ecoinvent v3 – an introduction to the new features & data
Discussion forum on Life Cycle Assessment
Wedensday June 13, 2012, Dübendorf, Empa Akademie (in English)
Dear colleagues with an interest in Life Cycle Assessment,
We kindly invite you to the 48th discussion forum on Life Cycle Assessment.
The ecoinvent Centre provides the most relevant, reliable, transparent and accessible LCI data worldwide. The new version 3 offers a variety of improvements and exciting features. This includes enhanced flexibility of multiple system models based on the same unit process data, parameterization and integration of formulas, a better and directly integrated documentation, and many other attractive options. Furthermore, many data collection projects expand and update the database, e.g. water use data for many processes, new data for fruits and vegetables, or further national electricity mixes.
In this Forum, the ecoinvent Centre together with its carrying institutes (Empa, ETH, PSI, EPFL and agroscope ART) will introduce to you these new features, components and data of ecoinvent v3 and demonstrate how they can be used to increase the quality of LCA studies.
We look forward to meeting you in Dübendorf
The organizers of LCA Discussion Forum DF48:
Roland Hischier (EMPA, ecoinvent centre
Programme
Download:
DF48_ecoinvent v3_preliminary programme_v120508.pdf
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Time
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Title
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Speaker
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Company
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| 9:00
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Registration, Coffee
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| 9:30
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Welcome & Introduction
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Gérard Gaillard
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Head of ecoinvent Board, Zurich (CH)
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Part I – Introduction to ecoinvent v3
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Moderation: Gérard Gaillard
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Agroscope ART & ecoinvent Board (CH)
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| 9:45
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ecoinvent v3 – new dimension for international LCI DB
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Bo Weidema
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ecoinvent Centre (CH)
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| 10:05
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ecoinvent – a common platform for your LCI datasets
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Roland Hischier
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ecoinvent Centre (CH)
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| 10:25
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Questions / Discussion
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| 10:45
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Coffee break
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Part II – New modelling principles in ecoinvent v3
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Moderation: Stefanie Hellweg
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ETH Zurich & ecoinvent Board (CH)
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| 11:15
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System models & linking of datasets into systems
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Gregor Wernet
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ecoinvent Centre (CH)
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| 11:45
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Using parameterization to handle co-products from combined & joint production
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Bo Weidema
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ecoinvent Centre (CH)
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| 12:15
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Questions / Discussion
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| 12:45
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Lunch break ---» standing lunch (offered by the ecoinvent Centre)
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Part III – Data in ecoinvent v3: General issues
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Moderation: Rainer Zah
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Empa & ecoinvent Board (CH)
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| 14:00
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Adaptation of existing data to new modelling principles
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Tereza Lévová
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ecoinvent Centre (CH)
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| 14:15
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ecoinvent internationalisation projects
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Gregor Wernet
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ecoinvent Centre (CH)
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| 14:30
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Overview of new data
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Roland Hischier
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ecoinvent Centre (CH)
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| 14:45
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New water data in ecoinvent v3
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Stephan Pfister
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ETH, Zurich (CH)
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| 15:00
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Questions / Discussion
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| 15:15
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Coffee break
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Part IV – Data in ecoinvent v3: Examples
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Moderation: Stefan Hirschberg
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PSI & ecoinvent Board (CH)
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| 15:45
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New electricity mixes
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Christian Bauer
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PSI, Villigen (CH)
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| 16:00
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Fruit and vegetable data
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Franziska Stössel
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ETH, Zurich (CH)
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| 16:15
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New passenger transport data
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Andrea Delduce
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Empa, Dübendorf (CH)
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| 16:30
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New and updated agricultural data
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Thomas Nemecek
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Agroscope ART Reckenholz-Zurich (CH)
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| 16:45
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Questions / Discussion
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Outlook
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| 17:00
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Closing Remarks
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Gérard Gaillard
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Head of ecoinvent Board, Zurich (CH)
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| 17:15
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Farewell Apéro (offered by the ecoinvent Centre)
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| 17:45
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Finish
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