre, Federico Busio, Thomas Schaubroeck

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg

Improving Social Life Cycle Assessment Methodology for Sustainability Reporting: A Case Study on WEEE Management Companies

Gabriela Sucozhanay¹, Sebastian Martínes¹, Paul Vanegas^1,2, Dolores Sucozhañay^1,3

1: Interdisciplinary Department of Space and Population, University of Cuenca, Ecuador; 2: Faculty of Chemical Sciences, University of Cuenca, Ecuador; 3: Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, University of Cuenca, Ecuador

Advancing Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) for Public Services: Evaluating Water Supply Systems in the Provinces Venice and Treviso

Bernadette Sidonie Libom, Alessandro Manzardo, Stefania Presta

University of Padova

Are circular bio-based products also sustainable from a social perspective? The 'Cartiera' case study

Enrica Imbert³, Gülşah Yilan², Stella Santos¹

1: UnitelmaSapienza, Italy; 2: UnitelmaSapienza, Italy; 3: UnitelmaSapienza, Italy

Advancing Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) for Sustainable Artisanal Gold Mining: Addressing Organized Crime and Ecosystem Impact in Nangaritza, Ecuador

Albert Martin Baena Regel, Kulsith Bimsara Dodampe Gamage

TU Dresden / IHI Zittau, Germany

Proposal of Support Indicators for Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) for Urban Transport Infrastructure in Brazil

Marina de Almeida Gomes Soriano, Verônica Teixeira Franco Castelo Branco

Federal University of Ceara, Brazil

Systematic Literature Review on Social LCA Applications in Hydrogen Electrolysis for the Energy Sector

Alessia Manfredi^1,2, Giampaolo Manfrida², Daniele Fiaschi²

1: University of Padua, Italy; 2: University of Florence, Italy

Collaborative Life Cycle Assessment: Integrating Stakeholder Perspectives for Effective Environmental Regulation in the Automotive Industry

Mara Neef, Tina Dettmer

Volkswagen AG, Germany

LCA methodology for zero-emission vehicle (ZEV): Selection of impact categories and normalisation factors by consensus building

Marie Pinochet¹, Davis Jose², Gladys Moreac-Njeim³, Marco Raugei^4,5, Lauran van Oers⁶, Erasmo Cadena⁷, Jair Santillán-Saldivar⁸

1: Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Liten, DEHT, 38000 Grenoble, France; 2: Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany; 3: RENAULT SAS, 122 bis Avenue du General Leclerc, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France; 4: Ricardo, 30 Eastbourne Terrace, London W2 6LA, United Kingdom; 5: Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom; 6: Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Einsteinweg 2, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands; 7: Ghent University, Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Research Group STEN, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; 8: BRGM, BP 36009 45060 Orléans Cedex 2, France

A Sectoral Tool for Carbon Footprint Assessment of Passenger Vehicles: Enhancing Transparency and Data Accessibility

Juliana Picoli¹, Layla Lambiasi¹, Letícia Gavioli¹, Lucas Cesilla¹, Tiago Zillio¹, Paulo Lima², Rafael Mosquim², Guarany Osório¹, Joaquim Seabra², Mario Monzoni¹

1: Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Brazil; 2: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil

TranSensusLCA: Framework for automobile LCA of the future

Marina Simon, Stephan Krinke, Felipe Cerdas, Jana Husmann

Fraunhofer IST, Germany

An LCI-based decomposition analysis to assess consumer behavior mitigations and propose demand-side strategies for the car mobility sector: the case of Switzerland.

Gabriel Magnaval^1,2, Manuele Margni^1,2, Anne-Marie Boulay¹

1: CIRAIG, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada; 2: HES-SO Valais-Wallis, Switzerland

From Cradle to Gate: Addressing Data Gaps in the Carbon Footprint of Passenger Vehicles in Brazil

Juliana Picoli¹, Layla Lambiasi¹, Letícia Gavioli¹, Lucas Cesilla¹, Tiago Zillio¹, Guarany Osório¹, Paulo Lima², Rafael Mosquim², Joaquim Seabra², Mario Monzoni¹

1: Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Brazil; 2: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil

On the role of assumptions and methodological choices in LCA-based decision-making – the case of shared e-scooters in Finland

Jáchym Judl¹, Claire Mosoni², Emilia Suomalainen¹

1: Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), Finland; 2: University of Helsinki, Finland

Balancing Comparability, Applicability and Accuracy: Insights from Applying a Consensus-Based LCA Methodology in the Automotive Industry

Julia Lindholm, Christian Junestedt

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute

Methodological approach towards circular solutions applied on a prowertrain for electric trucks

Rainer Pamminger¹, Philipp Feuchter¹, Wolfgang Wimmer¹, Sebastian Waider²

1: Vienna University of Technology; 2: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH

A Methodological Framework for the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation

Chiara Magrini, Vincenzo Senatore, Maria Gonzalez Torres, Judit Rodriguez Manotas

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC-Seville), C. Inca Garcilaso, 3, 41092 Sevilla, Spain

Toward the harmonisation of the environmental performance of plastic piping systems: the definition of complementary Product Category Rules for above- and below ground applications

Gioia Garavini¹, Alessandra Zamagni¹, Peter Sejersen²

1: Ecoinnovazione, Italy; 2: TEPPFA, Belgium

Screening Product Environmental Footprint Analysis Applied to Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Systems

Claudio Carbone¹, Giuseppe Di Florio¹, Khaoula Ben Hnich², Sumanth K.R. Maddula^2,3, Diego Iribarren², Tarik Nawaya⁴, Olga Bereketidou⁵, Raphael Briere⁶, Simone Maranghi⁷, Alessandra Zamagni⁷, Till Bachman⁸, Davide Beretta⁸, Giorgia Galvini⁹, Alessandro Agostini¹

1: ENEA, Italy; 2: IMDEA Energy, Spain; 3: Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain; 4: Hexagon Purus, Germany; 5: Advent, Greece; 6: Engie, France; 7: Ecoinnovazione, Italy; 8: EIFER, Germany; 9: ISINNOVA, Italy

Do infrastructures matter? A spatial and temporal analysis of considering climate change life-cycle impacts of infrastructures. A focus on energy sector.

Romain Besseau, Anne Bouter, Alessandro Arrigoni, Nicolae Scarlat

European Commission Joint Research Centre

On the comparability and reproducibility of PEFCR

Paul Domberger, Ulrike Kirschnick

Technical University Leoben, Austria

Pursuing sustainability in the waters full of rules: an example of practising LCM in the Calanus product value chain in Norway.

