| Time | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Registration | ||
| 9:30 | Welcome | Chris Mutel, Stephan Pfister | |
| The Need for Regionalization | |||
| 9:50 | The Challenge of Using Regionalized LCA at Nestlé DF39-01 Schenker-regionalization at Nestle.pdf | Urs Schenker | Nestle |
| 10:10 | Requirements on regionalization solutions from the professional software provider perspective – a contribution to the discussion from the GaBi group DF39-02 Baitz-regionalization solutions.pdf | Martin Baitz | PE International |
| 10:25 | Regionalization in LCA: what can be learned from MFA and I/O Analysis | Susanne Kytzia | HSR Rapperswil |
| 10:50 | Coffee break | ||
| Regionalized Life Cycle Inventories | |||
| 11:10 | Development of a regionalized agricultural production inventory DF39-04 Nemecek- regionalized agricultural production inventory.pdf | Thomas Nemecek | ART |
| 11:30 | Development of an Italian LCA database of building materials: Regionalising existing LCI data for the Italian situation DF39-05 Breedveld-LCI building materials Italian situation.pdf | Leo Breedveld | 2B, Italy |
| 11:50 | Regionalization of Chinese life cycle inventories DF39-06 Amato-public housing in Hong Kong.pdf | Alex Amato | Davis Langdon |
| 12:10 | GIS-based regionalization, and implementation in new LCA data formats DF39-07 Mutel-GIS-based regionalization.pdf | Chris Mutel | ETHZ |
| 12:30 | Lunch | ||
| Regionalized Life Cycle Impact Assessment | |||
| 14:00 | Impacts of water consumption: uncertainties and the question of scale DF39-08 Pfister-water uncertainty regionalisation.pdf | Stephan Pfister | ETHZ |
| 14:20 | Regionalization in Social LCA DF39-09 Weidema-regionalisation in social LCA.pdf | Bo Weidema | 2.-0 LCA consultants |
| 14:40 | Making regionalization a reality in life cycle assessment of human health impacts DF39-10 Humbert et al-LCA of human health.pdf | Sebastien Humbert | Ecointesys |
| 15:00 | Spatial variability and optimal regional scale for the assessment of intake fractions DF39-11 Manneh-regional scale for Canadian emission.pdf | Rima Manneh | CIRAIG |
| 15:20 | Regionalization and parameterization of LCA and LCIA of energy systems DF39-12 Heck-LCA and LCIA of energy systems.pdf | Thomas Heck | PSI |
| 15:40 | Summary of talks, including insights and emerging questions from regionalization session at SETAC Göteberg and LCA IX in Boston DF39-13 summary and input for group discussion.pdf | Stephan Pfister, Chris Mutel, Sebastien Humber | |
| Coffee and small group discussions | |||
| 16:00 | Coffee and informal group formation | ||
| 16:05 | Small group discussions on specific themes | ||
| 16:50 | Insights presented by the small groups | ||
| 17:10 | Wrap-up and farewell | Chris Mutel, Stephan Pfister |
DF 39 – Regionalization in LCA
Regionalization allows for explicit spatial modeling in both life cycle inventories and life cycle impact assessment. However, there are numerous challenges in determining the correct spatial scale for a particular environmental problem, gathering the geographically encoded data, and integrating this assessment into standard LCA practice. This discussion forum will showcase recent and ongoing research on all levels of regionalization, including case studies. The following themes will be addressed:
- The need for regionalization
- Errors that will be reduced by the inclusion of regionalization
- Datasets available for regionalization in LCI and LCIA
- Methods and procedures for regionalized LCIA
- Standards necessary for regionalized data
- Level of geographic detail needed.
This discussion forum is intended to spur discussion between businesses and practitioners who need regionalization, and academics working on regionalized LCA.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Zurich,
Chris Mutel and Stephan Pfister
Download: DF39_regionalization_program.pdf