LCM 2025
The 12th International Conference on
Life Cycle Management
9th - 12th September 2025 | Palermo, Italy
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
Date: Friday, 12/Sept/2025 | |||
9:00am - 9:30am |
Keynote 10: Federico Brugnoli, CEO and Founder of SPIN360 “Life Cycle Assessment metrics and their role in reducing the impact of collaborative agro-industrial ecosystems” |
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9:35am - 11:05am |
Session 3.01: Regional Sustainability via Life Cycle Instruments Part II Chair: Takunda Yeukai Chitaka, University of Bordeaux, France Chair: Pia Wiche, EcoEd, Chile Territorial Life Cycle Assessment of the Battery Sector in the Hauts-de-France Region: Revisiting Predictions with 2024 Updates 1: WeLOOP, France; 2: HEXA CONSEIL, France; 3: Ailoop, France (15 minutes) Building Competency for Sustainable Industry: The Development of Indonesia’s National LCA Practitioner Standard 1: Life Cycle Indonesia; 2: Indonesian Association of LCA and Sustainability Professionals (Pro-LCAS); 3: Center for Human Resource Development Planning, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia; 4: Center for Research of Human Resources and Environment, School of Environmental Science, Universitas Indonesia (15 minutes) Territorial life cycle thinking for sustainable urban development: Application and learnings from an urban food system in Flanders (Belgium) 1: KU Leuven, Belgium; 2: ITAP, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, France (15 minutes) Extended Life Cycle Assessment Ecosystem Services Method for Urban Green Infrastructure University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States of America (15 minutes) Plastic waste upcycling to mitigate environmental impacts in a developing country context 1: Trashy Bags Africa, United Kingdom; 2: RWTH Aachen University (6 minutes) Circular systems for a sustainable region – Pioneering stronger collaboration Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway (Short Oral + Poster) FRESHWATER AND MARINE EUTROPHICATION IN TOBACCO CULTIVATION IN BRAZIL: A CASE STUDY 1: Embrapa, Brazil; 2: Bristish American Tobacco, Cachoeirinha, RS, Brazil; 3: Edmundo Gastal Agricultural Research and Development Support Foundation, Pelotas, RS, Brazil |
Session 3.02: LCT based Tool for Sustainability in Industry Chair: Stephan Krinke, Fraunhofer IST, Germany Chair: Juan Felipe Cerdas Marin, Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany Advancements in LCA-based biodiversity footprinting for use in CSRD/ESRS E4 PRe Sustainability, Netherlands, The (15 minutes_S) Sustainable Innovation or Merely Reporting? State of the Art of Assessing Carbon Emissions from Organizational Procurement 1: Institute of Molecular Sciences, University of Bordeaux; 2: Research Institute for the Management of Organizations, University of Bordeaux; 3: Resource Lab, University of Augsburg, Germany; 4: Chair of Production & Supply Chain Management, University of Augsburg (15 minutes) Environmental and Economic Evaluation of Low-TRL Technologies for Soil and Water Bioremediation Blue Synergy, Spain (15 minutes) Increasing SMEs' Accessibility to ISO-Compliant Reporting: The Role of Automation and Standardisation in Lowering Costs Lifecycles, Australia (6 minutes) How Schneider Electric +20 years of operational experience in Life Cycle Management is helping to address the mandatory reporting tsumani Schneider Electric, France (6 minutes) Exploring the Application of Life Cycle Costing in Chemical Processes: A Comparison with Techno-Economic Analysis 1: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Korea, Republic of (South Korea); 2: Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of (South Korea) (Short Oral + Poster) Attitudes towards EU taxonomy among sea-related industries' stakeholders SINTEF OCEAN, Norway |
Session 3.03: Nutritional LCA for Sustainable Agri-Food Management Part II Chair: Gianluca De Nardi, EcorNaturaSì Spa, Italy Chair: Silvia Zingale, Agroscope, Switzerland Environmental sustainability of aquafeed formulations enriched with Black Soldier Fly oil 1: University of Aveiro/CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Portugal; 2: SORGAL - Sociedade de Óleos e Rações, S.A., Portugal (15 minutes) Incorporating nutritional constraints in evaluating environmental consequences of new ingredients transformed from residual biomass in future feed and livestock systems 1: Toulouse Biotechnology Institute (TBI), INSA, INRAE UMR792 and CNRS UMR5504, Federal University of Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse, France; 2: PEGASE, INRAE, Institut Agro, 35590 Saint-Gilles, France; 3: Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-industrielle, INRAE, INPT, Université de Toulouse, 4 Allé Emile Monso, CS 44362, 31030 Toulouse, France (15 minutes) Environmental assessment of avocado (Persea americana) production in different biomes throughout Peru Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru (15 minutes) Eight Building Blocks for Reliable and Widespread Carbon Footprints in Agri-Food Supply Chains 1: OECD, France; 2: Australian National University; 3: European University Institute (Short Oral + Poster) Life Cycle Assessment of organic dry cocoa beans in Peru 1: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru; 2: Universidad de León, Spain; 3: Machu Picchu Foods, Peru; 4: Riverside Natural Foods Ltd, Canada (6 minutes) Integrated Health and Environmental Assessment of Japanese Dietary Menus 1: Waseda university, Japan; 2: Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Institute