Assessing and communicating potential environmental benefits of the Circular Economy: A case study on ski core circularity

Ulrike Kirschnick¹, Sara Casale², Herbert Gruber², Roland Pomberger³, Ewald Fauster¹

¹Processing of composites and design for recycling, Technical University Leoben, Austria; ²Head Sport GmbH, Austria; ³Waste Processing Technology and Waste Management, Technical University Leoben, Austria

Joint application of Life Cycle and Criticality Assessments: A Case Study on Lithium-Ion Batteries

Dieuwertje Schrijvers¹, Emilie Guilvert¹, Anish Koyamparambath², Guido Sonnemann², Frédéric Lai³, Marion Devienne⁴, Philippe Osset⁴, Naeem Adibi¹

¹WeLOOP, France; ²ISM-CyVi; ³BRGM; ⁴SCORELCA

Siemens approach for a Robust Eco Design: Insights and an outlook after five years of implementation

Johannes Auer, Karin Uebelhoer

Siemens AG, Germany

Circularity and Ferrer’s Packaging for Good Program

Sergi Arnau Castel¹, Beatriz Cuende Negra¹, Laura Batlle Bayer², Ilonka Zsolt Fradera¹

¹Grupo Ferrer Internacional, Spain; ²Anthesis, Spain

Towards a novel circularity indicator for building flooring: A comparative analysis

Pouya Samani, Lisanne Heemskerk

Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)

Life Cycle Assessment of Retrofitting Switchgears in Medium and Low Voltage Applications

Mariana Gaspar Martinez, Tanvi Sharma, Amelie Fehm

Siemens AG, Germany

Sustainability and Performance through Life Cycle Innovation

Catarina Faria¹, Bruno Silva¹, Pedro Sá², Ângela Rodrigues^3,4, Gonçalo Valinho^3,4, Luís Capela^3,4, António Pontes^3,4, Luís Silva¹, Natália Ladeira¹, Bruna Machado¹

¹PIEP – Centre for Innovation in Polymer Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães; ²Polisport, Av. Ferreira de Castro nº 818, 3720-024 Carregosa; ³IPC – Institute for Polymers and Composites, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães; ⁴DONE Lab – Advanced Manufacturing of Products and Tools, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães

Pre-emptive life cycle management for resource circulation applying a superstructure-based approach

Yasunori Kikuchi¹, Ayumi Yamaki¹, Aya Heiho^1,2, Shoma Fujii¹, Jun Nakatani¹, Ichiro Daigo¹, Chiharu Tokoro^1,3, Shisuke Murakami¹, Satoshi Ohara¹

¹The University of Tokyo, Japan; ²Tokyo City University, Japan; ³Waseda University, Japan

Circularity in the tissue paper industry: a review of Life Cycle Assessment application to tissue paper products

Serena Fabbri^1,2, Monia Niero^1,2, Marco Frey^1,2, Francesca Albano^1,2

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

Decarbonizing the aviation sector: A detailed LCA model for exploration of methanol-based Sustainable Aviation Fuel production and its scaling up while decarbonizing other sectors

Karin Treyer, Christian Moretti

Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

Pathways for the global chemical industry to climate neutrality

Ronja Hermanns¹, Oskar Vögler¹, Stefano Zehnder², Cassia Oliveira de Lima², James Wilson², Raoul Meys^1,3

¹Carbon Minds, Eupener Str. 165 50933 Cologne, Germany; ²ICIS, 99 Bishopsgate,EC2M 3AL, London, UK; ³Institute for Technical Thermodynamics, Schinkelstraße 8, 52062 Aachen, Germany

Nature-based solutions toward net-zero: surface albedo matters ! Demonstration on the case of carbon credits

Maëlys David^1,2, Kathryn Loog¹, Anne de Bortoli^1,3,4, François Saunier¹

¹CIRAIG, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal; ²Ecole de Technologie Supérieure de Montréal; ³LVMT, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech; ⁴Université du Québec à Montréal

Using Marginal Abatement Cost and carbon Curves to support decision making toward net zero emissions

Benjamin Canaguier¹, Jean-Pierre Schweitzer¹, Jeanne Briand², Baptiste Pécresse², Baptiste Sene², Svilen Iskrov²

¹Schneider Electric; ²Accenture

How can Carbon Dioxide Removals (CDRs) contribute to achieving Net-Zero emissions

Hanne Lerche Raadal, Ingunn Saur Modahl

NORSUS, Norway

Environmental and resource use analysis of chemical sugar synthesis for biomanufacturing

Hiro Tabata^1,2, Satoshi Ohara¹, Yuichiro Kanematsu¹, Heng Yi Teah¹, Yasunori Kikuchi¹

¹The University of Tokyo; ²The University of Osaka

A prospective environmental and economic analysis to pave the German hydrogen transformation path to 2030 and 2045

Mélanie Apitzsch-Delavault^1,2, Maike-Katharina Senk², Mario Schmidt²

¹Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany; ²Pforzheim University, Germany

Lifecycle assessment of atmospheric and industrial carbon capture using heat pumps

Ankur Dnyaneshwar Gaikwad

Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Germany

A Stepwise Methodological Framework for Enhancing Comparability in Life Cycle Assessment of CO₂ Adsorption in Hard-to-Abate Industries

Yipeng YAO, Marie-Eve Duprez, Guy De Weireld

Thermodynamics and Mathematical Physics Unit, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mons, 20 Place du Parc, Mons, 7000, Belgium

Scaling-up life cycle thinking into corporate footprint strategy: The Electrolux Group strategy

Stefano Zuin¹, Vsevolod Dengin², Natalia Lopez Marin¹, Vincenzo Lariccia¹, Monica Celotto¹

¹Electrolux Italia; ²AB Electrolux

Applying Matrix-Based Modeling for GHG Emission Forecasting and Corporate Decarbonization Strategy Evaluation: A Steel Manufacturing Case Study

Alessandro Marson^1,2, Alessandro Manzardo¹

¹University of Padova, Italy; ²Bluegreen Ecoinnovations Srl SB

Proposal of scalable biodiversity footprint assessment framework for cosmetic products based on state-of-the-art methodologies

Jacques L'Haridon¹, Magdalena Czyrnek-Delêtre², Laurine Mourichou¹, Jad Zoghaïb¹, Anne-Claire Asselin³

¹L'Oréal Research & Innovation, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France; ²I Care by BearingPoint, Paris, France; ³Sayari, Paris, France

Consensus building for a European-wide harmonized life cycle assessment approach for a zero-emission road transport system: Results of the TranSensus LCA project

Takunda Yeukai Chitaka, Guido Sonnemann

University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, Bordeaux, France

ProScale and ProScale-E for chemical footprints in initial LCA in SSbD

Rosella Telaretti Leggieri, Pernilla Andersson, Ziye Zheng, Triranta Sircar, Maja Halling, Tomas Vilhelm Rydberg

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden

Technology based two-step allocation approach for complex, highly integrated systems like refineries

Jan Blömer, Ankur Gaikwad, Venkat Aryan, Daniel Maga

Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Germany

Improving Environmental Performance using a flexible LCA-based Decision-Matrix

Gerald Feichtinger, Wolfgang Posch

Chair of Economic and Business Management, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria

Beyond Cradle-to-Gate: Embracing Full Life Cycle Assessment for comprehensive Eco-Design solutions

Sarah Badioli^1,2, Thibault Champion², Marielle Dargaud², Angélique Léonard¹

¹University of Liège, Belgium; ²Saint-Gobain Research Provence, France

Current State of LCA/LCT in Food Public Procurement

CECILIA CASONATO¹, LAURA GARCIA HERRERO², ESTHER SANYE MENGUAL², GIULIA LISTORTI²

¹DISTAL - UNIBO, Italy; ²EC - JRC, Italy

LCA of metals and minerals supply: a comprehensive analysis of global environmental impacts covering 54 elements

