InLCA/ LCM 2003 Conference Session Agenda
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| Inventory Analysis I
Tuesday 1:30- track 2 Moderator: |
Land-Use Inventories for Sustainable Transportation Scenarios Boyd Hazen Pro; U. of Washington; boydaroo@u.washington.edu, Roel Hammerschlag; Institute for Lifecycle Energy Analysis; roel@ilea.org
ecoinvent: A Comprehensive Web-Based Life Cycle Assessment Database Gerald Rebitzer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Gerald.Rebitzer@epfl.ch; Rolf Frischknecht, Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories, Frischknecht@ecoinvent.ch Attributional and consequential LCI modelling Tomas Ekvall, Division of Energy Systems Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, tomas.ekvall@me.chalmers.se |
| Inventory Analysis II
Tuesday 3:30- track 2 Moderator: |
Using Site Specific Life Cycle Assessment to Support a Contaminated Site Management Decision Jean-François Ménard 1,2 ; Julie Godin 1,2 , julie.godin@polymtl.ca; Sylvain Hains 3 ; Louise Deschênes 1,2 , louise.deschenes@polymtl.ca; and Réjean Samson 1,2 , rejean.samson@polymtl.ca 1 NSERC Industrial Chair in Site Remediation and Management; 2 CIRAIG - Interuniversity Reference Center for the Life Cycle Assessment, Interpretation and Management of Products, Processes and Services. 3 Hydrogéo Plus LCAccess: An On-Line Directory for Global Life Cycle Assessment Information and Data Timothy J. Skone, PE; Science Applications International Corp., 11251 Roger Bacon Drive, Reston, Virginia 20190; skonet@saic.com Mary Ann Curran; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/National Risk Management Research Laboratory, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268; curran.maryann@epa.gov Environmental Performance Comparison of Wet and Thermal Routes for Phosphate Fertilizer Production Using LCI - A Brazilian Experience Gil Anderi da Silva, Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo, gil.silva@poli.usp.br Luiz Alexandre Kulay, Escola Politécnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo, luiz.kulay@poli.usp.br Metals LCA: Methodological Problems and Practical Solutions Scott R. Baker, Ph.D, International Copper Association, 260 Madison Avenue 16 th Floor, New York, NY 10016 sbaker@copper.org |
| Impact Assessment
Thursday 10:30- track 1 Moderator: |
LCA of Aboveground Bioremediation of Diesel-impacted Soil Laurence Toffoletto, laurence.toffoletto@polymtl.ca, Réjean Samson, rejean.samson@polymtl.ca, Louise Deschênes, louise.deschenes@polymtl.ca NSERC Industrial Chair in Site Remediation and Management, Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal
Externality Analysis of the Flue Gas Desulphurization System at Mae Moh Lignite-Fired Power Plant in Thailand from LCA-NETS Point of View Sate Sampattagul, Prof. Seizo Kato, Prof. Tanongkiat Kiatsiriroat, Anugerah Vidiyanto Taxonomy of Impact Categories and the Taxonomy Structure: Results from the UNEP/SETAC/EPA Hamburg Workshop Thomas Gloria ICF Consulting, 33 Hayden Avenue, Lexington, Massachusetts 02421, USA. Email: tgloria@icfconsulting.com Jane C. Bare, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, USA. Email: bare.jane@epa.gov |
| Interpretation And Education
Thursday 1:30- track 1 Moderators: Margaret Mann |
Considering Uncertainties in the Functional Unit: Development of a More Flexible Strategy to Achieve the Goal of an LCA Study Gontran F. Bage, CIRAIG, gontran.bage@polymtl.ca; Laurence Toffoletto, CIRAIG, laurence.toffoletto@polymtl.ca; Louise Deschênes, CIRAIG, louise.deschenes@polymtl.ca; Réjean Samson, CIRAIG, rejean.samson@polymtl.ca
Teaching LCA to Interdisciplinary Graduate Students Joyce Cooper, University of Washington Design for Environment Laboratory, cooperjs@u.washington.edu Teaching Life Cycle Concepts to School Children Rita Schenck, rita@iere.org, Roel Hammerschlag, roel@ilea.org, Hank Patton, hank@worldsteward.org |
| Novel LCA Methods
Thursday 1:30- track 2 Moderator: |
