Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
Date: Tuesday, 09/Sept/2025 | |
3:30pm - 7:00pm |
Plenary at Massimo Theatre Chair: Marzia Traverso, INaB RWTH Aachen University, Germany Co-Chair: Davide Bonaffini, Hitachi Rail, Italy Scientific Coordinator: Rose Nangah Mankaa, INaB RWTH Aachen University, Germany Opening by the Conference Chairs, local guests of honor and six keynote speakers
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7:15pm - 9:00pm |
Apricena: Italian-style welcome drinks and snacks |
Date: Wednesday, 10/Sept/2025 | |||
8:30am - 9:30am |
Plenary Session: Organized by Pré Sustainability "Decision-Grade Data: What It Takes to Operationalize LCA at Scale" |
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9:35am - 11:05am |
Session 1.01: Communication and Raising Circular Economy Awareness via Robust LCA Part I Chair: Matthias Finkbeiner, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany Chair: Stephane Morel, ESCP Business School, France Assessing and communicating potential environmental benefits of the Circular Economy: A case study on ski core circularity 1: Processing of composites and design for recycling, Technical University Leoben, Austria; 2: Head Sport GmbH, Austria; 3: Waste Processing Technology and Waste Management, Technical University Leoben, Austria (15 minutes_S) Joint application of Life Cycle and Criticality Assessments: A Case Study on Lithium-Ion Batteries 1: WeLOOP, France; 2: ISM-CyVi; 3: BRGM; 4: SCORELCA (15 minutes) Siemens approach for a Robust Eco Design: Insights and an outlook after five years of implementation Siemens AG, Germany (15 minutes) Circularity and Ferrer’s Packaging for Good Program 1: Grupo Ferrer Internacional, Spain; 2: Anthesis, Spain (6 minutes) Towards a novel circularity indicator for building flooring: A comparative analysis Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) (6 minutes) Life Cycle Assessment of Retrofitting Switchgears in Medium and Low Voltage Applications Siemens AG, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Sustainability and Performance through Life Cycle Innovation 1: PIEP – Centre for Innovation in Polymer Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães; 2: Polisport, Av. Ferreira de Castro nº 818, 3720-024 Carregosa; 3: IPC – Institute for Polymers and Composites, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães; 4: DONE Lab – Advanced Manufacturing of Products and Tools, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães (Short Oral + Poster) Pre-emptive life cycle management for resource circulation applying a superstructure-based approach 1: The University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: Tokyo City University, Japan; 3: Waseda University, Japan (Short Oral + Poster) Circularity in the tissue paper industry: a review of Life Cycle Assessment application to tissue paper products 1: Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Sustainability and Climate Interdisciplinary Center, via Santa Cecilia 24, Pisa, Italy; 2: Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Institute of Management, SUM (Sustainability Management) Lab, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 24, Pisa, Italy |
Session 1.02: Pathways to Net-Zero: Industrial Decarbonization & Green Energy Part I Chair: Nele De Belie, Ghent University, Belgium Chair: Pascal Di Croce, EuLA, Belgium 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 Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland (15 minutes) Pathways for the global chemical industry to climate neutrality 1: Carbon Minds, Eupener Str. 165 50933 Cologne, Germany; 2: ICIS, 99 Bishopsgate,EC2M 3AL, London, UK; 3: Institute for Technical Thermodynamics, Schinkelstraße 8, 52062 Aachen, Germany (15 minutes) Nature-based solutions toward net-zero: surface albedo matters ! Demonstration on the case of carbon credits 1: CIRAIG, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal; 2: Ecole de Technologie Supérieure de Montréal; 3: LVMT, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech; 4: Université du Québec à Montréal (15 minutes) Using Marginal Abatement Cost and carbon Curves to support decision making toward net zero emissions 1: Schneider Electric; 2: Accenture (Short Oral + Poster) How can Carbon Dioxide Removals (CDRs) contribute to achieving Net-Zero emissions NORSUS, Norway (Short Oral + Poster) Environmental and resource use analysis of chemical sugar synthesis for biomanufacturing 1: The University of Tokyo; 2: The University of Osaka (Short Oral + Poster) A prospective environmental and economic analysis to pave the German hydrogen transformation path to 2030 and 2045 1: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany; 2: Pforzheim University, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Lifecycle assessment of atmospheric and industrial carbon capture using heat pumps Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) A Stepwise Methodological Framework for Enhancing Comparability in Life Cycle Assessment of CO₂ Adsorption in Hard-to-Abate Industries Thermodynamics and Mathematical Physics Unit, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mons, 20 Place du Parc, Mons, 7000, Belgium |
Session 1.03: Life Cycle Metrics for industry and policymakers: From Innovation to Integration I Chair: Luca Zampori, PRé Sustainability, Netherlands, The Chair: Davis Jose, RWTH - INaB, Germany Scaling-up life cycle thinking into corporate footprint strategy: The Electrolux Group strategy 1: Electrolux Italia; 2: AB Electrolux (15 minutes_S) Applying Matrix-Based Modeling for GHG Emission Forecasting and Corporate Decarbonization Strategy Evaluation: A Steel Manufacturing Case Study 1: University of Padova, Italy; 2: Bluegreen Ecoinnovations Srl SB (15 minutes) Proposal of scalable biodiversity footprint assessment framework for cosmetic products based on state-of-the-art methodologies 1: L'Oréal Research & Innovation, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France; 2: I Care by BearingPoint, Paris, France; 3: Sayari, Paris, France (15 minutes) Consensus building for a European-wide harmonized life cycle assessment approach for a zero-emission road transport system: Results of the TranSensus LCA project University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, Bordeaux, France (Short Oral + Poster) ProScale and ProScale-E for chemical footprints in initial LCA in SSbD IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden (Short Oral + Poster) Technology based two-step allocation approach for complex, highly integrated systems like refineries Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Improving Environmental Performance using a flexible LCA-based Decision-Matrix Chair of Economic and Business Management, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria (Short Oral + Poster) Beyond Cradle-to-Gate: Embracing Full Life Cycle Assessment for comprehensive Eco-Design solutions 1: University of Liège, Belgium; 2: Saint-Gobain Research Provence, France (Short Oral + Poster) Current State of LCA/LCT in Food Public Procurement 1: DISTAL - UNIBO, Italy; 2: EC - JRC, Italy |
Session 1.04: LCA in the mining and metals industry: Current practices and challenges Chair: Johannes Arnold Drielsma, Drielsma Resources Europe, Netherlands, The Chair: Stéphanie Muller, BRGM, France LCA of metals and minerals supply: a comprehensive analysis of global environmental impacts covering 54 elements 1: BRGM, France; 2: Leiden University, Netherlands; 3: University of Bayreuth, Germany; 4: University of Bordeaux, France; 5: University of Queensland, Australia; 6: University of Waterloo, Canada; 7: University of Technology Sydney, Australia; 8: Ghent University, Belgium; 9: AIST, Japan; 10: Missouri University of Science & Technology, United States; 11: THWS, Germany; 12: Fraunhofer IST, Germany; 13: Politecnico di Torino, Italy; 14: University of Turin, Italy; 15: ecoinvent association, Switzerland; 16: University of Tokyo, Japan (15 minutes_S) Methodological framework for enhanced and parametric static and prospective mineral LCIs: A case study on copper and nickel in Canada 1: CIRAIG, École Polytechnique de Montréal, P.O. Box 6079, Montréal, Québec H3C 3A7, Canada; 2: LVMT, École des Ponts ParisTech, Cité Descartes, 6-8 Avenue Blaise Pascal, 77420 Champs-sur-Marne, France (15 minutes) Towards harmonized carbon footprint and life cycle assessment calculation methods for metals 1: University of Twente, Netherlands, The; 2: International Zinc Association; 3: Nickel Institute; 4: Copper Aliance; 5: International Council on Mining and Metals (15 minutes) Land-Use-Related Biodiversity Loss Embedded in Global Mining Supply Chains 1: Ecological Systems Design, Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 2: Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agricultural Systems, School of Management and School of Life Sciences, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany (6 minutes) Life cycle assessment of metal recycling and its challenges University of Bayreuth, Germany (6 minutes) Control Variables for definition of Absolute Sustainability Boundaries for Mineral Resources 1: Centre for Absolute Sustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; 2: Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark (Short Oral + Poster) Sustainability in Critical Raw Materials for Energy Transition: Identification of Sustainability Indicators and Categories Through a Multivocal Literature Review Hamburg University of Technology, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Moving on from existing models for life cycle inventories of tailings impoundments: case studies of a better method 1: Okane Consultants, Canada; 2: Drielsma Resources Europe, Netherlands (6 minutes) Key Environmental Hotspots and Sensitivity Analysis in Pilot-Scale Metal Recovery from Acid Wastewater 1: Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium; 2: Cetaqua Barcelona, Crta. Esplugues, 75, 08940 Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain |
Session 1.05: Future-Proof Verification processes in LCA Chair: Alexander Forell, Makersite, Germany Chair: Gabriella Arcese, Niccolò Cusano University, Italy, Italy Towards artificial intelligence enabled frameworks to improve critical review control and EPD verification process 1: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial, Argentine Republic; 2: PINDA LCT SpA (15 minutes) How Schneider Electric aims at Streamlining Product-Level EPD through Tool Verification and Data Governance Schneider Electric (15 minutes_S) Streamlining the verification process to enable more specific product footprints Makersite, Germany (15 minutes) Verification of AI based dynamic mapping – challenges, cases and potential guidelines. 1: iPoint Systems GmbH, Germany; 2: Schulz Sustainability Consulting, Germany (6 minutes) Framework for Verification of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) in Light of New Regulatory Requirements ECO Platform (6 minutes) Holcim’s journey to transparent environmental communication via scalable verification processes Holcim Innovation Center, France (Short Oral + Poster) Ontologies and knowledge graph for semi-automated verification of GHG assessments 1: EMPA, Switzerland; 2: University of St. Gallen, Institute of Computer Science, Switzerland (Short Oral + Poster) Corporate Data in PCF Calculations: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities AB SKF, Sweden (Short Oral + Poster) Prospectool, a novel software platform that leverages prospective Life Cycle Assessment LCA to guide eco-design VITO, Belgium |
Session 1.06: Sustainable Underground Construction In Pipeline Infrastructures Chair: Stefan Schmitz, TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG, Germany Chair: Andreas Redmann, Kunststoffrohrverband e.V., Germany Trenchless Technologies for modern and sustainable infrastructures 1: TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG, Germany; 2: INaB RWTH Aachen University (15 minutes) Hard-coupling MFA and LCA to assess the sustainability of plastics circularity in Germany's building and infrastructure sector 1: SUSTAIN research unit, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, 4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; 2: Research Center for Resource Management and Solid Waste Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Kassel, Mönchebergstraße 7, 34125 Kassel, Germany (15 minutes) Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in the Decommissioning of the Oil & Gas Industry: Impacts on Reverse Logistics and Recycling of Flexible Pipelines in Brazil 1: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil (15 minutes) Tackling PVC Challenges: Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Sustainable PCR-PE Electrical Pipes 1: PIEP-Centre for Innovation in Polymer Engineering, Portugal; 2: Sirplaste - Urbanização Industrial da Santeira, Portugal (15 minutes) Plastic pipes for a sustainable infrastructure Kunststoffrohrverband e.V. (KRV), Germany (15 minutes) Wastewater Pipe Restoration: Which is Ecologically Superior – Replacement in Open Cut or Cured-in-Place? Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Germany |
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11:05am - 11:30am |
CB1: Coffee break |
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11:30am - 1:00pm |
Session 1.07: Social Sustainability: Data & Method Advancements Part I Chair: Luigia Petti, UNIVERSITÀ "G.D'ANNUNZIO", Italy Chair: Sonia Valdivia, WRFA, Switzerland Boycotting Congolese cobalt to improve social sustainability? Insights from a newly developed poverty reduction potential method 1: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; 2: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (15 minutes_S) A Social Life Cycle Assessment Framework for Zero-tailpipe Emissions Vehicles: A Recommended Approach INaB RWTH Aachen, Germany (15 minutes) Social LCA decision support for the safety and sustainability of nanomaterials Tampere University, Finland (15 minutes) Socio-economic hotspots in the healthcare sector– A tailored social LCA (S-LCA) framework for healthcare devices WRFA, Switzerland (Short Oral + Poster) Integrating Life Cycle Working Environment Methodology (LCWE) for Compliance with the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) 1: Department of Life Cycle Engineering (GaBi), Institute for Acoustics and Building Physics (IABP), University of Stuttgart, Germany; 2: Department of Life Cycle Engineering (GaBi), Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (IBP), Stuttgart, Germany; 3: Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP (6 minutes) Addressing racial discrimination in Social Life Cycle Assessment: Indicators and reference scales Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Sustainable Engineering (SEE) (6 minutes) Mapping Social Priorities: Engaging Stakeholders in Social Life Cycle Assessment 1: Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, University of Graz, Merangasse 18, 8010 Graz, Austria; 2: BioNanoNet Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Kaiser-Josef-Platz 9, 8010 Graz, Austria; 3: Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH, Inffeldgasse 13, 8010 Graz, Austria (6 minutes) Prospective Pathways: A Social Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Investigating the Potential of Green Hydrogen Production in South Africa Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa (Short Oral + Poster) Social sustainability in the motorcycle industry – a life-cycle perspective on the motorcycle supply chain BMW Group, Germany |
Session 1.08: Sustainable mobility solutions Part I Chair: Stephan Krinke, Fraunhofer IST, Germany Chair: Jonas Wigger, MOIA, United States of America “FutureCarProduction – A Life Cycle Engineering approach for sustainable Car body development” Fraunhofer IST, Germany (15 minutes) Comparative assessment of mineral resources dissipation, criticality and depletion methods in LCA for the automotive industry: A case study 1: BRGM, BP 36009 45060 Orléans Cedex 2, France; 2: RENAULT SAS, 122 bis Avenue du General Leclerc, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France; 3: Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Einsteinweg 2, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands; 4: Université de Bordeaux, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France; 5: CNRS, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France; 6: Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany (15 minutes) Life Cycle Assessment by Powertrain Using Big Data for the Optimization of Environmental Impact by Country 1: Toyota Motor Corperation, Japan; 2: Waseda University, Japan (15 minutes) Reducing Environmental Impacts in Electric Mobility through Next-Generation Battery Technologies EurA AG, Germany (6 minutes) Life Cycle Assessment of Waste Transportation Scenarios: A Case Study in Austrian Winter Sport Industry Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria (6 minutes) Life-Cycle Assessment of Municipal Mobility in the Czech Republic - Focus on FCEV 1: UJV Rez, a. s., Czech Republic; 2: Transport Research Centre, Czech Republic; 3: University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic; 4: Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic (6 minutes) Sustainable Mobility in Lahti: Assessing Biodiversity Impacts of Commuting by Developing Transport-Specific Factors LUT University, Finland (Short Oral + Poster) Well-to-Wheel greenhouse gas emissions of battery electric vehicles considering temporal variability: A South Korean case study Ewha womans university, Korea, Republic of (Short Oral + Poster) Life cycle assessment of production and recycling of materials in e-motor used in transport for passenger cars German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Vehicle Concepts, Pfaffenwaldring 38 – 40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany |
Session 1.09: LCA in Policy: Frameworks, Compliance & Placement Part I Chair: Antonio Valente, ecoinvent, Switzerland Chair: Diego Iribarren, IMDEA Energy, Spain Paving the way for the first product environmental footprint category rules for hydrogen systems: product categorisation and next steps 1: IMDEA Energy, Spain; 2: Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain; 3: ENEA, Italy; 4: Hexagon Purus, Germany; 5: ADVENT, Greece; 6: ENGIE, France; 7: Ecoinnovazione, Italy; 8: EIFER, Germany; 9: ISINNOVA, Italy (15 minutes_S) The role of LCA in policy for enabling Sustainable Consumption and Production : A case study of South Africa Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 11 Jan Celliers Street Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa (15 minutes) Recalibrating the Circular Economy Transition in carbon intensive industry sectors: Informing EU policies with life-cycle based assessment Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC), Spain (15 minutes) The EU environmental policy landscape in a nutschell PRé sustainability, Netherlands, The (Short Oral + Poster) Integrating Risk, Performance, and Sustainability: Life-Cycle Assessment as a Cornerstone for Safe and Sustainable by Design Lubricants GreenDelta, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Anticipating Carbon Footprint Regulations for Aggregates: A New CO2-Calculator for Compliance and Strategic Insights ORIS Materials Intelligence, France (6 minutes) Footprint Semantics: Communicating LCA Results, Avoiding False Precision 1: MIT, United States of America; 2: Cascale (6 minutes) A white paper on the comparability of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for diverse stakeholders. 1: Siemens SA, Portugal; 2: Siemens AG, Germany (6 minutes) Implementing Eco-Efficiency in State Enterprises: A Step Toward Sustainability 1: National Metal and Materials Technology Center, NSTDA, Thailand; 2: Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat University, Thailand |
