Tools

DANTES

DANTES is an acronym for Demonstrate and Assess New Tools for Environmental Sustainability. The main purpose of the DANTES project was to collect, exchange and present information and experiences from using different tools for environmental sustainability.

Funded by 50% by the EU LIFE-Environment programme
Type Research project
Time period 2002-09-01 - 2005-08-31

Case studies Knowledge Building Methods Research Tools

Explore

Life Cycle Thinking has a holistic approach to sustainable development. Explore topics within Life Cycle Thinking, Life Cycle Management and Life Cycle Assessment here.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2018

8 tools for sustainable decisions

Since the 90’s, Life cycle assessments has been used by companies to measure the environmental impacts of their products and services and to better know where to focus their improvements. The method has been famous…

environmental footprint life cycle assessment production & consumption Tools

Over the years several tools and systems have been developed within Swedish Life Cycle Center (former CPM). Explore some of them here.

Friday, 09 November, 2018

“Nordic countries are not front runners for green products anymore”

The pilot phase of the large environmental footprint initiative (PEF & OEF), by the European Commission, is completed and many of us are wondering ”What happens now?”. A few remaining PEF pilots are being finalized…

environmental footprint

Monday, 11 April, 2016

Choosing a monetary value of greenhouse gases in assessment tools (Journal Article)

Choosing a monetary value of greenhouse gases in assessment tools – A comprehensive review. Journal Article in Journal of Cleaner Production vol. 127 (2016), pp 37-48. Find…

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Author Lena Isacs, Göran Finnveden, Lisbeth Dahllöf, Cecilia Håkansson, Linnea Petersson, Bengt Steen, Lennart Swanström, Anna Wikström

Article Monetary valuation

Training

With our courses you can learn about Life Cycle Thinking and how to apply it in your organization.

Supply chains – TOSCA

Towards sustainable supply chains through a common approach for company strategic work and daily operations. The LIFE TOSCA project has provided the means for companies and industrial sectors to improve their environmental performance by addressing…

Funded by EU LIFE + Environment programme
Type Research project
Time period 2009-01-01 - 2011-12-31

Life Cycle Management Tools

Tuesday, 23 October, 2018

What’s up for Life Cycle Initiative in 2019?

On September 27 it was time for the 2nd General Assembly of Life Cycle Initiative, where Swedish Life Cycle Center is a member. The day focused on commitments and results from ongoing projects as well…

Our history

The center has a history of more than 20 years and has become a credible, well known platform for life cycle experts in Sweden. It was founded as CPM in 1996 as a joint effort between Nutek (later VINNOVA), Chalmers University of Technology and a range of international companies.

Monday, 18 March, 2019

New global standard counts the cost of environmental damage

Environmental damage costs society enormous amounts of money – and often leaves future generations to foot the bill. Now, a new ISO standard will help companies valuate and manage the impact of their environmental damage,…

Environmental damage costs EPS Monetary valuation Standardization

Friday, 17 August, 2018

One seat left in popular PhD course of LCA

In a few weeks the first students of the PhD course “Advances in life cycle assessment” will enter the lecture hall in Gothenburg. The interest for the course, which will be given for the first…

KNOWLEDGE BUILDING life cycle assessment

About us

A collaboration platform for research institutes, academia, industry & government agencies. The center has a history of more than 20 years and has become a well known platform for life cycle experts.

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PhD course: Advances in life cycle assessment, 5 HEC

Welcome to a course for PhD students that will give a deeper understanding of life cycle assessment (LCA) and related tools, including knowledge on state-of-the-art research in selected areas! The course is organized by The…

KNOWLEDGE BUILDING LCA

Thursday, 08 February, 2018

Sandvik Materials Technology – new partner in Swedish Life Cycle Center

Sandvik Materials Technology is since January 2018 a new partner in Swedish Life Cycle Center. Sandvik is a high-technology engineering group in tools and tooling systems for metal cutting, equipment, tools and services for the…

About Swedish Life Cycle Center COLLABORATION

Monday, 09 July, 2001

A state-of-the-art study of the: Environmental information supplied to the actors of the Swedish pulp and paper industry and the tools used to provide it

Report no 2001:06
Author Svending, Ola

Communication Data

Biodiversity & land use

There is no holistic way to handle the issue of biodiversity loss and land use when making an LCA. The aim of the working group is to share experience and best practive on how to deal with biodiversity and land use and how to contribute to existing international and national initiatives.

