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First, we want to thank the organizers of LCM 2017 in Luxembourg last week! Thanks to Enrico Benetto (chair of the conference), Kilian Gericke and Jan Bollen (co-chairs of the conference) as well as your…

The national agenda project “Life Cycle Assessment Data – a prerequisite for sustainable innovation” coordinated within Swedish Life Cycle Center is now available in swedish.  “Life Cycle Assessment Data – a prerequisite for sustainable…

During two days in November, industry, municipalities, government agencies, researchers and others met in Umeå to inspire, discuss and share experience on how to advance towards more sustainable consumption and lifestyles. Johan Widheden, Senior Sustainability…

  The workshop will provide opportunities for discussion, as well as information about monetary valuation of environmental impacts in the product development process. During the workshop, representatives from the research project Integration of environment and…

On August 29-31 the Life Cycle Innovation Conference was arranged in Berlin by FSLCI and off course, Swedish Life Cycle Center as strategic partner to FSLCI was there to contribute to the program. Around hundred…

The project Integration of environment and economy in product development gives opportunity for innovations (IMP) has intended to strengthen the long-term competitiveness of the manufacturing industry through a pro-active risk management considering environmental and sustainability…

LCIC 2018 is a conference arranged by FSCLI with the aim to combine latest research with practical solutions, innovative approaches and concrete ways on how to implement sustainability most effectively and efficiently into today’s world.

We are proud to announce that Swedish Life Cycle Center has received funding for a new project from the Swedish Energy Agency, in support of an innovation cluster for the life cycle perspective between 2020…

On Thursday November 26, 2020, Swedish Life Cycle Center organized its first online Network conference. The aim of the conference was to highlight the Swedish research front within LCA. Over 100 people joined the conference…

Working with the life cycle perspective is of strategic importance for more and more organizations and the Swedish Life Cycle Center, hosted by Chalmers University of Technology, is a unique platform for collaboration. The…

Helene Lindström, who started in the middle of the spring semester, will manage and coordinate the communication work at the Swedish Life Cycle Center. With a broad experience from seven years as a communication…

Annual Report 2021 The life cycle perspective is being integrated in all levels in the society, from customer demands to new business models and in legislations. The need…

Since 2016, the center has a close collaboration with nine Swedish government agencies. They meet on a regular basis to share experience and build common knowledge in the life cycle field. These authorities play important…

Since 2016, the center has a close collaboration with seven Swedish government agencies. They meet on a regular basis to share experience and build common knowledge in the life cycle field. These authorities play important roles…

Seminariet anordnas av Energimyndigheten som en del av den svenska verksamheten inom IEA, IETS (Industrial Energy-Related Technologies and Systems) i samverkan med Swedish Life Cycle Center och Svensk plattform för livscykelperspektivet.  Seminariet kommer att handla om ekonomisk…

This paper elaborates on the role of life cycle centers and networks. It shows that networks and centers on life cycle thinking serves many roles in boosting industrial application of life cycle thinking as well…

The core of Swedish Life Cycle Center is networking. Networking, knowledge building and international reach within life cycle thinking. For professionals in the life cycle field the reoccurring network conference arranged by the center exclusively…

This year a total of 21 students from seven different universities across Scandinavia participated in the PhD-course Advances in Life Cycle Assessment (5 hp).The course is a collaboration between the partner universities in the Swedish Life Cycle…

n October 25-26 the concluding program conference for the Swedish Energy Agency and f3 collaborative research program Renewable transportation fuels and systems was held at SLU in Uppsala. More than 100 participants joined the conference,…

When the European Commission (EU COM) sets and driving the development of the environmental footprint is the purpose that through a combination of market pressure and policy instruments improve the environmental performance of products and…

This newsletter aims to give the reader access to publications and presentations published within the project Environmental Footprint in Sweden – increased competence and communication. The project was carried out within the Swedish Life Cycle…

The project Good examples – Inspiration to energy efficiency through the entire value chain aimed to develop knowledge about how Swedish organizations from different sectors of the society are using the life cycle perspective, to…

När EU ställer om och driver på utvecklingen av miljöavtryck är syftet att genom en kombination av marknadstryck och styrmedel förbättra miljöprestandan för produkter och tjänster på den europeiska marknaden. Hur kommer svenska företag att…

Life cycle information is used differently thru out the organization. The project “Adapted decision support for increased energy efficiency in value chains”, financed by the Swedish Energy Agency, has investigated how information can contribute for…

Jenny Lagergren, Project Manager at Swedish Life Cycle Center gives her reflections from the conference Hållbara livsstilar, November 14-15, 2018. “What is a sustainable lifestyle and what drives us to choose more environmental friendly…

Many companies and states agree upon the need to circulate material to a larger extent than today, in order to reach sustainable development goals. Products will have larger content of recycled material in the future…

On November 8, Re:Source and Production 2030 organized the workshop “Mäta och kommunicera hållbarhet i affärserbjudanden” at Linköping University. Jenny Lagergren from Swedish Life Cycle Center was there. Presenters were, among others, Anna Rengstedt NCC…

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,…

Vissa hävdar att elfordon inte är miljövänliga, andra menar att de är enda vägen framåt. En ny teknik kan gynna ett visst hållbarhetsmål – men stå i direkt konflikt med ett annat. I ett seminarium…

Swedish Life Cycle Center besökte Visby och Almedalsveckan under några dagar och arrangerade under tisdagen seminariet ”Hur miljövänliga är elfordon? Med ett livscykelperspektiv får vi svar!”. Panelsamtalet ägde rum på Hållbarhetsarenan och arrangerades som en…

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.

On Thursday September 26 it was time for the Swedish Life Cycle Centers network conference – Let´s meet and Talk LCA! where 45 life cycle professionals from the network met and shared their experiences. On…

For three years, we have had the opportunity to run the project Swedish platform for the life cycle perspective, with funding from the Swedish Energy Agency and partners in the Swedish Life Cycle Center.