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Leaving instrumental explanations in the toolbox – towards a more nuanced understanding of LCA in sustainable product development

Session TU.1.D || Life Cycle Thinking in Companies and Organizations Authors Beemsterboer, Sjouke Abstract LCA is used to model and assess potential environmental impacts connected to product life cycles as well as identify opportunities to reduce those impacts. Despite great progress made in LCA, it remains difficult to realise more sustainable product chains. A response [...]

Leaving instrumental explanations in the toolbox – towards a more nuanced understanding of LCA in sustainable product developmentlcm20212021-09-30T20:01:06+00:00

Mitigation Potential of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Circular Economy Strategies on Quebec Steel Industry and its Value Chain

Session MO.2.A || Life Cycle Approaches in the Raw Materials Sector II Authors Binet, Flavien; Margni, Manuele; Saunier, François Abstract This research project aims to evaluate the potential reduction of environmental impacts from circular economy strategies on an industrial sector at a regional scale with a case study on GHG emissions in Quebec’s steel industry [...]

Mitigation Potential of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Circular Economy Strategies on Quebec Steel Industry and its Value Chainlcm20212021-09-30T20:01:06+00:00

Making ends meet: review of applied LCA methodology in the bio-based industrial sectors and recommendations

Session MO.2.D || Carbon Inventory and Management of Bio-Based Materials for a Post-Fossil Bioeconomy Authors Løkke, Søren Abstract Goal: This paper investigates the diversity of LCA's of biomass based industrial processes in a range of industries, including construction, woodworking, textiles, pulp and paper, and bio-chemicals. These sectors represent core parts of the bio-economy that, in [...]

Making ends meet: review of applied LCA methodology in the bio-based industrial sectors and recommendationslcm20212021-09-30T20:01:06+00:00

The relevance of the building system boundary to conduct an LCA of a passive house: A comparison of two frameworks for assessing building sustainable performance DGNB and Level(s)

Session WE.1.A || Life Cycle Sustainability in Construction and Renovation of Buildings Authors Soust-Verdaguer, Bernardette; Palumbo, Elisabetta; Llatas, Carmen; Traverso, Marzia Abstract Current decarbonization and climate change mitigation scenarios are moving us towards defining strategies to reduce the environmental impacts produced by the built environment. Various authors have shown that the different strategies focused on [...]

The relevance of the building system boundary to conduct an LCA of a passive house: A comparison of two frameworks for assessing building sustainable performance DGNB and Level(s)lcm20212021-09-30T20:01:06+00:00

Digital & verified sustainability information – Are we really there yet?

Session TU.3.B || Life Cycle Data Supporting Supply Chain Management Authors Rehberger, Max; Duque Ciceri, Natalia Abstract With resource efficiency and carbon neutrality gaining importance for many stakeholders while value chains for most products are getting more complex and specific, new paths must be entered to fulfill both sustainability and economic criteria. Key drivers are [...]

Digital & verified sustainability information – Are we really there yet?lcm20212021-09-30T20:01:06+00:00