Session 1.10: Circular Textiles: how LCA can support the transition Chair: Archana Datta, UNEP, France Chair: Claudia Giacovelli, UNEP, France |
Session 1.11: Healthcare LCA Chair: Rose Nangah Mankaa, INaB RWTH Aachen University, Germany Chair: Scott McAlister, University of Melbourne, Australia Application of LCA for Pharmaceuticals: Lessons from a Ten Year Programme in AstraZeneca 1: ERM, United Kingdom; 2: Aumônier Consulting, United Kingdom; 3: AstraZeneca, United Kingdom (15 minutes) An LCA of knee reconstruction surgery 1: University of Melbourne, Australia; 2: University of Sydney, Australia; 3: Western Health, Melbourne, Australia (15 minutes) Environmental impact of a population-based cancer screening programme 1: Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 2: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium (15 minutes) A comparative environmental sustainability assessment of different schizophrenia treatment options 1: Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 2: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 3: Johnson&Johnson Innovative Medicine, Beerse, Belgium (Short Oral + Poster) The need to make surgical placement practices more circular for dental implants: Results from a Life Cycle Assessment study 1: Dental faculty, University of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France; 2: University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, UMR 5255, 33400 Talence, France; 3: LBN, University of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France; 4: CSERD, UHC of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France (6 minutes) Integrating ecodesign at a supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry Sartorius Lab Instruments GmbH & Co. KG, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Scaling Innovation in Scope 3 Reporting: Supplier-Specific Data for Purchased Goods 1: ERM, UK; 2: Aumônier Consulting, UK; 3: Takeda, USA (Short Oral + Poster) Diagnosing sustainability: A bottom-up organizational life cycle assessment of a maximum-care university hospital in Germany 1: University of Augsburg, Germany; 2: University of Waterloo, Canada; 3: University Hospital Augsburg, Germany (6 minutes) Life Cycle Assessment of Blood Glucose Measurement: Self-monitoring vs. Continuous Monitoring Finnish Environmental Institute (SYKE), Finland |
Session 1.12: Achievements and challenges for sector-specific guidelines in industry Chair: Martina Prox, iPoint-Systems gmbh, Germany Chair: Peter Rudolf Hans Saling, BASF SE, Germany Application of the new PCF Guideline of Together for Sustainability (TfS) in various examples BASF SE, Germany (15 minutes) Full biogenic carbon balancing is feasible – A TfS use case for biobased acrylonitrile Carbon Minds GmbH, Germany (15 minutes) Framework for Quantifying Use-phase Emissions for Aerospace Intermediate Products using Life Cycle Principles 1: Eaton India Innovation Center, India; 2: Eaton Limited, Titchfield, UK; 3: Eaton Corporation USA (15 minutes_S) Toward an increasing standardization of LCA data reporting: the experience of aluminium’s industry 1: European Aluminium, Belgium; 2: Ecoinnovazione, Italy (Short Oral + Poster) Implementation of an IT solution for Portfolio-wide PCF calculation at a Multi-national Chemical company 1: Sphera Solutions GmbH, Germany; 2: SABIC, Saudi Arabia (Short Oral + Poster) Supporting reproducible and standardized product carbon footprints by stricter guidelines and certification under ISCC CFC 1: Meo Carbon Solutions GmbH; 2: ISCC System GmbH; 3: DBFZ GmbH (6 minutes) Evaluating the applicability of the current dissipation-based life cycle impact assessment methods for addressing carbon resource 1: Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; 2: Centre for Absolute Sustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark |
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LP1: Lunch & Poster Challenging the sustainability of packaging designs: Life cycle assessment of paper vs. plastic fruit trays in the context of a circular economy RWTH Aachen, Germany Environmental Impact and Fire Risk Assessment for Lithium-ion Battery 1: Waseda University, Japan; 2: Tokyo City University, Japan Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Alternative Recycling Processes for Textiles 1: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, via Marzolo 9, 35131 Padova, Italy; 2: Department 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 ecosystem, France Clear communication on the environmental benefits of animal feed products 1: Dalma Mangimi S.p.A, Italy; 2: Quantis International SA Circularity – not so straightforward: A review of methodological choices in LCA for circular renovations of buildings 1: Eindhoven University of Technology; 2: Utrecht University Life Cycle Assessment of Hybrid Copper Smelting 1: Waseda University, Japan; 2: JX Advanced Metals Corporation, Japan Challenges in assessing potential long-term effects of metals releases from mine tailings in LCA 1: BRGM, France; 2: International Copper Association; 3: Drielsma 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 1: PRé Sustainability, Netherlands, The; 2: European Aluminium, Belgium Life Cycle Assessment of an electronic pump: focus on mineral and metallic resources University of Padua, Italy Building a High-Quality Database: The Critical Review Process EcoEd, Libertad 269, Of. 904, Viña del Mar, Chile Social Sustainability and Energy Communities Universidad Politecnica de Cataluña Life Cycle Assessment of Nitrile Medical Examination Gloves: A Multi-Variant Study Across Central Medicare Sdn Bhd’s Manufacturing Facilities 1: HARPS Global Pte Ltd, Malaysia; 2: Central Medicare Sdn Bhd; 3: Materia Nova Disposables and reusables in the hospital sector: The warm jackets project at Oslo University Hospital. NORSUS, Norway Reusing non-sterile medical items through different disinfection methods: a comparative Life Cycle Assessment with single-use alternatives in a Belgian hospital 1: Research Group Sustainable Systems Engineering (STEN), Ghent University, Belgium; 2: Ghent University Hospital; 3: Faculty of Medicine and Healthcare, Ghent University LCA as an essential tool for process development: bio-based carbon fiber production - from research to industry Carbon Minds, Germany Probabilistic Multi-perspective Application Selection for Safe and Sustainable-by-Design: A Case Study on Biochar 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 1: Interdepartmental Research Centre for Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Via S. Alberto, n. 163, 48123, Ravenna, Italy; 2: Associate Laboratory i4HB, Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; 3: UCIBIO—Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; 4: Department 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 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 1: Université de Liège, Belgium; 2: Centre 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 . SABIC, India From Waste to Value: Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Recycled Plastics in a Circular Economy 1: Eco+ Foundation, Brazil; 2: BASF SA Brazil Substituting Fossil-Derived Plastics with Biomass-and-Waste-Derived Alternatives for Carbon Reduction: A Flow Analysis of Japan 1: The University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: Presidential Endowed Chair for “Platinum Society”, The University of Tokyo, Japan; 3: Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Japan Circular Economy in Furniture: Assessing the Environmental Performance of Waste Based Boards 1: PIEP - Centre for Innovation in Polymer Engineering, Portugal; 2: IKEA Industry Portugal, 4595-282 Penamaior, Portugal; 3: SEDACOR, Rua Nova do Lameiro, 184, 4535-475 S. Paio de Oleiros, Portugal; 4: Sirplaste – 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 Ruhr University Bochum, Germany From Waste-to-Resource: How Collection Methods and Sorting Performance shape Plastic Waste Management Impacts Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands, The Separate or curbside collection? Identifying the path to high-quality plastics recycling with LCA 1: Energieinstitut an der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria; 2: Competence Center CHASE GmbH; 3: Institute for Chemical Technology of Organic Materials, Johannes Kepler University Linz; 4: Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing, Johannes Kepler University Linz Reducing marine litter and microplastics from fishing industry – a case example from SEARCULAR project 1: VTT, Finland; 2: Fraunhofer UMSICHT Sustainability Assessment in the Buddie-pack project 1: University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; 2: IPC, France Environmental Ashby chart for various applications of cellulose nanofibers 1: Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: UTokyo LCA Center for Future Strategy Sustainability of different plastic packagings: Combined circularity and life cycle assessment for multiple R-strategies RWTH Aachen, Germany Quantifying the Performance of Circular Economy Strategies for E-Motors: Reuse, Repair, and Recycling KU Leuven, Belgium Life Cycle Assessment of E-Methanol Production from Dates 1: CLEAN ENERGY RESEARCH PLATFORM (CERP), KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THUWAL, SAUDI ARABIA 23955 6900; 2: DEPARTMENT 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 Waseda University, Japan Advancing recycling pathway decision-making for critical raw materials TNO, Netherlands, The Life Cycle Assessment and Levelized Cost of Storage of Secondary- and Primary-use LFP Batteries for Energy Storage Systems 1: University of California, Berkeley; 2: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; 3: Technische Hochschule Lübeck Eco-design and LCA of emerging European photovoltaic technologies Université de Liège, Belgium Sustainability assessment of biogas and ethanol production pathways from winemaking residues: a comparative LCA study 1: Fraunhofer Portugal AWAM - Research Center for Advanced Water, Energy and Resource Management, Évora, Portugal; 2: Fraunhofer Portugal AWAM - Research Center for Advanced Water, Energy and Resource Management, Vila Real, Portugal |
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Keynote 7: Sergio Saporetti senior technical officer at the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security "Green Public procurement and Minimum Environmental Criteria (CAM)- The Italian legal and technical framework for road infrastructures" |
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2:40pm - 4:10pm |
Session 1.13: Communication and Raising Circular Economy Awareness via Robust LCA Part II Chair: Matthias Finkbeiner, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany Chair: Stephane Morel, ESCP Business School, France Applying the Regulatory Carbon Footprint Framework for Batteries: Insights from Renault’s case study 1: WeLOOP, France; 2: Ampère, France; 3: Renault Group, France (15 minutes) From Concept to Circularity: Utilizing Data Integration and Life Cycle Assessment to Enhance Automotive Sustainability 1: Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP; 2: University of Stuttgart, Institute for Acoustics and Building Physics IABP; 3: Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO; 4: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (15 minutes) LCA as a tool for creating a circularity roadmap for Finnish semiconductor industry VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland (15 minutes) Modular circular system models for the assessment of R-strategy combinations: Example of footwear products Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (15 minutes) Towards a standardization of the physical durability assessment of clothing: lessons from the DURHABI project 1: Institut Français Textile Habillement (IFTH), France; 2: Univ. Lille, ENSAIT, ULR 2461 - GEMTEX - Génie et Matériaux Textiles, F-59000 Lille, France (15 minutes) Investigation on the use of LCA to assess business models in a circular economy context Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa (Italy) |
Session 1.14: LCA & LCM for Improved Energy Decision-Making Part I Chair: Luka Smajila, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Chair: Ketan Vaidya, ex-Northvolt AB, Sweden Time-aware life cycle inventories for electricity consumption Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg (15 minutes) Serious Energy System Gaming 1: Siemens AG, Germany; 2: RWTH Aachen (15 minutes) Prediction and assessment methods for sustainable solar energy systems within our planetary boundaries: How reliable are they? University of Twente, Netherlands. (6 minutes) Harnessing Life Cycle Assessment to Enhance Competitiveness in Steel Industry: Challenges and Opportunities in Transitioning to Renewable Energy Life Cycle Indonesia (15 minutes) Exploring LCA electricity modelling paradigms in Europe: combining the location-based and market-based approaches? 1: European Commission Joint Research Centre; 2: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (Short Oral + Poster) Considering risk-related impacts of the hydrogen industry in a life-cycle perspective: a systematic review 1: IFP Energies nouvelles, 1-4 avenue de Bois Préau, 92852 Rueil Malmaison; 2: UMR LAMSADE, CNRS, Paris Dauphine University, PSL* (6 minutes) Sustainable Power-to-X Development in South Africa 1: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR, South Africa; 2: Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa (Short Oral + Poster) Comparative Analysis of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and RED III Methodologies for GHG Emissions in the Ammonia Value Chain 1: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; 2: Gea Energia Crio S.L. (Short Oral + Poster) Lifecycle management based on regional demonstration; Case study of thermal energy storage system with adsorbent utilizing low-temperature waste heat Takasago Thermal Engineering Co.,Ltd., Japan |
Session 1.15: LCM for the Biobased Economy: Innovative Methods and Practices Part I Chair: Thomas Schaubroeck, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg Chair: Tamara Coello García, Cesefor, Spain Consequential LCA of alternative technological pathways for nitrogen recovery from municipal wastewater 1: University of Coimbra; 2: University of Southern Denmark; 3: Aquafin NV (15 minutes) A critical Life Cycle Assessment approach for informed decision-making on bio-based material integration in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Schneider Electric, France (15 minutes) Facilitating dynamic LCA and carbon footprint – precalculated datasets of an updated temporal database (DyPLCA) with a focus on wood-based products 1: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; 2: Department of Sustainability and Planning, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; 3: CESEFOR, Soria, Spain; 4: Contactica, Madrid, Spain; 5: TBI, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRAE, INSA, Toulouse, France (15 minutes) Environmental and Economic Assessment of Conventional and New Generation Olefin Production Routes in Modern Refineries 1: Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom; 2: Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom (Short Oral + Poster) Competitiveness analysis to develop a marginal mix for consequential LCA: A Seaweed Case Study Aalborg University, Denmark (Short Oral + Poster) From residual biomass to bio-based products and molecules at country scale: where to focus for high impact in a jungle of possibilities. 1: TBI, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRAE, INSA, Toulouse, France; 2: IRDL, Université Bretagne Sud, Lorient, France (Short Oral + Poster) Assessing the biogenic carbon dynamics of wood-based products Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, The Netherlands (Short Oral + Poster) Life-cycle assessment of Ferromanganese production using biocarbon as reductant and carbon capture and storage 1: Norwegian University of Science and Technology; 2: SINTEF Energy Research (Short Oral + Poster) Analysis of changes in industrial structure by the shift from fossil resources to bio-derived resources 1: the University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry; 3: Fukushima University; 4: Fukuoka Woman University; 5: Onomichi City University |
Session 1.16: LCA & Circularity to Improve Road Construction Env. Performance Part I Chair: Nicolás Héctor Carreño Gómez, VINCI Construction Shared Services GmbH, Germany Chair: Davide Lo Presti, Universita degli studi di Palermo, Italy Green Public Procurement: A Decision Support Tool for Quantifying Environmental Impacts of Asphalt Mixture Projects University of Antwerp - SuPAR, Belgium (15 minutes) Circularity in road construction: environmental benefits of asphalt and gravel recycling 1: Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Switzerland; 2: Züst Engineering AG, Switzerland; 3: Tiefbauamt des Kantons Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland (15 minutes) Greening road construction: have we been doing it all wrong? A retrospective on key life cycle insights 1: CIRAIG, PolyMTL, Canada; 2: LVMT, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (15 minutes) Data variability in EPDs of construction products Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research (NORSUS) (15 minutes) Linking Road Surface Quality and Fuel Consumption: The Role of the International Roughness Index in GHG Emissions Reduction TU Wien, Institute of Transportation, Austria (15 minutes_S) Towards Sustainable Road Construction: Benchmarking Carbon Emissions and Incorporating Environmental Performance Metrics in Road Construction Procurement 1: VINCI Construction Shared Services GmbH, Germany; 2: Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