Sustainability Indicators related to Energy and Material Flow Koji Amano, Ritsumeikan University, amano@se.ritsumei.ac.jp; Misato Ebihara, Ritsumeikan University, rv001977@se.ritsumei.ac.jp; Katsutoshi Tobe, Ritsumeikan University, rv005974@se.ritsumei.ac.jp; Masahiko Harada, Shiga Prefectural Government, m-harada@olive.zero.ad.jp
Evaluation of two simplified life cycle assessment methods Elisabeth Hochschorner, fms (Environmental Strategies Research Group) and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), PO Box 2142, 103 14 Stockholm, Sweden, email: elisabeth@fms.ecology.su.se; Göran Finnveden, fms, The Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) and KTH, Stockholm, Sweden, email: finnveden@fms.ecology.su.se |
| I/O Methods
Thursday 8:30- track 3 Moderators: Arpad Horvath |
Uncertainty in Life Cycle Impact Inventory Estimates from Economic Input Output Models Chris Hendrickson, Carnegie Mellon University, cth@cmu.edu Francis C. McMichael, Carnegie Mellon University, fm2a@cmu.edu
The Emergence of Life Cycle SpaceTM and the Life Cycle RatioTM A Proposed Planning Tool for Lowering our Ecological Footprint Pliny Fisk 3 rd , Co-Director David Armistead, Research Fellow Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems 8604 F.M. 969 Austin, TX 78724 Implications of New Economic Classification Systems On Input-Ouput Based LCA Models H. Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University, hsm@cmu.edu A Stochastic LCA framework for embodied greenhouse gas analysis: integrating process and I-O data within a Bayesian graphical model |
| I/O Case Studies
Thursday 10:30- track 3 Moderators: Arpad Horvath |
Evaluation of the environmental impact of wired telecommunication networks in Japan Kazue Ichino Takahashi, NTT Energy and Environment Systems Laboratories, NTT Corporation, ktaka@aecl.ntt.co.jp; Jiro Nakamura, NTT Information Sharing Laboratory Group, NTT Corporation, nakamurajiro@mail.rdc.ntt.co.jp; Toshiyuki Maeda, NTT Information Sharing Laboratory Group, NTT Corporation, maeda.toshiyuki@mail.rdc.ntt.co.jp; Takeshi Origuchi, NTT Information Sharing Laboratory Group, NTT Corporation, origuchi.takeshi@mail.rdc.ntt.co.jp; Tatsuya Kunioka, NTT East Corporation, t.kunioka@east.ntt.co.jp; Hiroo Harada, Environment Technology Laboratories, NEC Corporation, h-harada@df.jp.nec.com; Shigeyuki Miyamoto, Environment Technology Laboratories, NEC Corporation, s-miyamoto@ax.jp.nec.com; Jun Fujimoto, The University of Tokyo Research Center for Advanced Science & Technology, junf @su.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Comparison of "CO2 Efficiency" between Company and Industry Kiyotaka TAHARA, k.tahara@aist.go.jp Masayuki SAGISAKA, m.sagisaka@aist.go.jp Kazuo YAMAGUCHI, yamaguchi.kazuo@gm.perl.hitachi.co.jp Atsushi INABA, a-inaba@aist.go.jp Analyzing Life-cycle Environmental Impacts of Local Development Initiatives Using Regional Economic and Environmental Input-Output Models Author: Satish Joshi, Michigan State University, email: satish@msu.edu A Comparison of U.S. and Canadian Industry Environmental Performance Using Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment Models Andrew Bjorn, University of Washington, Box 355740, Gould Hall Room 410, Seattle, WA 98195, abjorn@u.washington.edu, and Heather L. MacLean, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, hmaclean@ecf.utoronto.ca |
| Hybrid I/O Studies
Thursday 1:30- track 3 Moderators: Arpad Horvath |
Global Warming Effect Assessment in the Electricity Sector Using Hybrid Life-cycle Inventory Assessment Arpad Horvath, Assistant Professor, University of California, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, horvath@ce.berkeley.edu Sergio Pacca, Ph.D. Student, University of California, Energy and Resources Group, spacca@socrates.berkeley.edu
Estimation of Life Cycle Energy Use Implications of Wired and Wireless Communications Networks Using Hybrid LCA Models H. Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University, hsm@cmu.edu Electricity Generation Mix by US Industrial Sectors - Disaggregating Electricity Generation and Modeling Interstate Transfers Joe Marriott, Carnegie Mellon University, jmarriot@andrew.cmu.edu, H. Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University, hsm@cmu.edu Transport of Coal by Rail vs. Transmission for Electricity Generation: An Application of Hybrid LCA Comparative Analysis Joule Bergerson, Lester Lave, Chris Hendrickson, Scott Mathews, Alex Farrell of Carnegie Mellon University |