of Food Sciences and Technologies; 3: Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Research and Business Planning Dept. (15 minutes) Integration of environmental and nutritional aspects into Life Cycle Assessment: a proposal for durum wheat pasta 1: Agroscope, Research Group Life Cycle Assessment, Zurich, Switzerland; 2: Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy; 3: Department for Sustainable Food Process, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy; 4: EcorNaturaSì S.p.a., San Vendemiano, Italy; 5: PhD in Agro-Food System, Faculty of Economics and Law, Department of Economic and Social Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy; 6: RES.m HUB, Research Centre in Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainability, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy; 7: Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; 8: Department of Economics, Management and Business Law, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy |
Session 3.04: Handprints as a method to accelerate the sustainable Transition Chair: Gregory A. Norris, MIT, United States of America Chair: Sonia Valdivia, WRFA, Switzerland Assessing Scope 1, 2, 3 and 4 Biodiversity and Climate Change Impacts of Investments 1: ETH Zurich, Switzerland; 2: Pictet Asset Management, Switzerland (15 minutes) Balancing Footprint and Handprint in the Coatings Industry Hempel (15 minutes) Driving Sustainability- The Role of LCA in Carbon Reduction: The case of AMG lithium in electric vehicles application 1: ERM; 2: AMG (15 minutes) Enhancing Urban Climate Strategies through Handprint Actions: A Focus on the Transportation Sector 1: LUT University, Finland; 2: The City of Lappeenranta, Fnland (6 minutes) Exploring Handprint Potential: A Forward-Looking Measure for Positive Climate Impact LUT University, Finland (Short Oral + Poster) How to showcase environmental impact mitigation through innovation? An application of the environmental handprint approach to wastewater treatment technologies 1: VTT; 2: APCL (Short Oral + Poster) Leveraging Handprints to Accelerate Adoption of Sustainability Principles in Engineering Education and Quantify their Positive Contributions 1: University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States of America; 2: Virginia Tech, United States of America; 3: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; 4: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America (6 minutes) Integrating Beyond Value Chain Mitigation into the Core of Corporate Climate Action LUT university, Finland |
Session 3.05: LCSA Insights: Actionable Solutions for Global Challenges Chair: Jana Gerta Backes, Meo Carbon Solutions GmbH, Germany Chair: Alessandra Zamagni, Ecoinnovazione, Italy LCSA for identifying material sustainability topics and risks in value chains 1: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland; 2: Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Spain (15 minutes) Holistic and Integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (HILCSA): Background, Results from Case Studies and Future Developments Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany (15 minutes) Metal in Motion: Reviewing Predictive Models for Metal Demand in the Energy and Digitalisation Transition Ghent University, Belgium (15 minutes) An ex-ante Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of a lithium recovery process from exhausted batteries 1: University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy; 2: Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds ICCOM-CNR, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy (15 minutes) Comprehensive Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Lithium-Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles: Integrating Environmental, Economic, and Social Dimensions Politecnico di Torino, Italy (15 minutes) Advancing Sustainable Cultural Heritage Preservation through Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: Insights from the MOXY Project 1: WeLOOP, France; 2: University of Antwerp, Belgium; 3: University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 4: University of Pisa, Italy; 5: Moderna Museet, Sweden; 6: ICOMOS Lietuva, Lithuania; 7: TU Eindhoven, the Netherlands; 8: Ghent University, Belgium |
Session 3.06: LCM for an enhanced circularity in steel and other metals Chair: Luiz Kulay, University of São Paulo, Brazil Chair: Diego C Magalhaes, ArcelorMittal, Brazil Recalibrating the European Aluminium and Steel sector towards a Circular Economy Transition 1: Joint Research Centre - European Commission, Spain; 2: Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, Netherlands; 3: Fraunhofer ISI, Karlsruhe, Germany (15 minutes_S) Environmental impact assessment of the laser micro-cladding manufacturing process for the energy sector AIMEN, Spain (15 minutes) Life Cycle Allocation Strategies for Recycling Zinc from Galvanized Steel: Advancing Circularity in the Multi-Metal Industry International Zinc Association, Germany (15 minutes) Impact of adding granulated blast furnace slag on the carbon footprint of Portland cement: a study conducted in Brazil. 