Session 1.17: Digital LCA/PCF data sharing for Collaboration & Innovation Chair: Lavanya Pawar, Carboledger, India Chair: Purvish Shah, Carboledger, Inc., United States of America CO2 Traceability: Enabling Data Sharing and Value Creation in the Value Chain AB SKF, Sweden (15 minutes) An IT-Architecture for LCA, PCF and EPD supplier data collection, modelling and calculation GreenDelta, Germany (15 minutes_S) Unlocking synergies between PCF and EPD-Reporting - industry's path to a sustainable future or mere fantasy? 1: Siemens AG; 2: Schneider Electric (15 minutes) Enabling PCF Calculation in Supply Chains at Scale iPoint-Systems gmbh, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Streamlining EPD Data Exchange: A Collaborative approach between manufacturer and general contractor for enhanced LCA comparison and transparency 1: Eiffage, France; 2: Schneider Electric, France (6 minutes) Integrating Traceability Tools in LCA: A Pathway to Precise and Real-Time Primary Data Utilisation Minviro, United Kingdom (Short Oral + Poster) TACK: A best-practice example of collaborative tools for associations 1: Sphera, Germany; 2: Afera, The Netherlands; 3: IVK, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Transforming Environmental Product Declarations through Digitalization and Scalability LCA.no AS, Norway (Short Oral + Poster) From Ideas to Action: Exploring the Automation of Life Cycle Assessment at ZEISS Carl Zeiss AG, Germany |
Session 1.18: Textile/Apparel: B2B & B2C Communication Challenges Chair: Enrico Benetto, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg Chair: Federico Brugnoli, SPIN360, Italy Social Product Declaration (SPD) and Social Product Declaration-Product Category Rules (SPD-PCR) for cotton products 1: Hugo Boss; 2: Circular s.r.l (15 minutes) Analysing the climate impacts of selected SME fashion business models in Europe VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland (15 minutes) End-of-life label to support makers’ decision to measure circularity in the textile industry. 1: Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Brazil; 2: Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, Brazil; 3: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology - RMIT, Australia (15 minutes) From Garment to Wardrobe: Rethinking the Functional Unit in Life Cycle Assessment of Apparel. 1: Sustainability Assessments of Material Life Cycles, Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium.; 2: Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Netherlands.; 3: Centre for Economics and Corporate Sustainability, Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, Belgium; 4: Flanders Make@KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (15 minutes) Reweaving the Waste Hierarchy: Europe’s Textile Challenge IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden (15 minutes) Integrating Durability in LCA for Textile and Apparel Products: Enhancing Quality Representation for Effective Communication 1: Interdisciplinary Center on Sustainability and Climate, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy; 2: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy |
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4:10pm - 4:30pm |
CB2: Coffee break |
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4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Session 1.19: Evaluations of Circular and Low Carbon Plastic Value Chains towards sustainability Part I Chair: Tomas Ekvall, Tomas Ekvall Research, Review & Assessment (TERRA), Sweden Chair: Christian Krüger, BASF, Germany Net-zero chemical recycling routes for flexible polyurethane foams Energy & Process Systems Engineering, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland (15 minutes) Life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of waste plastic used in automobile production according to recycling methods Ewha womans university, Republic of Korea (15 minutes_S) Rethinking life cycle assessment with recycled polylactic acid - Harnessing Waste Streams as Feedstock for Biobased plastics Production 1: TotalEnergies Corbion, The Netherlands; 2: Corbion, The Netherlands (15 minutes) Life cycle assessment of a preindustrial chemical recycling process for chemical feedstock production Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (15 minutes) Including impacts from littering in LCA: a case study of to-go cups 1: Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT, Oberhausen, Germany; 2: National Institute of Chemistry (Kemijski inštitut), Ljubljana, Slovenia; 3: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; 4: Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia (15 minutes) Evaluating the relative contribution of polymers and chemical additives in the environmental profile of plastic items. 1: CentraleSupélec/AgroParisTech; 2: CIRAIG, ESG UQAM, Canada; 3: Chemical Engineering Department, CIRAIG, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, Canada; 4: CIRAIG, Canada, Stratégie et RSE CA, Canada |
Session 1.20: Life Cycle Based Tools and Data Science Interactions Part I Chair: Alessandro Manzardo, University of Padova, Italy Chair: Monia Niero, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy onlineLCA: a bridge between expert and user friendly LCA GreenDelta GmbH, Germany (15 minutes) Unlocking the Potential of Life Cycle Data for Optimal Sustainable Systems Design via PULPO Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland (15 minutes) A Path to Sustainable Products: Tracking Carbon Intensity with on-line Digital LCA Petrobras, Brazil (15 minutes) Bridging the Gap: Developing a LCA methodology and tool for Industrial Services at Siemens Siemens AG, Germany (15 minutes) Combined use of information technology and life cycle thinking tools to assess the performance of healthcare waste management options 1: University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy; 2: Microambiente Srl (15 minutes) Applications of artificial intelligence algorithms and approaches in the life cycle sustainability assessment field: a topic modelling investigation based on large language models Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg |
Session 1.21: LCA & Circularity to Improve Road Construction Env. Performance Part II Chair: Nicolás Héctor Carreño Gómez, VINCI Construction Shared Services GmbH, Germany Chair: Davide Lo Presti, Universita degli studi di Palermo, Italy Identifying the most sustainable road bridge design 1: Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Technology & Society Laboratory, Switzerland; 2: Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Structural Engineering Research La-boratory; 3: ISISE, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal (15 minutes) Life Cycle Assessment of Using Copper Slag as an Aggregate Replacement in Asphalt Mixtures for Single Surface Treatment EcoEd, Chile (15 minutes) 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 Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands, The (15 minutes) Implementing Life Cycle Management of road pavements in Europe 1: University of Palermo, Italy; 2: University of Granada, Spain; 3: University of Twente, The Netherlands; 4: University of Naples Federico II, Italy (15 minutes) Data collection tool for cradle-to-gate Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for asphalt mixtures using alternative paving materials 1: University of Granada, Spain; 2: University of Palermo, Italy; 3: University Gustave Eiffel, France; 4: RWTH Aachen University; 5: Twente University (15 minutes) Innovative Bio-Based Method for Sustainable Road Rehabilitation: Advancing Circular Economy Principles 1: NORSUS, Norway; 2: Carbon Crusher Norge AS, Norway |
Session 1.22A: LCM for the Biobased Economy: Innovative Methods and Practices Part II Chair: Thomas Schaubroeck, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg Chair: Tamara Coello García, Cesefor, Spain A Methodological Approach to Monitor Outcomes of Sustainability Certification Schemes and Labels in the Bio-based Sector Utrecht University, Netherlands (15 minutes) ALIGNED: A field-tested framework for the LCA of bio-based products 1: Aalborg University; 2: Norwegian University of Science and Technology; 3: Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse; 4: University of Antwerp; 5: Biomass Technology Group (15 minutes) Advancing the Residue-Based Bioeconomy: Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging Feedstock-Technology Combinations TU Darmstadt, Germany (15 minutes) Is sustainability assessment fundamentally biased towards fossil-based materials? University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (Short Oral + Poster) Time-explicit Climate Change Impact Assessment using the ALIGNED methodological framework Toulouse Biotechnology Institute, CNRS, INRAE, INSA, Toulouse, France (Short Oral + Poster) Valorization of Carded Wool for Sustainable Composites in 3D Printing Applications 1: University of Catania, Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, via S. Sofia 100, 95123, Catania, Italy; 2: Inspire AG, Innovation Center for Additive Manufacturing Switzerland, Fürstenlandstrasse 122, St. Gallen CH-9014, Switzerland; 3: Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014, St. Gallen, Switzerland; 4: University of Bari Aldo Moro, Department of Economics, Management and Business Law, Largo Abbazia Santa Scolastica 53, 70124, Bari, Italy; 5: Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Viale Giuseppe Fanin 50, 40127, Bologna, Italy (Short Oral + Poster) Considerations on the Role of Interregional Collaboration in Bio-Derived Resources Implementation: A Case Study of Cellulose Nanofiber Technology 1: Fukuoka Women's University, Japan; 2: The University of Tokyo, Japan; 3: Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan (6 minutes) Life Cycle Assessment of Bio-Based Global Value Chains: A Case Study of a novel Bagasse-Based Polyurethane Foam Between Australia and Germany 1: Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy, Leibniz University Hanover, Germany; 2: School of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (6 minutes) Sustainability Challenges in Pharmaceutical Packaging: A Life Cycle Analysis Approach 1: PIEP – Innovation Centre in Polymer Engineering, Portugal; 2: Neutroplast - Indústria de Embalagens Plásticas S.A. |
Session 1.23: LCM implementation in SMEs Chair: Yahong Dong, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau S.A.R. (China) Chair: Mark Goedkoop, Product-ecology, Netherlands, The AI-enabled tool providing eco-design principles to manufacturing SMEs 1: LIST, Luxembourg; 2: NovaMechanics Ltd, Cyprus (15 minutes) Energy recovery from winery wastewater by aqueous phase reforming: A dual approach integrating environmental and economic prospectives 1: Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino,Italy; 2: Technology & Society Laboratory, Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014, St. Gallen, Switzerland (15 minutes) Optimization of Import Cherry Distribution Strategies in Cross-Border Supply Chains Using Digital Twins: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach 1: University of Padova, Italy; 2: Guangzhou University, China (15 minutes) Proposal of a Maturity Model for Circular Bioeconomy (M2BEC) in small and medium-sized companies 1: Natural Sciences Center in the Federal University of São Carlos-UFSCar/Lagoa do Sino.; 2: The Graduate Program in Production Engineering at campus UFSCar/ Sorocaba .(PPGEP-So); 3: The Graduate program in Planning and Use of Renewable Resources - PPGPUR UFSCar/Sorocaba.; 4: Univ Coimbra, ADAI, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Ecology Center. (6 minutes) Sustainability Assessment of Agricultural Crops Solar Dryers: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Metallic vs. Wooden Structured Solar dryers Mzumbe University, Tanzania (Short Oral + Poster) Carbon Pricing in Canteens: Driving Change or Just Numbers? Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW, Switzerland (Short Oral + Poster) Developing Practical LCA Methodologies for Emerging Technologies: Challenges and Approaches 1: Ritsumeikan University, Japan; 2: The University of Tokyo, Japan (Short Oral + Poster) Development of a Versatile Framework for Circular Economy Strategies for Plastic Products in SMEs Institute for Plastics and Circular Economy, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) The analysis of the effects of modernization of the energy system in a food enterprise, carried out to reduce the impact on the environment 1: Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland; 2: Institute of Machines and Motor Vehicles, Faculty of Transport Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland; 3: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, al. Prof. S. Kaliskiego 7, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland |
Session 1.24: Thermochemical Waste Management: Status & Outlook Chair: Filomena Ardolino, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy Chair: Umberto Arena, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy Life Cyle Sustainability assessment of a novel chemical recycling technology for conversion of waste to olefins University College London, United Kingdom (15 minutes) Integrating Process simulation and Life Cycle Assessment: A Case study on Polyethylene Gasification for Hydrogen, Hydrocarbons, and Methanol Production Politecnico di Milano, Italy (15 minutes) A life cycle management approach to assess environmental performance of a waste-to-hydrogen strategy 1: University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy; 2: A2A Ambiente S.p.A – A2A Group (15 minutes) The role of energy recovery from residual waste in modern MSW management systems Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano, Italy (Short Oral + Poster) Economic Viability and Environmental Performance of Waste-to-Hydrogen Production: An Integrated Assessment of Gasification Pathways with Carbon Capture and Storage University College London, United Kingdom (6 minutes) 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 1: Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik UMSICHT, 92237 Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany; 2: Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany (6 minutes) Sustainability performance assessment in municipal solid waste management: evidence from Italy Niccolò Cusano University, Italy (6 minutes) Life Cycle Assessment of Innovative Disposal Methods for Creosote-Treated Waste Wood 1: Łukasiewicz Research Network - Poznań Institute of Technology, Poland; 2: Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals, Poland (Short Oral + Poster) Transforming Waste: A Path to Sustainable Innovation 1: ERM; 2: Manufacturing company |
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6:00pm - 7:00pm |
Side Event 1: Connecting industry and academia to advance life cycle thinking and LCA in research efforts Location: Room 2 Organized by Rede ACV |
Side Event 2: ecoinvent: Environmental data, reimagined Location: Room 11 Organized by ecoinvent |
Side Event 3: SimaPro: Combining craftsmanship with integrated solutions Location: Room 12 Organized by PRé Sustainability |
Side Event 4: Dynamic LCA for the full life cycle using DyPLCA: databases & tools Location: Aula Magna Organized by LIST |
Side Event 5: Cost efficient Decarbonization and Circular Economy Technologies Location: Room 13 Organized by Fraunhofer IST |
Side Event 6: Mainstreaming LCA in Africa Location: Room 1 Organized by Africa LCA Initiative (ALIES) |
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8:30am - 9:30am |
Keynotes 8 and 9 Mauro Cordella, European Commission - Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Footprint methods in EU policies: past, present and future Archana Datta, UNEP Life Cycle Initiative - Building a Global Platform for Life Cycle Data, Methods, and Capacity |
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9:35am - 11:05am |
Session 2.01: Regional Sustainability via Life Cycle Instruments Part I Chair: Takunda Yeukai Chitaka, University of Bordeaux, France Chair: Pia Wiche, EcoEd, Chile A methodology for assessing the sustainability of hydrogen valleys 1: European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Netherlands, The; 2: Universitá degli studi di Napoli Parthenope; 3: University of Salerno (15 minutes) Use of life cycle management to support regional sustainable development - experiences of selected European regions" 1: sustainable solutions, France; 2: University of Bordeaux (15 minutes) Environmentally performant bio-economy supply chains from Macauba in Brazil requires proper management of the by-product pulp oil: A consequential LCA 1: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil; 2: INRAE Toulouse, France (15 minutes) Mapping the Climate Profiles for the Decarbonization of Italian District Heating and Cooling Networks Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energia, Via Lambruschini, n. 6, 20156, Milan, Italy (Short Oral + Poster) Farm-scale and regional-scale use of renewable energy to replace diesel fuel 1: Technische Hochschule Lübeck, Germany; 2: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois; 3: Master’s Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, UC Berkeley (Short Oral + Poster) Supporting Regional Sustainability Goals: Comparative LCA of Vacation Rentals and Hotels 1: Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti n. 67, Perugia, 06125, Italy; 2: Empa, Technology and Society Laboratory, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland (Short Oral + Poster) Drinking Water Scarcity: Man-Made Pollutants in the Potomac River Basin, USA Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District, United States of America (Short Oral + Poster) Environmental Impact of Upper Cisokan Pumped Hydro Energy Storage in Indonesia's Energy Transition 1: Perusahaan Listrik Negara, Indonesia and The University of Auckland, New Zealand; 2: The University of Auckland, New Zealand |
Session 2.02: Pathways to Net-Zero: Industrial Decarbonization & Green Energy Part II Chair: Nele De Belie, Ghent University, Belgium Chair: Pascal Di Croce, EuLA, Belgium Decarbonizing Steel – Harmonizing Product Carbon Footprint and CBAM Assessment Methodologies Sphera India Private Limited, India (15 minutes) Comparative LCA of Refinery Products: Naphtha, Propylene & Benzene (Fossil vs Circular) 1: Cepsa/Moeve, Spain; 2: Sphera, Germany (15 minutes) Well-to-Wake Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of Synthetic fuels for the Maritime sector in the North Sea DLR (German Aerospace centre), Germany (15 minutes) Life cycle assessment of CO2 utilization technologies: Methodological approaches and findings 1: Chemical Process Solution Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology; 2: Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungnam National University; 3: CO2 & Energy Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (Short Oral + Poster) A holistic view of ammonia micro gas turbine – the role of Life Cycle Assessment Silesian University of Technology, Poland (Short Oral + Poster) Cumulative Energy Demand and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Potential of Alternative Maritime Fuels: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach to Maritime Decarbonization Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore (Short Oral + Poster) Exploring Feasibility of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Decarbonizing Waste-to-Energy Systems: Global Insights and Developing Country Perspectives 1: The University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: NIES Social Systems Division, Japan; 3: NIES Center for Climate Change Adaptation, Japan; 4: NIES Material Cycles Division, Japan (Short Oral + Poster) Life Cycle Management of an Emerging Primary Aluminium-air Battery for Seasonal Energy Storage 1: Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany; 2: Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research (CENSE), NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal; 3: Helmholtz Institute Ulm for Electrochemical Energy Storage (HIU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Ulm, Germany; 4: Center for Transport Technologies, Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH (AIT), Vienna, Austria (6 minutes) Reducing environmental impacts of water electrolysis systems by reuse and recycling - Life cycle assessment of a 5 MW alkaline water electrolysis plant TU Clausthal, Germany |