Anastasia Henriksen, Annik Magerholm Fet

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Mutual Recognition Agreement to foster LCA harmonization and efficiently drive sustainable production and consumption frameworks

Benjamin Canaguier¹, Julien Morganti², Shifa Meyer³, Or Galant⁴, Pavinee Hasselberg⁴, Gustav Sandin⁴, Manel Sansa¹

1: Schneider Electric, France; 2: PEP Ecopassport; 3: Nexans; 4: EPD International AB

Life Cycle Thinking in Research and Policymaking for Sustainable Consumption

Göran Finnveden^1,2

1: KTH Royal Institue of Technology, Sweden; 2: Mistra Sustainable Consumption

From Voluntary Initiatives to Regulation Through Collaboration: Embodied Carbon Progress in Australia and New Zealand

Barbara Nebel

thinkstep-anz, New Zealand

A new ecoinvent framework for the construction sector – towards a transparent and granular concrete supply chain

Enrico Bonanno, Avraam Symeonidis, Emilia Moreno Ruiz

ecoinvent, Switzerland

Applying time value of carbon to structural design LCA decision-making

Harry Watt^1,3, Buick Davison¹, Peter Hodgson², Chris Kitching³, Danielle Densley Tingley¹

1: School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom; 2: Tata Steel UK Limited, 18 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7HS, United Kingdom; 3: Mott MacDonald Group Limited, 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB, United Kingdom

Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Pyrolysis Based Sustainable Phenolic Compound Production

Dineshkumar Muniyappan, Damien Arbault, Lorie Hamelin

Toulouse Biotechnology Institue, Bio & Chemical Engineering, Toulouse, France

Koti Banal Architecture of the Himalayan State of Uttarakhand (India): A Case of Circularity and Sustainability

Richa Kumari, Syed Ifrah Asfar, Smriti Saraswat

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

User-studies on Visualisation and Reporting of Life Cycle Sustainability Performance of Products

Olubukola Olumuyiwa Tokede¹, Anastasia Globa², Winter Jesse³

1: Deakin University; 2: University of Sydney; 3: Institute of Social Neuroscience

Allowing the certification of PCFs for mass balanced products

Stefan Gaertner¹, Jana Gerta Backes¹, Patrick Ober², Stefan Majer³

1: Meo Carbon Solutions GmbH; 2: ISCC System GmbH; 3: DBFZ GmbH

Mass balancing in current verification and critical review practice – Challenges and outlook from an inter-industry view

Max Rehberger, Daniel Müller, Jonas Johannisson

TÜV SÜD Product Service GmbH, Germany

Transformation of the steel industry

Julian Suer, Nils Jäger

thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany

Exploration of Chain of Custody and Mass Balance principles and their impact on plastics sustainability

Chloé CANO-AMEVET, Virginie RENAVANT, Amandine LOUISE, Florence DELANGE

Schneider Electric, France

Electricity and the chain of custody

Tomas Ekvall¹, Natalia Lopez Marin², Yulia Liu³, Ellen Riise⁴, Stefano Zuin²

1: Tomas Ekvall Research, Review & Assessment (TERRA); 2: Electrolux; 3: Chalmers University of Technology; 4: Essity

Development of PCR Open Standard Guidance for Including Mass Balance Chain of Custody into LCAs and EPDs

C. Jason Pierce¹, Poonam Khatri²

1: Eastman, USA; 2: USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, USA

The increasing impact of bio-attributed products in reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Christian Krüger, Peter Saling, Ivana Krkljus

BASF, Germany

Methodology of mass balance model applicable to industrial materials

Taichi Suzuki^1,2, Ichiro Daigo²

1: UACJ Corporation, Japan; 2: The University of Tokyo, Japan

Enhancing circularity of e-mobility through life-cycle thinking – the example of the JRC scientific support for the end-of-life vehicles EU policy

Martina Orefice, Nacef Tazi, Daniele Candelaresi, Thibaut Maury, Fabrice Mathieux

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy

Enhancing Product Comparability: Frameworks for Meaningful Decision-Making in Life Cycle Management

William Lepercq¹, Emmanuel Logakis², Benjamin Canaguier¹, Massimo Muzzi², Alessandro Bottarelli²

1: Schneider Electric; 2: ABB

Assessing supply risks in the bio-economy via a newly developed criticality framework and tool

Dieuwertje Louise Schrijvers¹, Naeem Adibi¹, Thomas Schaubroeck², Milena Amaral³, Eduardo Entrena⁴, Tomas Rydberg⁵

1: WeLOOP, France; 2: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg; 3: Neovili, France; 4: Contactica, Spain; 5: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden

The Environmental Footprint: science-based life cycle assessment methods for informed policy making

LAURA GARCIA HERRERO¹, MAURO CORDELLA², VALERIA DE LAURENTIIS¹, GIULIA LISTORTI¹, SUSANNA ANDREASI BASSI¹, NICOLA FERRARA¹, ESTHER SANYE MENGUAL¹, FULVIO ARDENTE¹

1: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy; 2: European Commission, Directorate General Environment (DG ENV), Brussels, Belgium

Social Sustainability as Part of the Safe and Sustainable by Design Framework: Towards Safe, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Products

Akemi Kokubo Roche¹, Britte Bouchaut², Lotte Asveld^1,3

1: Biotechnology and Society Group, Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands; 2: Safety and Security Science Group, Department of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands; 3: Philosophy Group, Department of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) for Hotel Accommodation Services

Elia Rillo¹, Ugo Pretato¹, Irene Cropanise¹, Bianca Maria Raffaelli¹, Marc-Andree Wolf², Kirana Wolf², Susanne Lein³, Jan Christian Polania Giese³, Isell Baldauf³, Julia Olliges³, Marie Audren⁴, Marta Machado⁴

1: Studio Fieschi & soci, Italy; 2: maki consulting, Germany; 3: adelphi consult, Germany; 4: Hotrec AISBL, Belgium

Decision support tool providing LCA, LCC and Circularity Indicators to drive the transition towards green steel

Maura Camerin¹, Sébastien Zinck¹, Marie-Sophie Roderich¹, Tiago Silva², Helena Monteiro², Martin Hubrich³

1: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg; 2: Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (ISQ), Portugal; 3: VDEH-Betriebsforschungsintitut UT GMBH (BFI), Germany

Experiences Applying the (Product) Environmental Footprint (PEF) Method and connection to Existing and Upcoming European Legislation and Policy

Wouter van Kootwijk, Freya Goffart De Roeck, Max Sonnen

Ecomatters, Netherlands, The

Life Cycle Assessment of Carbon Capture via Dynamic Carbonation of Mineral Waste: Insights from the Mineral LOOP Project

