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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.
Time period 2020-11-01 - 2021-11-30
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.
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…
Author Marie-Louise Lagerstedt Eidrup, Sara Palander, Greg Peters
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.
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…
Type Working group
Time period 2022-09-01 - 2023-02-28
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.
Type Working group
Time period 2017-04-25 - 2019-12-31
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.
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.
Type Research project
Time period 2014-10-01 - 2016-12-31
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)…
Type Research project
Time period 2020-06-15 - 2021-12-31
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.
Type Research project
Time period 2024-01-01 - Ongoing
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…
Type Research project
Time period 2019-03-01 - 2024-04-19
Abstract for presentation at the conference Life Cycle Management 2017 (LCM 2017)…
Author Emma Rex, Niklas Fernqvist, Sven-Olof Ryding, Klas Hallberg, Emma Ringström, Lena Landström, Jessica Andréasson, Anna Widerberg, Lisbeth Dahllöf, Rebecka Hallén Jorquera
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.
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.
Type Working group
Time period 2014-03-03 - 2020-09-30
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…
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…
Type Working group
Time period 2019-10-03 - 2023-03-31
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…
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.
Type Webinar
Time period 2022-06-16 - Ongoing
Journal article in Frontiers in Climate, 12 October 2022. Find the article here…
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)
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…
Type Research project
Time period 2012-12-01 - 2013-08-01
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…
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.
Type Research project
Time period 2014-12-08 - 2015-06-30
This project is a continuation of the project modelling of recycling that aimed to analyzing and debating how recycling should be modeled in life cycle assessment (LCA) and similar environmental assessments and…
Type Research project
Time period 2020-11-01 - 2021-01-31
Round table discussion “Best practices of traceability in value chains for sharing material and environmental data”
The seminar will be held in Swedish – and the full invitation below is only in Swedish. Inbjudan till rundabordssamtal ”Best practices av spårbarhet i värdekedjor för delning av material- och miljödata” den 16 december, 2020…
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,…
Reading Circle on the updated General Programme Instructions of the International EPD® System
Content: The General Programme Instructions of the International EPD® System are currently being updated, and any stakeholder is welcome to provide feedback during the open consultation until mid-December. This…
Introduction Circularity is gaining importance, there’s a promising synergy between circular innovation and systematic impact assessment methods. By integrating circular thinking with life cycle assessment, we can better understand and reduce environmental, economic, and social…
Type Working group
Time period 2024-02-01 - Ongoing
Introduction The European Commission launched Environmental Footprint methods to measure and communicate the environmental performance of products (both goods and services) and organizations across their life cycle, from raw material extraction or cultivation…
Type Research project
Time period 2022-11-01 - 2023-01-31
The project Environmental Footprint in Swedish Industry – increased understanding and implementation started in November 2022. The aim of the project has been to enhance awareness among businesses, authorities, and the public sector in Sweden…
Author Maria Rydberg, Anna Wikström and Yulia Liu, Swedish Life Cycle Center, Erika Kloow and Josefin Neuwirth, IVL, Jonas Larsson, SSAB, Torun Hammar and Mats Zackrisson, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Jennifer Davis, Felipe Oliveria, Morgana Santos de Lima and Ben Whitaker, Volvo Car Corporation, Babak Kianian and Sofia Poulikidou, Höganäs AB, Lionel Belzons and Lisa Åkerlund, CEVT.
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…
Type research project
Time period 2022-09-30 - 2024-04-19
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,…