Session 2.03: Life Cycle Metrics for industry and policymakers: From Innovation to Integration II Chair: Luca Zampori, PRé Sustainability, Netherlands, The Chair: An De Schryver, PRé sustainability, Netherlands, The Integrating life cycle assessment into the V-model for cyber physical systems for ecodesign purposes 1: University of Stuttgart, Institute for acoustics and building physics (IABP), Germany; 2: Fraunhofer Institute for building physics (IBP), Germany (15 minutes) Applying New Time-Integrated Approach for Biodiversity Footprint To Cosmetic Sector: Case Study Of l’Oréal 1: I Care by BearingPoint, Paris, France; 2: L'Oréal Research & Innovation, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France (15 minutes) Harmonizing environmental life cycle assessments of solar thermal energy systems: Methodology guidelines from the IEA Solar Heat and Cooling Programme Task 71 Institute of Natural Resource Sciences, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland (15 minutes) Bridging systematic, digital and physical sustainability: How LCA guides the path to the development of more sustainable electronic products. Helbling Technik Wil AG, Switzerland (Short Oral + Poster) A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making tool to be used in Green and Circular Public Procurement 1: Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering ”Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, Milan, 20133, Italy; 2: Aalborg University, Department of Planning, Rendsburggade 14, Aalborg, 9000, Denmark (6 minutes) Developing a Standardized Life Cycle Assessment Methodology for Higher Education Institutions: Addressing Data Gaps and Enabling Comparability for a Sustainable Development Leibniz University Hannover, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) TOWARDS CLOSING THE IMPLEMENTATION GAP: AN ANALYSIS OF DECISION MAKING IN REUSABLE PACKAGING SYSTEMS. 1: Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Vening Meinesz Building A, Princetonlaan 8a, 3584 CB Utrecht, Netherlands; 2: Department of Design, Production and Management, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, The Netherlands (Short Oral + Poster) Life Cycle Assessment of shopping bags used in Portugal University of Aveiro/CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (6 minutes) Bridging innovation and circularity: Integration of low-TRL chemical recycling technologies into circular systems Ruhr University Bochum, Germany |
Session 2.04: Nutritional LCA for Sustainable Agri-Food Management Part I Chair: Silvia Zingale, Agroscope, Switzerland Chair: Gianluca De Nardi, EcorNaturaSì Spa, Italy Future of Protein: A Global LCA Model for Optimizing Land Use and Integrating Renewable Energy in Single Cell Protein Hybrid Farm 1: TUMCREATE, 1 CREATE Way, #10-02 CREATE Tower, Singapore 138602; 2: Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; 3: TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany (15 minutes) Global Biodiversity Footprints of Agricultural Production Systems: Comparing the Biodiversity Impacts of Staple and Luxury Food Crops Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland (15 minutes) Life Cycle Assessment of novel protein sources uses a newly developed protein-quality-based approach 1: GreenSurvey, Germany; 2: University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Germany; 3: University of Parma, Italy (15 minutes) Beyond carbon emissions: assessing environmental impacts of traditional Norwegian meals NORSUS Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research, Norway (15 minutes) A sustainable and healthy bite: A nutritional life cycle assessment of mealworms compared to conventional protein-rich food 1: Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Germany; 2: Alpha-Protein GmbH, Germany (15 minutes) Automated Life Cycle Assessment of Food Assortments including Planetary Boundaries, Multi-Nutrients and Health Outcomes: a novel Approach for Food Retail, Wholesale and Gastronomy Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Economics • INL, Germany |
Session 2.05: Advancing Polymer Recycling: Methods & Policy for a Sustainable Transition Chair: Paola Federica Albizzati, Joint Research Centre - European Commission, Spain Chair: Carlo Brondi, CNR, Italy A market share-based model for the avoided burden approach of life cycle assessment considering future decarbonization in industries: A case of polymer recycling The University of Tokyo, Japan (15 minutes_S) Advancing Polymer Recycling: Integrating HydroPRT with Complementary Technologies 1: WMG, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, UK, CV4 7AL; 2: Mura Technology Limited, LDN:W Level 4, 3 Noble Street, London, UK, EC2V 7EE (15 minutes) Quality of waste feedstock and quality of recyclate: zero burden or (how much?) avoided burden? Ghent University, Belgium (15 minutes) Quantifying the Environmental Costs of Phasing Out Legacy Substances for Plastics in Germany's Building and Infrastructure Sector 1: Research Center for Resource Management and Solid Waste Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Kassel, Mönchebergstraße 7, 34125 Kassel, Germany; 2: SUSTAIN research unit, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, 4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (6 minutes_S) Effect of Feedstock Modelling and Multiple Loops of Polymer Recycling in environmental profile calculation Politecnico di Milano, Italy (6 minutes) How to integrate market and policy instruments like mass balance fuel use excluded into the LCA of recycled materials? BASF SE, Germany (6 minutes) Polymer Recycling and Life Cycle Assessment: An Overview of End-of-Life Allocation Approaches and Their Implications Ecomatters, Netherlands, The (6 minutes) European Initiatives supporting Assessing Environmental Impact of Polymers in Recycling and Life Cycle Contexts CNR, Italy (Short Oral + Poster) Modeling WEEE Recycling with Life Cycle Assessment: the case study of an Italian Treatment Plant 1: Politecnico di Milano - Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica, Italy; 2: Stena Recycling |
Session 2.06: Methodologies and Tools for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Value Chains Part I Chair: Andrea Di Maria, University of Liege, Belgium Chair: Olubukola Olumuyiwa Tokede, Deakin University, Australia, Australia Socioeconomic impacts of increased legumes production for human consumption in Norway 1: NORSUS, Norway; 2: NIBIO, Norway (15 minutes) Combining qualitative and quantitative social life cycle assessment to analyze protein supply chain in Sweden RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden (15 minutes) The Biodiversity Footprinting for Agricultural Transition (BFAT) project: for an improved modelling of the impact of agricultural production on biodiversity 1: I Care, France; 2: CDC Biodiversité, France (15 minutes) Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment to evaluate the sustainability of food value chains in developing countries: a case study of maize flour in Chad 1: University of Liege, Belgium; 2: CIRAID, France; 3: IRAM, France (15 minutes) Embedding Sustainability in Product Development: A Pathway to Global Targets 1: Soremartec Italia Srl, Italy; 2: Quantis Italia (15 minutes) Food Impacts Toolkit: Delivering Information on Environmental Impacts of Foods to Consumers corsus - corporate sustainability GmbH, Germany |
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Session 2.07: Social Sustainability: Data & Method Advancements Part II Chair: Manuela D'Eusanio, Università degli Studi "G.d'Annunzio" di Chieti-Pescara, Italy Chair: Isabel Susan Wolf, TU Berlin, Germany Sustainable steel production: Application of S-LCA in German Steelmaking 1: thyssenkrupp Steel Europe, Germany; 2: Institute for Sustainability in civil engineering (INaB), Germany (15 minutes) Defining impact subcategories and indicators for battery electric vehicles: a methodological approach for Social Life Cycle Assessment 1: Ghent University, Belgium; 2: Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering (INaB), RWTH Aachen University, Germany; 3: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden; 4: EDF Research and Development, Department of EPI, France; 5: BMW Group, Germany; 6: Volkswagen AG, Germany; 7: Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, France (15 minutes) Job creation in S-LCA: influence of database choice - Case study on jeans stone washing Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg (15 minutes) Improving Social Life Cycle Assessment Methodology for Sustainability Reporting: A Case Study on WEEE Management Companies 1: Interdisciplinary Department of Space and Population, University of Cuenca, Ecuador; 2: Faculty of Chemical Sciences, University of Cuenca, Ecuador; 3: Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, University of Cuenca, Ecuador (Short Oral + Poster) Advancing Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) for Public Services: Evaluating Water Supply Systems in the Provinces Venice and Treviso University of Padova (6 minutes) Are circular bio-based products also sustainable from a social perspective? The 'Cartiera' case study 1: UnitelmaSapienza, Italy; 2: UnitelmaSapienza, Italy; 3: UnitelmaSapienza, Italy (Short Oral + Poster) Advancing Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) for Sustainable Artisanal Gold Mining: Addressing Organized Crime and Ecosystem Impact in Nangaritza, Ecuador TU Dresden / IHI Zittau, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Proposal of Support Indicators for Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) for Urban Transport Infrastructure in Brazil Federal University of Ceara, Brazil (Short Oral + Poster) Systematic Literature Review on Social LCA Applications in Hydrogen Electrolysis for the Energy Sector 1: University of Padua, Italy; 2: University of Florence, Italy |
Session 2.08: Sustainable mobility solutions Part II Chair: Katharina Gompf, BMW Group, Germany Chair: Tobias Viere, Pforzheim University, Germany Collaborative Life Cycle Assessment: Integrating Stakeholder Perspectives for Effective Environmental Regulation in the Automotive Industry Volkswagen AG, Germany (15 minutes) LCA methodology for zero-emission vehicle (ZEV): Selection of impact categories and normalisation factors by consensus building 1: Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Liten, DEHT, 38000 Grenoble, France; 2: Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany; 3: RENAULT SAS, 122 bis Avenue du General Leclerc, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France; 4: Ricardo, 30 Eastbourne Terrace, London W2 6LA, United Kingdom; 5: Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom; 6: Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Einsteinweg 2, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands; 7: Ghent University, Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Research Group STEN, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; 8: BRGM, BP 36009 45060 Orléans Cedex 2, France (15 minutes) A Sectoral Tool for Carbon Footprint Assessment of Passenger Vehicles: Enhancing Transparency and Data Accessibility 1: Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Brazil; 2: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil (15 minutes) TranSensusLCA: Framework for automobile LCA of the future Fraunhofer IST, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) An LCI-based decomposition analysis to assess consumer behavior mitigations and propose demand-side strategies for the car mobility sector: the case of Switzerland. 1: CIRAIG, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada; 2: HES-SO Valais-Wallis, Switzerland (Short Oral + Poster) From Cradle to Gate: Addressing Data Gaps in the Carbon Footprint of Passenger Vehicles in Brazil 1: Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Brazil; 2: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil (Short Oral + Poster) On the role of assumptions and methodological choices in LCA-based decision-making – the case of shared e-scooters in Finland 1: Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), Finland; 2: University of Helsinki, Finland (Short Oral + Poster) Balancing Comparability, Applicability and Accuracy: Insights from Applying a Consensus-Based LCA Methodology in the Automotive Industry IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute (Short Oral + Poster) Methodological approach towards circular solutions applied on a prowertrain for electric trucks 1: Vienna University of Technology; 2: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH |
Session 2.09: LCA in Policy: Frameworks, Compliance & Placement Part II Chair: Diego Iribarren, IMDEA Energy, Spain Chair: Antonio Valente, ecoinvent, Switzerland A Methodological Framework for the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC-Seville), C. Inca Garcilaso, 3, 41092 Sevilla, Spain (15 minutes) Toward the harmonisation of the environmental performance of plastic piping systems: the definition of complementary Product Category Rules for above- and below ground applications 1: Ecoinnovazione, Italy; 2: TEPPFA, Belgium (15 minutes) Screening Product Environmental Footprint Analysis Applied to Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Systems 1: ENEA, Italy; 2: IMDEA Energy, Spain; 3: Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain; 4: Hexagon Purus, Germany; 5: Advent, Greece; 6: Engie, France; 7: Ecoinnovazione, Italy; 8: EIFER, Germany; 9: ISINNOVA, Italy (15 minutes) Do infrastructures matter? A spatial and temporal analysis of considering climate change life-cycle impacts of infrastructures. A focus on energy sector. European Commission Joint Research Centre (Short Oral + Poster) On the comparability and reproducibility of PEFCR Technical University Leoben, Austria (6 minutes) Pursuing sustainability in the waters full of rules: an example of practising LCM in the Calanus product value chain in Norway. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway (Short Oral + Poster) Mutual Recognition Agreement to foster LCA harmonization and efficiently drive sustainable production and consumption frameworks 1: Schneider Electric, France; 2: PEP Ecopassport; 3: Nexans; 4: EPD International AB (Short Oral + Poster) Life Cycle Thinking in Research and Policymaking for Sustainable Consumption 1: KTH Royal Institue of Technology, Sweden; 2: Mistra Sustainable Consumption |
Session 2.10: LCSA advancements and implementation in building Part I Chair: Matthias Fischer, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, Germany Chair: Jana Gerta Backes, Meo Carbon Solutions GmbH, Germany From Voluntary Initiatives to Regulation Through Collaboration: Embodied Carbon Progress in Australia and New Zealand thinkstep-anz, New Zealand (15 minutes) A new ecoinvent framework for the construction sector – towards a transparent and granular concrete supply chain ecoinvent, Switzerland (15 minutes) Applying time value of carbon to structural design LCA decision-making 1: School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom; 2: Tata Steel UK Limited, 18 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7HS, United Kingdom; 3: Mott MacDonald Group Limited, 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB, United Kingdom (15 minutes) Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Pyrolysis Based Sustainable Phenolic Compound Production Toulouse Biotechnology Institue, Bio & Chemical Engineering, Toulouse, France (15 minutes) Koti Banal Architecture of the Himalayan State of Uttarakhand (India): A Case of Circularity and Sustainability Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India (15 minutes_S) User-studies on Visualisation and Reporting of Life Cycle Sustainability Performance of Products 1: Deakin University; 2: University of Sydney; 3: Institute of Social Neuroscience |
Session 2.11: Mass Balance Chain of Custody and LCA methodology and practices Chair: Markus Berger, University of Twente, Netherlands, The Chair: Guy Castelan, PlasticsEurope, Belgium Allowing the certification of PCFs for mass balanced products 1: Meo Carbon Solutions GmbH; 2: ISCC System GmbH; 3: DBFZ GmbH (15 minutes) Mass balancing in current verification and critical review practice – Challenges and outlook from an inter-industry view TÜV SÜD Product Service GmbH, Germany (15 minutes) Transformation of the steel industry thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany (15 minutes) Exploration of Chain of Custody and Mass Balance principles and their impact on plastics sustainability Schneider Electric, France (Short Oral + Poster) Electricity and the chain of custody 1: Tomas Ekvall Research, Review & Assessment (TERRA); 2: Electrolux; 3: Chalmers University of Technology; 4: Essity (Short Oral + Poster) Development of PCR Open Standard Guidance for Including Mass Balance Chain of Custody into LCAs and EPDs 1: Eastman, USA; 2: USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, USA (6 minutes) The increasing impact of bio-attributed products in reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions BASF, Germany (6 minutes) Methodology of mass balance model applicable to industrial materials 1: UACJ Corporation, Japan; 2: The University of Tokyo, Japan |
Session 2.12: Policy Coherence: Tools and best practices for an efficient and effective sustainable transition Chair: LAURA GARCIA HERRERO, EC - JRC, Italy Chair: Martina Orefice, Joint Research Centre, Italy Enhancing circularity of e-mobility through life-cycle thinking – the example of the JRC scientific support for the end-of-life vehicles EU policy European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy (15 minutes_S) Enhancing Product Comparability: Frameworks for Meaningful Decision-Making in Life Cycle Management 1: Schneider Electric; 2: ABB (Short Oral + Poster) Assessing supply risks in the bio-economy via a newly developed criticality framework and tool 1: WeLOOP, France; 2: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg; 3: Neovili, France; 4: Contactica, Spain; 5: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden (15 minutes) The Environmental Footprint: science-based life cycle assessment methods for informed policy making 1: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy; 2: European Commission, Directorate General Environment (DG ENV), Brussels, Belgium (Short Oral + Poster) Social Sustainability as Part of the Safe and Sustainable by Design Framework: Towards Safe, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Products 1: Biotechnology and Society Group, Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands; 2: Safety and Security Science Group, Department of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands; 3: Philosophy Group, Department of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands (Short Oral + Poster) Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) for Hotel Accommodation Services 1: Studio Fieschi & soci, Italy; 2: maki consulting, Germany; 3: adelphi consult, Germany; 4: Hotrec AISBL, Belgium (Short Oral + Poster) Decision support tool providing LCA, LCC and Circularity Indicators to drive the transition towards green steel 1: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg; 2: Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (ISQ), Portugal; 3: VDEH-Betriebsforschungsintitut UT GMBH (BFI), Germany (6 minutes) Experiences Applying the (Product) Environmental Footprint (PEF) Method and connection to Existing and Upcoming European Legislation and Policy Ecomatters, Netherlands, The |