Delphine Lina Cerica¹, Elise Aubry², Archibald Carlier³, Ikbal Saqout⁴, Séverine Marquis⁵, Damien Bruyere⁶, Sophie Grigoletto¹, Luc Courard¹, Laureen Brocard⁷, Angélique Léonard¹

1: University of Liège, Belgium; 2: Carmeuse Europe S.A., Belgium; 3: Tradecowall, Belgium; 4: Lessine Industries, Belgium; 5: Centre Terre et Pierre, Belgium; 6: Revatech, Belgium; 7: University of Montpellier, France

LCA-based certification system development for clean hydrogen and CCU technologies/products in South Korea

Jina Choi¹, Jinjoo An²

1: CO2 & Energy Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Korea, Republic of (South Korea); 2: Chemical Process Solution Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Integrating Prospective LCA and TEA: Challenges, Proposed Solutions, and Pathways for Sustainable Design and Decision-Making

Ekinsu Akdogan¹, Karel Van Acker^1,2,3

1: Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR), Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; 2: Economics and Corporate Sustainability Research Group, Warmoesberg 26, 1000 Brussels, Belgium; 3: Flanders Make @KU Leuven, Belgium

Combined assessment of GHG emissions and associated costs of hydrogen use in Japan

Ren Akami, Norihiro Itsubo

Waseda university, Japan

How a Prospective Life Cycle Assessment Affects a Medium Voltage Switchgear

Luca Marcolongo, Simone Carnì, Greta Bacchelli, Marco Tomasoni, Gabriele Campadello, Seila Rodriguez Vilches

ABB ELDS Technology center

Optimizing the penetration pathways of upgraded product to minimize carbon emissions

Wenjing T. Gong, Ichiro Daigo

The University of Tokyo, Japan

Development of 2020 Waste Input-Output Table in Japan as a tool for measuring and assessing circularity performance

Atsushi Fukada¹, Yasushi Kondo¹, Yuki Ichisugi², Norihiro Itsubo¹

1: Waseda University, Japan; 2: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Challenges and Opportunities in S-LCA for Compliance-Driven Innovation

JULIETA DÍEZ-HERNÁNDEZ, SONIA MARTEL-MARTÍN, JESÚS IBAÑEZ, ANA GARCÍA-MORAL, ISRAEL CARREIRA-BARRAL, DAVID BLANCO-ALCÁNTARA, ÓSCAR LÓPEZ-DE-FORONDA

Universidad de Burgos, Spain

Assessing Social Aspects within the Safe and Sustainable by Design Framework: the ANALYST Project

Manuela D'Eusanio, Federica Silveri, Luigia Petti

Department of Economic Studies, Università degli Studi "G.d'Annunzio" di Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Social Sustainability of Nuclear Fusion Energy: A Multi-Regional Input-Output Analysis

Misa Iwamoto, Takuya Shimamura, Alexander Ryota Keeley, Daikichi Seki, Shunsuke Managi, Shutaro Takeda

Kyushu University, Japan

Social Impacts of Semiconductor’s Global Supply Chains: Hotspot Analyses for the Materials Used by the Manufacturers in Taiwan.

Afifah Raudloh Annimah^1,4, Pi-Cheng Chen^1,2,3

1: Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan; 2: Hierarchical Green-Energy Materials (Hi-GEM) Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan; 3: Academy of Innovative Semiconductor and Sustainable Manufacturing, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan; 4: Department of Biosystem Engineering, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia

Unlocking the Social Dimension: Requirements to Assess Social Impacts of Energy Storage Systems

Svenja Weber-Harmann¹, Kira Fischer¹, Marie Krug¹, Dustin Jürgens¹, Nikolas Dilger¹, Sabrina Zellmer^1,2, Christoph Herrmann^1,3

1: Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST; 2: Institute for Particle Technology IPAT, Technische Universität Braunschweig; 3: Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology IWF, Technische Universität Braunschweig

Product-specific social life cycle assessment of bus transport from hydrogen production to hydrogen use

Sumanth K.R. Maddula^1,2, Javier Dufour^1,2, Diego Iribarren¹

1: IMDEA Energy, Spain; 2: Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain

Combine or stand-alone: S-LCA and social acceptance for decision making

Sally K. Springer, Christina Wulf, Petra Zapp

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany

Preliminary S-LCA assessment of ViSS project bioplastic solution

Alba Matamoros, José Benedicto-Royuela, Maite Ferrando

Kveloce, Spain

Adapting Social Life Cycle Assessment Methodology for Sustainability in Informal Economies

Mariam Abdulkareem, Mila Sell

Natural Resources Institute Finland, Finland

Enhancing Social Life Cycle Assessments: The role of Social Hotspots Database (SHDB) Impact Assessment Approaches.

Nikeeta P. Chahande¹, Gregory A. Norris²

1: NewEarth B York, Maine; 2: NewEarth B York, Maine and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Water footprint analysis of biofuel value chains

Sijing Liu, Christoph Balzer

Shell International

Challenges in upscaling perovskite photovoltaics at low TRL from an LCA perspective

Afzal khan Peerukhan, Roberto Magnifico, Angélique Léonard

university of liege, Belgium

Harnessing Variable Renewable Energy using Thermal Energy Storage: An Exploration Towards Optimal Energy Production Strategy in the Japanese Beet Sugar Industry

Ryo Murakami, Koki Yagihara, Hajime Ohno, Yasuhiro Fukushima

Tohoku University, Japan

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of an emerging renewable electricity technology: CATCHER humidity-to-electricity converter

Irene Barnosell i Roura¹, Angel Luis Merchan¹, Laura Batlle-Bayer¹, Andriy Lyubchyk², Sergiy Lyubchyk², Svitlana Lyubchyk², Igor Danilenko³, Artem Shylo³, Oxana Gorban³

1: Anthesis Group, Spain; 2: Cacatachuva Ltd., Portugal; 3: NRD Lda, Poland

Multi-criteria decision support for more sustainable fuel wood supply

Martin Kühmaier¹, Julian Grünberg¹, Emina Mujevic², Christian Kanzian¹

1: BOKU University, Austria; 2: FH Technikum, Austria

Evaluation of the environmental and economic impacts of a demonstrator facility for the production, storage and reconversion of hydrogen into electricity

Natalie Früholz¹, Maximilian Stange¹, Lisa Wendler¹, Jennifer Greim¹, Steffen Ihlenfeldt^1,2

1: Fraunhofer IWU, Germany; 2: Institute of Mechatronic Engineering, Technical University Dresden

Semi-automated monitoring for scientific data management on energy transition

Charaf eddine BEJJIT, Stephanie MULLER, Daniel Climent MONFORT

BRGM, France

MAGNUM: Revolutionizing Water Footprint Assessment in the Tourist Sector for a Smart Water Management