Funded by Swedish Energy Agency, partly
Type Working group
Time period 2012-01-01 - Ongoing

Biodiversity & Land Use Methods Tools Working group

Development of method and application for monetarization

Background The overall aim of the project is to provide companies and other actors with valuation factors for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as well as for energy and other natural resources, that can…

Funded by Swedish Energy Agency
Type Research project
Time period 2013-05-01 - 2015-01-31

Monetary valuation Research

Wednesday, 12 June, 2019

LCA Young Scientist Award winner

During the SETAC annual meeting in Helsinki in May the SETAC, Peter James Joyce, Postdoctoral Researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, was awarded the Europe LCA Young Scientist Award. We would like to…

life cycle assessment

Monday, 09 September, 2019

‘Towards Sustainable Future’ – The life cycle community gathered in Poznan for a three-day long conference on Life Cycle Management

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.

Tuesday, 15 October, 2019

Intense round table discussions during Nordic Climate Forum for Construction

On 3-4 of October the first Nordic climate forum for Construction took place in Malmö gathering representatives from authorities, industry and academia within the buildings and construction sector. The main question for the conference was to begin…

Buildings COLLABORATION conference

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7th Social LCA conference: Impacts, Interests, Interactions

The 7th Social LCA conference will take place in Gothenburg, 15-17 June 2020. Conference theme: Social LCA: Impacts, Interests, Interactions. -Impacts: The discussion about impacts is central to the field of social LCA. The social impacts…

conference Social LCA

Submissions

Monday, 25 February, 2019

New tool based on EPS under development

Environmental damage costs society enormous amounts of money – and often leaves future generations to foot the bill. Now, a new tool is under development by Chalmers students, to help companies valuate and manage the…

Environmental damage costs EPS Monetary valuation

Thursday, 07 June, 2018

Swedish PhD-course in LCA thanks to the Academy group

We are proud to present the first PhD-course in LCA developed within Swedish Life Cycle Center and Swedish platform for the life cycle perspective! The course is organized together with The Research School Sustainable…

events KNOWLEDGE BUILDING life cycle assessment life cycle thinking

Wednesday, 17 October, 2018

LCA course attractive for future researchers

Today the PhD course “Advances in life cycle assessment” was launched and Swedish Life Cycle Center was there to get a glance. 25 PhD students from six universities and one research institute grabbed the popular…

KNOWLEDGE BUILDING life cycle assessment

Thursday, 27 September, 2018

Guide for sustainable decisions

“I have met frustrated colleagues in companies who explain the difficulty of making things happen.” Nowadays, the life cycle perspective is central in the ISO standard for Environmental Management (14001), and many companies face…

life cycle management research project

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Webinar: Biobased building materials

Biobased building materials and its role in the climate impacts of construction. Content Increased use of biobased materials is part of the climate impact mitigation strategy in many sectors, including construction. However, the use of…

Material Research Webinar

Friday, 13 March, 2015

Monetary valuation of carbon dioxide and resources – a report from a seminar at the Swedish Energy Agency

Participants from the project Monetarisation were invited to the Swedish Energy Agency in Eskilstuna on March 11 to give a presentation of preliminary results of the project. Lina Isacs and Göran Finnveden from KTH, Linnea…

events Monetary valuation

Friday, 20 April, 2018

Environmental footprint as a foundation for European policies

What if products in your grocery store were labeled with environmental declarations? What if politicians from all around Europe took decisions based on a joint understanding about products’ and organizations’ environmental aspects? Those are just…

environmental footprint events expert group PEF

Development of methodology to communicate environmental damage cost data

Monetary valuation of environmental impacts is increasingly used as a basis for decisions in environmental and sustainability issues. This project aims to develop a methodology to communicate environmental damage cost data.

Funded by Swedish Energy Agency
Type Research project
Time period 2016-10-01 - 2018-06-30

Monetary valuation Research Standardization

Good examples – inspiration to energy efficiency through the entire value chain

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

Case studies Communication Knowledge Building Life Cycle Management Research

Tuesday, 19 November, 2019

How should recycling be modeled in LCA?

The method for modeling material recycling can have a decisive impact on the environmental assessment of products with a high content of recycled material or material that is recycled after use. How recycling should be…

allocation life cycle assessment modelling of recycling research project

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