DF 62 — LCA and decision making: when and how to use consequential LCA?
Discussion forum on Life Cycle Assessment
Friday, 9 September, 2016, ETH Zürich, Alumni Pavilion
Dear colleagues with an interest in Life Cycle Assessment,
We cordially invite you to the 62nd Discussion Forum on Life Cycle Assessment.
The official language of this event is English.
What are the environmental implications of the European Union policy to have 10 % of the transport fuel come from renewable sources by 2020? Is it sufficient to switch the energy supply of the existing building stock of cities to renewable energy to achieve carbon footprint targets? Would agricultural autarchy redu¬ce pressure on the environment (locally and/or globally)?
Policies and decision situations like these call for advanced life cycle assessment models. Different concepts of Consequential LCA have been introduced for that purpose. This forum updates you on the latest developments in Consequential LCA methodology. It provides the opportunity to learn about the motivation and reasoning of public and private decision makers who commissioned consequential LCAs. Results from and experiences gained with consequential LCA case studies and the current state of imple¬mentation of consequential LCA approaches in large LCA databases as well as new IT solutions to support consequential LCAs are presented.
During a breakout session you have the opportunity to discuss issues of needs, contents and implementation of consequential LCA with the aim to draft a joint statement on areas of consensus and disagreement.
This forum is targeted to LCA researchers, database developers as well as LCA commissioners interested in learning more about the current state of the art, possibilities and limitations of conse¬quential LCAs.
We look forward to meeting you in Zürich
Rolf Frischknecht, treeze Ltd.
Organizing Committee
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Final Programme
Download:
DF62-Programme_Consequential_LCA.pdf
Time
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Title
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Speaker
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Affiliation
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8:45
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Registration, coffee & croissants
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9:30
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Welcome and introduction
DF62-00_Introduction.pdf
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Rolf Frischknecht
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treeze Ltd.
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State of the Art of consequential LCA today
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[Moderator: Rolf Frischknecht]
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9:35
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Consequential LCA and its consequences for LCA practice
DF62-01_Heijungs.pdf
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Reinout Heijungs
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Amsterdam University
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9:55
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Consequential system boundaries: Social responsibility, rebound effects and aggregation error
DF62-02_Weidema.pdf
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Bo Weidema
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2.-0 LCA Consultants
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10:15
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Consequential LCA system model: implementation in ecoinvent data v3 and illustration of consequences on selected supply chains
DF62-03_Wernet_ecoinvent.pdf
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Gregor Wernet
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ecoinvent
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10:35
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Customized versions of consequential system models to be applied to databases like ecoinvent
DF62-04_Wernet_OCELOT.pdf
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Gregor Wernet, Niko Heeren, Chris Mutel
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ecoinvent, ETHZ, PSI
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10:55
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Discussion
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11:05
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Coffee break
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Case studies: Lessons learned
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[Moderator: Laura Tschümperlin]
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treeze Ltd.
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11:35
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Computationally based approaches to consequential LCA: agent based and economic modelling
DF62-05_Benetto.pdf
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Enrico Benetto
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LIST
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11:55
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Application of consequential LCA to urban projects ecodesign
DF62-06_Roux.pdf
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Charlotte Roux
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Mines ParisTech
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12:15
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How to derive a consequential national electricity mix: the Swiss case
DF62-07_Frischknecht.pdf
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Rolf Frischknecht
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12:35
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Discussion
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12:45
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Lunch
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Case studies: Lessons learned, cont.
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[Moderator: Annika Messmer]
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treeze Ltd.
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13:45
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Modelling the production and recycling of rare earth elements in consequential LCA
DF62-08_Schrijvers.pdf
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Dieuwertje Schrijvers, Philippe Loubet, Guido Sonnemann
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Bordeaux University
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14:05
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European energy policy analysis with GTAP model in a consequential prospective LCA framework
DF62-09_Dandres.pdf
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Thomas Dandres (*on video*)
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CIRAIG, École Polytechnique de Montréal
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14:25
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Consequential LCA: a two steps approach
DF62-10_Yi_Yang.pdf
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Yi Yang (*on video*)
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CSRA, Inc.
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14:45
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Discussion
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Workshop: 3 breakout groups
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15:05
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Introduction to the breakout groups
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Annika Messmer
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treeze Ltd.
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15:15
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Coffee break
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15:45
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3 breakout groups -- Tentative topics:
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1 -- Needs How consequential should daily LCAs be? Do enterprises and administrations ask for consequential LCA?
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2 -- Contents How to practically identify marginal technologies? Establishing consequential LCA models: Trade off between completeness and materiality?
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3 -- Implementation Do we need IT solutions to foster consequential LCAs? Are we able to delegate market and economic knowledge to software routines?
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16:30
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Presentation of workshop results
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Breakout group rapporteurs
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Wrap-up, announcements & farewell
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16:50
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Wrap-up and announcements
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Rolf Frischknecht
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16:55
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Farewell
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