Carolina Villa González

CETAQUA, Water Technology Center, Spain

Introduction to Taiwan's Indigenous LCA Database and Software DoITPro

Hsin-Ju Lin, Chia Ying Tsai

Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan

The pros and cons of using Artificial Intelligence in LCA: a review of 34 LCA-based tools

Sonia Karin Chapman¹, Marília Folegatti², Edivan Cherubini³, Sueli Oliveira⁴, Diogo Silva⁵, João Victor Encide Salla⁵

1: Rede Empresarial Brasileira de Avaliação de Ciclo de Vida, Brazil; 2: Embrapa Meio Ambiente, Brazil; 3: EnCiclo, Brazil; 4: Oliveira Sustentabilidade, Brazil; 5: Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Campus Sorocaba, Brazil

Bridging the gap: Developing a LCA methodology for software at Siemens

Marius Held, Diana Santana

Siemens AG, Germany

Systematic review of the integration of life cycle assessment and blockchain

Lyu Zhang, Magnus Fröhling

Technical University of Munich, Germany

Challenges in Aligning an Emerging Chemical Recycling Process with the Sustainability Requirements of the EU Taxonomy

Levin Winzinger¹, Dr. Denise Ott¹, Prof. Dr. Mathias Seitz²

1: EurA AG, Germany; 2: Merseburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Accelerating product and service carbon footprint estimations using a data science approach

Simon Erich Edmundson, Yuelian Gong, Xu Zhang, Marina Bulova

SLB

Accelerating Life Cycle Assessment with Generative AI: A Retrieval-Augmented Approach to Enhance Data Access

Shivakrishna Karnati², Thomas Betten¹, Sun Hea Hong², Daniel Wehner¹

1: Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, Germany; 2: University of Stuttgart, Germany

The Revolution of Sustainability in Industry: The Application of Smart Systems to Decision-Making Based on Life Cycle Assessment

Pablo Rosa^1,2, Peterson Rafael Chiquetto de Camargo¹, William Rodrigues Alves¹, Desiree Cigaran Schuck¹, Cassia Maria Lie Ugaya²

1: Boticario Group, Brazil; 2: Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR), Brazil

Preparing DPPs through Internal LCA Tools: How to extend the use of FDES configurators in the frame of the revised CPR

Carolina Szablewski¹, Clement Bolle¹, Guillaume Szablewski², Naeem Adibi¹

1: WeLOOP, France; 2: Ailoop, France

Effective analysis of engagement by financial institutions using LCA

Riku Isawa¹, Masahiro Kato², Norihiro Itsubo¹

1: Waseda University, Japan; 2: Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation

Vanadium vs aqueous organic redox-mediated flow batteries: a comparative LCA study

Israel Carreira-Barral, Jesús Ibáñez, Ana García-Moral, Rubén Rubio-Presa, Virginia Ruiz, Edgar Ventosa, Gonzalo Salazar, Sonia Martel-Martín

UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS, Spain

Materials Scarcity in Prospective LCA for two different battery chemistries

Cristina-Maria Iordan¹, Rahul Ravi²

1: SINTEF OCEAN, Norway; 2: DNV, Norway

Carbon footprint of Advanced biofuels from Microalgae CO2 conversion

CARLA BARTOLOME RODRIGO, Andrea Rodenas Garcia

ITENE, Spain

Sustainable Reed Biomass Utilization Strategies: A Life Cycle Assessment Case Study in Latvia

Gabriele Campadello¹, Maksims Feofilovs², Baiba Ieviņa², Dita Kazmere², Luisa Paolotti¹, Francesco Romagnoli²

1: University of Perugia, Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences; 2: Riga Technical University, Institute of Energy Systems and Environment

Combined uncertainty of static AWARE2.0 and climate models: Are climate change signals noticeable in prospective water scarcity footprints?

Georg Seitfudem¹, Markus Berger², Anne-Marie Boulay¹

1: CIRAIG, Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada; 2: Multidisciplinary Water Management group, University of Twente, Netherlands

Integrated methodological framework for prospective LCA (pLCA), Social LCA (S-LCA), and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI)

Clara Valente, Ellen-Marie Forsberg

Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research (NORSUS)

Dynamic environmental impact analysis of a hydrogen refuelling station's operation

Domen Hojkar, Boštjan Drobnič, Mitja Mori

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovenia

A Novel Low-Energy Approach To Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling And The Recovery Of Secondary Aluminium

Federico Rossi^1,2, Monia Niero^1,2, Filippo Corsini^1,2, Marta Fundoni², Nicola Fabbri², Fabio Iraldo^2,1, Marco Frey^1,2

1: Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Sustainability and Climate Interdisciplinary Center, Via Santa Cecilia 24, Pisa, Italy; 2: Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Institute of Management, SUM (Sustainability Management) Lab, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 24, Pisa, Italy

EXIOFUTURE in a Circular Economy Framework

Simone Della Bella, Meng Jiang, Richard Wood, Edgar Hertwich, Anders Hammer Strømman

Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU, Italy

Responsive scenario building for pLCA & dMFA - An integrated approach

Sjoerd Daniël Matthijs Herlaar, Martijn Kamps, Chen Li, Anna Schwarz

TNO, Netherlands, The

Considering Uncertainty in the Socioeconomic Impact Analysis of Plant Resource Utilization Technologies: Methods of Material Flow Analysis and Input-Output Analysis

Shunichi Hienuki¹, Yuko Oshita², Daisuke Nishijima³, Yuichiro Kanematsu², Yasunori Kikuchi²

1: Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry; 2: The University of Tokyo; 3: Fukushima University

Life Cycle Assessment of prospective French electricity scenarios in 2050

Joanna SCHLESINGER-MARTINAT¹, Romain SACCHI², Juliana STEINBACH¹, Paula PEREZ-LOPEZ¹, Thomas BEAUSSIER¹

1: Mines Paris, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, France; 2: Paul Scherrer Institute, Suisse

Challenges for Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of Information and Communication Technology

Anna Furberg^1,2,3

1: KTH Digital Futures; 2: KTH Climate Action Center; 3: Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

Life-cycle assessment of thermal energy storage in buildings

Haoyang Dong, Maryna Henrysson, Luka Smajila, Saman Nimali Gunasekara, Justin Ningwei Chiu

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Who will benefit from second-life batteries? Life Cycle Assessment of Battery Energy Storage Systems

Julia Lindholm¹, Zackarias Heydorn¹, Gustav Dahlberg¹, Elham Moghaddam¹, Niklas Thulin², Siri Willskytt²

1: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute; 2: Volvo Energy

Multi-criteria assessment of hydrogen delivery options: including accident impacts into LCA

Alessandro Arrigoni, Erik Smedberg

JRC, Netherlands, The

Comparative analysis of energy storage technologies to compare batteries, hydrogen storage, and thermal energy storage through energy flow simulations

Ayumi Yamaki, Shoma Fujii, Yuichiro Kanematsu, Yasunori Kikuchi

The University of Tokyo, Japan

Bringing wind energy models up to speed: Updated life cycle inventory data for on- and offshore wind energy generation

Hanna Kröhnert, Alena Frehner, Matthias Stucki

Institute of Natural Resource Sciences, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland

Power-to-X or storage of CO2 after capture from a waste-to-energy system?

