| Time | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 | Registration, coffee and croissants | ||
| 9:15 | Welcome and introduction DF51-00 Frischknecht Intro.pdf | Rolf Frischknecht | treeze Ltd. (Switzerland) |
| The Energy Strategy 2050 and its environmental dimension | Chair: Rolf Frischknecht | ||
| 9:20 | The Swiss Energy Strategy 2050 and the Role of LCA in the Electricity Sector DF51-01 Goldstein.pdf | Beat Goldstein | SFOE Swiss Federal Office of Energy (Switzerland) |
| 9:45 | The Swiss Energy Strategy 2050 and the Role of LCA in the Building and Transportation Sectors DF51-02 Gutzwiller.pdf | Lukas Gutzwiller | SFOE Swiss Federal Office of Energy (Switzerland) |
| 10:10 | Discussion | ||
| 10:25 | Environmental performance of electricity supply in Switzerland, an input to the Swiss Energy Strategy 2050 DF51-03 Bauer.pdf | Christian Bauer | PSI (Switzerland) |
| 10:50 | Discussion | ||
| 11:00 | Coffee break | ||
| European Energy strategies and the role of LCA | Chair: Rolf Frischknecht | ||
| 11:30 | The German Energy Transformation: Long-term policy making and the role of LCA DF51-04 Pehnt.pdf | Martin Pehnt | ifeu Heidelberg (Germany) |
| 12:00 | Policy dependent LCA outcomes, with examples on climate policy instruments DF51-05 Huppes.pdf | Gjalt Huppes | CML Leiden (The Netherlands) |
| 12:30 | Modeling the Impacts of Climate Protection Strategies on Resource Consumption and Emissions – a Dynamic LCA for the Heat Sector in Germany DF51-06 Viebahn.pdf | Peter Viebahn | Wuppertal Institute (Germany) |
| 13:00 | Lunch break | ||
| LCA and Technology Assessment | Chair: Martin Pehnt | ||
| 14:00 | Technology-specific life cycle assessment contributing to an energy strategy DF51-07 Koelling.pdf | Axel Kölling | ERK Eckrohrkessel GmbH (Germany) |
| 14:20 | Environmental evaluation of the hydrogen vector applied to future mobility DF51-08 Verzat.pdf | Benoît Verzat | Quantis International (France) |
| 14:40 | Carbon Capture and Storage: a future option for Switzerland? DF51-09 Volkart.pdf | Kathrin Volkart | PSI (Switzerland) |
| 15:00 | Meeting the NEEDS of European environmental sustainability assessment of future electricity supply DF51-10 Frischknecht NEEDS.pdf | Rolf Frischknecht | treeze Ltd. (Switzerland) |
| 15:20 | Basic life cycle inventory data for life cycle thinking in energy strategies: Electricity datasets in ecoinvent version 3 DF51-11 Treyer.pdf | Karin Treyer | PSI (Switzerland) |
| 15:30 | LCA of the Swiss electricity mixes according to the energy strategy 2050 DF51-12 Wyss.pdf | Franziska Wyss | treeze Ltd. (Switzerland) |
| 15:40 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:10 | Plenary discussion: Expectations and requirements on LCA used to support long term policies from - policy makers (governments) - scientists (academia) - industry and consultants | Moderation: Lukas Gutzwiller | |
| 17:00 | Wrap-up and farewell | Rolf Frischknecht | treeze Ltd. (Switzerland) |
| 17:05 | Finish |
DF 51 – The role of environmental Life Cycle Thinking in long-term (energy) strategies
Dear colleagues with an interest in Life Cycle Assessment,
We kindly invite you to the 51st discussion forum on Life Cycle Assessment.
The official language during this event is English.
More and more national and regional resource and energy strategies are being developed. After the Fukushima accidents several European countries like Germany and Switzerland decided a phase out of nuclear power. They are adjusting or rewriting their long-term national energy strategies. Environmental impacts are usually one element of these strategies. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is one approach that may help to identify environmentally optimal energy strategies.
The discussion forum will give the floor to present the Swiss and the German energy strategies. The role of LCA within these strategies is discussed and highlights of the most recent updates of electricity supply life cycle inventories are presented. Furthermore, sophisticated LCA approaches to deal with long-term future scenarios in a European and German context are explained and the application of LCA on future technologies such as carbon capture and storage and hydrogen is presented.
Workshops will allow for discussing the expectations and requirements on LCA used in long-term assessments from a policy makers, scientists and industry and consultants point of view.
This discussion forum will address the following questions:
- What are the key elements of the Swiss Energy Strategy 2050 and what is the role of LCA in this strategy?
- What are the main results of the updates of selected electricity supply chains (nuclear, natural gas, photovoltaics)?
- What is the role of environmental life cycle thinking in the development of national long-term strategies in Germany?
- How is or should life cycle assessment methodology being adjusted to account for future scenarios in a European context?
- How to assess energy technologies, which will only be installed in the future?
We look forward to meeting you in Ittigen-Berne!
The organizers of LCA Discussion Forum DF51
Rolf Frischknecht
Download: DF51-Programme LC Thinking in long-term strategies.pdf
Livestream / Videorecordings: the recordings of all presentations are published on the following platform: www.youtube.com/DF51
All talks and discussions can be accessed individually.