1: UFES, Brazil; 2: USP, Brazil (6 minutes) Carbon emissions reduction through open loop recycling of KR slag in road construction 1: ArcelorMittal, Global R&D; 2: UFES, Brazil; 3: ArcelorMittal Tubarão, Brazil (Short Oral + Poster) Aligning Decarbonization Strategies of Automotive Steel Structures with Absolute Sustainability Goals 1: Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology (IWF), Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany; 2: Open Hybrid LabFactory e.V., Herrmann-Münch-Straße 2, 38440 Wolfsburg, Germany; 3: Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST), Riedenkamp 2, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany (6 minutes_S) Life Cycle Assessment of Fluff Residue Gasification as a Substitute for Natural Gas 1: ArcelorMittal, Brazil; 2: Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais State; 3: ArcelorMittal Maizieres Research SA, Maizières-lès-Metz, France (6 minutes) Laser texturing for complex multifunctional metallic surfaces: LCA and sustainable-by-design decision making in the SYNTECS project 1: 3Drivers, Av. Conde Valbom 6, 1050-068, Lisbon, Portugal; 2: ITI/LARSyS, IST, University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais n.1, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal (Short Oral + Poster) Nexans - Life cycle management for reuse/recycling of metals Nexans, France |
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11:05am - 11:30am |
CB5: Coffee break |
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11:30am - 1:00pm |
Session 3.07: Downscaling SDGs & Planetary Boundaries for Products & Organizations Chair: Andreas Barth, Wood K Plus Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH, Austria Chair: Massimo Collotta, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Germany Downscaling the Doughnut: A Sufficiency-Based Approach for Sectoral Allocation within Planetary Boundaries 1: Empa, Technology & Society Laboratory, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland; 2: ETH Zürich, Chair of Ecological Systems Design, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland (15 minutes_S) Downscaling national forest biodiversity indicators for sustainability reporting in forest-based industries 1: Wood K Plus Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH, Austria; 2: University of Graz, Austria; 3: Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft, Austria (15 minutes) Science-based Targets and Strategic Pathways for a Sustainable Battery Industry Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology (IWF), Chair of Sustainable Manufacturing and Life Cycle Engineering, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany (15 minutes) Calculating corporate carbon budgets based on human needs fulfilled by end-products 1: Centre for Absolute Sustainability, Technical University of Denmark; 2: Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark; 3: Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology, Technical University of Braunschweig (15 minutes) Integrating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment using Conjoint Analysis: Case Studies of ICEVs, HEVs, and BEVs 1: Waseda university, Japan; 2: Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan; 3: Kyushu University, Japan; 4: Kyoto University, Japan (15 minutes) A critical analysis of carbon neutrality pathways and their sharing principles in the building sector 1: United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES), 01067 Dresden, Germany; 2: Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), 01069 Dresden |
Session 3.08: Data Creation & Exchange Tools: Transparency First Chair: Stephan Pfister, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Chair: Emilia Moreno Ruiz, ecoinvent, Switzerland Methodological Updates for Fuels, Pesticides, Fertilizers and Biogenic Carbon in the Agricultural Sector in the Ecoinvent Database Ecoinvent, Switzerland (15 minutes) New modelling approaches for waste treatment datasets in the ecoinvent database ecoinvent Association, Switzerland (15 minutes) State of the Art Review: Investigation of various modelling strategies for chemicals in the field of synthetic resins German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany (15 minutes) Harmonization of Global Automotive Material Information for Environmental Evaluation Honda R&D Co.,Ltd., Japan (Short Oral + Poster) BONSAI: an Open-Source Platform for Product Footprinting 1: 2-0 LCA Consultants, Denmark; 2: CML, University of Leiden, The Netherlands; 3: Aalborg University, Denmark (Short Oral + Poster) BlueOn: a digital Marketplace pioneering transparent LCA data exchange for sustainable procurement Eiffage, France (Short Oral + Poster) Emerging Technologies in European Research: Evaluating Data Collection Strategies for Life Cycle Assessments – A Case Study After 1.5 Years of the MULTIMOLD Project 1: Fraunhofer IZM, Germany; 2: Umweltbundesamt, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Advancing Life Cycle Assessment Through the Environmental Footprint (EF) Database 1: PRé sustainability, Netherlands, The; 2: Carbon Minds; 3: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); 4: Merieux NutriSciences / Blonk; 5: TCO2 (Short Oral + Poster) Data Collection and Management for LCA in Agriculture: Case Studies from Polish Cereal and Dairy Farms Silesian University of Technology, Poland |
