Session TU.2.D || Sustainability Assessments in Industry Creating Meaningful Information Authors Tesch, Jasmin; Forin, Silvia Abstract In the context of climate change adaptation and mitigation, companies increasingly report their life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Once the carbon footprint is calculated, two main questions arise in most companies: 1. Where do we stand in comparison to [...]

Session MO.3.A || Sustainable Chemicals and Materials Authors Glogic, Edis; Futsch, Romain; Rougier, Aline; Sonnemann, Guido Abstract Electrochromic devices, ECDs, are used in innovative systems for energy saving (e.g., smart tinting windows) and Internet-of-Things, IoTs. For the later, Electrochromic displays , can support information exchange and autonomy of conventional and novel products while consuming very [...]

Session WE.3.A || Business Models for a Circular Economy Authors Doumit, Farah; Michel, Axel Abstract Finding powerful dynamics and adequate components in a business model is a stepping stone to successfully achieve the shift toward circular economy. Evolutions concerning the organization of the sectors and the economic models are a must. However, questions rise on [...]

Session TU.3.D || Life Cycle Innovation to Drive Sustainability and Business Performance Authors Ko, Nathanael; Bässler, Tilman; Bässler, Benjamin Abstract This paper tells of a transition driven by life cycle thinking. The traditional business of producing plastic based windows in southern Germany has reached its limits. Therefore, a new business field is entered: wooden houses. [...]

Session WE.2.D || Business Life Cycle Networks Authors Bajaj, Sanjeevan; Prox, Martina; Sonnemann, Guido; Strothmann, Philip; Fava, James Abstract Over the past two decades, the Life Cycle Community has made significant progress in achieving methodological improvements and building capacity to conduct life cycle assessment studies and generating national data sets. Life Cycle Management (LCM) has [...]