Frederic Lai¹, Stéphanie Muller¹, Audrey Philippe¹, Robert Istrate², Brenda Miranda Xicotencatl², Afsoon Mansouri Aski³, Aina Mas Fons^4,1, Juliana Segura-Salazar⁵, Jair Santillán Saldivar¹, Alex Cimprich⁶, Stephen Northey⁷, Lígia da Silva Lima⁸, Lieselot Boone⁸, Ryosuke Yokoi⁹, Kamrul Islam⁹, Ioanna Paschalidou¹⁰, Felipe Cerdas^11,12, Victor Balboa-Espinoza⁵, Anish Koyamparambath⁴, Diae Hennioui¹, Victoire Collignon¹, Aurélien Reys¹, Gyslain Ngadi Sakatadi¹³, Jo Dewulf⁸, Bernhard Steubing², Christoph Helbig³, Gaétan Lefebvre¹, Gian Andrea Blengini^14,13, Valeria Superti¹⁵, Masaharu Motoshita⁹, Guido Sonnemann⁴, Kwame Awuah-Offei¹⁰, Steven B. Young⁶, Shinsuke Murakami¹⁶, Antoine Beylot¹

¹BRGM, France; ²Leiden University, Netherlands; ³University of Bayreuth, Germany; ⁴University of Bordeaux, France; ⁵University of Queensland, Australia; ⁶University of Waterloo, Canada; ⁷University of Technology Sydney, Australia; ⁸Ghent University, Belgium; ⁹AIST, Japan; ¹⁰Missouri University of Science & Technology, United States; ¹¹THWS, Germany; ¹²Fraunhofer IST, Germany; ¹³Politecnico di Torino, Italy; ¹⁴University of Turin, Italy; ¹⁵ecoinvent association, Switzerland; ¹⁶University of Tokyo, Japan

Methodological framework for enhanced and parametric static and prospective mineral LCIs: A case study on copper and nickel in Canada

Marin Pellan¹, Anne de Bortoli^1,2, Guillaume Majeau-Bettez¹

¹CIRAIG, École Polytechnique de Montréal, P.O. Box 6079, Montréal, Québec H3C 3A7, Canada; ²LVMT, École des Ponts ParisTech, Cité Descartes, 6-8 Avenue Blaise Pascal, 77420 Champs-sur-Marne, France

Towards harmonized carbon footprint and life cycle assessment calculation methods for metals

Markus Berger¹, Sabina Grund², Mark Mistry³, Ladji Tikana⁴, Josephine Robertson⁵

¹University of Twente, Netherlands, The; ²International Zinc Association; ³Nickel Institute; ⁴Copper Aliance; ⁵International Council on Mining and Metals

Land-Use-Related Biodiversity Loss Embedded in Global Mining Supply Chains

Yue Yu¹, Shuntian Wang¹, Livia Cabernard², Stephan Pfister¹

¹Ecological Systems Design, Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; ²Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agricultural Systems, School of Management and School of Life Sciences, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany

Life cycle assessment of metal recycling and its challenges

Afsoon Mansouri Aski, Christoph Helbig

University of Bayreuth, Germany

Control Variables for definition of Absolute Sustainability Boundaries for Mineral Resources

Katarzyna Maria Dudka^1,2, Michael Zwicky Hauschild^1,2, Mikolaj Owsianiak^2,1

¹Centre for Absolute Sustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; ²Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

Sustainability in Critical Raw Materials for Energy Transition: Identification of Sustainability Indicators and Categories Through a Multivocal Literature Review

Francisco Encina, Christian Thies

Hamburg University of Technology, Germany

Moving on from existing models for life cycle inventories of tailings impoundments: case studies of a better method

Mike O'Kane¹, Johannes Drielsma²

¹Okane Consultants, Canada; ²Drielsma Resources Europe, Netherlands

Key Environmental Hotspots and Sensitivity Analysis in Pilot-Scale Metal Recovery from Acid Wastewater

Ricardo Magdalena¹, Victor Ghys¹, Lieselot Boone¹, Lidia Fernández², Ana Guedes², Jo Dewulf¹

¹Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium; ²Cetaqua Barcelona, Crta. Esplugues, 75, 08940 Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Towards artificial intelligence enabled frameworks to improve critical review control and EPD verification process

Javier Martin Echazarreta¹, Claudia Peña²

¹Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial, Argentine Republic; ²PINDA LCT SpA

How Schneider Electric aims at Streamlining Product-Level EPD through Tool Verification and Data Governance

William Lepercq, Benjamin Canaguier, Manel Sansa

Schneider Electric

Streamlining the verification process to enable more specific product footprints

Sophie Kieselbach, Alexander Forell

Makersite, Germany

Verification of AI based dynamic mapping – challenges, cases and potential guidelines.

Marten Stock¹, Matthias Schulz²

¹iPoint Systems GmbH, Germany; ²Schulz Sustainability Consulting, Germany

Framework for Verification of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) in Light of New Regulatory Requirements

Robert Spang

ECO Platform

Holcim’s journey to transparent environmental communication via scalable verification processes

Andrea Charrier, Fulei Zhou, Asfand Yar Munir, Inès Aeply, Nikolaos Vlasopoulos, Vasiliki Aravani

Holcim Innovation Center, France

Ontologies and knowledge graph for semi-automated verification of GHG assessments

Daniel Josef Lachat¹, Alexander Kirsten¹, Joana Morgado¹, Jan Grau², Kimberley Garcia², Didier Beloin-Saint-Pierre¹

¹EMPA, Switzerland; ²University of St. Gallen, Institute of Computer Science, Switzerland

Corporate Data in PCF Calculations: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities

Lisa Rasmusson, Elias Hallack, Mats Berglund, Annica Isebäck

AB SKF, Sweden

Prospectool, a novel software platform that leverages prospective Life Cycle Assessment LCA to guide eco-design

Tom van Schaijk, Roel Degens, Gustavo Ezequiel Martinez, Gabriela Espadas Aldana, Javier Yélamo Mayorga, Giuseppe Cardellini

VITO, Belgium

Trenchless Technologies for modern and sustainable infrastructures

Stefan Schmitz¹, Alexandra Kalnev¹, Monu George Varghese², Zaid Hashash²

¹TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG, Germany; ²INaB RWTH Aachen University

Hard-coupling MFA and LCA to assess the sustainability of plastics circularity in Germany's building and infrastructure sector

Thomas Gibon¹, Sarah Schmidt², David Laner²

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

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in the Decommissioning of the Oil & Gas Industry: Impacts on Reverse Logistics and Recycling of Flexible Pipelines in Brazil

Lucas Caldas¹, Isabela Oliveira¹, Ana Carolina Angelo², Marcelo Igor Souza¹

¹Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ²Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

Tackling PVC Challenges: Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Sustainable PCR-PE Electrical Pipes

Bruna Machado¹, Gustavo Kampa¹, Natália Ladeira¹, Luís Silva², Catarina Dias², Bruno Silva¹, Catarina Basto-Silva¹

¹PIEP-Centre for Innovation in Polymer Engineering, Portugal; ²Sirplaste - Urbanização Industrial da Santeira, Portugal

Plastic pipes for a sustainable infrastructure

Andreas Redmann, Markus Hartmann

Kunststoffrohrverband e.V. (KRV), Germany

Wastewater Pipe Restoration: Which is Ecologically Superior – Replacement in Open Cut or Cured-in-Place?

Jan Blömer, Daniel Maga

Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Germany

Boycotting Congolese cobalt to improve social sustainability? Insights from a newly developed poverty reduction potential method

Rickard Arvidsson¹, Julia Brunke¹, Anders Nordelöf^1,2

¹Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; ²Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute

A Social Life Cycle Assessment Framework for Zero-tailpipe Emissions Vehicles: A Recommended Approach

Davis Jose, Rose Mankaa, Marzia Traverso

INaB RWTH Aachen, Germany

Social LCA decision support for the safety and sustainability of nanomaterials

Jaakko Siltaloppi, Olga Dziubaniuk, Aki Jääskeläinen, Sikri Karhukorpi, Vilma Laaksonen

Tampere University, Finland

Socio-economic hotspots in the healthcare sector– A tailored social LCA (S-LCA) framework for healthcare devices

Sonia Valdivia

WRFA, Switzerland

Integrating Life Cycle Working Environment Methodology (LCWE) for Compliance with the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)

Sharon Stauffert¹, Korbinian Czirwitzky¹, Sun Hea Hong¹, Rafael Horn², Matthias Fischer³

¹Department of Life Cycle Engineering (GaBi), Institute for Acoustics and Building Physics (IABP), University of Stuttgart, Germany; ²Department of Life Cycle Engineering (GaBi), Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (IBP), Stuttgart, Germany; ³Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP

Addressing racial discrimination in Social Life Cycle Assessment: Indicators and reference scales

Isabel Susan Wolf, Lindsey Roche, Stella Unruh, Matthias Finkbeiner

Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Sustainable Engineering (SEE)

