Session WE.1.C || Methodological Approaches to Assess Life Cycle Consequences Authors Rapf, Matthias; Tang, Longhan; Pekgil, Gizem; Kranert, Martin Abstract In LCA practice, weighting and valuation of environmental impacts is strongly based on subjective impressions and decisions. This makes LCAs with similar scopes very hard to compare. We are therefore examining entropy production as physical [...]

Session WE.2.C || Benefits of Retaining Materials and Their Quality in a Circular Economy Authors Navare, Kranti; Vrancken, Karl C.; Van Acker, Karel Abstract The circular economy (CE), as defined by European Commission, is an economy where the value of products, materials and resources is maintained as long as possible. Although maintaining the value of [...]

Session MO.3.B || Prospective Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Energy Technologies Authors Brand, Urte; Gomez Trillos, Juan Camilo; Lütkehaus, Hauke; Papantoni, Veatriki; Tippe, Mareike; Pade, Christian; Oswald, Matthias; Vogt, Thomas Abstract This contribution is intended to serve as an impulse presentation for the session "Prospective Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Energy Technologies", which we are [...]

Session WE.3.C || Benefits of Retaining Materials and Their Quality in a Circular Economy – Case studies Authors Muñoz Marín, Encarnación; Cascajo, Jose Maria; Rapf, Matthias Abstract Sustainability has become the core of the strategic policies in the EU. Eco-innovation is therefore necessary to tackle with the transition to a cleaner and more sustainable society. [...]