Search result (100 hits on "RED")
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Monday, 09 September, 2019
Conference reflections and report from 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM 2019) The 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM 2019) took place between 1rd– 4thSeptember 2019 in city of Poznan, Poland.
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Sep
Background Information and market pressure in combination with political instruments will in the long run lead to reduced environmental impact and resource use from production and consumption of goods and services, both nationally and globally.
Funded by Vinnova - Sweden's innovation agency
Time period 2020-11-01 - 2023-09-28
Time period 2020-11-01 - 2023-09-28
Fuel producers are increasingly affected by conflicting rules for life cycle assessment (LCA). The EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED), the EU framework for Product Environmental Footprints (PEF), and the frameworks of Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)…
Funded by Swedish Energy Agency
Type Research project
Time period 2020-06-15 - 2021-12-31
Type Research project
Time period 2020-06-15 - 2021-12-31
LCA data is used by organizations to measure, follow up and reduce environmental and social impact. For the Swedish life Cycle Center it is important to contribute to making LCA data more accessible and transparent globally and therefor this expert group has been established.
Funded by In-kind by partners
Type Expert group
Time period 2015-01-01 - 2020-11-30
Type Expert group
Time period 2015-01-01 - 2020-11-30
The life cycle perspective is crucial for companies and other organizations in order to reduce their environmental impact and to reach climate- and energy efficiency goals. With focus on successful life cycle activities that are already in place in Swedish organizations, this project aimed to spread the good examples.
Funded by Swedish Energy Agency
Type Research project
Time period 2014-10-01 - 2016-12-31
Type Research project
Time period 2014-10-01 - 2016-12-31
In a changing world where the vehicles of tomorrow will have a different design compared to those of today new challenges will occur. LCA & vehicles have gathered leading automobile companies in Sweden together with researchers to discuss upcoming questions within LCA.
Funded by Swedish Energy Agency, partly
Type Working group
Time period 2017-04-25 - 2019-12-31
Type Working group
Time period 2017-04-25 - 2019-12-31
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Friday, 27 January, 2023
Summary The European Commission developed a framework for life cycle assessment (LCA) denoted Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) in collaboration with representatives from the EU Member States, industry, and researchers.
Report no 2023:02
Author Tomas Ekvall, TERRA; Katarina Lorentzon, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden; Elin Einarson Lindvall, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden; Sara Palander, Swedish Life Cycle Center
Author Tomas Ekvall, TERRA; Katarina Lorentzon, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden; Elin Einarson Lindvall, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden; Sara Palander, Swedish Life Cycle Center
Introduction Many different approaches are used in the LCA community. Attempts to harmonize LCA has resulted in a multitude of conflicting guidelines and standards. Confusion is created because the guidelines and standards are…
Funded by Partly by the Swedish Energy Agency
Type Working group
Time period 2022-09-01 - 2023-02-28
Type Working group
Time period 2022-09-01 - 2023-02-28
Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
Summary This study, funded by Adlerbertska Foundations, was made to understand the competences that industry and society demand and will require to be able to handle internal and external claims on…
Report no 2022:6
Author Marie-Louise Lagerstedt Eidrup, Sara Palander, Greg Peters
Author Marie-Louise Lagerstedt Eidrup, Sara Palander, Greg Peters
Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
After twelve years at the Swedish Life Cycle Center, Sara Palander, will leave her position as a Director of the Center. Sara has during her leadership built and managed the Swedish Life Cycle Center’s operations…
Life Cycle Talks is a series of talks presenting the research front to keep you up to date with the science and application of the life cycle perspective.