Mapping Social Priorities: Engaging Stakeholders in Social Life Cycle Assessment

Sarah Wünscher¹, Martina Zimek¹, Julia Voglhuber-Höller², Clemens Wolf², Carolin Tetyczka³, Claudia Mair-Bauernfeind¹

¹Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, University of Graz, Merangasse 18, 8010 Graz, Austria; ²BioNanoNet Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Kaiser-Josef-Platz 9, 8010 Graz, Austria; ³Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH, Inffeldgasse 13, 8010 Graz, Austria

Prospective Pathways: A Social Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Investigating the Potential of Green Hydrogen Production in South Africa

Taahira Goga, Valentina Russo

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa

Social sustainability in the motorcycle industry – a life-cycle perspective on the motorcycle supply chain

Melanie Arzberger

BMW Group, Germany

“FutureCarProduction – A Life Cycle Engineering approach for sustainable Car body development”

Viktoria Rohwer

Fraunhofer IST, Germany

Comparative assessment of mineral resources dissipation, criticality and depletion methods in LCA for the automotive industry: A case study

Jair Santillán Saldivar¹, Gladys Moreac-Njeim², Lauran Van Oers³, Takunda Chitaka^4,5, Anish Koyamparambath^4,5, Guido Sonnemann^4,5, Davis Jose⁶, Antoine Beylot¹

¹BRGM, BP 36009 45060 Orléans Cedex 2, France; ²RENAULT SAS, 122 bis Avenue du General Leclerc, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France; ³Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Einsteinweg 2, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands; ⁴Université de Bordeaux, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France; ⁵CNRS, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France; ⁶Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany

Life Cycle Assessment by Powertrain Using Big Data for the Optimization of Environmental Impact by Country

Keisuke Sano¹, Tamaki Ozawa¹, Sayaka Kakiuchi², Norihiro Itsubo²

¹Toyota Motor Corperation, Japan; ²Waseda University, Japan

Reducing Environmental Impacts in Electric Mobility through Next-Generation Battery Technologies

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

EurA AG, Germany

Life Cycle Assessment of Waste Transportation Scenarios: A Case Study in Austrian Winter Sport Industry

Majid Tabatabaei, Ulrike Kirschnick, Ewald Fauster

Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria

Life-Cycle Assessment of Municipal Mobility in the Czech Republic - Focus on FCEV

Jiri Stefanica¹, Marek Carbol², Ales Paulu³, Jan Fiser⁴

¹UJV Rez, a. s., Czech Republic; ²Transport Research Centre, Czech Republic; ³University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic; ⁴Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

Sustainable Mobility in Lahti: Assessing Biodiversity Impacts of Commuting by Developing Transport-Specific Factors

Mukesh Basnet, Miika Marttila, Ville Uusitalo

LUT University, Finland

Well-to-Wheel greenhouse gas emissions of battery electric vehicles considering temporal variability: A South Korean case study

Juha Lee, Inyoung Ko, Wonjae Choi

Ewha womans university, Korea, Republic of

Life cycle assessment of production and recycling of materials in e-motor used in transport for passenger cars

Jannatul Ferdouse, Simone Ehrenberger

German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Vehicle Concepts, Pfaffenwaldring 38 – 40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany

Paving the way for the first product environmental footprint category rules for hydrogen systems: product categorisation and next steps

Khaoula Ben Hnich¹, Sumanth .K.R Maddula^1,2, Claudio Carbone³, Alessandro Agostini³, Tarik Nawaya⁴, Olga Bereketidou⁵, Raphaël Brière⁶, Simone Maranghi⁷, Alessandra Zamagni⁷, Till M. Bachmann⁸, Davide Beretta⁸, Giorgia Galvini⁹, Diego Iribarren¹

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

The role of LCA in policy for enabling Sustainable Consumption and Production : A case study of South Africa

Valentina Russo, Kolobe Chaba, Taahira Goga, William Stafford, Anton Nahman

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 11 Jan Celliers Street Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa

Recalibrating the Circular Economy Transition in carbon intensive industry sectors: Informing EU policies with life-cycle based assessment

Anna M. Walker, Paola F. Albizzati, Leonidas Milios, Pablo Piñero Mira, Davide Tonini

Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC), Spain

The EU environmental policy landscape in a nutschell

An De Schryver, Luca Zampori

PRé sustainability, Netherlands, The

Integrating Risk, Performance, and Sustainability: Life-Cycle Assessment as a Cornerstone for Safe and Sustainable by Design Lubricants

Jonas Hoffmann, Andreas Ciroth

GreenDelta, Germany

Anticipating Carbon Footprint Regulations for Aggregates: A New CO2-Calculator for Compliance and Strategic Insights

Léa Fischer, Koji Negishi, Renaud De Montaignac

ORIS Materials Intelligence, France

Footprint Semantics: Communicating LCA Results, Avoiding False Precision

Gregory A. Norris¹, Joel Mertens², Jeremy Lardeau², Ajay Gupta¹

¹MIT, United States of America; ²Cascale

A white paper on the comparability of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for diverse stakeholders.

Katrin Müller¹, Elina Iakimova¹, Johannes Auer²

¹Siemens SA, Portugal; ²Siemens AG, Germany

Implementing Eco-Efficiency in State Enterprises: A Step Toward Sustainability

Athiwatr Jirajariyavech¹, Ruthairat Wisansuwannakon¹, Wanwisa Thanungkano¹, Woranee Mungkalasiri², Jitti Mungkalasiri¹

¹National Metal and Materials Technology Center, NSTDA, Thailand; ²Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat University, Thailand

Application of LCA for Pharmaceuticals: Lessons from a Ten Year Programme in AstraZeneca

Aoife Calnan¹, Hugh Whetherly¹, Donald Reid¹, Michael Collins¹, Simon Aumônier², Andy Whiting³, Chloë Smithers³

¹ERM, United Kingdom; ²Aumônier Consulting, United Kingdom; ³AstraZeneca, United Kingdom

An LCA of knee reconstruction surgery

Scott McAlister^1,2, Forbes McGain^1,3, Kasun Kasun Wickramarachchi³

¹University of Melbourne, Australia; ²University of Sydney, Australia; ³Western Health, Melbourne, Australia

Environmental impact of a population-based cancer screening programme

Lieselot Boone¹, Jo Dewulf¹, Bente Verhaegen², Janne Dhondt², Hyemin Lee¹, Katrien Vanthomme², Lisa Van Wilder^1,2, Margot Cooreman-Algoed¹, Delphine De Smedt²

¹Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; ²Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

A comparative environmental sustainability assessment of different schizophrenia treatment options

Lotte Neckebroeck¹, Lieselot Boone¹, Lisa Van Wilder^1,2, Delphine De Smedt², Wouter De Soete³, Bert Verstappen³, Amr Makady³, Bert Heirman³, Jo Dewulf¹

¹Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; ²Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; ³Johnson&Johnson Innovative Medicine, Beerse, Belgium

The need to make surgical placement practices more circular for dental implants: Results from a Life Cycle Assessment study

Sylvain Maladière¹, Takunda Yeukai Chitaka², Philippe Loubet², Guido Sonnemann², Frédéric Cuisinier^1,3,4

¹Dental faculty, University of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France; ²University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, UMR 5255, 33400 Talence, France; ³LBN, University of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France; ⁴CSERD, UHC of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France

Integrating ecodesign at a supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry

Alexander Kaluza, Jannis Schliesing

Sartorius Lab Instruments GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

Scaling Innovation in Scope 3 Reporting: Supplier-Specific Data for Purchased Goods

Aoife Calnan¹, Doyin Oladele¹, Saori Galley¹, Simon Aumônier², John Basbagill³, Hugh Whetherly¹, Jessica Vieira³

¹ERM, UK; ²Aumônier Consulting, UK; ³Takeda, USA

Diagnosing sustainability: A bottom-up organizational life cycle assessment of a maximum-care university hospital in Germany

Lukas Messmann¹, Johannes Zobel¹, Felix Assies¹, Sandra Köhler¹, Alex Cimprich², Steven B. Young², Renate Linné³, Andrea Thorenz¹, Axel Tuma¹, Miriam Köhler¹

¹University of Augsburg, Germany; ²University of Waterloo, Canada; ³University Hospital Augsburg, Germany

Life Cycle Assessment of Blood Glucose Measurement: Self-monitoring vs. Continuous Monitoring