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LP2: Lunch & Poster Life Cycle Assessment of Carbon Capture via Dynamic Carbonation of Mineral Waste: Insights from the Mineral LOOP Project 1: University of Liège, Belgium; 2: Carmeuse Europe S.A., Belgium; 3: Tradecowall, Belgium; 4: Lessine Industries, Belgium; 5: Centre Terre et Pierre, Belgium; 6: Revatech, Belgium; 7: University of Montpellier, France LCA-based certification system development for clean hydrogen and CCU technologies/products in South Korea 1: CO2 & Energy Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Korea, Republic of (South Korea); 2: Chemical Process Solution Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Korea, Republic of (South Korea) Integrating Prospective LCA and TEA: Challenges, Proposed Solutions, and Pathways for Sustainable Design and Decision-Making 1: Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR), Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; 2: Economics and Corporate Sustainability Research Group, Warmoesberg 26, 1000 Brussels, Belgium; 3: Flanders Make @KU Leuven, Belgium Combined assessment of GHG emissions and associated costs of hydrogen use in Japan Waseda university, Japan How a Prospective Life Cycle Assessment Affects a Medium Voltage Switchgear ABB ELDS Technology center Optimizing the penetration pathways of upgraded product to minimize carbon emissions The University of Tokyo, Japan Development of 2020 Waste Input-Output Table in Japan as a tool for measuring and assessing circularity performance 1: Waseda University, Japan; 2: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Challenges and Opportunities in S-LCA for Compliance-Driven Innovation Universidad de Burgos, Spain Assessing Social Aspects within the Safe and Sustainable by Design Framework: the ANALYST Project 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 Kyushu University, Japan Social Impacts of Semiconductor’s Global Supply Chains: Hotspot Analyses for the Materials Used by the Manufacturers in Taiwan. 1: Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan; 2: Hierarchical Green-Energy Materials (Hi-GEM) Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan; 3: Academy of Innovative Semiconductor and Sustainable Manufacturing, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan; 4: Department of Biosystem Engineering, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia Unlocking the Social Dimension: Requirements to Assess Social Impacts of Energy Storage Systems 1: Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST; 2: Institute for Particle Technology IPAT, Technische Universität Braunschweig; 3: Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology IWF, Technische Universität Braunschweig Product-specific social life cycle assessment of bus transport from hydrogen production to hydrogen use 1: IMDEA Energy, Spain; 2: Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain Combine or stand-alone: S-LCA and social acceptance for decision making Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany Preliminary S-LCA assessment of ViSS project bioplastic solution Kveloce, Spain Adapting Social Life Cycle Assessment Methodology for Sustainability in Informal Economies Natural Resources Institute Finland, Finland Enhancing Social Life Cycle Assessments: The role of Social Hotspots Database (SHDB) Impact Assessment Approaches. 1: NewEarth B York, Maine; 2: NewEarth B York, Maine and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Water footprint analysis of biofuel value chains Shell International Challenges in upscaling perovskite photovoltaics at low TRL from an LCA perspective 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 Tohoku University, Japan Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of an emerging renewable electricity technology: CATCHER humidity-to-electricity converter 1: Anthesis Group, Spain; 2: Cacatachuva Ltd., Portugal; 3: NRD Lda, Poland Multi-criteria decision support for more sustainable fuel wood supply 1: BOKU University, Austria; 2: FH Technikum, Austria Evaluation of the environmental and economic impacts of a demonstrator facility for the production, storage and reconversion of hydrogen into electricity 1: Fraunhofer IWU, Germany; 2: Institute of Mechatronic Engineering, Technical University Dresden Semi-automated monitoring for scientific data management on energy transition BRGM, France MAGNUM: Revolutionizing Water Footprint Assessment in the Tourist Sector for a Smart Water Management CETAQUA, Water Technology Center, Spain Introduction to Taiwan's Indigenous LCA Database and Software DoITPro Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan The pros and cons of using Artificial Intelligence in LCA: a review of 34 LCA-based tools 1: Rede Empresarial Brasileira de Avaliação de Ciclo de Vida, Brazil; 2: Embrapa Meio Ambiente, Brazil; 3: EnCiclo, Brazil; 4: Oliveira Sustentabilidade, Brazil; 5: Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Campus Sorocaba, Brazil Bridging the gap: Developing a LCA methodology for software at Siemens Siemens AG, Germany Systematic review of the integration of life cycle assessment and blockchain Technical University of Munich, Germany Challenges in Aligning an Emerging Chemical Recycling Process with the Sustainability Requirements of the EU Taxonomy 1: EurA AG, Germany; 2: Merseburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany Accelerating product and service carbon footprint estimations using a data science approach SLB Accelerating Life Cycle Assessment with Generative AI: A Retrieval-Augmented Approach to Enhance Data Access 1: Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, Germany; 2: University of Stuttgart, Germany The Revolution of Sustainability in Industry: The Application of Smart Systems to Decision-Making Based on Life Cycle Assessment 1: Boticario Group, Brazil; 2: Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR), Brazil Preparing DPPs through Internal LCA Tools: How to extend the use of FDES configurators in the frame of the revised CPR 1: WeLOOP, France; 2: Ailoop, France Effective analysis of engagement by financial institutions using LCA 1: Waseda University, Japan; 2: Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation Vanadium vs aqueous organic redox-mediated flow batteries: a comparative LCA study UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS, Spain Materials Scarcity in Prospective LCA for two different battery chemistries 1: SINTEF OCEAN, Norway; 2: DNV, Norway Carbon footprint of Advanced biofuels from Microalgae CO2 conversion ITENE, Spain Sustainable Reed Biomass Utilization Strategies: A Life Cycle Assessment Case Study in Latvia 1: University of Perugia, Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences; 2: Riga Technical University, Institute of Energy Systems and Environment |
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Session 2.13: Dynamic and Prospective LCA Part I Chair: Mutaz Chahrour, Mistuishi Chemical Group, Germany Chair: Friedrich Jasper, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany Combined uncertainty of static AWARE2.0 and climate models: Are climate change signals noticeable in prospective water scarcity footprints? 1: CIRAIG, Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada; 2: Multidisciplinary Water Management group, University of Twente, Netherlands (15 minutes) Integrated methodological framework for prospective LCA (pLCA), Social LCA (S-LCA), and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research (NORSUS) (15 minutes) Dynamic environmental impact analysis of a hydrogen refuelling station's operation University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovenia (15 minutes) A Novel Low-Energy Approach To Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling And The Recovery Of Secondary Aluminium 1: Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Sustainability and Climate Interdisciplinary Center, Via Santa Cecilia 24, Pisa, Italy; 2: Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Institute of Management, SUM (Sustainability Management) Lab, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 24, Pisa, Italy (Short Oral + Poster) EXIOFUTURE in a Circular Economy Framework Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU, Italy (6 minutes) Responsive scenario building for pLCA & dMFA - An integrated approach TNO, Netherlands, The (Short Oral + Poster) Considering Uncertainty in the Socioeconomic Impact Analysis of Plant Resource Utilization Technologies: Methods of Material Flow Analysis and Input-Output Analysis 1: Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry; 2: The University of Tokyo; 3: Fukushima University (Short Oral + Poster) Life Cycle Assessment of prospective French electricity scenarios in 2050 1: Mines Paris, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, France; 2: Paul Scherrer Institute, Suisse (Short Oral + Poster) Challenges for Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of Information and Communication Technology 1: KTH Digital Futures; 2: KTH Climate Action Center; 3: Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden |
Session 2.14: LCA & LCM for Improved Energy Decision-Making Part II Chair: Luka Smajila, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Chair: Ketan Vaidya, ex-Northvolt AB, Sweden Life-cycle assessment of thermal energy storage in buildings KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden (15 minutes) Who will benefit from second-life batteries? Life Cycle Assessment of Battery Energy Storage Systems 1: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute; 2: Volvo Energy (15 minutes) Multi-criteria assessment of hydrogen delivery options: including accident impacts into LCA JRC, Netherlands, The (15 minutes) Comparative analysis of energy storage technologies to compare batteries, hydrogen storage, and thermal energy storage through energy flow simulations The University of Tokyo, Japan (Short Oral + Poster) Bringing wind energy models up to speed: Updated life cycle inventory data for on- and offshore wind energy generation Institute of Natural Resource Sciences, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland (Short Oral + Poster) Power-to-X or storage of CO2 after capture from a waste-to-energy system? NORSUS - Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research, Norway (Short Oral + Poster) How should lifecycle design and technological research be integrated? ; Case study on thermal energy storage The University of Tokyo, Japan (Short Oral + Poster) The water consumption in northern Chilean photovoltaic power: a first approach Department of Process and Bioproducts, University of Bio-Bio, Concepcion, Chile (6 minutes) Environmental Sustainability of Solar Energy Systems:Comparison of eco-designed solutions of Silicon Heterojunction Technology Solar Panels 1: Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 2: Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Liten, Campus Ines, Le Bourget du Lac, France; 3: CSEM, Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
Session 2.15: Using LCSA for Industry Decision-Making Part I Chair: Nils Jäger, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany Chair: Julian Suer, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany Mapping the uncertain risks and impacts of substances of concern in product lifecycles – a circular design tool for product developers Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Department of Sustainable Design Engineering, Landbergstraat 15, 2628 CE Delft, the Netherlands (15 minutes) Leveraging Circularity to Mitigate GHG Emissions: Measurement Options and Incentive Mechanisms 1: BASF, Germany; 2: Siemens, Germany (15 minutes) Sustainability reporting and compliance within the EU: opportunities and challenges of LCA assessments in the copper, nickel, zinc and precious metals industry 1: ARCHE Consulting; 2: International Zinc Association; 3: Nickel Institute; 4: International Copper Association; 5: European Precious Metals Federation (EPMF) (15 minutes) Providing a Science-Based and Harmonized Environmental Scoring Scheme for Cosmetics: The EcoBeautyScore 1: EcoBeautyScore Association, https://www.ecobeautyscore.com/; 2: Quantis, 15 rue de Cléry, 75002 Paris France; 3: L'Oréal Recherche & Innovation, 9 rue Pierre Dreyfus, 93400 Clichy France; 4: Kao USA inc., Cincinnati, OH, USA; 5: Natura Cosméticos SA Rod Anhanguera km 30.5 SN, Cajamar SP, Brazil; 6: LVMH Recherche Parfums & Cosmétiques, 185 avenue de Verdun, 45804 Saint Jean de Braye, France; 7: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA., Henkelstraße 67, Düsseldorf, Germany; 8: Beiersdorf AG, Beiersdorf Straße 1-9, Hamburg, Germany; 9: Kenvue, 199 Grandview Road, Skillman, New Jersey, USA (15 minutes) Integrating Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) for Sustainable Waste Management in Humanitarian Operations: Insights from the Bio4HUMAN Project 1: WeLOOP, France; 2: ITENE, Spain; 3: Universidad de Cantabria, Spain (15 minutes) Environmental and operational optimization of Central Sterile Supply Departments in hospitals 1: University of Augsburg, Germany; 2: Technical University of Denmark |
Session 2.16: Boosting LCM with AI, Machine Learning & Data Science Tools Chair: Antonino Marvuglia, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg Chair: Peter Rudolf Hans Saling, BASF SE, Germany Integrating Large Language Models into the In-Silico environmental assessment of new chemicals and materials for SSbD Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg (15 minutes) Automated LCI Data Generation for Fine Chemicals via Retrosynthesis Carbon Minds GmbH, Germany (15 minutes_S) From SMILES to Sustainability: Predicting the Full Life Cycle Inventory of Chemicals with Machine Learning 1: Energy & Process Systems Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland; 2: cological Systems Design, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland (15 minutes) Using Large Language Models to Predict Manufacturing Processes for Mechanically Engineered Products and Fill Data Gaps in Prospective LCA 1: Corporate Sector Research and Advance Engineering, Robert Bosch GmbH, Robert-Bosch-Campus 1, Renningen, 71272, Germany; 2: Ecological Resource Technology, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Data lakes for CCF and PCF assessments – Automated approach for organizations iPoint systems gmbh, Germany (6 minutes) Harnessing AI for EPD Business Intelligence: Transforming Data into Actionable Insights at Holcim Holcim Innovation Center, France (6 minutes) Leveraging Semantic Technologies for Knowledge Modeling in Life Cycle Management 1: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg; 2: Institute of Environmental Sciences, at Leiden University (Short Oral + Poster) Development of a Smart Digital System for Carbon Management at Macau University of Science and Technology Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau S.A.R. (China) (Short Oral + Poster) Key Developments to Unlock the Full Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Life Cycle Assessment Empa, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland |
Session 2.17: Engineering Composites with LCA-Oriented Methods Chair: Tobias Viere, Pforzheim University, Germany Chair: Davide Bonaffini, Hitachi Rail, Italy Flying with liquid hydrogen: An assessment of CFRP fuel tank manufacturing in the aviation industry and its challenges 1: DLR German Aerospace Center, Institute of Lightweight Systems (SY), Germany; 2: DLR German Aerospace Center, Institute of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MO), Germany (15 minutes) Life cycle assessment of curent and novel insulation materials for hydrogen tank in aircrafts Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering, NTNU Gjøvik, Norway (15 minutes) Sustainability assessment for new oil-water repellent biobased coatings applied to food and textile sectors AIMEN, Spain (15 minutes) Assessing the environmental impacts of additive manufacturing with biocomposites at ambient conditions 1: Lukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals, Poland; 2: TU Delft Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering; 3: Junai Foundation (Short Oral + Poster) Environmental impacts of partially recycling carbon fibre reinforced high-performance thermoplastics for aerospace composite structures and uncertainty from modelling choices 1: DLR German Aerospace Center, Germany; 2: SPIRAL Recycled Thermoplastic Composites, Netherlands (Short Oral + Poster) A comparison of Global Sensitivity Analysis frameworks in the Ecodesign of a carbon fibre bogie frame. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Division of Material and Structural Mechanics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Teknikringen 8, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden (6 minutes) Carbon Fibers Environmental Impacts: Between Recycling and primary production technologies 1: Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, UMR 5255, Groupe Analyse du Cycle de Vie et Chimie Durable (CyVi), 351 Cours de la Libération, F-33405 Talence, Cédex, France; 2: Laval University, Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, 2425 De La Terrasse Street, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; 3: Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, INRAE, I2M Bordeaux, F-33400 Talence, France (Short Oral + Poster) Ex-ante Life Cycle Assessment of the Coproduction of Two Key Intermediate Aromatic Chemicals from Woodchips 1: Utrecht University, Netherlands, The; 2: Avantium Chemicals BV, Netherlands, The |