Session 3.09: Ecotox/Toxicity Metrics for Portfolio Assessment in Chemicals Chair: Tomas Vilhelm Rydberg, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden Chair: Peter Rudolf Hans Saling, BASF SE, Germany Navigating Sustainability in Life Science: A Holistic, Data-Driven Approach to Portfolio Management Merck Life Science KGaA, Germany (15 minutes) Toxicity assessment in industrial chemicals management: A Safe and Sustainable-by-Design Case Study on Electronic Components and Electric Vehicle Parts containing Phosphinate Flame Retardants 1: Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT, Germany; 2: Clariant P&C GmbH Hürth, Business Unit Additives, Germany; 3: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Gothenburg, Sweden; 4: Envalior Corp., Sustainability Department, Geleen, Netherlands (15 minutes) Integration of Risk Assessment and Life Cycle Assessment in the Context of Safe and Sustainable by Design Era 1: Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Scientific Campus, via Torino 155, 30172 Mestre, VE, Italy; 2: IVL, Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden; 3: Bologna University, Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, Viale del Risorgimento 2, 40136, Bologna, BO, Italy; 4: Research Institutes of Sweden, SE-431 53, Mölndal, Sweden; 5: GreenDecision s.r.l., Cannaregio 5904, 30121, Venice, VE, Italy (15 minutes) Job creation and occupational human toxicity in LCSA of recycled PVC for the construction sector 1: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg; 2: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden (15 minutes) Addressing Eco-toxicity impacts in LCA approaches with the new ProScale E approach for chemicals 1: BASF SE, Germany; 2: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (15 minutes) A Safe and Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) Approach Rooted in Multiobjective Optimization: Case Study on Bioplastics and Fossil Plastics Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology, Technology and Society Laboratory, Ler-chenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland |
Session 3.10: LCSA advancements and implementation in building Part II Chair: Matthias Fischer, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, Germany Chair: Pamela Maria Haverkamp, INaB - RWTH Aachen, Germany Integrating Construction KPI Data with Life Cycle Assessment: A Case Study of the UCL New Student Centre 1: UCL, United Kingdom; 2: Mace Group Ltd., United Kingdom (15 minutes) Assessing GHG Emissions in the EPC Contractor field: Challenges and Contributions JGC Global, Japan (15 minutes) Distribution of life cycle impacts for housing in Denmark Technical University of Denmark (DTU), DTU sustain. Bygningstorvet 115, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark (15 minutes) A Comprehensive Guidance Tool for Sustainable and Circular Construction Waste Management 1: Technological Institute of Ceramics, Spain; 2: I-Catalist, S.L.; 3: Czech Technical University in Prague; 4: Future Needs Management Consulting Ltd; 5: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; 6: University of Saldford (6 minutes) Towards Sustainability in the EU Construction Industry: Addressing Barriers in Concrete Waste Recycling NORSUS, Norway (6 minutes) Benchmarking Emissions during Construction: A Prospective LCSA Approach Aalborg University, Denmark (Short Oral + Poster) Integrating Circular Economy and LCSA in Urban Nature-Based Solutions 1: NORSUS, Norway; 2: Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Short Oral + Poster) Integrating Indigenous and innovative Building Culture into a Prospective Life Cycle Assessment Methodology 1: TU Graz, Austria; 2: Hochschule Ruhr West, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Analysis of Database Knowledge Gaps in LCA Tools: A Comparative Study of tallyLCA and OneClickLCA in Life-Cycle Stages C and D 1: University of Waterloo; 2: National Research Council Canada |
Session 3.11: LCM in Rail, Aviation and other transport systems Chair: Davide Bonaffini, Hitachi Rail, Italy Chair: Ladji Tikana, International Copper Association, Germany A full sector aiming for integration of LCA results into daily-life design and strategy decisions: Developing a LCA – eco-design tool for the European aerospace sector 1: Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland; 2: EPFL (15 minutes) Can hybrid-electric aviation clear the sky for sustainable air travel? 1: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; 2: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, VTI (15 minutes) Life Cycle Assessment of Aircraft Dismantling: A Path to Sustainable Aviation Practices? Materia Nova, Belgium (15 minutes) Advancing Circular Manufacturing for Sustainable Rail Traction Components - An integrated LCA and Circularity Tool." 1: Eurotube Foundation; 2: Ostschweizer Fachhochschule; 3: Alstom Transport (Short Oral + Poster) Fuel Production and Transport Chain for Aviation – an Environmental and Economic Comparison of LH2, SAF and Fossil Kerosene German Aerospace Center, Institute of Networked Energy Systems, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Environmental Impacts of Shipping Energy Transition: Insights from an Integrated Energy System and Life Cycle Assessment Model. 1: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; 2: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute (Short Oral + Poster) Decarbonizing Maritime Shipping Through Multi-Fuel Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Pathways: Synergies and Trade-offs Between Environmental and Social Sustainability Metrics Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland (Short Oral + Poster) Integrating BIM and LCA for sustainable high-Speed rail infrastructure: A framework for early design stage environmental assessment 1: Laboratoire Navier, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Univ. Gustave Eiffel, CNRS, Marne-la-Vallée, France; 2: Antea Group, France; 3: IREX, Paris, France (6 minutes) Environmental Impacts of Global Rail and Road Freight Transport Under Prospective Scenarios 1: Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands; 2: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Transport and Planning, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands; 3: Technology Assessment Group, Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland |
Session 3.12: Tackling climate risks and nature dependencies for a healthy future Chair: Gian Andrea Blengini, University of Turin, Italy Chair: Giulia Maggiora, Quantis, Italy Impact of climate change-driven wildfires on the biogenic carbon of Pinus Pinaster Forest in Portugal University of Coimbra, ISISE, ARISE, Department of Civil Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal (15 minutes) Using regional environmental limits for biosphere integrity to inform life cycle assessments of building materials 1: Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark; 2: Ramboll Denmark; 3: Center for Absolute Sustainability, Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark; 4: Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen (15 minutes) The role of Hull Coatings in Sustainable Shipping: Decarbonization and Marine Ecosystems 1: Hempel; 2: substitute ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark; 3: Evolutionary Ecology & Environmental Toxicology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany (15 minutes) Assessing Corporate Commitment to Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: A Text Mining Approach with publicly available sustainability reports University of Stuttgart, Germany (15 minutes) Leveraging Climate Change Mitigation From Harvested Wood Products in the Built Environment 1: University of Limerick, Ireland; 2: University of Galway, Ireland (15 minutes) Toward Climate-Resilient Agriculture: A Life Cycle Assessment of MDF and Poplar Biochar for Soil Health and Carbon Sequestration 1: Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR), Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; 2: Environmental Economics (EnvEcon), Department of Engineering Management, University of Antwerp, Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; 3: Flanders Make@UAntwerp, Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; 4: NANOlight Centre of Excellence, Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; 5: Center for Economics and Corporate Sustainability (CEDON), KU Leuven, Warmoesberg 26, BE-1000 Brussels, Belgium; 6: Flanders Make @KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium |
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1:00pm - 2:30pm |
LP3: Lunch & Poster Overcoming Barriers to the Implementation of LCA in the Plastics Industry Leibniz University Hannover, Germany Assessing the environmental impacts of a domestic water heater panel 1: University of Aveiro/CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies - Portugal; 2: Maxiplás Plastics Engineering - Portugal Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of In-wall Flushing Cisterns 1: Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal; 2: OLI – Sistemas Sanitários, S.A., Aveiro, Portugal Pre-Emptive Life Cycle Management of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioindustry for Regional Resources Valorization The University of Tokyo, Japan Life Cycle Assessment and Biodiversity Footprint of the Global Spice Production Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Switzerland IMPACTS OF BRAZILIAN WHEAT PRODUCTION ON HUMAN HEALTH, ECOSYSTEM QUALITY AND RESOURCE SCARCITY 1: Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation (Embrapa), Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil; 2: Moageira Irati Wheat Mill, Irati, PR, Brazil; 3: Edmundo Gastal Agricultural Research and Development Support Foundation, Pelotas, RS, Brazil Hay production in Sicily: Life Cycle Assessment of a case study across two seasonal yields 1: Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Building 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy; 2: Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering in RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany; 3: Circular, Via Libertà 34, 90141, Palermo, Italy Life cycle assessment of black soldier fly frass: balancing the benefits and trade-offs University of Aveiro, Portugal Social sustainability assessment of insect-derived products: a procedure for social indicators selection 1: University of Aveiro/CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies; 2: University of Aveiro/ GOVCOPP- Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public PolicieS; 3: Rey Juan Carlos University Economic sustainability assessment of insect-derived products: a contribution for a holistic sustainability approach 1: GOVCOPP, DEGEIT, University of Aveiro; 2: CESAM, DAO, University of Aveiro Towards a sustainable valorization of seafood side-streams: a critical review of environmental, economic and social assessment approaches Ghent University, Belgium Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of Cellulose Nanofiber-Reinforced Plastics Produced by the Reactive Processing Method, Considering Continuous Production and Scale-up for Industrialization 1: The University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: Sustainable Management Promotion Organization, Japan; 3: Kyoto University, Japan Integrating Life Cycle Assessment in the Ecodesign of Emerging Biocomposites 1: Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR), Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; 2: Structural Composites and Alloys, Integrity and Nondestructive Testing (SCALINT), Group T Leuven Campus, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; 3: Center for Economics and Corporate Sustainability (CEDON), KU Leuven, Warmoesberg 26, BE-1000 Brussels, Belgium; 4: FlandersMake@KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Comparison of Attributional and Consequential life cycle assessment of chicken meat and egg production in Brazil. 