Ingunn Saur Modahl, Hanne Lerche Raadal

NORSUS - Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research, Norway

How should lifecycle design and technological research be integrated? ; Case study on thermal energy storage

Shoma Fujii, Yasunori Kikuchi

The University of Tokyo, Japan

The water consumption in northern Chilean photovoltaic power: a first approach

Mabel Vega-Coloma

Department of Process and Bioproducts, University of Bio-Bio, Concepcion, Chile

Environmental Sustainability of Solar Energy Systems:Comparison of eco-designed solutions of Silicon Heterojunction Technology Solar Panels

Lieselot Boone¹, Rhani Bostyn¹, Beatrice Brevet², Nouha Gazbour², Alexis Barrou³, Selin Kandiyoti Eskenazi³, Ricardo Magdalena¹, Jo Dewulf¹

1: Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 2: Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Liten, Campus Ines, Le Bourget du Lac, France; 3: CSEM, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Mapping the uncertain risks and impacts of substances of concern in product lifecycles – a circular design tool for product developers

Maaike Weber, Julieta Bolaños Arriola, Ruud Balkenende

Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Department of Sustainable Design Engineering, Landbergstraat 15, 2628 CE Delft, the Netherlands

Leveraging Circularity to Mitigate GHG Emissions: Measurement Options and Incentive Mechanisms

Christian Krüger¹, Florian Ansgar Jaeger², Johannes Wunderlich²

1: BASF, Germany; 2: Siemens, Germany

Sustainability reporting and compliance within the EU: opportunities and challenges of LCA assessments in the copper, nickel, zinc and precious metals industry

Lígia da Silva Lima¹, Patrick Van Sprang¹, Sabina Grund², Hemant Sharma², Mark Mistry³, Pablo Dominguez³, Ladji Tikana⁴, France Capon⁵

1: ARCHE Consulting; 2: International Zinc Association; 3: Nickel Institute; 4: International Copper Association; 5: European Precious Metals Federation (EPMF)

Providing a Science-Based and Harmonized Environmental Scoring Scheme for Cosmetics: The EcoBeautyScore

Laurent Gilbert^1,3, Sophie Achigar^1,2, Alessio Aufoujal^1,2, Tasnim Balgobin^1,2, Eric Bone^1,3, Andrea Carrao^1,4, Iguatemi, M. Costa^1,5, Stéphanie Johann^1,2, Mathilde Kolenda^1,2, Sacha Laruelle^1,6, Rebekah Lees^1,2, Jacques L'Haridon^1,3, Camille Martin^1,3, Olena Onyshchenko^1,7, Anke Pilzner^1,8, Jennifer Saxe^1,9, Pascal Seel^1,8, Harald Streicher^1,8, Laura Tasso^1,2, Jad Zoghaib^1,3

1: EcoBeautyScore Association, https://www.ecobeautyscore.com/; 2: Quantis, 15 rue de Cléry, 75002 Paris France; 3: L'Oréal Recherche & Innovation, 9 rue Pierre Dreyfus, 93400 Clichy France; 4: Kao USA inc., Cincinnati, OH, USA; 5: Natura Cosméticos SA Rod Anhanguera km 30.5 SN, Cajamar SP, Brazil; 6: LVMH Recherche Parfums & Cosmétiques, 185 avenue de Verdun, 45804 Saint Jean de Braye, France; 7: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA., Henkelstraße 67, Düsseldorf, Germany; 8: Beiersdorf AG, Beiersdorf Straße 1-9, Hamburg, Germany; 9: Kenvue, 199 Grandview Road, Skillman, New Jersey, USA

Integrating Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) for Sustainable Waste Management in Humanitarian Operations: Insights from the Bio4HUMAN Project

Carolina Szablewski¹, Perrine Sebastien¹, Emilie Guilvert¹, Carla Bartolomé², Andrea Rodenas², Clara Casado³, Marta Rumayor³

1: WeLOOP, France; 2: ITENE, Spain; 3: Universidad de Cantabria, Spain

Environmental and operational optimization of Central Sterile Supply Departments in hospitals

Robin Schlembach¹, Lukas Messmann¹, Sebastian Schiffels¹, Axel Tuma¹, Jens O. Brunner²

1: University of Augsburg, Germany; 2: Technical University of Denmark

Integrating Large Language Models into the In-Silico environmental assessment of new chemicals and materials for SSbD

Gustavo Larrea-Gallegos, Antonino Marvuglia

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg

Automated LCI Data Generation for Fine Chemicals via Retrosynthesis

Jonas Goßen, Ludwig Jolmes, Raoul Meys

Carbon Minds GmbH, Germany

From SMILES to Sustainability: Predicting the Full Life Cycle Inventory of Chemicals with Machine Learning

Shaohan Chen¹, Johannes Schilling¹, Tim Langhorst¹, Martin Pillich¹, Christopher Oberschelp², André Bardow¹

1: Energy & Process Systems Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland; 2: cological Systems Design, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland

Using Large Language Models to Predict Manufacturing Processes for Mechanically Engineered Products and Fill Data Gaps in Prospective LCA

Alexandra Belyaeva¹, Torsten Hummen¹, Christoph Helbig²

1: Corporate Sector Research and Advance Engineering, Robert Bosch GmbH, Robert-Bosch-Campus 1, Renningen, 71272, Germany; 2: Ecological Resource Technology, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany

Data lakes for CCF and PCF assessments – Automated approach for organizations

Sabrina Neugebauer, Desiree Lotz

iPoint systems gmbh, Germany

Harnessing AI for EPD Business Intelligence: Transforming Data into Actionable Insights at Holcim

Fulei Zhou, Xavier Cieren, Nikolaos Vlasopoulos, Ines Aeply, Asfand Yar Munir, Andrea Charrier, Vasiliki Aravani

Holcim Innovation Center, France

Leveraging Semantic Technologies for Knowledge Modeling in Life Cycle Management

Tomás NAVARRETE GUTIÉRREZ¹, Adrien Perello-y-Bestard²

1: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg; 2: Institute of Environmental Sciences, at Leiden University