Aida Hosseinian, Annika Johansson, Jaakko Karvonen, Ari Nissinen, Atte Pitkänen, Laura Sokka

Finnish Environmental Institute (SYKE), Finland

Application of the new PCF Guideline of Together for Sustainability (TfS) in various examples

Peter Rudolf Hans Saling, Nicola Paczkowski, Alessandro Pistillo, Anahi Grosse-Sommer, Richard van Gelder, Jenny Reuber

BASF SE, Germany

Full biogenic carbon balancing is feasible – A TfS use case for biobased acrylonitrile

Tim Langhorst, Leif Rohrbach, Ronja Hermanns, Arne Kätelhön, Raoul Meys

Carbon Minds GmbH, Germany

Framework for Quantifying Use-phase Emissions for Aerospace Intermediate Products using Life Cycle Principles

Snehal Sushant Chavan¹, Lewis R Hutchinson², Anju Baroth¹, Avantika Shastri¹, Steven L Riley², Laura Clendenin³

¹Eaton India Innovation Center, India; ²Eaton Limited, Titchfield, UK; ³Eaton Corporation USA

Toward an increasing standardization of LCA data reporting: the experience of aluminium’s industry

Benedetta Nucci¹, Sanaa Zinbi¹, Francesca Reale², Alessandra Zamagni², Gioia Garavini²

¹European Aluminium, Belgium; ²Ecoinnovazione, Italy

Implementation of an IT solution for Portfolio-wide PCF calculation at a Multi-national Chemical company

Ananda Sekar², Zohra Salhi¹, Shaikh Rasool², Muhammed Zeeshan Anwar², Suvayan Guha Ray², Drishya Chandran², Abdulaziz Ahmed², Amit Khandelwal¹, Maike Horlacher¹, Yannick Bernard¹, Martijn Gipmans¹

¹Sphera Solutions GmbH, Germany; ²SABIC, Saudi Arabia

Supporting reproducible and standardized product carbon footprints by stricter guidelines and certification under ISCC CFC

Jana Gerta Backes¹, Patrick Ober², Stefan Gärtner¹, Stefan Majer³

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

Evaluating the applicability of the current dissipation-based life cycle impact assessment methods for addressing carbon resource

Thulangi Gayathma Balasuriya^1,2, Stig Irving Olsen^1,2, Michael Zwicky Hauschild^2,1, Mikołaj Owsianiak^1,2

¹Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; ²Centre for Absolute Sustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

Challenging the sustainability of packaging designs: Life cycle assessment of paper vs. plastic fruit trays in the context of a circular economy

Hannah Köhler, Rosalie von Behr, Alena Maria Spies, Kathrin Greiff

RWTH Aachen, Germany

Environmental Impact and Fire Risk Assessment for Lithium-ion Battery

Ibuki Ando¹, Aya heiho², Norihiro Itsubo¹

¹Waseda University, Japan; ²Tokyo City University, Japan

Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Alternative Recycling Processes for Textiles

Caterina Barbiero¹, Gemma Cervantes², Anna Mazzi¹

¹Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, via Marzolo 9, 35131 Padova, Italy; ²Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, C/Colom 1, 08222 Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain

Integrating Life Cycle Assessment into decision-making tools for reuse & digital innovations in WEEE management

Guillaume Audrain, Laurène Cuénot

ecosystem, France

Clear communication on the environmental benefits of animal feed products

Koldo Saez de Bikuna², Giulia Maggiora², Simone Degl'Innocenti¹

¹Dalma Mangimi S.p.A, Italy; ²Quantis International SA

Circularity – not so straightforward: A review of methodological choices in LCA for circular renovations of buildings

Shibeal Mc Cann^1,2, Blanca Corona², Lisanne Havinga¹, Qi Han¹

¹Eindhoven University of Technology; ²Utrecht University

Life Cycle Assessment of Hybrid Copper Smelting

Ayano Suzuki¹, Kai Tatemoto², Hironori Orikasa¹, Norihiro Itsubo¹

¹Waseda University, Japan; ²JX Advanced Metals Corporation, Japan

Challenges in assessing potential long-term effects of metals releases from mine tailings in LCA

Stéphanie Muller¹, Yamini Gopalapillai², Johannes Drielsma³, Douglas Pino Hererra¹

¹BRGM, France; ²International Copper Association; ³Drielsma Resources Europe

Data and modelling challenges along the supply chain for aluminium in Europe at the onset of the LCI Environmental Footprint 4.0 database

Benedetta Nucci², Sanaa Zinbi², Fabio Bruschi¹, Pieter Ravaglia¹, Papon Roy¹, Patience Musila¹

¹PRé Sustainability, Netherlands, The; ²European Aluminium, Belgium

Life Cycle Assessment of an electronic pump: focus on mineral and metallic resources

Marco Jabara, Alessandro Manzardo

University of Padua, Italy

Building a High-Quality Database: The Critical Review Process

Fernando Arce Bastias, Danilo Granato, Pia Wiche

EcoEd, Libertad 269, Of. 904, Viña del Mar, Chile

Social Sustainability and Energy Communities

Aida Sanes, Beatriz Amante

Universidad Politecnica de Cataluña

Life Cycle Assessment of Nitrile Medical Examination Gloves: A Multi-Variant Study Across Central Medicare Sdn Bhd’s Manufacturing Facilities

Thian Hong Ng¹, Yuszaili bin Sayoti², Loan Terrien³

¹HARPS Global Pte Ltd, Malaysia; ²Central Medicare Sdn Bhd; ³Materia Nova

Disposables and reusables in the hospital sector: The warm jackets project at Oslo University Hospital.

Lina Plataniti, Cecilia Askham

NORSUS, Norway

Reusing non-sterile medical items through different disinfection methods: a comparative Life Cycle Assessment with single-use alternatives in a Belgian hospital

Sophie Huysveld¹, Camille Masselis¹, Katrien Vanderwee², Liesbet Demarré², Evelien Kieckens², Veerle Duprez², Norbert Fraeyman^2,3, Jo Dewulf¹

¹Research Group Sustainable Systems Engineering (STEN), Ghent University, Belgium; ²Ghent University Hospital; ³Faculty of Medicine and Healthcare, Ghent University

LCA as an essential tool for process development: bio-based carbon fiber production - from research to industry

Leif Rohrbach, Tim Langhorst, Raoul Meys

Carbon Minds, Germany

Probabilistic Multi-perspective Application Selection for Safe and Sustainable-by-Design: A Case Study on Biochar

Akshat Sudheshwar, Zhaniya Mukhamadiyeva, Nadia Malinverno, Claudia Som, Roland Hischier, Bernd Nowack

Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology, Technology and Society Laboratory, Ler-chenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland

Early-stage evaluation of environmental sustainability of PHA production from food waste using life cycle assessment

Shamraiz Ahmad¹, Floriana Coppola¹, Diana Araújo^2,3, Filomena Freitas^2,3, Maria A.M. Reis^2,3, Serena Righi^1,4

¹Interdepartmental Research Centre for Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Via S. Alberto, n. 163, 48123, Ravenna, Italy; ²Associate Laboratory i4HB, Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; ³UCIBIO—Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; ⁴Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy

Applying Life Cycle Assessment to the Production of Sustainable Backfilling and Subfoundation Materials from Local Mineral Wastes in Wallonia, Belgium

Nadine Riiashi, Angélique Leonard

University of Liege, Belgium

Accelerated carbonation of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Bottom Ash (MSWI-BA) for sustainable low-cement concrete: a Life Cycle Assessment approach

Pablo de la Reta¹, Imad Eddine Kanjo¹, Luc Courard¹, Séverine Marquis², Angélique Léonard¹

¹Université de Liège, Belgium; ²Centre de Terre et Pierre, Belgium

Refinements to Land Use Change (LUC) assessments and its augmentation by use of Satellite imagery data for a case study on bio-based feedstocks for plastics .