Session 2.18: Biogenic Carbon: Challenges of Modelling & Accounting in LCA Chair: Martin Baitz, Sphera Solutions GmbH, Germany Chair: Mateo Saavedra del Oso, Stora Enso, Finland Biogenic carbon in background databases: balancing and allocation ecoinvent, Switzerland (15 minutes_S) Bridging Standards: Harmonising Sustainability Assessment methods for Biobased Products in Construction Universität Stuttgart, IABP, Germany (15 minutes) Returning Biogas from different feedstocks into fuels (reTURN): Carbon Footprint Modelling of Power-and-Bio-to-Liquid Fuel Tracking Biogenic Carbon 1: Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany; 2: Caphenia GmbH, Germanya (15 minutes) Unraveling the Climate Neutrality of Woody Biopolymers: a Lifecycle Scenario Analysis Empa—Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (15 minutes) Cradle-to-Gate Life Cycle Assessment for Advanced Biofuel Production in FLEXBY GreenDelta GmbH, Germany (15 minutes) Decarbonising Construction: The role of Biogenic Carbon Heriot watt University, Edinburgh, UK. |
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Session 2.19: Evaluations of Circular and Low Carbon Plastic Value Chains towards sustainability Part II Chair: Christian Krüger, BASF, Germany Chair: Tomas Ekvall, Tomas Ekvall Research, Review & Assessment (TERRA), Sweden Life Cycle Assessment of PVC Recycling: Expanding Recyclable Fractions through the CIRC-PVC Project University of Liège, Belgium (15 minutes) Defining and addressing the allocation problem at recycling Tomas Ekvall Research, Review & Assessment (TERRA), Sweden (15 minutes) Designing novel bioplastics and their supply chains within planetary boundaries 1: Industrial Energy Systems Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Valais-Wallis, Sion, Switzerland.; 2: Laboratory of Sustainable and Catalytic Processing, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.; 3: CIRAIG, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.; 4: Institute of Sustainable Energy, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western (HES-SO), Sion, Switzerland. (15 minutes) Plastic footprint: definition and operationalization 1: Technical University of Munich (TUM), TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability, Chair for Circular Economy and Sustainability Assessment, Am Essigberg 3, 94315 Straubing, Germany; 2: CIRAIG, Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, 3333 Queen Mary Road, suite 310, H3V 1A2 Montréal, Québec, Canada; 3: Earth Action (EA), Chemin des vignes d’argent 7, 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland (Short Oral + Poster) Advancing Sustainable Food Packaging: Life Cycle Assessment of PHBV Bioplastics in the ViSS Project Using the SSbD Framework VTT, Finland (6 minutes) Characterizing circularity, climate and energy benefit of plastic recycling options using carbon flow and circular diagrams Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan (Short Oral + Poster) Assessment of sustainability benefits using comparative LCA of recycled PET and virgin PET with a case study of fibers. Indorama Ventures PCL (Short Oral + Poster) Life Cycle Assessment of a toy demonstrator, manufactured by recycled plastic toy waste 1: IRES, Belgium; 2: AIJU, Spain (Short Oral + Poster) Advancing Plastics Disaggregation in Multi-Regional Input-Output Databases 1: 2-0 LCA consultants, Denmark; 2: Aalborg University, Denmark |
Session 2.20: Life Cycle Based Tools and Data Science Interactions Part II Chair: Monia Niero, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy Chair: Alessandro Manzardo, University of Padova, Italy Integrating LCA in the design process. A BIM based tool to quantify the environmental footprint of railway infrastructure projects 1: Ecoinnovazione, Italy; 2: University of Salento (15 minutes) Estimating Parameters for Environmental Impact Assessment : Leveraging Large Language Models 1: The University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: Mercari, Inc., Japan (15 minutes) 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 1: Empa, Switzerland; 2: HES-SO Valais-Wallis, Switzerland (15 minutes) AI-Driven Wastewater Treatment LCA Dataset: High Precision, Dynamic Updates, and Regional Applicability Study Shanghai E-Carbon Digital Technology Co., Ltd, China, People's Republic of (Short Oral + Poster) Unlocking regionalization in ecoinvent: harnessing trade data for accurate life cycle assessments CIRAIG, Canada (Short Oral + Poster) Challenges and benefits of EPD automation – a review 1: ABB, Italy; 2: ABB, Switzerland (Short Oral + Poster) Life Cycle Footprinting Tool for the Pharma Sector Environmental Resources Management Ltd ('ERM'), United Kingdom (6 minutes) A Web-Based Tool for Visualizing and Navigating the Complex Landscape of Life Cycle Assessment Standards and Regulations 1: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany; 2: Technische Universität Berlin; 3: Digital Industries Siemens AG; 4: Siemens AG (Short Oral + Poster) The use of novel plant modelling approach to support LCA tool development for sustainable chemicals production 1: Sphera Solutions GmbH, Germany; 2: Moeve Chemicals, Spain |
Session 2.21: Digital Product Passport: Information Access for Sustainable Consumption Chair: Lucyna Lekawska-Andrinopoulou, Institute for Communication and Computer Systems, Greece Chair: Kostas Chatziioanou, ICCS, Greece Dynamic Digital Product Passports: Advancing Circularity and Sustainable Innovation in the Steel Industry Supply Chain. Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, Greece (15 minutes_S) A manufacturers experience: EPD as "PDF anno 2018" to EPD as "DPP anno 2025" Pipelife Norway, Norway (15 minutes) Promoting Environmental transparency to answer regulators and customers data needs Schneider Electric (15 minutes) Potential and challenges of Digital Product Passport in hydrogen supply chain Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), Greece (6 minutes) Product passport for traceability and environmental responsibility: a pilot experiment in the WEEE sector ecosystem, France (Short Oral + Poster) Standardisation as enabler of digitalisation 1: Norwegian Institute of Sustainability Research, Norway; 2: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain; 3: Cobuilder International (Short Oral + Poster) A Unified Approach to Life Cycle and Circularity Assessments: Framework Development for Circular Transition Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway (Short Oral + Poster) Measuring DPP Impacts - assessing methods to evaluate the direct and indirect effects of DPPs on sustainability and circularity 1: Fraunhofer IZM, Germany; 2: CEA, France; 3: e-Circular ApS, Denmark (Short Oral + Poster) Systematic Literature Review and Conceptual Framework for Digital Material Passports to enable Circular Economy 1: Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology IPK, Pascalstraße 8-9, 10587 Berlin, Germany; 2: Advanced-Materials-Concepts GmbH, Alramstr. 29, D-81371 Münchenm Germany; 3: ELG GmbH, Kremerskamp 16, D-47138 Duisburg, Germany |
Session 2.22: LCA & Natural Capital: Driving Nature-Positive Outcomes Chair: Alexandra Evans, Vito, Belgium Chair: Sun-Hea Hong, University of Stuttgart, Germany Streamlining Life Cycle Assessment and Natural Capital Accounting: Identifying Synergies and Challenges for Enhanced Sustainability Evaluation 1: Fraunhofer IBP, Germany; 2: VITO; 3: University of Stuttgart; 4: IDEEA Group; 5: Tecnalia (15 minutes_S) Midpoint characterization model for water consumption impacts on aquatic ecosystem: RESCUE model 1: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan; 2: University of Twente; 3: CIRAIG; 4: INRAE; 5: ETH Zurich; 6: NTNU; 7: Technische Universitaet Berlin (15 minutes) From LCA to Environmental Value Creation – The GUH Standard as a Tool for Natural Capital Management & Value Chain Empowerment Gemeinsam umweltneutral handeln e.V., Germany (Short Oral + Poster) NCA, LCA and spatial data – developing a harmonized data structure for corporate reporting on nature 1: VITO; 2: UNEP-WCMC; 3: IDEEA Group; 4: Fraunhofer IBP (Short Oral + Poster) Integrating biodiversity and ecosystem service footprints into LCA: leveraging insights from natural capital accounting 1: University of Stuttgart IABP, Germany; 2: Technalia Research and Innovation, Spain; 3: Fraunhofer IBP, Germany (6 minutes) Science and Finance: Evaluating Biodiversity Metrics for Financing in Europe 1: PRe Sustainability, Netherlands, The; 2: BNP Paribas, Paris, France (Short Oral + Poster) Assessing the Spaciotemporal Degradation of Cameroon’s Mangroves: Drivers, Consequences and Mitigation: Case of Bekumou, Bakassi Peninsular for Test of Methodology University of Buea, Cameroon |
Session 2.23: Filling the Gaps in Life Cycle Assessments of Upstream Materials for the Sustainable Deployment of Battery Ecosystems Chair: Sophia Roy, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada Chair: Luka Smajila, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden A framework for prospective life cycle assessment of upstream material supply chains 1: Polytechnique Montréal, Canada; 2: Northvolt AB, Sweden (15 minutes) 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 1: Ghent University, Belgium; 2: Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC; 3: Hutchinson SA Research & Innovation Center; 4: ImpulsTec (15 minutes) Using LCA in technology development – the case of structural battery cell technology 1: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden - Division of Environmental Systems Analysis; 2: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden - Division of Material and Computational Mechanics; 3: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden - Division of Material and Computational Mechanics; 4: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden - Division of Material and Computational Mechanics; 5: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden - Division of Material and Computational Mechanics; 6: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden -Division of Environmental Systems Analysis (15 minutes) Life Cycle Assessment of a battery Container Storage System based on Sodium-ion and Lithium-ion Batteries 1: ITAS, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany; 2: HIU, Helmholtz-Institute for Electrochemical Energy Storage, KIT, Ulm, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Filling the gaps by the development of a life cycle inventory database for electromobility battery recycling processes and recycled materials WeLOOP, France (Short Oral + Poster) Enhancing battery LCA data: addressing critical gaps and enabling consistent analyses ecoinvent, Switzerland (6 minutes) Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging Battery Technologies and Recycling Pathways EurA AG, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Life Cycle Assessment of Li-ion Batteries (LIBs) for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs): From Production through Usage to Recycling Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea (6 minutes) Integrated Framework for Electric Vehicle Battery Sustainability: Combining Life Cycle Assessment and Circular Economy FUNDACIO INSTITUT RECERCA ENERGIA CATALUNYA (IREC), Spain |
Session 2.24: LCSA for decision making in energy systems Chair: Maurizio Cellura, Università di Palermo, Italy Chair: Olubukola Olumuyiwa Tokede, Deakin University, Australia, Australia Biomethane Splitting: Unveiling the Regulatory Barriers to Biohydrogen and Carbon Removal Potential 1: Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, Spain; 2: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (15 minutes) Advancing Sustainable Aviation Fuel: The Process of Including Non-Standard Coconut in ICAO’s Positive List 1: PT. Life Cycle Indonesia, Indonesia; 2: Indonesia-Japan Business Network (IJB-Net), Jakarta, Indonesia (15 minutes) Thermochemical methanation of biogas: a sustainability assessment 1: ENEA, Italy; 2: Politecnico di Torino, Italy (15 minutes) Integrating Energy Systems Modelling and Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: A framework for greener, fair and balanced energy transitions 1: Chemical and Environmental Engineering Group. ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. c/Tulipán s/n 28933 Móstoles, Spain; 2: Systems Analysis Unit, IMDEA Energy, Av. Ramón de la Sagra, 3, 28935, Móstoles, Spain; 3: Electrical Systems Unit, IMDEA Energy, Av. Ramón de la Sagra, 3, 28935, Móstoles, Spain (15 minutes) Integrating Predictive Models into Prospective LCAs of Biochar Application to Soil 1: Technology Assessment group, Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis (LEA), PSI Centres for Nuclear Engineering and Sciences & Energy and Environmental Sciences, Villigen, Switzerland; 2: Ecological System Design, Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 3: Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Agronomy Hall, Ames, IA, USA |
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6:00pm - 7:00pm |
Side Event 10: Sustainable circular economy for batteries in Europe Location: Room 12 Organized by HIQ-LCA |
Side Event 8: Clean Leap: verifying sustainable business practices Location: Room 1 Organized by CONFESS |
Side Event 9: LCA Automation in the Chemical Industry: Challenges, Learnings, and outlook from the implementation of a new Sphera IT solution at SABIC Location: Room 11 Organized by Sphera |
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Keynote 10: Federico Brugnoli, CEO and Founder of SPIN360 “Life Cycle Assessment metrics and their role in reducing the impact of collaborative agro-industrial ecosystems” |
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Session 3.01: Regional Sustainability via Life Cycle Instruments Part II Chair: Takunda Yeukai Chitaka, University of Bordeaux, France Chair: Pia Wiche, EcoEd, Chile Territorial Life Cycle Assessment of the Battery Sector in the Hauts-de-France Region: Revisiting Predictions with 2024 Updates 1: WeLOOP, France; 2: HEXA CONSEIL, France; 3: Ailoop, France (15 minutes) Building Competency for Sustainable Industry: The Development of Indonesia’s National LCA Practitioner Standard 1: Life Cycle Indonesia; 2: Indonesian Association of LCA and Sustainability Professionals (Pro-LCAS); 3: Center for Human Resource Development Planning, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia; 4: Center for Research of Human Resources and Environment, School of Environmental Science, Universitas Indonesia (15 minutes) Territorial life cycle thinking for sustainable urban development: Application and learnings from an urban food system in Flanders (Belgium) 1: KU Leuven, Belgium; 2: ITAP, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, France (15 minutes) Extended Life Cycle Assessment Ecosystem Services Method for Urban Green Infrastructure University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States of America (15 minutes) Plastic waste upcycling to mitigate environmental impacts in a developing country context 1: Trashy Bags Africa, United Kingdom; 2: RWTH Aachen University (6 minutes) Circular systems for a sustainable region – Pioneering stronger collaboration Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway (Short Oral + Poster) FRESHWATER AND MARINE EUTROPHICATION IN TOBACCO CULTIVATION IN BRAZIL: A CASE STUDY 1: Embrapa, Brazil; 2: Bristish American Tobacco, Cachoeirinha, RS, Brazil; 3: Edmundo Gastal Agricultural Research and Development Support Foundation, Pelotas, RS, Brazil |
Session 3.02: LCT based Tool for Sustainability in Industry Chair: Stephan Krinke, Fraunhofer IST, Germany Chair: Juan Felipe Cerdas Marin, Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany Advancements in LCA-based biodiversity footprinting for use in CSRD/ESRS E4 PRe Sustainability, Netherlands, The (15 minutes_S) Sustainable Innovation or Merely Reporting? State of the Art of Assessing Carbon Emissions from Organizational Procurement 1: Institute of Molecular Sciences, University of Bordeaux; 2: Research Institute for the Management of Organizations, University of Bordeaux; 3: Resource Lab, University of Augsburg, Germany; 4: Chair of Production & Supply Chain Management, University of Augsburg (15 minutes) Environmental and Economic Evaluation of Low-TRL Technologies for Soil and Water Bioremediation Blue Synergy, Spain (15 minutes) Increasing SMEs' Accessibility to ISO-Compliant Reporting: The Role of Automation and Standardisation in Lowering Costs Lifecycles, Australia (6 minutes) How Schneider Electric +20 years of operational experience in Life Cycle Management is helping to address the mandatory reporting tsumani Schneider Electric, France (6 minutes) Exploring the Application of Life Cycle Costing in Chemical Processes: A Comparison with Techno-Economic Analysis 1: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Korea, Republic of (South Korea); 2: Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of (South Korea) (Short Oral + Poster) Attitudes towards EU taxonomy among sea-related industries' stakeholders SINTEF OCEAN, Norway |
Session 3.03: Nutritional LCA for Sustainable Agri-Food Management Part II Chair: Gianluca De Nardi, EcorNaturaSì Spa, Italy Chair: Silvia Zingale, Agroscope, Switzerland Environmental sustainability of aquafeed formulations enriched with Black Soldier Fly oil 1: University of Aveiro/CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Portugal; 2: SORGAL - Sociedade de Óleos e Rações, S.A., Portugal (15 minutes) Incorporating nutritional constraints in evaluating environmental consequences of new ingredients transformed from residual biomass in future feed and livestock systems 1: Toulouse Biotechnology Institute (TBI), INSA, INRAE UMR792 and CNRS UMR5504, Federal University of Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse, France; 2: PEGASE, INRAE, Institut Agro, 35590 Saint-Gilles, France; 3: Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-industrielle, INRAE, INPT, Université de Toulouse, 4 Allé Emile Monso, CS 44362, 31030 Toulouse, France (15 minutes) Environmental assessment of avocado (Persea americana) production in different biomes throughout Peru Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru (15 minutes) Eight Building Blocks for Reliable and Widespread Carbon Footprints in Agri-Food Supply Chains 1: OECD, France; 2: Australian National University; 3: European University Institute (Short Oral + Poster) Life Cycle Assessment of organic dry cocoa beans in Peru 1: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru; 2: Universidad de León, Spain; 3: Machu Picchu Foods, Peru; 4: Riverside Natural Foods Ltd, Canada (6 minutes) Integrated Health and Environmental Assessment of Japanese Dietary Menus 1: Waseda university, Japan; 2: Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Institute of Food Sciences and Technologies; 3: Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Research and Business Planning Dept. (15 minutes) Integration of environmental and nutritional aspects into Life Cycle Assessment: a proposal for durum wheat pasta 1: Agroscope, Research Group Life Cycle Assessment, Zurich, Switzerland; 2: Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy; 3: Department for Sustainable Food Process, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy; 4: EcorNaturaSì S.p.a., San Vendemiano, Italy; 5: PhD in Agro-Food System, Faculty of Economics and Law, Department of Economic and Social Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy; 6: RES.m HUB, Research Centre in Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainability, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy; 7: Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; 8: Department of Economics, Management and Business Law, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy |
Session 3.04: Handprints as a method to accelerate the sustainable Transition Chair: Gregory A. Norris, MIT, United States of America Chair: Sonia Valdivia, WRFA, Switzerland Assessing Scope 1, 2, 3 and 4 Biodiversity and Climate Change Impacts of Investments 1: ETH Zurich, Switzerland; 2: Pictet Asset Management, Switzerland (15 minutes) Balancing Footprint and Handprint in the Coatings Industry Hempel (15 minutes) Driving Sustainability- The Role of LCA in Carbon Reduction: The case of AMG lithium in electric vehicles application 1: ERM; 2: AMG (15 minutes) Enhancing Urban Climate Strategies through Handprint Actions: A Focus on the Transportation Sector 1: LUT University, Finland; 2: The City of Lappeenranta, Fnland (6 minutes) Exploring Handprint Potential: A Forward-Looking Measure for Positive Climate Impact LUT University, Finland (Short Oral + Poster) How to showcase environmental impact mitigation through innovation? An application of the environmental handprint approach to wastewater treatment technologies 1: VTT; 2: APCL (Short Oral + Poster) Leveraging Handprints to Accelerate Adoption of Sustainability Principles in Engineering Education and Quantify their Positive Contributions 1: University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States of America; 2: Virginia Tech, United States of America; 3: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; 4: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America (6 minutes) Integrating Beyond Value Chain Mitigation into the Core of Corporate Climate Action LUT university, Finland |
Session 3.05: LCSA Insights: Actionable Solutions for Global Challenges Chair: Jana Gerta Backes, Meo Carbon Solutions GmbH, Germany Chair: Alessandra Zamagni, Ecoinnovazione, Italy LCSA for identifying material sustainability topics and risks in value chains 1: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland; 2: Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Spain (15 minutes) Holistic and Integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (HILCSA): Background, Results from Case Studies and Future Developments Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany (15 minutes) Metal in Motion: Reviewing Predictive Models for Metal Demand in the Energy and Digitalisation Transition Ghent University, Belgium (15 minutes) An ex-ante Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of a lithium recovery process from exhausted batteries 1: University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy; 2: Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds ICCOM-CNR, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy (15 minutes) Comprehensive Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Lithium-Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles: Integrating Environmental, Economic, and Social Dimensions Politecnico di Torino, Italy (15 minutes) Advancing Sustainable Cultural Heritage Preservation through Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: Insights from the MOXY Project 1: WeLOOP, France; 2: University of Antwerp, Belgium; 3: University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 4: University of Pisa, Italy; 5: Moderna Museet, Sweden; 6: ICOMOS Lietuva, Lithuania; 7: TU Eindhoven, the Netherlands; 8: Ghent University, Belgium |
Session 3.06: LCM for an enhanced circularity in steel and other metals Chair: Luiz Kulay, University of São Paulo, Brazil Chair: Diego C Magalhaes, ArcelorMittal, Brazil Recalibrating the European Aluminium and Steel sector towards a Circular Economy Transition 1: Joint Research Centre - European Commission, Spain; 2: Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, Netherlands; 3: Fraunhofer ISI, Karlsruhe, Germany (15 minutes_S) Environmental impact assessment of the laser micro-cladding manufacturing process for the energy sector AIMEN, Spain (15 minutes) Life Cycle Allocation Strategies for Recycling Zinc from Galvanized Steel: Advancing Circularity in the Multi-Metal Industry International Zinc Association, Germany (15 minutes) Impact of adding granulated blast furnace slag on the carbon footprint of Portland cement: a study conducted in Brazil. 1: UFES, Brazil; 2: USP, Brazil (6 minutes) Carbon emissions reduction through open loop recycling of KR slag in road construction 1: ArcelorMittal, Global R&D; 2: UFES, Brazil; 3: ArcelorMittal Tubarão, Brazil (Short Oral + Poster) Aligning Decarbonization Strategies of Automotive Steel Structures with Absolute Sustainability Goals 1: Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology (IWF), Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany; 2: Open Hybrid LabFactory e.V., Herrmann-Münch-Straße 2, 38440 Wolfsburg, Germany; 3: Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST), Riedenkamp 2, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany (6 minutes_S) Life Cycle Assessment of Fluff Residue Gasification as a Substitute for Natural Gas 1: ArcelorMittal, Brazil; 2: Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais State; 3: ArcelorMittal Maizieres Research SA, Maizières-lès-Metz, France (6 minutes) Laser texturing for complex multifunctional metallic surfaces: LCA and sustainable-by-design decision making in the SYNTECS project 1: 3Drivers, Av. Conde Valbom 6, 1050-068, Lisbon, Portugal; 2: ITI/LARSyS, IST, University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais n.1, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal (Short Oral + Poster) Nexans - Life cycle management for reuse/recycling of metals Nexans, France |
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Session 3.07: Downscaling SDGs & Planetary Boundaries for Products & Organizations Chair: Andreas Barth, Wood K Plus Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH, Austria Chair: Massimo Collotta, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Germany Downscaling the Doughnut: A Sufficiency-Based Approach for Sectoral Allocation within Planetary Boundaries 1: Empa, Technology & Society Laboratory, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland; 2: ETH Zürich, Chair of Ecological Systems Design, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland (15 minutes_S) Downscaling national forest biodiversity indicators for sustainability reporting in forest-based industries 1: Wood K Plus Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH, Austria; 2: University of Graz, Austria; 3: Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft, Austria (15 minutes) Science-based Targets and Strategic Pathways for a Sustainable Battery Industry Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology (IWF), Chair of Sustainable Manufacturing and Life Cycle Engineering, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany (15 minutes) Calculating corporate carbon budgets based on human needs fulfilled by end-products 1: Centre for Absolute Sustainability, Technical University of Denmark; 2: Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark; 3: Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology, Technical University of Braunschweig (15 minutes) Integrating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment using Conjoint Analysis: Case Studies of ICEVs, HEVs, and BEVs 1: Waseda university, Japan; 2: Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan; 3: Kyushu University, Japan; 4: Kyoto University, Japan (15 minutes) A critical analysis of carbon neutrality pathways and their sharing principles in the building sector 1: United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES), 01067 Dresden, Germany; 2: Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), 01069 Dresden |
Session 3.08: Data Creation & Exchange Tools: Transparency First Chair: Stephan Pfister, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Chair: Emilia Moreno Ruiz, ecoinvent, Switzerland Methodological Updates for Fuels, Pesticides, Fertilizers and Biogenic Carbon in the Agricultural Sector in the Ecoinvent Database Ecoinvent, Switzerland (15 minutes) New modelling approaches for waste treatment datasets in the ecoinvent database ecoinvent Association, Switzerland (15 minutes) State of the Art Review: Investigation of various modelling strategies for chemicals in the field of synthetic resins German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany (15 minutes) Harmonization of Global Automotive Material Information for Environmental Evaluation Honda R&D Co.,Ltd., Japan (Short Oral + Poster) BONSAI: an Open-Source Platform for Product Footprinting 1: 2-0 LCA Consultants, Denmark; 2: CML, University of Leiden, The Netherlands; 3: Aalborg University, Denmark (Short Oral + Poster) BlueOn: a digital Marketplace pioneering transparent LCA data exchange for sustainable procurement Eiffage, France (Short Oral + Poster) Emerging Technologies in European Research: Evaluating Data Collection Strategies for Life Cycle Assessments – A Case Study After 1.5 Years of the MULTIMOLD Project 1: Fraunhofer IZM, Germany; 2: Umweltbundesamt, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Advancing Life Cycle Assessment Through the Environmental Footprint (EF) Database 1: PRé sustainability, Netherlands, The; 2: Carbon Minds; 3: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); 4: Merieux NutriSciences / Blonk; 5: TCO2 (Short Oral + Poster) Data Collection and Management for LCA in Agriculture: Case Studies from Polish Cereal and Dairy Farms Silesian University of Technology, Poland |
Session 3.09: Ecotox/Toxicity Metrics for Portfolio Assessment in Chemicals Chair: Tomas Vilhelm Rydberg, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden Chair: Peter Rudolf Hans Saling, BASF SE, Germany Navigating Sustainability in Life Science: A Holistic, Data-Driven Approach to Portfolio Management Merck Life Science KGaA, Germany (15 minutes) Toxicity assessment in industrial chemicals management: A Safe and Sustainable-by-Design Case Study on Electronic Components and Electric Vehicle Parts containing Phosphinate Flame Retardants 1: Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT, Germany; 2: Clariant P&C GmbH Hürth, Business Unit Additives, Germany; 3: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Gothenburg, Sweden; 4: Envalior Corp., Sustainability Department, Geleen, Netherlands (15 minutes) Integration of Risk Assessment and Life Cycle Assessment in the Context of Safe and Sustainable by Design Era 1: Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Scientific Campus, via Torino 155, 30172 Mestre, VE, Italy; 2: IVL, Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden; 3: Bologna University, Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, Viale del Risorgimento 2, 40136, Bologna, BO, Italy; 4: Research Institutes of Sweden, SE-431 53, Mölndal, Sweden; 5: GreenDecision s.r.l., Cannaregio 5904, 30121, Venice, VE, Italy (15 minutes) Job creation and occupational human toxicity in LCSA of recycled PVC for the construction sector 1: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg; 2: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden (15 minutes) Addressing Eco-toxicity impacts in LCA approaches with the new ProScale E approach for chemicals 1: BASF SE, Germany; 2: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (15 minutes) A Safe and Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) Approach Rooted in Multiobjective Optimization: Case Study on Bioplastics and Fossil Plastics Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology, Technology and Society Laboratory, Ler-chenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland |
Session 3.10: LCSA advancements and implementation in building Part II Chair: Matthias Fischer, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, Germany Chair: Pamela Maria Haverkamp, INaB - RWTH Aachen, Germany Integrating Construction KPI Data with Life Cycle Assessment: A Case Study of the UCL New Student Centre 1: UCL, United Kingdom; 2: Mace Group Ltd., United Kingdom (15 minutes) Assessing GHG Emissions in the EPC Contractor field: Challenges and Contributions JGC Global, Japan (15 minutes) Distribution of life cycle impacts for housing in Denmark Technical University of Denmark (DTU), DTU sustain. Bygningstorvet 115, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark (15 minutes) A Comprehensive Guidance Tool for Sustainable and Circular Construction Waste Management 1: Technological Institute of Ceramics, Spain; 2: I-Catalist, S.L.; 3: Czech Technical University in Prague; 4: Future Needs Management Consulting Ltd; 5: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; 6: University of Saldford (6 minutes) Towards Sustainability in the EU Construction Industry: Addressing Barriers in Concrete Waste Recycling NORSUS, Norway (6 minutes) Benchmarking Emissions during Construction: A Prospective LCSA Approach Aalborg University, Denmark (Short Oral + Poster) Integrating Circular Economy and LCSA in Urban Nature-Based Solutions 1: NORSUS, Norway; 2: Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Short Oral + Poster) Integrating Indigenous and innovative Building Culture into a Prospective Life Cycle Assessment Methodology 1: TU Graz, Austria; 2: Hochschule Ruhr West, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Analysis of Database Knowledge Gaps in LCA Tools: A Comparative Study of tallyLCA and OneClickLCA in Life-Cycle Stages C and D 1: University of Waterloo; 2: National Research Council Canada |
Session 3.11: LCM in Rail, Aviation and other transport systems Chair: Davide Bonaffini, Hitachi Rail, Italy Chair: Ladji Tikana, International Copper Association, Germany A full sector aiming for integration of LCA results into daily-life design and strategy decisions: Developing a LCA – eco-design tool for the European aerospace sector 1: Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland; 2: EPFL (15 minutes) Can hybrid-electric aviation clear the sky for sustainable air travel? 1: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; 2: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, VTI (15 minutes) Life Cycle Assessment of Aircraft Dismantling: A Path to Sustainable Aviation Practices? Materia Nova, Belgium (15 minutes) Advancing Circular Manufacturing for Sustainable Rail Traction Components - An integrated LCA and Circularity Tool." 1: Eurotube Foundation; 2: Ostschweizer Fachhochschule; 3: Alstom Transport (Short Oral + Poster) Fuel Production and Transport Chain for Aviation – an Environmental and Economic Comparison of LH2, SAF and Fossil Kerosene German Aerospace Center, Institute of Networked Energy Systems, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Environmental Impacts of Shipping Energy Transition: Insights from an Integrated Energy System and Life Cycle Assessment Model. 1: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; 2: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute (Short Oral + Poster) Decarbonizing Maritime Shipping Through Multi-Fuel Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Pathways: Synergies and Trade-offs Between Environmental and Social Sustainability Metrics Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland (Short Oral + Poster) Integrating BIM and LCA for sustainable high-Speed rail infrastructure: A framework for early design stage environmental assessment 1: Laboratoire Navier, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Univ. Gustave Eiffel, CNRS, Marne-la-Vallée, France; 2: Antea Group, France; 3: IREX, Paris, France (6 minutes) Environmental Impacts of Global Rail and Road Freight Transport Under Prospective Scenarios 1: Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands; 2: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Transport and Planning, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands; 3: Technology Assessment Group, Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland |
Session 3.12: Tackling climate risks and nature dependencies for a healthy future Chair: Gian Andrea Blengini, University of Turin, Italy Chair: Giulia Maggiora, Quantis, Italy Impact of climate change-driven wildfires on the biogenic carbon of Pinus Pinaster Forest in Portugal University of Coimbra, ISISE, ARISE, Department of Civil Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal (15 minutes) Using regional environmental limits for biosphere integrity to inform life cycle assessments of building materials 1: Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark; 2: Ramboll Denmark; 3: Center for Absolute Sustainability, Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark; 4: Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen (15 minutes) The role of Hull Coatings in Sustainable Shipping: Decarbonization and Marine Ecosystems 1: Hempel; 2: substitute ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark; 3: Evolutionary Ecology & Environmental Toxicology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany (15 minutes) Assessing Corporate Commitment to Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: A Text Mining Approach with publicly available sustainability reports University of Stuttgart, Germany (15 minutes) Leveraging Climate Change Mitigation From Harvested Wood Products in the Built Environment 1: University of Limerick, Ireland; 2: University of Galway, Ireland (15 minutes) Toward Climate-Resilient Agriculture: A Life Cycle Assessment of MDF and Poplar Biochar for Soil Health and Carbon Sequestration 1: Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR), Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; 2: Environmental Economics (EnvEcon), Department of Engineering Management, University of Antwerp, Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; 3: Flanders Make@UAntwerp, Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; 4: NANOlight Centre of Excellence, Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; 5: Center for Economics and Corporate Sustainability (CEDON), KU Leuven, Warmoesberg 26, BE-1000 Brussels, Belgium; 6: Flanders Make @KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium |
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1:00pm - 2:30pm |