Development of a Smart Digital System for Carbon Management at Macau University of Science and Technology

Yahong Dong, Yu Qiu, Xiaofen Fang

Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau S.A.R. (China)

Key Developments to Unlock the Full Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Life Cycle Assessment

Didier Beloin-Saint-Pierre, Daniel Lachat, Alexander Kirsten, Roland Hischier

Empa, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland

Flying with liquid hydrogen: An assessment of CFRP fuel tank manufacturing in the aviation industry and its challenges

Karina Kroos¹, Jens Bachmann¹, Christian Bülow¹, Sabrina Diniz¹, Sebastian Freund¹, Markus Kleineberg¹, Antonia Rahn², Steffen Opitz¹

1: DLR German Aerospace Center, Institute of Lightweight Systems (SY), Germany; 2: DLR German Aerospace Center, Institute of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MO), Germany

Life cycle assessment of curent and novel insulation materials for hydrogen tank in aircrafts

Andrea Pettersen Helåsen, Angela Daniela La Rosa, Sotirios Grammatikos

Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering, NTNU Gjøvik, Norway

Sustainability assessment for new oil-water repellent biobased coatings applied to food and textile sectors

Rocio Pena, Carlos Bernardez, Daniel Otero

AIMEN, Spain

Assessing the environmental impacts of additive manufacturing with biocomposites at ambient conditions

Katarzyna Klejnowska^1,2, Jeremy Faludi², Nedzhmie Yusufova³

1: Lukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals, Poland; 2: TU Delft Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering; 3: Junai Foundation

Environmental impacts of partially recycling carbon fibre reinforced high-performance thermoplastics for aerospace composite structures and uncertainty from modelling choices

Jens Bachmann¹, Emma Arussi², Fabian Kühnast¹, Karina Kroos¹, Sabrina Diniz¹, Steffen Opitz¹

1: DLR German Aerospace Center, Germany; 2: SPIRAL Recycled Thermoplastic Composites, Netherlands

A comparison of Global Sensitivity Analysis frameworks in the Ecodesign of a carbon fibre bogie frame.

Kaushik Iyer, Per Wennhage, Malin Åkermo

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Division of Material and Structural Mechanics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Teknikringen 8, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden

Carbon Fibers Environmental Impacts: Between Recycling and primary production technologies

A. Kamal KAMALI¹, Bertrand LARATTE^2,3, Guido SONNEMANN¹

1: Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, UMR 5255, Groupe Analyse du Cycle de Vie et Chimie Durable (CyVi), 351 Cours de la Libération, F-33405 Talence, Cédex, France; 2: Laval University, Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, 2425 De La Terrasse Street, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; 3: Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, INRAE, I2M Bordeaux, F-33400 Talence, France

Ex-ante Life Cycle Assessment of the Coproduction of Two Key Intermediate Aromatic Chemicals from Woodchips

Zizhang Wang¹, Li Shen¹, Jorge Bueno Moron², Gerard van Klink², Martin Junginger¹

1: Utrecht University, Netherlands, The; 2: Avantium Chemicals BV, Netherlands, The

Biogenic carbon in background databases: balancing and allocation

Thomas Sonderegger, Francesco Cirone, Simone Fazio, Olivia Kaarlela, Guillaume Bourgault

ecoinvent, Switzerland

Bridging Standards: Harmonising Sustainability Assessment methods for Biobased Products in Construction

Julia Weißert, Matthias Müller

Universität Stuttgart, IABP, Germany

Returning Biogas from different feedstocks into fuels (reTURN): Carbon Footprint Modelling of Power-and-Bio-to-Liquid Fuel Tracking Biogenic Carbon

Stefanie Meilinger¹, Felix Hoenighausen¹, Eva Jurgeleit¹, Andreas Waibel²

1: Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany; 2: Caphenia GmbH, Germanya

Unraveling the Climate Neutrality of Woody Biopolymers: a Lifecycle Scenario Analysis

Akshat Sudheshwar, Kealie Vogel, Gustav Nyström, Nadia Malinverno, Monica Arnaudo, Carlos E. Gomez-Camacho, Didier Beloin-St-Pierre, Roland Hischier, Claudia Som

Empa—Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Cradle-to-Gate Life Cycle Assessment for Advanced Biofuel Production in FLEXBY

Shravya Hebbur Murali, Sarah Serafini

GreenDelta GmbH, Germany

Decarbonising Construction: The role of Biogenic Carbon

Harsh Maru

Heriot watt University, Edinburgh, UK.

Life Cycle Assessment of PVC Recycling: Expanding Recyclable Fractions through the CIRC-PVC Project

Jean Metzmacher, Angélique Léonard

University of Liège, Belgium

Defining and addressing the allocation problem at recycling

Tomas Ekvall

Tomas Ekvall Research, Review & Assessment (TERRA), Sweden

Designing novel bioplastics and their supply chains within planetary boundaries

Marie J. Jones^1,2, Arthur Chuat¹, Matthieu Souttre³, Vibhu Baibhav¹, Jana Lukic¹, Manuele Margni^3,4, Jeremy S. Luterbacher², François Maréchal¹

1: Industrial Energy Systems Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Valais-Wallis, Sion, Switzerland.; 2: Laboratory of Sustainable and Catalytic Processing, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.; 3: CIRAIG, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.; 4: Institute of Sustainable Energy, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western (HES-SO), Sion, Switzerland.

Plastic footprint: definition and operationalization

Elena Corella-Puertas¹, Nadim Saadi², Martina Gallato³, Magnus Fröhling¹, Anne-Marie Boulay²

1: Technical University of Munich (TUM), TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability, Chair for Circular Economy and Sustainability Assessment, Am Essigberg 3, 94315 Straubing, Germany; 2: CIRAIG, Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, 3333 Queen Mary Road, suite 310, H3V 1A2 Montréal, Québec, Canada; 3: Earth Action (EA), Chemin des vignes d’argent 7, 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland

Advancing Sustainable Food Packaging: Life Cycle Assessment of PHBV Bioplastics in the ViSS Project Using the SSbD Framework

Inka-Mari Sarvola, Katri Behm

VTT, Finland

Characterizing circularity, climate and energy benefit of plastic recycling options using carbon flow and circular diagrams

Chengyao Zhang, Jun Nakatani

Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Assessment of sustainability benefits using comparative LCA of recycled PET and virgin PET with a case study of fibers.