| LCA Databases
Thursday 10:30- track 2 Moderator: |
How to Use the US LCI Database Gregory A. Norris, Sylvatica and Harvard School of Public Health, gnorris@hsph.harvard.edu; Jamie K. Meil, Athena Sustainable Materials Institute, jkmeil@sympatico.ca Wayne B. Trusty, Athena Sustainable Materials Institute, wbtrusty@fox.nstn.ca Scot Horst, Athena Sustainable Materials Institute, horst@early.com
The U.S. LCI Database – Moving Toward Full LCI Data by Material and Product William E. Franklin and Beverly J. Sauer, Franklin Associates German Network on Life Cycle Inventory Data - Setup of a Data Collection Bauer C.*, christian.bauer@itc-zts.fzk.de, Buchgeister J.*, jens.buchgeister@itc-zts.fzk.de, Schebek L.*, liselotte.schebek@itc-zts.fzk.de *Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Department of Technology-Induced Material Flows The LCA Data Library -A result of National LCA Project in Japan Nobuhiko Narita, Yoshifumi Nakahara, Mamoru Morimoto, Ryohsuke Aoki, Shigeru Suda Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry (JEMAI) 17-6, Ueno 1-chome, Taitoh-ku, Tokyo 110-8535, Japan narita@jemai.or.jp |
| LCA in Design and Manufacturing
Wednesday 3:30- track 3 Moderator: |
Implementation of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in development of products Authors: Gurbakhash Singh Bhander, Michael Hauschild and Tim McAloone. Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
A DIAGNOSTIC EXPERT SYSTEM FOR GREEN PRODUCTIVITY ASSESSMENT OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES Ruby Pineda-Henson Dept. of Industrial Engineering Holy Angel University-Angeles City, Philippines hensonrp@datelnet.net Alvin B. Culaba Dept. of Mechanical Engineering De La Salle University-Manila, Philippines coeabc@mail.dlsu.edu.ph DANTES - Demonstrate and Assess Tools for Environmental Sustainability Klas Hallberg, klas.hallberg@akzonobel.com Eco-efficiency: Inside BASF and Beyond Charlene A. Wall, BASF Corporation, wallc1@basf-corp.com, Andreas Kicherer, BASF AG, andreas.kicherer@basf-ag.com,Rolf Wittlinger, BASF AG, rolf.wittlinger@basf-ag. Com |
| LCM
Wednesday 8:30- track 3 Moderators: Konrad Saur |
Integrating EHS into New Product Development Soontae Jeong, United Technologies Corp., soontae.jeong@utc.com, Thomas E. Swarr, United Technologies Corp., thomas.swarr@utc.com; Ellen A. Huang, Hamilton Sundstrand, ellen.huang@hs.utc.com;
Life Cycle Management in the Aluminum Industry: Implementation of LCA for Internal Applications Gerald Rebitzer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Gerald.Rebitzer@epfl.ch; Kurt Buxmann, Alcan Technology & Management AG, Kurt.Buxmann@alcan.com; Olivier Jolliet, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Olivier.Jolliet@epfl.ch A framework of Computer Aided Engineering and LCA applied for Life Cycle Management Prof. Sergio Romero-Hernández, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Industrial Engineering Department sromero@itam.mx; Prof. Omar Romero, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Industrial Engineering Department oromero@itam.mx; Life Cycle Management: Generating Value for Rio Tino Borax's Sustainability Program Gerry Pepper, US Borax Inc., Gerry.Pepper@borax.com; Andrea J. Russell, Five Winds International, aj.russell@fivewinds.com, James J. Qin, US Borax Inc., Jim.Qin@borax.com; Kevin Brady, Five Winds International, k.brady@fivewinds.com |
| LCA and Cost Analysis
Wednesday 1:30- track 3 Moderator: |
LCA for Optimization of electroplating SME's Robert Ackermann, Robert.ackermann@itc-zts.fzk.de Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany
The Econo-Environmental Return (EER) Gontran F. Bage, CIRAIG, gontran.bage@polymtl.ca; Réjean Samson, CIRAIG, rejean.samson@polymtl.ca LCA as input to LCC Bengt Steen, Chalmers University of Technology, bengt.steen@esa.chalmers.se |