LP3: Lunch & Poster Overcoming Barriers to the Implementation of LCA in the Plastics Industry Leibniz University Hannover, Germany Assessing the environmental impacts of a domestic water heater panel 1: University of Aveiro/CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies - Portugal; 2: Maxiplás Plastics Engineering - Portugal Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of In-wall Flushing Cisterns 1: Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal; 2: OLI – Sistemas Sanitários, S.A., Aveiro, Portugal Pre-Emptive Life Cycle Management of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioindustry for Regional Resources Valorization The University of Tokyo, Japan Life Cycle Assessment and Biodiversity Footprint of the Global Spice Production Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Switzerland IMPACTS OF BRAZILIAN WHEAT PRODUCTION ON HUMAN HEALTH, ECOSYSTEM QUALITY AND RESOURCE SCARCITY 1: Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation (Embrapa), Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil; 2: Moageira Irati Wheat Mill, Irati, PR, Brazil; 3: Edmundo Gastal Agricultural Research and Development Support Foundation, Pelotas, RS, Brazil Hay production in Sicily: Life Cycle Assessment of a case study across two seasonal yields 1: Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Building 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy; 2: Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering in RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany; 3: Circular, Via Libertà 34, 90141, Palermo, Italy Life cycle assessment of black soldier fly frass: balancing the benefits and trade-offs University of Aveiro, Portugal Social sustainability assessment of insect-derived products: a procedure for social indicators selection 1: University of Aveiro/CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies; 2: University of Aveiro/ GOVCOPP- Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public PolicieS; 3: Rey Juan Carlos University Economic sustainability assessment of insect-derived products: a contribution for a holistic sustainability approach 1: GOVCOPP, DEGEIT, University of Aveiro; 2: CESAM, DAO, University of Aveiro Towards a sustainable valorization of seafood side-streams: a critical review of environmental, economic and social assessment approaches Ghent University, Belgium Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of Cellulose Nanofiber-Reinforced Plastics Produced by the Reactive Processing Method, Considering Continuous Production and Scale-up for Industrialization 1: The University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: Sustainable Management Promotion Organization, Japan; 3: Kyoto University, Japan Integrating Life Cycle Assessment in the Ecodesign of Emerging Biocomposites 1: Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR), Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; 2: Structural Composites and Alloys, Integrity and Nondestructive Testing (SCALINT), Group T Leuven Campus, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; 3: Center for Economics and Corporate Sustainability (CEDON), KU Leuven, Warmoesberg 26, BE-1000 Brussels, Belgium; 4: FlandersMake@KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Comparison of Attributional and Consequential life cycle assessment of chicken meat and egg production in Brazil. 1: TUMCREATE, 1 CREATE Way, #10-02 CREATE Tower, Singapore 138602; 2: Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; 3: TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany Future-oriented consequential LCA for timber wall elements made from recovered wood - a study in Germany, Sweden, and Finland 1: Technical University of Munich, Germany; 2: Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences, Germany Temporal analysis of photovoltaic technologies and their impacts on the planetary boundaries Technical University Clausthal, Germany How Future-oriented Social and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Can Help Manage the Impacts of Innovations? Learnings from photochromic textile case study 1: Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, UMR 5255, Groupe Analyse du Cycle de Vie et Chimie Durable (CyVi), 351 Cours de la Libération, F-33405 Talence, Cédex, France; 2: Laval University, Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, 2425 De La Terrasse Street, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; 3: Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, INRAE, I2M Bordeaux, F-33400 Talence, France Framework for assessing the sustainability and circularity potentials of wastewater treatment plants University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Structured Decision-Making in Sustainability: Formalizing Fuzzy Logic (FL) for Multi-Criteria Decision Analyses (MCDAs) Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Technology and Society Laboratory, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, St. Gallen, 9014, Switzerland From pilot to market: A holistic approach to sustainability assessment in emerging technologies towards a circular bioeconomy 1: University of Burgos. International Research Center in Critical Raw Materials for Advanced Industrial Technologies, Plaza Misael Bañuelos s/n 09001 Burgos (Spain); 2: University of Burgos. Faculty of Business and Economics. Pza. de la Infanta Dª. Elena, s/n 09001 Burgos (Spain) Integrating LCA, CSRD, and Digitalization: A Literature Review 1: Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Sustainability and Climate Interdisciplinary Center, Pisa, Italy; 2: Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Institute of Management, Pisa, Italy Demonstrating Bio-Attributed PVC for Industry Applications: Aligning with EU's SSbD Framework and Advancing Circular Economy Goals 1: TMG - Tecidos Plastificados e Outros Revestimentos para a Indústria Automóvel, S.A (NIF503902128), Portugal; 2: HOLOSS – Holistic and ontological solutions for sustainability Environmental assessment for hydrogen in steel production as emergent technology KU Leuven, Belgium Using Life Cycle Assessment to support the selection of the most efficient circular economy strategies in the steelmaking industry: learnings from the ALCHIMIA, GreenHeatEAF and PURESCRAP projects 1: Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Sustainability and Climate Interdisciplinary Center, Pisa, Italy; 2: Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Institute of Management, Sustainability Managament SUM Lab, Pisa, Italy Integrating planetary boundaries in sustainable industrial transition: a review and case study on bio-based byproduct utilization pathways Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Building a Participatory Life Cycle Assessment Database to Drive Climate Mitigation and Sustainability in Vulnerable Municipalities and Key Sectors in Mexico Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ingeniería, Mexico Integrating the Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) Framework in the Development of Recycled Iron-Based Alloys Universidad de Burgos, Spain Sustainability in Delivery Drones: Life Cycle Impacts and Opportunities for Improvements 1: Energieinstitut an der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria; 2: Institute for Chemical Technology of Organic Materials (CTO), Johannes Kepler University Linz; 3: Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing (IPMT), Johannes Kepler University Linz Influence of the simultaneous use of fiber-reinforced plastics and regenerative synthetic fuel on the carbon footprint of heavy-duty vehicles Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany Development of an Integrated Circular Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Framework for Biobased Wearable E-Textiles: Construction of Life Cycle Inventory and Data Requirements 1: Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR), Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; 2: INRAE, Research Unit BIA UR1268, Rue Geraudiere, F-44316 Nantes, France; 3: Center for Economics and Corporate Sustainability (CEDON), KU Leuven, Warmoesberg 26, BE-1000 Brussels, Belgium; 4: FlandersMake@KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Environmental analysis of added value bioproducts for food sector and plastic and materials industry RISE Processum, Sweden |
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2:30pm - 4:00pm |
Session 3.13: Dynamic and Prospective LCA Part II Chair: Jessica Hanafi, Life Cycle Indonesia, Indonesia Chair: Suzana Ostojic, INaB - RWTH Aachen, Germany Towards a Generalized Framework for Scaling-Up in Prospective Life Cycle Assessment Empa, Switzerland (15 minutes) Dynamic prospective life cycle assessment: establishing methodological consistency in evaluating climate change impacts CIRAIG, Canada (15 minutes) Energizing Life Cycle Assessment: A Dynamic Approach to Europe's Electricity Mix 1: Resource Lab, University of Augsburg, Universitaetsstr. 12, 86159 Augsburg, Germany; 2: Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, UMR 5255, Groupe Analyse du Cycle de Vie et Chimie Durable (CyVi), 351 Cours de la Lib´eration, F-33405 Talence, France; 3: Chair for Production & Supply Chain Management, University of Augsburg, Universitaetsstr. 16, 86159 Augsburg, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Integrated Prospective Environmental and Economic Assessment Framework for Emergent Technology Development: A Case Study of Steel Slags Carbonation as a Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Material 1: Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR), Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; 2: Biobased Sustainability Engineering (SUSTAIN), Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; 3: Process Engineering for Sustainable Systems (ProcESS), Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; 4: Environmental Economics (EnvEcon), Department of Engineering Management, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; 5: Center for Economics and Corporate Sustainability (CEDON), KU Leuven, Warmoesberg 26, BE-1000 Brussels, Belgium; 6: FlandersMake@KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (6 minutes) The prospective life cycle assessment of on-site waste-to-marine fuel valorization in cement plants: the impacts of learning effects Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (Short Oral + Poster) Incorporating temporal dynamics of power generation into life cycle assessment of vertical agrivoltaics in Germany 1: Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT; 2: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE (Short Oral + Poster) Spatialized and Prospective LCA of Agrivoltaism in the Mediterranean basin under Climate Change 1: INRAE, France; 2: Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, LMD, France; 3: Agroscope, Life Cycle Assessment Research Group, Switzerland; 4: Centre Observation, Impacts, Energie (OIE), MINES Paris – PSL University, France (Short Oral + Poster) Coupling LCA And Dynamic MFA: A Literature Analysis 1: Gustave Eiffel University, France; 2: ESB, France; 3: French Environment and Energy Management Agency , France; 4: ENTPE, France |
Session 3.14: Data Creation & Exchange Tools: Transparency First Chair: Stephan Pfister, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Chair: Emilia Moreno Ruiz, ecoinvent, Switzerland EcoOptiPack: OnlineLCA for Automated LCA Calculations and Transparent Assessments of Plastic Packaging Solutions 1: Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT; 2: Greendelta (15 minutes) ASSESSING MODELLING UNCERTAINTY AT DIFFERENT DATABASE AGGREGATION LEVELS – A COMPARATIVE STUDY 1: Department of Physics and Astronomy "Augusto Righi", University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127, Bologna, Italy.; 2: Department of Sustainability and Planning, Aalborg University, Rendsburggade 14, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark.; 3: Interdepartmental research centre for research in environmental sciences (CIRSA), University of Bologna, Via S. Alberto 163, 48123, Ravenna, Italy. (15 minutes) Breaking Down Complexity: A Modular, Model-Driven Life Cycle Data Management Tool for Biofuels and Bioenergy European Commission Joint Research Center, Italy (15 minutes_S) How unsuitable data and data choices can negatively influence reliability and costs of decarbonization efforts, supplier choices and sustainability approaches in companies Sphera Solutions GmbH, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Taiwan ICT Production Value Chain Trusted Emission Data Collection and Exchange Mechanism based on the Partnership for Carbon Transparency (PACT) and Local-based Emission Factor Data Pool 1: Institute for Information Industry(III), Taiwan; 2: Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER), Taiwan (Short Oral + Poster) From Plow to Pixel: An Analysis of Supply Chain Transparency and Traceability in Agrifood and Implications for Digital Product Passports TNO, Netherlands, The (6 minutes) Mimicking financial accounting and reporting principles to overcome obstacle to data sharing for LCA IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden (Short Oral + Poster) FastCrop Footprint: Quick, transparent and accurate environmental footprint calculations of crop production Mérieux Nutrisciences | Blonk, Netherlands, The (Short Oral + Poster) Extrapolation of environmental impacts for electronic products Siemens AG, Deutschland |
Session 3.15: Using LCSA for Industry Decision-Making Part II Chair: Nils Jäger, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany Chair: Julian Suer, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany Sustainability Assessment in Industrial R&D: Challenges and Contributions to Decision-Making EurA AG, Germany (15 minutes) One Person's Trash is Another's Treasure: Assessing the Life Cycle Sustainability of Bio-Based Innovations in Brewery By-Product Valorisation 1: Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Switzerland; 2: AINIA, Centro Tecnológico (AINIA), Spain (15 minutes) Life Cycle Assessment of a novel technology based on combined gasification and combustion of low value biomass for industrial applications. Preliminary assessment. Utrecht University, Netherlands, (15 minutes) Beyond the Surface: How Durability Drives Lower Carbon Footprints in Coating Technologies Sherwin-Williams (15 minutes) Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment in the aluminium industry Ecoinnovazione, Italy (15 minutes) Sustainability assessment of implementing nanowire solar cells in space ITENE, Spain |
Session 3.16: Methodologies and Tools for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Value Chains Part II Chair: Andrea Di Maria, University of Liege, Belgium Chair: Roland Meyer, INaB - RWTH Aachen, Germany Durum wheat production in Sicily, Italy: Evaluating the environmental impacts of conventional vs. organic farming systems 1: Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Building 4, 90128 Palermo, PA, Italy; 2: Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering in RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany (15 minutes) Enhancing Sustainability in the Food Value Chain: A Three-Dimensional Methodological Assessment of Innovative Food Product Design 1: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK); 2: Lomartov Applied Innovation Engineering; 3: Middle East Technical University (15 minutes) Assessing Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability in Northern Spain’s Fishing Fleets: An Integrated LCA+DEA Approach with the WEF Nexus Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. University of Cantabria. Av. De los Castros s/n, 39005. Santander, Spain (6 minutes) Balancing Sustainability and Stability: What Matters More for Enhancing Sustainability—Short or Long Food Supply Chains and Production Methods? 1: the University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: United Nations University, Japan (6 minutes) Comparing Environmental Assessment Methods: Olive Oil Producers in Central Italy study case 1: University of Perugia, Italy; 2: NORSUS Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research, Norway (Short Oral + Poster) Developing a Framework for Sustainability Scoring of Food Products 1: NORSUS Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research, Norway; 2: NMBU, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Short Oral + Poster) Integrating Multi-Criteria Decision-Making with Multi-Objective Optimization for Sustainable Diet Design 1: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia; 2: TFTAK AS, Tallinn, Estonia (Short Oral + Poster) Reducing the carbon footprint of food products: a methodology for sustainable value chain practices 1: INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial; 2: MC SONAE - Mc Shared Services, S.A |
Session 3.17: Sustainability & Circularity Chair: Cécile Bulle, CIRAIG, Canada, Canada Chair: Anna Luthin, Mitsui Chemicals Europe GmbH, Germany Methodological approaches to modeling circularity using CFF for bio-based feedstocks with multi-life considerations for bio-sourced polymer production SABIC, India (15 minutes) Setting Sail for Circular Offshore Wind: MFA, CE, and LCA Insights from Alternative End-of-Life Scenarios for a North Sea Offshore Wind Farm 1: Ghent University, Belgium; 2: University of Antwerp, Belgium; 3: Flanders Make @UAntwerp (15 minutes) Providing a conceptual framework to assess materials with multiple recycling loops in LCA 1: Technical University of Munich, Germany; 2: Braskem B.V., Rotterdam, The Netherlands (15 minutes) Towards a Comprehensive Framework for Digital Battery Passports: Addressing Social Data Requirements and Circularity Indicators 1: Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria; 2: Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable Product Management Enabling a Circular Economy, 8010 Graz, Austria (6 minutes) Aligning sustainability, circularity and policies to create a monitoring framework for the bioeconomy 1: CRETUS, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; 2: Institut für Technologie und Management, Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), 10623 Berlin, Germany (Short Oral + Poster) Comprehensive Sustainability Assessment of Circular Business Models in the Smartphone Industry – Enabling Holistic Decision-Making Towards Sustainable Practices Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Germany (6 minutes) Enhancing Circularity - Addressing the Diversity of Circularity Indicators for Biobased Systems Aalborg University, Denmark (6 minutes) Classification of Industrial Biobased Systems in the EU as Basis for Sustainability and Circularity Assessment - Suggestions for a Systematic Approach Technical university of munich, Germany |
Session 3.18: LCM’s Future: Collaboration, Innovation & Impact Chair: Philip Strothmann, Forum for Sustainability through Life Cycle Innovation e.V., Germany Chair: Anna Wikström, Swedish Life Cycle Center/Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden LCARSIN: The UK LCA Regulatory Science and Innovation Network University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (15 minutes_S) FSLCI - A community approach to accelerate Life Cycle Innovation globally Forum for Sustainability through Life Cycle Innovation e.V., Germany (15 minutes) Reviving collaboration for sustainability in Francophone region: the role of LCM2LOOP in advancing LCM 1: LCM2LOOP association, France; 2: WeLOOP, France (15 minutes) Automating Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Product Declaration Generation Through Cross-Business and IT Collaboration Siemens AG, Germany (15 minutes) Electricity modelling for “zero-emission” vehicles life cycle assessment (LCA): the TranSensus LCA European research project holistic approach 1: EDF, France; 2: Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Liten, DEHT, 38000 Grenoble, France |
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4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Closing plenary Session Chair: Matthias Finkbeiner, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Session Co-Chair: Marzia Traverso, INaB RWTH Aachen, Germany |