Karishma Sameer Tijoriwala, Nayan Sonawane, Harsha Reddy, Soumen Munshi, Avinash Chandra, Anand Sharma, Pattaraporn Khamhongsa, Vishwesh Pavnaskar, Samrat Bose

Indorama Ventures PCL

Life Cycle Assessment of a toy demonstrator, manufactured by recycled plastic toy waste

Despoina Antypa¹, Anastasia Gkika¹, Foteini Petrakli¹, Raquel Berbegal², Ana Ibáñez², Asunción Martínez², Elias P. Koumoulos¹

1: IRES, Belgium; 2: AIJU, Spain

Advancing Plastics Disaggregation in Multi-Regional Input-Output Databases

Maddalen Ayala Cerezo¹, Albert Osei-Owusu², Maik Budzinski², Mathieu Delpierre¹, Philip L. Coenen¹, Jannick Schmidt^1,2

1: 2-0 LCA consultants, Denmark; 2: Aalborg University, Denmark

Integrating LCA in the design process. A BIM based tool to quantify the environmental footprint of railway infrastructure projects

Francesca Reale¹, Carla Di Biccari², Christian Fontana¹, Mattia Mangia²

1: Ecoinnovazione, Italy; 2: University of Salento

Estimating Parameters for Environmental Impact Assessment : Leveraging Large Language Models

Sumiaki Kusahata¹, Dami Moon², Yoshihiro Kawahara¹

1: The University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: Mercari, Inc., Japan

Dynamic GHG assessment of electricity use enhancing representativeness of results and forecasting GHG intensity of European electricity mixes enabling automated decision-making on time-flexible energy-intensive operations

Alexander Kirsten¹, Hanmin Cai¹, Ekaterina Aymon², Ivan Kostanjevec², Jean-Paul Calbimonte², Didier Beloin-Saint-Pierre¹

1: Empa, Switzerland; 2: HES-SO Valais-Wallis, Switzerland

AI-Driven Wastewater Treatment LCA Dataset: High Precision, Dynamic Updates, and Regional Applicability Study

Zhijun GUI, Fan Wang

Shanghai E-Carbon Digital Technology Co., Ltd, China, People's Republic of

Unlocking regionalization in ecoinvent: harnessing trade data for accurate life cycle assessments

Maxime Agez, Elliot Muller

CIRAIG, Canada

Challenges and benefits of EPD automation – a review

Greta Bacchelli¹, Marco Tomasoni¹, Luca Marcolongo¹, Gabriele Campadello¹, Seila Rodriguez-Vilches²

1: ABB, Italy; 2: ABB, Switzerland

Life Cycle Footprinting Tool for the Pharma Sector

Peter Shonfield, Chris Poulopoulos, Vicky Norton

Environmental Resources Management Ltd ('ERM'), United Kingdom

A Web-Based Tool for Visualizing and Navigating the Complex Landscape of Life Cycle Assessment Standards and Regulations

Alexander Schneider¹, Felix Funk¹, Paria Amiri¹, Shadi Khamseh¹, Katrin Helm², Jonathan Fuchs¹, Tobias Reichenstein¹, Florian Ansgar Jaeger³, Jörg Prof. Dr.-Ing. Franke¹, Johannes Wunderlich⁴, Filipe Sundfeld Veloso⁴

1: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany; 2: Technische Universität Berlin; 3: Digital Industries Siemens AG; 4: Siemens AG

The use of novel plant modelling approach to support LCA tool development for sustainable chemicals production

Samuel Sanchez¹, Luis Gamez², Angel Vergara¹, Elena Uldall², Ceren Imren¹, Yannick Bernard¹, Martijn Gipmans¹

1: Sphera Solutions GmbH, Germany; 2: Moeve Chemicals, Spain

Dynamic Digital Product Passports: Advancing Circularity and Sustainable Innovation in the Steel Industry Supply Chain.

Stella Georgali, Lucyna Lekawska-Andrinopoulou, Kostas Chatziioannou, Thodoris Theodoropoulos, Georgios Tsimiklis, Angelos Amditis

Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, Greece

A manufacturers experience: EPD as "PDF anno 2018" to EPD as "DPP anno 2025"

Knut Jøssang

Pipelife Norway, Norway

Promoting Environmental transparency to answer regulators and customers data needs

Bruno Lomba, Nina Macard, Amandine Louise, Benjamin Martinez

Schneider Electric

Potential and challenges of Digital Product Passport in hydrogen supply chain

Akrivi Korba, Lucyna Lekawska-Andrinopoulou, Kostas Chatziioannou, Georgios Tsimiklis, Angelos Amditis

Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), Greece

Product passport for traceability and environmental responsibility: a pilot experiment in the WEEE sector

Xavier Lantoinette, Amélie Gombeaud, Laurène Cuénot

ecosystem, France

Standardisation as enabler of digitalisation

Anne Rønning¹, Aitor Aragón², Oscar Nieto², Espen Schultze³

1: Norwegian Institute of Sustainability Research, Norway; 2: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain; 3: Cobuilder International

A Unified Approach to Life Cycle and Circularity Assessments: Framework Development for Circular Transition

Ajay Kumar, Annik Magerholm Fet

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Measuring DPP Impacts - assessing methods to evaluate the direct and indirect effects of DPPs on sustainability and circularity

Eduard Wagner¹, Jean-François Berrée², Anh Dao³

1: Fraunhofer IZM, Germany; 2: CEA, France; 3: e-Circular ApS, Denmark

Systematic Literature Review and Conceptual Framework for Digital Material Passports to enable Circular Economy

Malina Wiesner¹, Joanna Steiner¹, Janine Mügge¹, Achim Hoffmann², Sebastian Szczepanski³, Marvin Manoury¹, Kai Lindow¹

1: Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology IPK, Pascalstraße 8-9, 10587 Berlin, Germany; 2: Advanced-Materials-Concepts GmbH, Alramstr. 29, D-81371 Münchenm Germany; 3: ELG GmbH, Kremerskamp 16, D-47138 Duisburg, Germany

Streamlining Life Cycle Assessment and Natural Capital Accounting: Identifying Synergies and Challenges for Enhanced Sustainability Evaluation

Rafael Horn^1,3, Alexandra Evans², Andreas Gess³, Marina Sarralde⁵, Daniel Whitaker⁴, Sharon Stauffert³, Sun-Hea Hong³

1: Fraunhofer IBP, Germany; 2: VITO; 3: University of Stuttgart; 4: IDEEA Group; 5: Tecnalia

Midpoint characterization model for water consumption impacts on aquatic ecosystem: RESCUE model

Masaharu Motoshita¹, Kamrul Islam¹, Markus Berger², Anne-Marie Boulay³, Amandine Pastor⁴, Stephan Pfister⁵, Georg Seitfudem³, Francesca Verones⁶, Matthias Finkbeiner⁷

1: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan; 2: University of Twente; 3: CIRAIG; 4: INRAE; 5: ETH Zurich; 6: NTNU; 7: Technische Universitaet Berlin

