Overcoming Barriers to the Implementation of LCA in the Plastics Industry

Merlin Pohler, Hans-Josef Endres

Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Assessing the environmental impacts of a domestic water heater panel

Antonio Augusto Fonseca, Paula Quinteiro

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

Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of In-wall Flushing Cisterns

Lidiane La Picirelli de Souza¹, Verônica Ribeiro Brandão¹, Margaret Pereira², Andreia Costa², Inês Meireles¹, Ana Cláudia Dias¹

¹Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal; ²OLI – Sistemas Sanitários, S.A., Aveiro, Portugal

Pre-Emptive Life Cycle Management of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioindustry for Regional Resources Valorization

Satoshi OHARA, Yasunori KIKUCHI

The University of Tokyo, Japan

Life Cycle Assessment and Biodiversity Footprint of the Global Spice Production

Corinna Bolliger

Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Switzerland

IMPACTS OF BRAZILIAN WHEAT PRODUCTION ON HUMAN HEALTH, ECOSYSTEM QUALITY AND RESOURCE SCARCITY

Vanderlise Giongo¹, Adão da Silva Acosta¹, Álvaro Augusto Dossa¹, Anderson Santi¹, André Júlio do Amaral¹, Eduardo Caierão¹, José Eloir Denardin¹, Osvaldo Vasconcellos Vieira¹, Diego Inácio Patricio¹, Maria Cléa Brito de Figueirêdo¹, Marília Ieda da Silveira Folegatti Matsuura¹, José Paulo Pereira das Dores Savioli¹, Tatiane Battistelli², Bruno Ricardo Silva², Bruno Stephano Pires², Mônica da Silva Santana^1,3

¹Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation (Embrapa), Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil; ²Moageira Irati Wheat Mill, Irati, PR, Brazil; ³Edmundo 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

Simona Prestigiacomo¹, Monica Auteri¹, Marzia Traverso², Rose Mankaa², Maria Concetta Pedalà³, Giuseppe Di Miceli¹

¹Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Building 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy; ²Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering in RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany; ³Circular, Via Libertà 34, 90141, Palermo, Italy

Life cycle assessment of black soldier fly frass: balancing the benefits and trade-offs

Ana Fonseca, Daniel Bruno, Sara Silva, Paula Quinteiro, Ana Cláudia Dias

University of Aveiro, Portugal

Social sustainability assessment of insect-derived products: a procedure for social indicators selection

Sara Silva¹, Ana Fonseca¹, Marta Ferreira Dias², Mario Martín-Gamboa³, Daniel F. Bruno¹, Ana Cláudia Dias¹, Paula Quinteiro¹

¹University of Aveiro/CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies; ²University of Aveiro/ GOVCOPP- Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public PolicieS; ³Rey Juan Carlos University

Economic sustainability assessment of insect-derived products: a contribution for a holistic sustainability approach

Marta Ferreira Dias¹, Fernando Reis¹, Herminio Alves¹, Paula Quinteiro²

¹GOVCOPP, DEGEIT, University of Aveiro; ²CESAM, DAO, University of Aveiro

Towards a sustainable valorization of seafood side-streams: a critical review of environmental, economic and social assessment approaches

Iris Joy Abrigo, Erasmo Cadena, Jo Dewulf

Ghent University, Belgium

Analysis of Database Knowledge Gaps in LCA Tools: A Comparative Study of tallyLCA and OneClickLCA in Life-Cycle Stages C and D

Mathew Song¹, Ashley Juraschka¹, Joyce Kim¹, Carl Haas¹, Aryan Hojjati², Jun Ahn², Mehdi Ghobadi²

¹University of Waterloo; ²National Research Council Canada

Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of Cellulose Nanofiber-Reinforced Plastics Produced by the Reactive Processing Method, Considering Continuous Production and Scale-up for Industrialization

Yuko Saiki¹, Yuichiro Kanematsu¹, Satoshi Ohara¹, Masahiko Hirao¹, Ichiro Daigo¹, Tomoko Fuchigami², Hiroyuki Yano³, Yasunori Kikuchi¹

¹The University of Tokyo, Japan; ²Sustainable Management Promotion Organization, Japan; ³Kyoto University, Japan

Integrating Life Cycle Assessment in the Ecodesign of Emerging Biocomposites

Mariana Ochodkova¹, Aart Van Vuure², Karel Van Acker^1,3,4

¹Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR), Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; ²Structural Composites and Alloys, Integrity and Nondestructive Testing (SCALINT), Group T Leuven Campus, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; ³Center for Economics and Corporate Sustainability (CEDON), KU Leuven, Warmoesberg 26, BE-1000 Brussels, Belgium; ⁴FlandersMake@KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Comparison of Attributional and Consequential life cycle assessment of chicken meat and egg production in Brazil.