Suvayan Guha Ray, Pooja RV, Ananda Sekar

SABIC, India

From Waste to Value: Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Recycled Plastics in a Circular Economy

Rebeca Venâncio¹, Ana Carolina Godoy Albino¹, Victor Goveia Batista Silva², Clarissa Kollar²

¹Eco+ Foundation, Brazil; ²BASF SA Brazil

Substituting Fossil-Derived Plastics with Biomass-and-Waste-Derived Alternatives for Carbon Reduction: A Flow Analysis of Japan

Kota Chida¹, Heng Yi Teah², Yuichiro Kanematsu², Yasunori Kikuchi^1,2,3

¹The University of Tokyo, Japan; ²Presidential Endowed Chair for “Platinum Society”, The University of Tokyo, Japan; ³Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Circular Economy in Furniture: Assessing the Environmental Performance of Waste Based Boards

Inês Costa¹, Bruno Silva¹, Miguel Vasconcelos¹, Vanessa Oliveira¹, Adriana Duarte², Isabel Carvalho³, Luís Silva⁴, Catarina Basto-Silva¹

¹PIEP - Centre for Innovation in Polymer Engineering, Portugal; ²IKEA Industry Portugal, 4595-282 Penamaior, Portugal; ³SEDACOR, Rua Nova do Lameiro, 184, 4535-475 S. Paio de Oleiros, Portugal; ⁴Sirplaste – Sociedade Industrial de Recuperados de Plásticos Sa, 2480-410 Porto de Mós, Portugal

Integrating life cycle data into system dynamics models for a dynamic prospective assessment: Benefits for polystyrene chemical recycling

Meike Islamoglu, Simon Benninghoff, Philip Biessey, Manfred Renner

Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

From Waste-to-Resource: How Collection Methods and Sorting Performance shape Plastic Waste Management Impacts

Remy M. Richie, Steef V. Hanssen, Koen J.J. Kuipers, Mark A.J. Huijbregts

Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands, The

Separate or curbside collection? Identifying the path to high-quality plastics recycling with LCA

Lukas Zeilerbauer¹, Karin Fazeni-Fraisl¹, Johanna Langwieser^2,3, Christian Paulik³, Jörg Fischer⁴

¹Energieinstitut an der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria; ²Competence Center CHASE GmbH; ³Institute for Chemical Technology of Organic Materials, Johannes Kepler University Linz; ⁴Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing, Johannes Kepler University Linz

Reducing marine litter and microplastics from fishing industry – a case example from SEARCULAR project

Katri Behm¹, Noora Harju¹, Mona Arnold¹, Daniel Maga², Christina Galafton²

¹VTT, Finland; ²Fraunhofer UMSICHT

Sustainability Assessment in the Buddie-pack project

Stuart Walker¹, Rachael Rothman¹, Alex Newman¹, Maryam Hoseini¹, Justine Gloz², Damien Giraud², Ewen Rondon²

¹University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; ²IPC, France

Environmental Ashby chart for various applications of cellulose nanofibers

Junxi Liu¹, Ichiro Daigo^1,2

¹Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, Japan; ²UTokyo LCA Center for Future Strategy

Sustainability of different plastic packagings: Combined circularity and life cycle assessment for multiple R-strategies

Annalisa Nolte, Milad Goudarzi, Kathrin Greiff

RWTH Aachen, Germany

Quantifying the Performance of Circular Economy Strategies for E-Motors: Reuse, Repair, and Recycling

Fatemeh Taheri, Karel Van Acker

KU Leuven, Belgium

Life Cycle Assessment of E-Methanol Production from Dates

Renston Jake Fernandes¹, Mohammad Raghib Shakeel¹, Ducduy Nguyen², Hong G. Im¹, James W. G. Turner¹

¹CLEAN ENERGY RESEARCH PLATFORM (CERP), KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THUWAL, SAUDI ARABIA 23955 6900; ²DEPARTMENT OF MARINE TECHNOLOGY (IMT), NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (NTNU), JONSVANNSVEIEN 82, 7050 TRONDHEIM, NORWAY

Prospective LCA for Automotive Materials based on Interviews with the Japanese Materials Industries

Wataru Kawabe, Norihiro Itsubo

Waseda University, Japan

Advancing recycling pathway decision-making for critical raw materials

Martijn Thomas Kamps, Susanne van Berkum, Ivan Vera, Felipe Blanco Rocha

TNO, Netherlands, The

Life Cycle Assessment and Levelized Cost of Storage of Secondary- and Primary-use LFP Batteries for Energy Storage Systems

Wenxin Yang¹, Xinyuan Wang², Prof. Dr. Maximilian Schüler³

¹University of California, Berkeley; ²University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; ³Technische Hochschule Lübeck

Eco-design and LCA of emerging European photovoltaic technologies

Sabela Teixeira Taboada, Angélique Léonard

Université de Liège, Belgium

Sustainability assessment of biogas and ethanol production pathways from winemaking residues: a comparative LCA study

Mara Teresa Silva¹, Vitor Manuel Barroso¹, Ana Catarina Faria²

¹Fraunhofer Portugal AWAM - Research Center for Advanced Water, Energy and Resource Management, Évora, Portugal; ²Fraunhofer Portugal AWAM - Research Center for Advanced Water, Energy and Resource Management, Vila Real, Portugal

Applying the Regulatory Carbon Footprint Framework for Batteries: Insights from Renault’s case study

Noura RAHBANI¹, Emilie Guilvert¹, Nadia CHIBANI², Yanlong ZHOU², Quentin NOGAREDE³, Naeem ADIBI¹

¹WeLOOP, France; ²Ampère, France; ³Renault Group, France

From Concept to Circularity: Utilizing Data Integration and Life Cycle Assessment to Enhance Automotive Sustainability

Ann-Kathrin Briem¹, Sun Hea Hong², Shaoran Geng², Marie Schwahn³, Christina Fischer⁴

¹Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP; ²University of Stuttgart, Institute for Acoustics and Building Physics IABP; ³Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO; ⁴Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG

LCA as a tool for creating a circularity roadmap for Finnish semiconductor industry

Noora Harju, Hanna Pihkola, Mona Arnold

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland

Modular circular system models for the assessment of R-strategy combinations: Example of footwear products

Meike Islamoglu, Sebastian Schawe, Philip Biessey, Manfred Renner

Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Towards a standardization of the physical durability assessment of clothing: lessons from the DURHABI project

Gaelle Courage¹, Romain Benkirane², Laurie Navarro¹, Carole Aubry Meneveau¹

¹Institut Français Textile Habillement (IFTH), France; ²Univ. Lille, ENSAIT, ULR 2461 - GEMTEX - Génie et Matériaux Textiles, F-59000 Lille, France

Investigation on the use of LCA to assess business models in a circular economy context

Emilia Filippi, Monia Niero, Filippo Corsini, Marco Frey

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa (Italy)

Time-aware life cycle inventories for electricity consumption

Sabina Bednářová, Thomas Gibon, Enrico Benetto

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg

Serious Energy System Gaming

Joern Hartung¹, Ingo Bernsdorf¹, Lisa Schmidtfall²

¹Siemens AG, Germany; ²RWTH Aachen

Prediction and assessment methods for sustainable solar energy systems within our planetary boundaries: How reliable are they?

Natalia Cano-Londoño, Rebecca Saive, Tim Bekius, Laura Franco-García

University of Twente, Netherlands.

Harnessing Life Cycle Assessment to Enhance Competitiveness in Steel Industry: Challenges and Opportunities in Transitioning to Renewable Energy

Natalia Susanto Salim, Jessica Hanafi, Gloria FJ Kartikasari, Vivian Bong

Life Cycle Indonesia

Exploring LCA electricity modelling paradigms in Europe: combining the location-based and market-based approaches?

Anne Bouter¹, Romain Besseau¹, Thomas Gibon²

¹European Commission Joint Research Centre; ²Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

Considering risk-related impacts of the hydrogen industry in a life-cycle perspective: a systematic review

François-Xavier Dezert^1,2, Guillaume Batôt¹, Myriam Merad²

¹IFP Energies nouvelles, 1-4 avenue de Bois Préau, 92852 Rueil Malmaison; ²UMR LAMSADE, CNRS, Paris Dauphine University, PSL*

Sustainable Power-to-X Development in South Africa

William Herbert Lee Stafford^1,2, Kolobe Chaba¹, Valentina Russo¹, Taahira Goga¹, Luanita Snyman-van der Walt¹, Greg Schreiner¹, Anton Nahman¹

¹Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR, South Africa; ²Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa

Comparative Analysis of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and RED III Methodologies for GHG Emissions in the Ammonia Value Chain

Jure Gramc¹, Domen Hojkar¹, Albert Porta², Mitja Mori¹

¹University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; ²Gea Energia Crio S.L.