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 Future-oriented consequential LCA for timber wall elements made from recovered wood - a study in Germany, Sweden, and Finland 1: Technical University of Munich, Germany; 2: Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences, Germany Temporal analysis of photovoltaic technologies and their impacts on the planetary boundaries Technical University Clausthal, Germany How Future-oriented Social and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Can Help Manage the Impacts of Innovations? Learnings from photochromic textile case study 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 Framework for assessing the sustainability and circularity potentials of wastewater treatment plants University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Structured Decision-Making in Sustainability: Formalizing Fuzzy Logic (FL) for Multi-Criteria Decision Analyses (MCDAs) Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Technology and Society Laboratory, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, St. Gallen, 9014, Switzerland From pilot to market: A holistic approach to sustainability assessment in emerging technologies towards a circular bioeconomy 1: University of Burgos. International Research Center in Critical Raw Materials for Advanced Industrial Technologies, Plaza Misael Bañuelos s/n 09001 Burgos (Spain); 2: University of Burgos. Faculty of Business and Economics. Pza. de la Infanta Dª. Elena, s/n 09001 Burgos (Spain) Integrating LCA, CSRD, and Digitalization: A Literature Review 1: Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Sustainability and Climate Interdisciplinary Center, Pisa, Italy; 2: Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Institute of Management, Pisa, Italy Demonstrating Bio-Attributed PVC for Industry Applications: Aligning with EU's SSbD Framework and Advancing Circular Economy Goals 1: TMG - Tecidos Plastificados e Outros Revestimentos para a Indústria Automóvel, S.A (NIF503902128), Portugal; 2: HOLOSS – Holistic and ontological solutions for sustainability Environmental assessment for hydrogen in steel production as emergent technology KU Leuven, Belgium Using Life Cycle Assessment to support the selection of the most efficient circular economy strategies in the steelmaking industry: learnings from the ALCHIMIA, GreenHeatEAF and PURESCRAP projects 1: Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Sustainability and Climate Interdisciplinary Center, Pisa, Italy; 2: Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Institute of Management, Sustainability Managament SUM Lab, Pisa, Italy Integrating planetary boundaries in sustainable industrial transition: a review and case study on bio-based byproduct utilization pathways Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Building a Participatory Life Cycle Assessment Database to Drive Climate Mitigation and Sustainability in Vulnerable Municipalities and Key Sectors in Mexico Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ingeniería, Mexico Integrating the Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) Framework in the Development of Recycled Iron-Based Alloys Universidad de Burgos, Spain Sustainability in Delivery Drones: Life Cycle Impacts and Opportunities for Improvements 1: Energieinstitut an der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria; 2: Institute for Chemical Technology of Organic Materials (CTO), Johannes Kepler University Linz; 3: Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing (IPMT), Johannes Kepler University Linz Influence of the simultaneous use of fiber-reinforced plastics and regenerative synthetic fuel on the carbon footprint of heavy-duty vehicles Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany Development of an Integrated Circular Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Framework for Biobased Wearable E-Textiles: Construction of Life Cycle Inventory and Data Requirements 1: Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR), Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; 2: INRAE, Research Unit BIA UR1268, Rue Geraudiere, F-44316 Nantes, France; 3: Center for Economics and Corporate Sustainability (CEDON), KU Leuven, Warmoesberg 26, BE-1000 Brussels, Belgium; 4: FlandersMake@KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Environmental analysis of added value bioproducts for food sector and plastic and materials industry RISE Processum, Sweden |
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2:30pm - 4:00pm |