Shiwei Ng¹, S. Viswanathan², O. Hinrichsen³

¹TUMCREATE, 1 CREATE Way, #10-02 CREATE Tower, Singapore 138602; ²Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; ³TUM 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

Vijhay Krisshna Mahenthren¹, Gabriele Weber-Blaschke¹, Michael Risse²

¹Technical University of Munich, Germany; ²Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Temporal analysis of photovoltaic technologies and their impacts on the planetary boundaries

Jan Feitkenhauer

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

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

¹Univ. 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; ²Laval University, Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, 2425 De La Terrasse Street, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; ³Arts 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

Sofía Estévez Rivadulla, Ana Arias Calvo, Gumersindo Feijoo Costa, María Teresa Moreira Vilar

University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Structured Decision-Making in Sustainability: Formalizing Fuzzy Logic (FL) for Multi-Criteria Decision Analyses (MCDAs)

Carlos E. Gómez-Camacho, Roland Hischier

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

Jesús Ibáñez¹, David Blanco-Alcántara², Sonia Martel-Martín¹, Julieta Díez-Hernández², Ana García-Moral¹, Israel Carrreira-Barral¹, Rocío Barros¹

¹University of Burgos. International Research Center in Critical Raw Materials for Advanced Industrial Technologies, Plaza Misael Bañuelos s/n 09001 Burgos (Spain); ²University 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

Gabriele Bernardi^1,2, Monia Niero^1,2, Marco Frey^1,2

¹Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Sustainability and Climate Interdisciplinary Center, Pisa, Italy; ²Sant’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

Sofia Magalhães¹, Bárbara Henriques¹, Ana Lago², Marcella Paula²

¹TMG - Tecidos Plastificados e Outros Revestimentos para a Indústria Automóvel, S.A (NIF503902128), Portugal; ²HOLOSS – Holistic and ontological solutions for sustainability

Environmental assessment for hydrogen in steel production as emergent technology

Rim Boulahya, Karel Van Acker

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

Monia Niero^1,2, Federico Rossi^1,2, Serena Fabbri^1,2, Francesca Albano^1,2, Fabio Iraldo^2,1, Francesco Testa^2,1, Marco Frey^1,2

¹Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Sustainability and Climate Interdisciplinary Center, Pisa, Italy; ²Sant'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

Zienalabden Hussein, Enrico Benetto, Michael Saidani

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

Alejandro Padilla-Rivera, Patricia Güereca-Hernandez

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ingeniería, Mexico

Implementing SSbD: Navigating Sustainability Challenges in Life Science Business

Karoline Wowra, Winfried Bulach, Athanasios Gkrillas, Lidia Ceriani, Florian Grüner

Merck Life Science KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Integrating the Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) Framework in the Development of Recycled Iron-Based Alloys

Ana García-Moral, Israel Carreira-Barral, Patricia de la Fuente, María Emilia Iñigo, Jesús Ibañez, Julieta Díaz-Hernández, Rocío Barros, Carlos Rumbo, Sonia Martel-Martín

Universidad de Burgos, Spain

Sustainability in Delivery Drones: Life Cycle Impacts and Opportunities for Improvements

Hannah Aster¹, Lukas Zeilerbauer^1,2,3, Johannes Lindorfer¹

¹Energieinstitut an der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria; ²Institute for Chemical Technology of Organic Materials (CTO), Johannes Kepler University Linz; ³Institute 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

Eva Sophie Jurgeleit, Stefanie Meilinger

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

Lola Eelen¹, Sofiane Guessasma², Karel Van Acker^1,3,4

¹Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR), Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; ²INRAE, Research Unit BIA UR1268, Rue Geraudiere, F-44316 Nantes, France; ³Center for Economics and Corporate Sustainability (CEDON), KU Leuven, Warmoesberg 26, BE-1000 Brussels, Belgium; ⁴FlandersMake@KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Environmental analysis of added value bioproducts for food sector and plastic and materials industry

Charilaos Xiros, Payam Ghiaci, Pietro Bartocci

RISE Processum, Sweden