Towards Embodied Carbon Benchmarks for the European Building Industry

Session MO.2.E || What Gets Measured, Gets Improved – Impact Assessment and Environmental Labeling Along the Production Chain II Authors Röck, Martin; Hvid Horup Sørensen, Lise; Lynge, Kirsten; Tozan, Buket; Shcack, Rikke; Fields, Maya; Collin, Christine; Le Den, Xavier; Birgisdóttir, Harpa Abstract Introduction: The pressure from human activities are starting to exceed the carrying capacity [...]

Towards Embodied Carbon Benchmarks for the European Building Industry2021-09-30T20:01:00+00:00

Towards Country Wide Circular Economy

Session MO.3.E || Life Cycle Metrics in Sustainable Finance and Business Authors Salminen, Vesa; Ruohomaa, Heikki Abstract The circular economy is an economic theory and business model in which material is reused in new products. When looking at the circular economy as a business model, it is seen as a whole, where the realization of [...]

Towards Country Wide Circular Economy2021-09-30T20:00:59+00:00

Socioeconomic Life Cycle Assessment of the Food Loss and Waste Management Strategies in Spain: A Regionalized Approach

Authors Hoehn, Daniel; Margallo, María; Laso, Jara; Ruiz-Salmón, Israel; Bala, Alba; Batlle-Bayer, Laura; Fullana-i-Palmer, Pere; Aldaco, Rubén Abstract Food loss and waste (FLW) prevention and a properly management represents a societal imperative needed to achieve a transition of food systems towards a circular economy. In this sense, life cycle approaches provide policy-relevant and consistent assessments [...]

Socioeconomic Life Cycle Assessment of the Food Loss and Waste Management Strategies in Spain: A Regionalized Approach2021-09-30T20:00:59+00:00

Towards Social Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Systems: case study on offshore wind farms from companies’ perspective

Authors Lehmann, Jérémie; Fofack-Garcia, Rhoda; Perez-Lopez, Paula Abstract In the energy transition context, private decision-makers and policymakers must choose between different energy scenarios for process improvement and territorial planning. Hence, implications of the development of these technologies need to be objectively analysed to ensure their alignment with energy transition objectives. Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is [...]

Towards Social Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Systems: case study on offshore wind farms from companies’ perspective2021-09-30T20:00:59+00:00

Evaluating the compliance of existing building Life cycle assessment (LCA) benchmarks in Europe with respect to the Paris climate agreement goals

Session MO.2.E || What Gets Measured, Gets Improved – Impact Assessment and Environmental Labeling Along the Production Chain II Authors Iyer, Vignesh; Ebert, Samuel; Wagner, Anna; Hollberg, Alexander Abstract Several benchmarking systems in the form of regulations, labelling systems, sustainability rating tools and independent research studies exist to evaluate the environmental performance of buildings in [...]

Evaluating the compliance of existing building Life cycle assessment (LCA) benchmarks in Europe with respect to the Paris climate agreement goals2021-09-30T20:00:58+00:00
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