Session 3.13: Dynamic and Prospective LCA Part II Chair: Jessica Hanafi, Life Cycle Indonesia, Indonesia Chair: Suzana Ostojic, INaB - RWTH Aachen, Germany Towards a Generalized Framework for Scaling-Up in Prospective Life Cycle Assessment Empa, Switzerland (15 minutes) Dynamic prospective life cycle assessment: establishing methodological consistency in evaluating climate change impacts CIRAIG, Canada (15 minutes) Energizing Life Cycle Assessment: A Dynamic Approach to Europe's Electricity Mix 1: Resource Lab, University of Augsburg, Universitaetsstr. 12, 86159 Augsburg, Germany; 2: Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, UMR 5255, Groupe Analyse du Cycle de Vie et Chimie Durable (CyVi), 351 Cours de la Lib´eration, F-33405 Talence, France; 3: Chair for Production & Supply Chain Management, University of Augsburg, Universitaetsstr. 16, 86159 Augsburg, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Integrated Prospective Environmental and Economic Assessment Framework for Emergent Technology Development: A Case Study of Steel Slags Carbonation as a Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Material 1: Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR), Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; 2: Biobased Sustainability Engineering (SUSTAIN), Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; 3: Process Engineering for Sustainable Systems (ProcESS), Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; 4: Environmental Economics (EnvEcon), Department of Engineering Management, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; 5: Center for Economics and Corporate Sustainability (CEDON), KU Leuven, Warmoesberg 26, BE-1000 Brussels, Belgium; 6: FlandersMake@KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (6 minutes) The prospective life cycle assessment of on-site waste-to-marine fuel valorization in cement plants: the impacts of learning effects Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (Short Oral + Poster) Incorporating temporal dynamics of power generation into life cycle assessment of vertical agrivoltaics in Germany 1: Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT; 2: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE (Short Oral + Poster) Spatialized and Prospective LCA of Agrivoltaism in the Mediterranean basin under Climate Change 1: INRAE, France; 2: Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, LMD, France; 3: Agroscope, Life Cycle Assessment Research Group, Switzerland; 4: Centre Observation, Impacts, Energie (OIE), MINES Paris – PSL University, France (Short Oral + Poster) Coupling LCA And Dynamic MFA: A Literature Analysis 1: Gustave Eiffel University, France; 2: ESB, France; 3: French Environment and Energy Management Agency , France; 4: ENTPE, France |
Session 3.14: Data Creation & Exchange Tools: Transparency First Chair: Stephan Pfister, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Chair: Emilia Moreno Ruiz, ecoinvent, Switzerland EcoOptiPack: OnlineLCA for Automated LCA Calculations and Transparent Assessments of Plastic Packaging Solutions 1: Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT; 2: Greendelta (15 minutes) ASSESSING MODELLING UNCERTAINTY AT DIFFERENT DATABASE AGGREGATION LEVELS – A COMPARATIVE STUDY 1: Department of Physics and Astronomy "Augusto Righi", University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127, Bologna, Italy.; 2: Department of Sustainability and Planning, Aalborg University, Rendsburggade 14, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark.; 3: Interdepartmental research centre for research in environmental sciences (CIRSA), University of Bologna, Via S. Alberto 163, 48123, Ravenna, Italy. (15 minutes) Breaking Down Complexity: A Modular, Model-Driven Life Cycle Data Management Tool for Biofuels and Bioenergy European Commission Joint Research Center, Italy (15 minutes_S) How unsuitable data and data choices can negatively influence reliability and costs of decarbonization efforts, supplier choices and sustainability approaches in companies Sphera Solutions GmbH, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Taiwan ICT Production Value Chain Trusted Emission Data Collection and Exchange Mechanism based on the Partnership for Carbon Transparency (PACT) and Local-based Emission Factor Data Pool 1: Institute for Information Industry(III), Taiwan; 2: Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER), Taiwan (Short Oral + Poster) From Plow to Pixel: An Analysis of Supply Chain Transparency and Traceability in Agrifood and Implications for Digital Product Passports TNO, Netherlands, The (6 minutes) Mimicking financial accounting and reporting principles to overcome obstacle to data sharing for LCA IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden (Short Oral + Poster) FastCrop Footprint: Quick, transparent and accurate environmental footprint calculations of crop production Mérieux Nutrisciences | Blonk, Netherlands, The (Short Oral + Poster) Extrapolation of environmental impacts for electronic products Siemens AG, Deutschland |
Session 3.15: Using LCSA for Industry Decision-Making Part II Chair: Nils Jäger, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany Chair: Julian Suer, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany Sustainability Assessment in Industrial R&D: Challenges and Contributions to Decision-Making EurA AG, Germany (15 minutes) One Person's Trash is Another's Treasure: Assessing the Life Cycle Sustainability of Bio-Based Innovations in Brewery By-Product Valorisation 1: Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Switzerland; 2: AINIA, Centro Tecnológico (AINIA), Spain (15 minutes) Life Cycle Assessment of a novel technology based on combined gasification and combustion of low value biomass for industrial applications. Preliminary assessment. Utrecht University, Netherlands, (15 minutes) Beyond the Surface: How Durability Drives Lower Carbon Footprints in Coating Technologies Sherwin-Williams (15 minutes) Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment in the aluminium industry Ecoinnovazione, Italy (15 minutes) Sustainability assessment of implementing nanowire solar cells in space ITENE, Spain |