From LCA to Environmental Value Creation – The GUH Standard as a Tool for Natural Capital Management & Value Chain Empowerment

Jan Koepper, Anne L.G. Lange

Gemeinsam umweltneutral handeln e.V., Germany

NCA, LCA and spatial data – developing a harmonized data structure for corporate reporting on nature

Alexandra Evans¹, Bruno Smets¹, Karolien Peeters¹, Catarina Braga², Daniel Whitaker³, Jacob Bedford², Rafael Horn⁴

1: VITO; 2: UNEP-WCMC; 3: IDEEA Group; 4: Fraunhofer IBP

Integrating biodiversity and ecosystem service footprints into LCA: leveraging insights from natural capital accounting

Sun-Hea Hong¹, Marina Isasa Sarralde², Sharon Stauffert¹, Andreas Gess¹, Rafael Horn³

1: University of Stuttgart IABP, Germany; 2: Technalia Research and Innovation, Spain; 3: Fraunhofer IBP, Germany

Science and Finance: Evaluating Biodiversity Metrics for Financing in Europe

Marina Dumont¹, An De Schryver¹, Imene Ben Rejeb-Mzah², Alexandre Vincent²

1: PRe Sustainability, Netherlands, The; 2: BNP Paribas, Paris, France

Assessing the Spaciotemporal Degradation of Cameroon’s Mangroves: Drivers, Consequences and Mitigation: Case of Bekumou, Bakassi Peninsular for Test of Methodology

Godlove Ambe Neba, Barry Achi Ashu, Gracious Remyeh Kifon, Neculina Anyinkeng

University of Buea, Cameroon

A framework for prospective life cycle assessment of upstream material supply chains

Sophia Roy¹, Ketan Vaidya², Louis Fradette¹

1: Polytechnique Montréal, Canada; 2: Northvolt AB, Sweden

Reducing environmental impacts and material footprint of Li-ion battery production for electric vehicles and their recycling: a cradle-to-cradle life cycle analysis and circularity assessment

Jordy Motte¹, Laura Vittoria De Luca Pena¹, Ligia Da Silva Lima¹, Michael Hofmann², Ksenia Astafyeva³, Kawther Thabet³, Razieh Sarani², Constantin Hübner⁴, Stefan Eisert⁴, Uwe Guntow², Jo Dewulf¹

1: Ghent University, Belgium; 2: Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC; 3: Hutchinson SA Research & Innovation Center; 4: ImpulsTec

Using LCA in technology development – the case of structural battery cell technology

Natalia Sieti¹, Ruben Tavano², Richa Chaudhary³, Johanna Xu⁴, Leif E. Asp⁵, Magdalena Svanström⁶

1: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden - Division of Environmental Systems Analysis; 2: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden - Division of Material and Computational Mechanics; 3: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden - Division of Material and Computational Mechanics; 4: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden - Division of Material and Computational Mechanics; 5: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden - Division of Material and Computational Mechanics; 6: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden -Division of Environmental Systems Analysis

Life Cycle Assessment of a battery Container Storage System based on Sodium-ion and Lithium-ion Batteries

Friedrich Jasper¹, Manuel Baumann¹, Marcel Weil^1,2

1: ITAS, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany; 2: HIU, Helmholtz-Institute for Electrochemical Energy Storage, KIT, Ulm, Germany

Filling the gaps by the development of a life cycle inventory database for electromobility battery recycling processes and recycled materials

Emilie Guilvert, Noura Rahbani, Perrine Sebastien, Naeem Adibi

WeLOOP, France

Enhancing battery LCA data: addressing critical gaps and enabling consistent analyses

Antonio Valente, Iasonas Ioannou, Valeria Superti, Lauriane Bichot, Thomas Sonderegger

ecoinvent, Switzerland

Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging Battery Technologies and Recycling Pathways

Daniel Habermeier, Levin Winzinger, Abhishek Khairnar, Dr. Denise Ott

EurA AG, Germany

Life Cycle Assessment of Li-ion Batteries (LIBs) for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs): From Production through Usage to Recycling

Inyoung Ko, Wonjae Choi

Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea

Integrated Framework for Electric Vehicle Battery Sustainability: Combining Life Cycle Assessment and Circular Economy

Anna Sánchez, Gabriela Benveniste, Isabella Bulfaro, Mikel Fadul, Víctor José Ferreira

FUNDACIO INSTITUT RECERCA ENERGIA CATALUNYA (IREC), Spain

Biomethane Splitting: Unveiling the Regulatory Barriers to Biohydrogen and Carbon Removal Potential

Isabella Bulfaro¹, Anna Sánchez¹, Mikel Fadul¹, Gabriela Benveniste¹, Beatriz Amante², Víctor Ferreira¹

1: Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, Spain; 2: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Advancing Sustainable Aviation Fuel: The Process of Including Non-Standard Coconut in ICAO’s Positive List

Marvin Pinggala Danadipa Lieus¹, David Adiwijaya¹, Jessica Hanafi¹, Suyoto Rais²

1: PT. Life Cycle Indonesia, Indonesia; 2: Indonesia-Japan Business Network (IJB-Net), Jakarta, Indonesia

Thermochemical methanation of biogas: a sustainability assessment

Giampiero Sacchi¹, Daniele Ferrario¹, Alessandro Agostini², Jacopo Bindi², Claudio Carbone², Alberto Giaconia², Claudia Bassano², Roberta Roberto², Andrea Lanzini¹

1: ENEA, Italy; 2: Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Integrating Energy Systems Modelling and Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: A framework for greener, fair and balanced energy transitions

Luisa Berridy-Segade¹, Alicia Mortera-Canga^1,2,3, Diego Iribarren², Milan Prodanovic³, Mario Martín-Gamboa¹

1: Chemical and Environmental Engineering Group. ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. c/Tulipán s/n 28933 Móstoles, Spain; 2: Systems Analysis Unit, IMDEA Energy, Av. Ramón de la Sagra, 3, 28935, Móstoles, Spain; 3: Electrical Systems Unit, IMDEA Energy, Av. Ramón de la Sagra, 3, 28935, Móstoles, Spain

Integrating Predictive Models into Prospective LCAs of Biochar Application to Soil

Maria Myridinas^1,2, Dachuan Zhang², Christian Bauer¹, Isaiah Huber³, Stephan Pfister², Romain Sacchi¹

1: Technology Assessment group, Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis (LEA), PSI Centres for Nuclear Engineering and Sciences & Energy and Environmental Sciences, Villigen, Switzerland; 2: Ecological System Design, Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 3: Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Agronomy Hall, Ames, IA, USA