Environmentally sound energy production and use are central components in a sustainable society. Much could be gained by coordinating data management in order to provide open LCA-data that can be used by authorities, companies, and researchers to consistently and efficiently analyze environmental performance.
Please note that this invitation is to partners in Swedish Life Cycle Center and will be held in Swedish. If you have any questions please contact lifecyclecenter@chalmers.se. Omvärldbevakningsträff för partners: Hur LCA bedrivs på företag…
The project intended to strengthen the long-term competitiveness of the manufacturing industry through a pro-active risk management. It considers both environmental aspects as well as economic value, early in the product development phase.
The 10th of October 2016, there will be a workshop in Gothenburg within the project Integration of environment and economy in product development gives opportunity for innovation. The workshop will provide opportunities for discussion, as…
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…
Content The webinar starts with a presentation of the monetizing project, IMP (Integration of environment and economy in product development gives opportunity for innovations) and the steps that are planned for the step 2 application.
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.
The project provides a meeting place where industry, academia, authorities and other parts of society come together to create opportunities for an increased understanding and use of the life cycle perspective. The project aims to…
Naturvårdsverket och Swedish Life Cycle Center bjuder nu in till en workshop för framförallt myndigheter och företag för presentation av agenda gällande samarbetet inom produktions- och konsumtionsrelaterad miljödata. WHAT: A workshop WHEN: May 9,…
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…
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.
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…
– How are Swedish companies affected by the EU’s development of the environmental footprints? The project Environmental Footprint in Sweden aims to involve and engage business, authorities and the…
The Circular economy action plan and its relation to the product and organizational footprint will be discussed by life cycle professionals within Swedish Life Cycle Center and other representatives on September 29. What actions will…
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 och klimatmässig utvärdering av nya industriella koncept (till exempel bioraffinaderier, CCS, membrankoncept, elektrifiering) med stor investering och framtida introduktion.
We welcome partners and invited guests to participate in the upcoming network conference arranged by Swedish Life Cycle Center and the project Swedish platform for the life cycle perspective (funded by Swedish Energy Agency) on Wednesday February 7, 2018 in Gothenburg.
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…
A meeting will be arranged within Swedish Life Cycle Center together with Tomas Ekvall at Chalmers to discuss and develop project ideas originated from the successful and appreciated project Modeling of Recycling with interested researchers,…
Welcome to a webinar with results from the project “Incentives for energy recovery in LCA for plastics”. Tomas Ekvall, Chalmers University of Technology, will present the project and its results, together with Maja Nellström and Marie Gottfridsson,…
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…
The life cycle perspective, understanding the environmental impacts of a product or service throughout the value chain, is gaining increased importance in business as well as in public sector and authorities. In this two-day course…
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…
Swedish Life Cycle Center has, through the development of the EPS-method and a number of projects, been discussing monetarization for several years. With this group and related activities we hope to contribute to the discussion and implentation of "right prices".
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.
Swedish Life Cycle Center provides LCA data in the CPM LCA Database. It all started as a project engaging partners in CPM (former Swedish Life Cycle Center).
Background There are today several methods and frameworks to analyze and measure sustainable development. Common features of these methods and frameworks are that they require comprehensive investigations, involve subjective assessments, and lead to results that…
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.
Accepted abstract for conference presentation at the Life Cycle Innovation Conference (LCIC), August 2018, Berlin.
Under Almedalsveckan bjuder Swedish Life Cycle Center och in till ett seminarium på Hållbarhetsarenan. Med livscykeln som utgångspunkt kommer panelen att diskutera elfordonens framtid. Vissa hävdar att elfordon inte är miljövänliga, andra menar att de…
Background There are many ways to assess and quantify resource efficiency, from simple measures of how much of a particular resource is needed for a particular product to more general measures that…
Welcome to join the webinar Environmental Footprint – industrial experiences & updates on the policy process arranged by the Swedish Life Cycle Center within the project Environmental Footprint in Sweden, funded by Vinnova. The…