Funded by Swedish Energy Agency
Type Webinar
Time period 2022-06-16 - Ongoing
Type Webinar
Time period 2022-06-16 - Ongoing
Thursday, 28 September, 2023
Abstract for presentation at the conference Life Cycle Management 2017 (LCM 2017)…
Report no
Author Emma Rex, Niklas Fernqvist, Sven-Olof Ryding, Klas Hallberg, Emma Ringström, Lena Landström, Jessica Andréasson, Anna Widerberg, Lisbeth Dahllöf, Rebecka Hallén Jorquera
Author Emma Rex, Niklas Fernqvist, Sven-Olof Ryding, Klas Hallberg, Emma Ringström, Lena Landström, Jessica Andréasson, Anna Widerberg, Lisbeth Dahllöf, Rebecka Hallén Jorquera
Monday, 12 December, 2022
Journal article in Frontiers in Climate, 12 October 2022. Find the article here…
Report no
Author Miguel Brandão (KTH), Tomas Ekvall (TERRA and Chalmers), Sofia Poulikidou (IVL), Kristin Johansson (IVL), Johan Nilsson (IVL), Pavinee Nojpanya (IVL), Anna Wikström (Chalmers and Swedish Life Cycle Center), Tomas Rydberg (IVL)
Author Miguel Brandão (KTH), Tomas Ekvall (TERRA and Chalmers), Sofia Poulikidou (IVL), Kristin Johansson (IVL), Johan Nilsson (IVL), Pavinee Nojpanya (IVL), Anna Wikström (Chalmers and Swedish Life Cycle Center), Tomas Rydberg (IVL)
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In this project, the possibility of standardizing a simplified structure of concepts for system analysis through discrete choice of system boundaries will be investigated. The purpose is to reduce the complexity of system analysis sustainability…
Funded by Vinnova
Type Research project
Time period 2019-03-01 - 2023-09-28
Type Research project
Time period 2019-03-01 - 2023-09-28
The Nordic Dialogue Forum for LCA, climate and buildings is developed in collaboration with the Nordic building authorities with the purpose is to give input to Nordic harmonization of life cycle assessment of climate emissions…
Funded by Nordic Sustainable Construction Programme through Ministry of Environment in Finland
Type Working group
Time period 2019-10-03 - 2023-03-31
Type Working group
Time period 2019-10-03 - 2023-03-31
18
Nov
Webinar: Environmental and Economic implications of circularity
Content Closing the loop via reuse, refurbishment, and remanufacturing provides promising avenues to lower environmental impact while remaining profitable. But are all products suitable for a (so-called) circular economy and under what circumstance? This webinar…
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10
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Webinar: Applying life cycle thinking when assessing climate impact of the Swedish transport system
Transport systems have several unique properties that make them different from many products and services that are analysed with LCA. How can a life cycle perspective be applied in that context? In this webinar, the…
This project aims to deepen our understanding of the competence needs in relation to life cycle thinking, particularly focusing on forthcoming legal requirements, within both industry and national authorities.
Funded by The Adlerbertska Foundations
Type Research project
Time period 2024-01-01 - Ongoing
Type Research project
Time period 2024-01-01 - Ongoing
The full title och the project is “Externalities in product development gives possibilities for innovation”. Background An increasing number of companies highlight the benefits of long term perspectives in their way of working to reduce…
Funded by VINNOVA
Type Research project
Time period 2012-12-01 - 2013-08-01
Type Research project
Time period 2012-12-01 - 2013-08-01
Life cycle information is used differently thru out the organization, this project investigate how information can contribute for better environmental performance when addressed correctly. The aim of the project is to facilitate for the various functions of a company to contribute to increased energy efficiency in a life cycle perspective.
Funded by Swedish Energy Agency
Type Research project
Time period 2016-08-15 - 2018-08-31
Type Research project
Time period 2016-08-15 - 2018-08-31
There is a need of working with/handle social aspects in a (harmonized) structured way throughout the entire life cycle in complement to environmental-LCA. The group focus on how social-Life Cycle Assessment can be applied within our partner organizations.
Funded by In-kind by partners
Type Working group
Time period 2014-03-03 - 2020-09-30
Type Working group
Time period 2014-03-03 - 2020-09-30
The purpose of this project was to develop methods for how large companies can work with energy efficiency that stretches across actors in the value chain.
Funded by Swedish Energy Agency
Type Research project
Time period 2014-12-08 - 2015-06-30
Type Research project
Time period 2014-12-08 - 2015-06-30
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Sep
05
Apr
Background While life cycle data is increasingly demanded, manual data collection is time-consuming. Supply chains are complex, all suppliers do not have competence or capacity to provide the data needed. Personal contacts to explain adds…
Funded by Vinnova, Sweden's Innovation Agency
Type research project
Time period 2022-09-30 - 2023-09-28
Type research project
Time period 2022-09-30 - 2023-09-28
Tuesday, 21 December, 2021
The year is coming to an end and so is the current stage of the Swedish Life Cycle Center’s operations (stage 9). The Technical secretariat together with all partners are now planning for a new…
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Life Cycle Talks: Is the distinction between attributional and consequential LCA useful? With Tomas Ekvall
Welcome to Life Cycle Talks! A series of talks presenting the research front to keep you up to date with the science and application of the life cycle perspective. Our next guest is Tomas Ekvall,…
Methods for environmental footprinting of products and services have been and are being developed all over the world. Two methods to measure environmental performance throughout the lifecycle, the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) and the Organisation…
Funded by Swedish EPA, Swedish Energy Agency, VINNOVA partly
Type Expert group
Time period 2014-01-01 - 2023-09-28
Type Expert group
Time period 2014-01-01 - 2023-09-28
29
Aug
Life Cycle Talks: LCA for optimization in early design phases of buildings. With Alexander Hollberg
Welcome to Life Cycle Talks! A series of talks presenting the research front to keep you up to date with the science and application of the life cycle perspective. Our next guest is Alexander Hollberg,…
