Conference Agenda

Session

Session 1.23: LCM implementation in SMEs

Time:

Wednesday, 10/Sept/2025:

4:30pm - 6:00pm

Session Chair: Yahong Dong, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau S.A.R. (China)
Session Chair: Mark Goedkoop, Product-ecology, Netherlands, The

Presentations

(15 minutes)

AI-enabled tool providing eco-design principles to manufacturing SMEs

Sebastien Zinck¹, Antreas Afantitis², Olivier Parisot¹, Ankit Arora¹, Duan Hua¹, Michael Saidani¹

¹LIST, Luxembourg; ²NovaMechanics Ltd, Cyprus

(15 minutes)

Energy recovery from winery wastewater by aqueous phase reforming: A dual approach integrating environmental and economic prospectives

Giulia Farnocchia¹, Carlos E. Gomez-Camacho², Giuseppe Pipitone¹, Roland Hischier², Raffaele Pirone¹, Samir Bensaid¹

¹Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino,Italy; ²Technology & Society Laboratory, Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014, St. Gallen, Switzerland

(15 minutes)

Optimization of Import Cherry Distribution Strategies in Cross-Border Supply Chains Using Digital Twins: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach

Junzhang Wu¹, Yifeng Zou², Alessandro Manzardo¹

¹University of Padova, Italy; ²Guangzhou University, China

(15 minutes)

Proposal of a Maturity Model for Circular Bioeconomy (M2BEC) in small and medium-sized companies

Yovana M.B. Saavedra^1,2, Daiane Vitória da Silva^2,3, Carla Rodrigues⁴, Fausto Freire⁴, Diogo Aparecido Lopes Silva^2,3

¹Natural Sciences Center in the Federal University of São Carlos-UFSCar/Lagoa do Sino.; ²The Graduate Program in Production Engineering at campus UFSCar/ Sorocaba .(PPGEP-So); ³The Graduate program in Planning and Use of Renewable Resources - PPGPUR UFSCar/Sorocaba.; ⁴Univ Coimbra, ADAI, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Ecology Center.

(6 minutes)

Sustainability Assessment of Agricultural Crops Solar Dryers: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Metallic vs. Wooden Structured Solar dryers

Ashiraf Hussein Abeid, Felichesmi Lyakurwa, Eliaza Mkuna

Mzumbe University, Tanzania

(Short Oral + Poster)

Carbon Pricing in Canteens: Driving Change or Just Numbers?

Matthias Stucki, Dimitri Chryssolouris, Annette Jenny

Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW, Switzerland

(Short Oral + Poster)

Developing Practical LCA Methodologies for Emerging Technologies: Challenges and Approaches

Katsuyuki Nakano¹, Ichiro Daigo², Yasunori Kikuchi²

¹Ritsumeikan University, Japan; ²The University of Tokyo, Japan

(Short Oral + Poster)

Development of a Versatile Framework for Circular Economy Strategies for Plastic Products in SMEs

Meret Jürgens, Marina Mudersbach, Hans-Josef Endres

Institute for Plastics and Circular Economy, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

(Short Oral + Poster)

The analysis of the effects of modernization of the energy system in a food enterprise, carried out to reduce the impact on the environment

Patrycja Walichnowska¹, Zbigniew Kłos², Andrzej Tomporowski³

¹Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland; ²Institute of Machines and Motor Vehicles, Faculty of Transport Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland; ³Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, al. Prof. S. Kaliskiego 7, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland