| Time | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:40 | Welcome and introduction to the day | Matthias Stucki | ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences |
| 8:45 | Keynote: Towards a net zero economy: The role of LCA and rebound effects DF74-S0-1_Girod.pdf | Bastien Girod | Member of the Swiss National Council |
| Circular and sharing economy | [Chair: Regula Keller] | ZHAW | |
| 9:15 | Resource pressure – a circular design method preceding LCA DF74-S1-1_Desing.pdf | Harald Desing | EMPA |
| 9:35 | Steps toward a sustainable circular economy DF74-S1-2_Hellweg.pdf | Stefanie Hellweg | ETH |
| 9:55 | The environmental potential of the sharing economy: motives, barriers and rebound effects DF74-S1-3_Laurenti.pdf | Rafael Laurenti | KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| 10:15 | Discussion | ||
| 10:25 | Coffee break | ||
| Responsible public and private consumption | [Chair: René Itten] | ZHAW | |
| 10:45 | Identifying suitable indicators to assess supply risks along the entire supply chain DF74-S2-1_Berr.pdf | Marcus Berr | EMPA / University of Augsburg |
| 11:05 | Monitoring sustainability performance in public procurement through life cycle thinking DF74-S2-2_Welz.pdf | Tobias Welz | University of Berne |
| 11:25 | Sustainable business models to extend the lifetime of mobile internet-enabled devices DF74-S2-3_Jattke.pdf | Marleen Jattke | ZHAW |
| 11:45 | Discussion | ||
| 12:00 | Lunch break | ||
| Food production and consumption | [Chair: René Itten] | ZHAW | |
| 13:00 | Applying data envelopment analysis to aggregate life cycle impacts for eco-efficiency assessment DF74-S3-1_Pedolin.pdf | Dario Pedolin | Agroscope / ETH |
| 13:20 | Transforming the food sector by combining LCA-results with nutritional aspects DF74-S3-2_Green.pdf | Ashley Green | Agroscope / ETH |
| 13:40 | Discussion | ||
| Speed-dating: Short discussions in changing groups about the overarching issues (see abstract) | |||
| 13:55 | Introduction speed-dating | Regula Keller | ZHAW |
| 14:00 | Speed-dating | All | |
| 15:00 | Coffee break | ||
| Sustainable cities | [Chair: Matthias Stucki] | ZHAW | |
| 15:20 | Environmental and economic assessment of a regional building materials industry combining material-flow-analysis, input-output-analyses and life cycle assessment DF74-S4-1_Meglin.pdf | Ronny Meglin | HSR |
| 15:40 | Sustainable housing: life cycle tools to understand residents’ consumption and their rebounds DF74-S4-2_Shinde.pdf | Rhythima Shinde | ETH |
| 16:00 | Bringing green best-practice into hospitals with an LCA approach DF74-S5-3_Muir.pdf | Karen Muir | ZHAW |
| 16:20 | Discussion | ||
| Synthesis, announcements and farewell | |||
| 16:35 | Synthesis: connecting answers to the central questions | Regula Keller | ZHAW |
| 17:00 | Farewell |
DF 74 – LCA in the National Research Programme NRP 73 «Sustainable Economy»
Discussion forum on Life Cycle Assessment
Monday, June 29, 2020 – Online conference – Detailed access information will we communicated to all participants
(Change of location due to the pandemic.)The growing global economy relies on unsustainably sourced and used natural resources to produce goods and deliver services. In order to generate scientific knowledge about a sustainable Swiss economy, the National Research Programme perspective including environmental, economic and societal implications along the whole value chain while also including the Sustainable Development Goals of Agenda 2030.The Discussion Forum gives an opportunity for representatives from economy and academia to discuss the role of life cycle thinking and LCA results in various economic sectors relevant for the NRP 73, including construction, mobility, health, nutrition as well as sustainable behaviour of different stakeholders.The research projects within the NRP 73 not only focus on establishing the knowledge base, but also aim at analysing the effects of measures and instruments as well as applying life cycle management in the economy.
The 74th LCA Discussion Forum will show the diversity of life cycle based approaches applied within the NRP 73 and address the following overarching issues:
- How can decision-makers use life cycle based approaches to boost sustainable decisions?
- Which life cycle based approaches are best suited to reveal opportunities and risks for sustainability within the different economic sectors?
- Which instruments are most useful for combining environmental, economic and societal aims?