Lifecycle management based on regional demonstration; Case study of thermal energy storage system with adsorbent utilizing low-temperature waste heat

Yoshiaki Kawakami, Takamasa Oyama, Haruyuki Kamata, Masayuki Tanino

Takasago Thermal Engineering Co.,Ltd., Japan

Consequential LCA of alternative technological pathways for nitrogen recovery from municipal wastewater

Jade Müller-Carneiro¹, Lilla Simon², Ana Cordeiro¹, Bart Saerens³, Lennert Dockx³, Morten Birkved², Fausto Freire¹

¹University of Coimbra; ²University of Southern Denmark; ³Aquafin NV

A critical Life Cycle Assessment approach for informed decision-making on bio-based material integration in Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Gabrielle LEGRAND, Noé SIONNEAU, Virginie RENAVANT

Schneider Electric, France

Facilitating dynamic LCA and carbon footprint – precalculated datasets of an updated temporal database (DyPLCA) with a focus on wood-based products

Thomas Schaubroeck¹, Alya Bolowich¹, Tomás Navarrete Gutiérrez¹, Laurent Chion¹, Thomas Gibon¹, Kira Lancz², Massimo Pizzol², Tamara Coello³, Eduardo Entrena-Barbero⁴, Ligia Tiruta-Barna⁵, Enrico Benetto¹

¹Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; ²Department of Sustainability and Planning, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; ³CESEFOR, Soria, Spain; ⁴Contactica, Madrid, Spain; ⁵TBI, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRAE, INSA, Toulouse, France

Environmental and Economic Assessment of Conventional and New Generation Olefin Production Routes in Modern Refineries

Semra Bakkaloglu¹, Aurora Cavaliere², Andrea Paulillo², Massimiliano Materazzi², Nilay Shah¹

¹Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom; ²Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom

Competitiveness analysis to develop a marginal mix for consequential LCA: A Seaweed Case Study

Ravalnath Vijay Shikhare, Massimo Pizzol, Ning An

Aalborg University, Denmark

From residual biomass to bio-based products and molecules at country scale: where to focus for high impact in a jungle of possibilities.

Nicolas Lienart¹, Thibaut Lecompte², Lorie Hamelin¹

¹TBI, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRAE, INSA, Toulouse, France; ²IRDL, Université Bretagne Sud, Lorient, France

Assessing the biogenic carbon dynamics of wood-based products

Marle de Jong, Alejandra Rondon Villabona, Anna Duden, Blanca Corona, Floortje van der Hilst, Martin Junginger, Li Shen

Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Life-cycle assessment of Ferromanganese production using biocarbon as reductant and carbon capture and storage

Marvin Werra¹, Vedant Ballal¹, Teymur Gogiyev¹, Marcos Watanabe¹, Øyvind Skreiberg², Francesco Cherubini¹

¹Norwegian University of Science and Technology; ²SINTEF Energy Research

Analysis of changes in industrial structure by the shift from fossil resources to bio-derived resources

Yuko Oshita¹, Shunichi Hienuki², Daisuke Nishijima³, Kayoko Shironitta⁴, Syunsuke Okamoto⁵, Yuichiro Kanematsu¹, Yasunori Kikuchi¹

¹the University of Tokyo, Japan; ²Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry; ³Fukushima University; ⁴Fukuoka Woman University; ⁵Onomichi City University

Green Public Procurement: A Decision Support Tool for Quantifying Environmental Impacts of Asphalt Mixture Projects

Shaffie Ibrahim JUMA, David Hernando, Ben Moins, Wim Van den bergh

University of Antwerp - SuPAR, Belgium

Circularity in road construction: environmental benefits of asphalt and gravel recycling

Zhaniya Mukhamadiyeva¹, Rainer Zuest², Philip Buergisser³, Roland Hischier¹

¹Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Switzerland; ²Züst Engineering AG, Switzerland; ³Tiefbauamt des Kantons Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland

Greening road construction: have we been doing it all wrong? A retrospective on key life cycle insights

Anne Cécile de Bortoli^1,2, François Saunier¹

¹CIRAIG, PolyMTL, Canada; ²LVMT, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech

Data variability in EPDs of construction products

Bojana Petrovic, Mehrdad Ghorbani Mooselu, Hanne Lerche Raadal

Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research (NORSUS)

Linking Road Surface Quality and Fuel Consumption: The Role of the International Roughness Index in GHG Emissions Reduction

Michael R. Gruber, Bernhard Hofko

TU Wien, Institute of Transportation, Austria

Towards Sustainable Road Construction: Benchmarking Carbon Emissions and Incorporating Environmental Performance Metrics in Road Construction Procurement

Nicolás Héctor Carreño Gómez¹, Pamela Haverkamp²

¹VINCI Construction Shared Services GmbH, Germany; ²Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

CO2 Traceability: Enabling Data Sharing and Value Creation in the Value Chain

Elias Hallack, Lisa Rasmusson, Mats Berglund, Annica Iseback

AB SKF, Sweden

An IT-Architecture for LCA, PCF and EPD supplier data collection, modelling and calculation

Friedrich Andreas Halstenberg, Andreas Ciroth, Ashrakat Hamed

GreenDelta, Germany

Unlocking synergies between PCF and EPD-Reporting - industry's path to a sustainable future or mere fantasy?

Florian Ansgar Jaeger¹, Benjamin Canaguier², Johannes Wunderlich¹, Manel Sansa², Matt Seiler²

¹Siemens AG; ²Schneider Electric

Enabling PCF Calculation in Supply Chains at Scale

Martina Prox

iPoint-Systems gmbh, Germany

Streamlining EPD Data Exchange: A Collaborative approach between manufacturer and general contractor for enhanced LCA comparison and transparency

Bertrand Touzet¹, William Lepercq², Antonin Falluel Morel¹, Gabriel Miche De Malleray²

¹Eiffage, France; ²Schneider Electric, France

Integrating Traceability Tools in LCA: A Pathway to Precise and Real-Time Primary Data Utilisation

Robert Pell, Andy Elmsley, Bertie O'Brien, Emma Lowe

Minviro, United Kingdom

TACK: A best-practice example of collaborative tools for associations

Margarida Gama¹, Abdessamad El Bahraoui¹, Pablo Englebienne², Janik Bollé³

¹Sphera, Germany; ²Afera, The Netherlands; ³IVK, Germany

Transforming Environmental Product Declarations through Digitalization and Scalability

Gaspard Phillis, trond Edvardsen, Mie Vold, Terje Tinbod, Ole Magnus Kolas Iversen

LCA.no AS, Norway

From Ideas to Action: Exploring the Automation of Life Cycle Assessment at ZEISS

Felix Maximilian Piontek, Ronja Kuhn, Michael Rodewald

Carl Zeiss AG, Germany

Social Product Declaration (SPD) and Social Product Declaration-Product Category Rules (SPD-PCR) for cotton products

Mario Alessi², Shammas Saleem², Heinz Zeller¹, Antonio Covais²

¹Hugo Boss; ²Circular s.r.l

Analysing the climate impacts of selected SME fashion business models in Europe

Essi Paronen, Eveliina Hylkilä, Silvia Forin, Annu Markkula

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland

End-of-life label to support makers’ decision to measure circularity in the textile industry.

Kryssian Romeiro Cascione¹, Veeriah Jegatheesan³, Lúcio Cardozo Filho², José Augusto de Oliveira¹

¹Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Brazil; ²Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, Brazil; ³Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology - RMIT, Australia

From Garment to Wardrobe: Rethinking the Functional Unit in Life Cycle Assessment of Apparel.

Veerle Vermeyen^1,2,4, Luc Alearts^1,4, Ernst Worrell², Karel Van Acker^1,3,4

¹Sustainability Assessments of Material Life Cycles, Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium.; ²Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Netherlands.; ³Centre for Economics and Corporate Sustainability, Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, Belgium; ⁴Flanders Make@KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Reweaving the Waste Hierarchy: Europe’s Textile Challenge

Matilda Lidfeldt, Maja Nellström, Amanda Martvall, Gustav Sandin, Simone Andersson

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden

Integrating Durability in LCA for Textile and Apparel Products: Enhancing Quality Representation for Effective Communication

Agata Costanzo^1,2, Marco Frey¹, Monia Niero¹

¹Interdisciplinary Center on Sustainability and Climate, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy; ²Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Net-zero chemical recycling routes for flexible polyurethane foams

Eleonora Bargiacchi, Luca Bosetti, Inès Lanfranconi-Schmid, Martin Pillich, André Bardow

Energy & Process Systems Engineering, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland

Life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of waste plastic used in automobile production according to recycling methods

Jaeyeon Ahn, Wonjae Choi

Ewha womans university, Republic of Korea

Rethinking life cycle assessment with recycled polylactic acid - Harnessing Waste Streams as Feedstock for Biobased plastics Production

Maelenn Ravard¹, Ana Morao², Eleni Moutousidi²

¹TotalEnergies Corbion, The Netherlands; ²Corbion, The Netherlands

Life cycle assessment of a preindustrial chemical recycling process for chemical feedstock production

Darius Steegborn, Philip Biessey

Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Including impacts from littering in LCA: a case study of to-go cups

Christina Galafton¹, Vaibhav Budhiraja², Sarah Stevens³, Branka Mušič⁴, Daniel Maga¹

¹Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT, Oberhausen, Germany; ²National Institute of Chemistry (Kemijski inštitut), Ljubljana, Slovenia; ³Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; ⁴Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Evaluating the relative contribution of polymers and chemical additives in the environmental profile of plastic items.

Solène Lecointre¹, Jérôme Lavoie², Anne-Marie Boulay³, Cécile Bulle⁴

¹CentraleSupélec/AgroParisTech; ²CIRAIG, ESG UQAM, Canada; ³Chemical Engineering Department, CIRAIG, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, Canada; ⁴CIRAIG, Canada, Stratégie et RSE CA, Canada

onlineLCA: a bridge between expert and user friendly LCA

Julia Cilleruelo Palomero, Francois Le Rall, Andreas Ciroth

GreenDelta GmbH, Germany

Unlocking the Potential of Life Cycle Data for Optimal Sustainable Systems Design via PULPO

Fabian Lechtenberg, Gonzalo Guillén Gosálbez

Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

A Path to Sustainable Products: Tracking Carbon Intensity with on-line Digital LCA

Paulo Cesar de Campos Barbosa, Montserrat Motas Carbonell, Gilvan Anderson Gadioli Fischer, Ricardo Guasselli Torres, Fabio dos Santos Liporace, Helbert Ronei Paiva Teixeira, Marcelo Cardoso Marques, Sidney Comandulli

Petrobras, Brazil

Bridging the Gap: Developing a LCA methodology and tool for Industrial Services at Siemens

Amelie Fehm, Mariana Gaspar Martinez, Carina Echtler, Alexander Bayer

Siemens AG, Germany

Combined use of information technology and life cycle thinking tools to assess the performance of healthcare waste management options

Filomena Ardolino¹, Francesco Parrillo¹, Michele Monaco¹, Chiara Raucci¹, Martina Bellopede¹, Carlo di Domenico², Umberto Arena¹

¹University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy; ²Microambiente Srl

Applications of artificial intelligence algorithms and approaches in the life cycle sustainability assessment field: a topic modelling investigation based on large language models

Antonino Marvuglia, Simone Zorzan, Enrico Benetto

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg

Identifying the most sustainable road bridge design

Martina Serra¹, Yunus Harmanci², Amirhossein Mohammadi³, Roland Hischier¹, René Steiger²

¹Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Technology & Society Laboratory, Switzerland; ²Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Structural Engineering Research La-boratory; ³ISISE, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal

Life Cycle Assessment of Using Copper Slag as an Aggregate Replacement in Asphalt Mixtures for Single Surface Treatment

Danilo Bianchi Granato, Pia Wiche

EcoEd, Chile

Preliminary cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment of bio-based materials as fossil-based bitumen alternatives based on the Dutch Environmental Cost Indicator (ECI) scoring system

Christian Gerald Daniel, Blanca Corona, Ric Hoefnagels, Martin Junginger

Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands, The

Implementing Life Cycle Management of road pavements in Europe

Gabriela Buttitta¹, Ana Carrion², Joao Santos³, Salvatore Biancardo⁴, Davide Lo Presti¹

¹University of Palermo, Italy; ²University of Granada, Spain; ³University of Twente, The Netherlands; ⁴University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Data collection tool for cradle-to-gate Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for asphalt mixtures using alternative paving materials

Thomas Mattinzioli¹, Gabriella Buttitta², Joao Do Santos⁵, Pamela Haverkamp⁴, Emmanuel Chailleux³, Davide Lo Presti², Ana Jiménez del Barco Carrión¹

¹University of Granada, Spain; ²University of Palermo, Italy; ³University Gustave Eiffel, France; ⁴RWTH Aachen University; ⁵Twente University

Innovative Bio-Based Method for Sustainable Road Rehabilitation: Advancing Circular Economy Principles

Mehrdad Ghorbani Mooselu¹, Mafalda Silva¹, Tonje Norheim²

¹NORSUS, Norway; ²Carbon Crusher Norge AS, Norway

A Methodological Approach to Monitor Outcomes of Sustainability Certification Schemes and Labels in the Bio-based Sector

Maulidia Khairani, Li Shen, Martin Junginger

Utrecht University, Netherlands

ALIGNED: A field-tested framework for the LCA of bio-based products

Massimo Pizzol¹, Agneta Ghose¹, Søren Løkke¹, Kíra Lancz¹, Mathias Gustavsen¹, Marcos Djun Barbosa Watanabe², Nariê Rinke Dias de Souza², Francesco Cherubini², Damien Arbault³, Lorie Hamelin³, Maxim Tschulkow⁴, Jurjen Spekreijse⁵, Patrick Reumerman⁵

¹Aalborg University; ²Norwegian University of Science and Technology; ³Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse; ⁴University of Antwerp; ⁵Biomass Technology Group

Advancing the Residue-Based Bioeconomy: Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging Feedstock-Technology Combinations

Vanessa Zeller, Almut Güldemund

TU Darmstadt, Germany

Is sustainability assessment fundamentally biased towards fossil-based materials?

Stuart Walker, Rachael Rothman, Maryam Hoseini

University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Time-explicit Climate Change Impact Assessment using the ALIGNED methodological framework

Damien Arbault, Lorie Hamelin

Toulouse Biotechnology Institute, CNRS, INRAE, INSA, Toulouse, France

Valorization of Carded Wool for Sustainable Composites in 3D Printing Applications

Giusi Midolo¹, Joel Kaspar², Roland Hischier³, Enrico Tosoratti², Daniel Werner², Carlo Ingrao⁴, Francesca Valenti⁵

¹University of Catania, Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, via S. Sofia 100, 95123, Catania, Italy; ²Inspire AG, Innovation Center for Additive Manufacturing Switzerland, Fürstenlandstrasse 122, St. Gallen CH-9014, Switzerland; ³Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014, St. Gallen, Switzerland; ⁴University of Bari Aldo Moro, Department of Economics, Management and Business Law, Largo Abbazia Santa Scolastica 53, 70124, Bari, Italy; ⁵Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Viale Giuseppe Fanin 50, 40127, Bologna, Italy

Considerations on the Role of Interregional Collaboration in Bio-Derived Resources Implementation: A Case Study of Cellulose Nanofiber Technology

Kayoko Shironitta¹, Yuko Oshita², Shunichi Hienuki³, Yuichiro Kanematsu², Yasunori Kikuchi²

¹Fukuoka Women's University, Japan; ²The University of Tokyo, Japan; ³Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan

Life Cycle Assessment of Bio-Based Global Value Chains: A Case Study of a novel Bagasse-Based Polyurethane Foam Between Australia and Germany

Can Soenmez¹, Sebastian Spierling¹, Leonie Barner², Hans-Josef Endres¹

¹Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy, Leibniz University Hanover, Germany; ²School of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Sustainability Challenges in Pharmaceutical Packaging: A Life Cycle Analysis Approach

Samara Costa¹, Hector Nunes¹, Beatriz Sampaio¹, Tânia Simões², Bruno Silva¹, Cátia Zoraida¹, Catarina Basto-Silva¹

¹PIEP – Innovation Centre in Polymer Engineering, Portugal; ²Neutroplast - Indústria de Embalagens Plásticas S.A.

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

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

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

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.

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

Carbon Pricing in Canteens: Driving Change or Just Numbers?

Matthias Stucki, Dimitri Chryssolouris, Annette Jenny

Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW, Switzerland

Developing Practical LCA Methodologies for Emerging Technologies: Challenges and Approaches

Katsuyuki Nakano¹, Ichiro Daigo², Yasunori Kikuchi²

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

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

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

Life Cyle Sustainability assessment of a novel chemical recycling technology for conversion of waste to olefins

Massimiliano Materazzi, Aurora Cavaliere, Andrea Paulillo, Paola Lettieri

University College London, United Kingdom

Integrating Process simulation and Life Cycle Assessment: A Case study on Polyethylene Gasification for Hydrogen, Hydrocarbons, and Methanol Production

Alessandro Salvi, Andrea Locaspi, Matteo Pelucchi, Giovanni Dotelli

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

A life cycle management approach to assess environmental performance of a waste-to-hydrogen strategy

Umberto Arena¹, Francesco Parrillo¹, Simone Malvezzi², Lorenzo Privitera², Filomena Ardolino¹

¹University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy; ²A2A Ambiente S.p.A – A2A Group

The role of energy recovery from residual waste in modern MSW management systems

Lidia Lombardi

Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano, Italy

Economic Viability and Environmental Performance of Waste-to-Hydrogen Production: An Integrated Assessment of Gasification Pathways with Carbon Capture and Storage

Suviti Chari, Alex Sebastiani, Andrea Paulillo, Massimiliano Materazzi

University College London, United Kingdom

Development of a parametrised scale-up model for prospective life cycle assessment of an emerging pyrolysis-based technology, namely TCR®: from laboratory to industrial scale

Sayara Saliyeva¹, Arnab Mukherjee^1,2, Katharina Reh¹, Matthias Franke¹

¹Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik UMSICHT, 92237 Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany; ²Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany

Sustainability performance assessment in municipal solid waste management: evidence from Italy

Gabriella Arcese, Maria Giovina Pasca, Lidia Lombardi

Niccolò Cusano University, Italy

Life Cycle Assessment of Innovative Disposal Methods for Creosote-Treated Waste Wood

Mateusz Sydow¹, Katarzyna Klejnowska², Patrycja Kwaśniewska-Sip¹, Wojciech Cichy¹

¹Łukasiewicz Research Network - Poznań Institute of Technology, Poland; ²Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals, Poland

Transforming Waste: A Path to Sustainable Innovation

Marcella Volta¹, Katie Livesey¹, Peter Shonfield¹, James Tipper¹, Doyin Oladele¹, Gali Feldboy², Tato Bigio²

¹ERM; ²Manufacturing company

A methodology for assessing the sustainability of hydrogen valleys

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

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

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

Fritz Balkau¹, Guido Sonnemann², Takunda Chitaka²

¹sustainable solutions, France; ²University 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

¹Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil; ²INRAE 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

¹Technische Hochschule Lübeck, Germany; ²Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois; ³Master’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

¹Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti n. 67, Perugia, 06125, Italy; ²Empa, 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

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

¹Cepsa/Moeve, Spain; ²Sphera, 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

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

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

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

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

¹I Care by BearingPoint, Paris, France; ²L'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

¹Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering ”Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, Milan, 20133, Italy; ²Aalborg 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

¹Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Vening Meinesz Building A, Princetonlaan 8a, 3584 CB Utrecht, Netherlands; ²Department 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

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

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

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

¹Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Germany; ²Alpha-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

¹WMG, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, UK, CV4 7AL; ²Mura 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

¹Research Center for Resource Management and Solid Waste Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Kassel, Mönchebergstraße 7, 34125 Kassel, Germany; ²SUSTAIN 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

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

Socioeconomic impacts of increased legumes production for human consumption in Norway

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

¹NORSUS, Norway; ²NIBIO, 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

¹I Care, France; ²CDC 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

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

Embedding Sustainability in Product Development: A Pathway to Global Targets

Ileana Manera¹, Ondina Rocca²

¹Soremartec Italia Srl, Italy; ²Quantis 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

¹thyssenkrupp Steel Europe, Germany; ²Institute 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

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

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

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

¹University of Padua, Italy; ²University 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

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

¹Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Brazil; ²Universidade 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

¹CIRAIG, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada; ²HES-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

¹Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Brazil; ²Universidade 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

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

¹Vienna University of Technology; ²Valeo 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

¹Ecoinnovazione, Italy; ²TEPPFA, 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

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

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

Life Cycle Thinking in Research and Policymaking for Sustainable Consumption

Göran Finnveden^1,2

¹KTH Royal Institue of Technology, Sweden; ²Mistra 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

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

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

Allowing the certification of PCFs for mass balanced products

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

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

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

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

C. Jason Pierce¹, Poonam Khatri²

¹Eastman, USA; ²USDA 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

¹UACJ Corporation, Japan; ²The 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

¹Schneider Electric; ²ABB

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

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

¹European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy; ²European 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

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

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

¹Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg; ²Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (ISQ), Portugal; ³VDEH-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

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

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

Jina Choi¹, Jinjoo An²

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

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

¹Waseda University, Japan; ²National 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

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

¹Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST; ²Institute for Particle Technology IPAT, Technische Universität Braunschweig; ³Institute 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

¹IMDEA Energy, Spain; ²Rey 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

¹NewEarth B York, Maine; ²NewEarth 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

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

Multi-criteria decision support for more sustainable fuel wood supply

Martin Kühmaier¹, Julian Grünberg¹, Emina Mujevic², Christian Kanzian¹

¹BOKU University, Austria; ²FH 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

¹Fraunhofer IWU, Germany; ²Institute 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

¹Rede Empresarial Brasileira de Avaliação de Ciclo de Vida, Brazil; ²Embrapa Meio Ambiente, Brazil; ³EnCiclo, Brazil; ⁴Oliveira Sustentabilidade, Brazil; ⁵Universidade 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

¹EurA AG, Germany; ²Merseburg 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

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

¹Boticario Group, Brazil; ²Federal 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

¹WeLOOP, France; ²Ailoop, France

Effective analysis of engagement by financial institutions using LCA

Riku Isawa¹, Masahiro Kato², Norihiro Itsubo¹

¹Waseda University, Japan; ²Mitsubishi 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

¹SINTEF OCEAN, Norway; ²DNV, 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

¹University of Perugia, Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences; ²Riga 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

¹CIRAIG, Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada; ²Multidisciplinary 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

¹Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Sustainability and Climate Interdisciplinary Center, Via Santa Cecilia 24, Pisa, Italy; ²Sant’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

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

Life Cycle Assessment of prospective French electricity scenarios in 2050

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

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

Challenges for Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of Information and Communication Technology

Anna Furberg^1,2,3

¹KTH Digital Futures; ²KTH Climate Action Center; ³Department 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

¹IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute; ²Volvo 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

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

¹BASF, Germany; ²Siemens, 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

¹ARCHE Consulting; ²International Zinc Association; ³Nickel Institute; ⁴International Copper Association; ⁵European 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

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

¹WeLOOP, France; ²ITENE, Spain; ³Universidad 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

¹University of Augsburg, Germany; ²Technical 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

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

¹Corporate Sector Research and Advance Engineering, Robert Bosch GmbH, Robert-Bosch-Campus 1, Renningen, 71272, Germany; ²Ecological 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

¹Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg; ²Institute 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

¹DLR German Aerospace Center, Institute of Lightweight Systems (SY), Germany; ²DLR 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

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

¹DLR German Aerospace Center, Germany; ²SPIRAL 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

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

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

¹Utrecht University, Netherlands, The; ²Avantium 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

¹Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany; ²Caphenia 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

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

¹Technical University of Munich (TUM), TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability, Chair for Circular Economy and Sustainability Assessment, Am Essigberg 3, 94315 Straubing, Germany; ²CIRAIG, Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, 3333 Queen Mary Road, suite 310, H3V 1A2 Montréal, Québec, Canada; ³Earth 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

¹IRES, Belgium; ²AIJU, 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

¹2-0 LCA consultants, Denmark; ²Aalborg 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

¹Ecoinnovazione, Italy; ²University of Salento

Estimating Parameters for Environmental Impact Assessment : Leveraging Large Language Models

Sumiaki Kusahata¹, Dami Moon², Yoshihiro Kawahara¹

¹The University of Tokyo, Japan; ²Mercari, 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

¹Empa, Switzerland; ²HES-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

¹ABB, Italy; ²ABB, 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

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

¹Sphera Solutions GmbH, Germany; ²Moeve 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

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

¹Fraunhofer IZM, Germany; ²CEA, France; ³e-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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Science and Finance: Evaluating Biodiversity Metrics for Financing in Europe

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

¹PRe Sustainability, Netherlands, The; ²BNP 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

¹Polytechnique Montréal, Canada; ²Northvolt 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

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

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

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

¹ITAS, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany; ²HIU, 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

¹Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, Spain; ²Universitat 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