Session 3.16: Methodologies and Tools for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Value Chains Part II Chair: Andrea Di Maria, University of Liege, Belgium Chair: Roland Meyer, INaB - RWTH Aachen, Germany Durum wheat production in Sicily, Italy: Evaluating the environmental impacts of conventional vs. organic farming systems 1: Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Building 4, 90128 Palermo, PA, Italy; 2: Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering in RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany (15 minutes) Enhancing Sustainability in the Food Value Chain: A Three-Dimensional Methodological Assessment of Innovative Food Product Design 1: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK); 2: Lomartov Applied Innovation Engineering; 3: Middle East Technical University (15 minutes) Assessing Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability in Northern Spain’s Fishing Fleets: An Integrated LCA+DEA Approach with the WEF Nexus Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. University of Cantabria. Av. De los Castros s/n, 39005. Santander, Spain (6 minutes) Balancing Sustainability and Stability: What Matters More for Enhancing Sustainability—Short or Long Food Supply Chains and Production Methods? 1: the University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: United Nations University, Japan (6 minutes) Comparing Environmental Assessment Methods: Olive Oil Producers in Central Italy study case 1: University of Perugia, Italy; 2: NORSUS Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research, Norway (Short Oral + Poster) Developing a Framework for Sustainability Scoring of Food Products 1: NORSUS Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research, Norway; 2: NMBU, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Short Oral + Poster) Integrating Multi-Criteria Decision-Making with Multi-Objective Optimization for Sustainable Diet Design 1: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia; 2: TFTAK AS, Tallinn, Estonia (Short Oral + Poster) Reducing the carbon footprint of food products: a methodology for sustainable value chain practices 1: INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial; 2: MC SONAE - Mc Shared Services, S.A |
Session 3.17: Sustainability & Circularity Chair: Cécile Bulle, CIRAIG, Canada, Canada Chair: Anna Luthin, Mitsui Chemicals Europe GmbH, Germany Methodological approaches to modeling circularity using CFF for bio-based feedstocks with multi-life considerations for bio-sourced polymer production SABIC, India (15 minutes) Setting Sail for Circular Offshore Wind: MFA, CE, and LCA Insights from Alternative End-of-Life Scenarios for a North Sea Offshore Wind Farm 1: Ghent University, Belgium; 2: University of Antwerp, Belgium; 3: Flanders Make @UAntwerp (15 minutes) Providing a conceptual framework to assess materials with multiple recycling loops in LCA 1: Technical University of Munich, Germany; 2: Braskem B.V., Rotterdam, The Netherlands (15 minutes) Towards a Comprehensive Framework for Digital Battery Passports: Addressing Social Data Requirements and Circularity Indicators 1: Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria; 2: Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable Product Management Enabling a Circular Economy, 8010 Graz, Austria (6 minutes) Aligning sustainability, circularity and policies to create a monitoring framework for the bioeconomy 1: CRETUS, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; 2: Institut für Technologie und Management, Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), 10623 Berlin, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Comprehensive Sustainability Assessment of Circular Business Models in the Smartphone Industry – Enabling Holistic Decision-Making Towards Sustainable Practices Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Germany (6 minutes) Enhancing Circularity - Addressing the Diversity of Circularity Indicators for Biobased Systems Aalborg University, Denmark (6 minutes) Classification of Industrial Biobased Systems in the EU as Basis for Sustainability and Circularity Assessment - Suggestions for a Systematic Approach Technical university of munich, Germany |
Session 3.18: LCM’s Future: Collaboration, Innovation & Impact Chair: Philip Strothmann, Forum for Sustainability through Life Cycle Innovation e.V., Germany Chair: Anna Wikström, Swedish Life Cycle Center/Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden LCARSIN: The UK LCA Regulatory Science and Innovation Network University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (15 minutes_S) FSLCI - A community approach to accelerate Life Cycle Innovation globally Forum for Sustainability through Life Cycle Innovation e.V., Germany (15 minutes) Reviving collaboration for sustainability in Francophone region: the role of LCM2LOOP in advancing LCM 1: LCM2LOOP association, France; 2: WeLOOP, France (15 minutes) Automating Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Product Declaration Generation Through Cross-Business and IT Collaboration Siemens AG, Germany (15 minutes) Electricity modelling for “zero-emission” vehicles life cycle assessment (LCA): the TranSensus LCA European research project holistic approach 1: EDF, France; 2: Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Liten, DEHT, 38000 Grenoble, France |
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4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Closing plenary Session Chair: Matthias Finkbeiner, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Session Co-Chair: Marzia Traverso, INaB RWTH Aachen, Germany |