Life Cycle Assessment LCA

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Life Cycle Assessment LCA

• Michael Hauschild
• Department of Manufacturing Engineering and
  Management
• IPL

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Characteristics of LCA

• System analysis with focus on the provided
  functions
• Comparative (relative statements)
• Holistic perspective
• life cycle from cradle to grave
• all relevant environmental impacts
• resource consumption (biotic and abiotic)
• social impacts

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Sustainability assessment requires life cycle
perspective
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Research activities

• 6 people working on LCA and cleaner production
• LCA methodology, impact assessment, management
  tools, waste
• Biofuels
• PhD project on land use impacts in LCA of
  biofuels
• Biofuel Assessment Conference Copenhagen 2007
• Master theses on biofuels (corn, wheat, willow,
  1. and 2. generation)
• Case studies in DTUs LCA course
• Collaboration
• Novozymes
• Biocentrum
• 3R Research School