| LCA and Supply Chain Management
Wednesday 10:30- track 3 Moderator: |
Integrating LCIA and LCM: Evaluating environmental performances for supply chain management Alan Brent Chair: Life Cycle Engineering, Department of Engineering and Technology Management University of Pretoria, South Africa abrent@eng.up.ac.za
Creating Value Through Strategic Supply Chain Partnerships and Life Cycle Management Gil Friend, Natural Logic, gfriend@natlogic.com Eric Olson, Natural Logic, eolson@natlogic.com |
| LCA Methods for Buildings
Wednesday 1:30- track 1 Moderator:
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Building Investment Decision Support (BIDS) - Cost-Benefit Tool to Promote High Performance Components, Flexible Infrastructures and Systems Integration for Sustainable Commercial Buildings and Productive Organizations Vivian Loftness, loftness@andrew.cmu.edu; Beran Gurtekin, beran@andrew.cmu.edu; Heakyung Cecilia Yoon, hcy@andrew.cmu.edu; Min Oh, moh@andrew.cmu.edu; Ying Hua, yhua@andrew.cmu.edu; Ming Qu, mqu@andrew.cmu.edu School of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University
BEES: A Popular Product Selection Tool that Integrates LCA and LCC Barbara C. Lippiatt, NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory, blippiatt@nist.gov Qualitative Spatial Reasoning and LCA in Green Building Design Cory Crocker, eco-logic, cory@eco-logic.org LCA Tools in Residential Building - Assessing Their Applicability Richard S. Dooley, NAHB Research Center, rdooley@nahbrc.org |
| LCA Case Studies for Buildings
Wednesday 3:30- track 1 Moderator:
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Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of three insulation materials Anders Schmidt, dk-TEKNIK ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, e-mail: asc@dk-teknik.dk; Anders Ulf Clausen, Rockwool International, e-mail: anders.ulf.clausen@rockwool.com; Allan Astrup Jensen, dk-TEKNIK ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, e-mail: aaj@dk-teknik.dk, Ole Kamstrup, Rockwool International, e-mail: ole.kamstrup@rockwool.com; Dennis Postlethwaithe, e-mail: dennis@postlethwaited.fsnet.co.uk
Incorporating Lifecycle thinking in Green Building Design Rosamund Hyde, PhD, Keen Engineering, Rosie.Hyde@keeneng.com, Kevin Hydes, PE, Keen Engineering, Kevin.Hydes@keeneng.com; Scott Lewis, Oppenheim Lewis, Scott@oppenheimlewis.com Life Cycle Assessment of Borate Treated Structural Systems Tarun Bhatia, US Borax Inc., Tarun.Bhatia@borax.com; Andrea J. Russell, Five Winds International, aj.russell@fivewinds.com; Gerry Pepper, US Borax Inc., Gerry.Pepper@borax.com; Shannon Turnbull, Five Winds International, s.turnbull@fivewinds.com Glass fiber LCA and Environmental and health data sheet Aymon de Reydellet, Saint-Gobain Insulation, aymon.dereydellet@saint-gobain.com, Michaël Médard, Saint-Gobain Insulation, michael.medard@saint-gobain.com, Sylvie Charbonnier, Saint-Gobain Isover, sylvie.charbonnier@saint-gobain.com |
| LCA and Energy Analysis
Tuesday 1:30- track 3 Moderator: |
Comparison of energy turnover of regional and global food Prof. Dr.-Ing. Elmar Schlich, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany elmar.schlich@ernaehrung.uni-giessen.de Dr. Ulla Fleissner, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
Reduction of Environmental Impacts by Development of Industrial Symbiosis in Japan - Case Studies for Application of Co-production Technologies in Steel Industries and its Reduction Potential of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Yasunari Matsuno, Ichiro Daigo, Masaru Yamashita, and Yoshihiro Adachi Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, E-mail: matsuno@material.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp 42. A Study on The Eco-efficiencies for Recycling Methods of Plastics Wastes Life Cycle Metrics for Comparing Alternative Electricity Generating Technologies by David Spitzley and Greg Keoleian, University of Michigan, Center for Sustainable Systems |
| LCA and Transportation Materials and Technologies
Tuesday 3:30- track 3 Moderator: |
Comparable Reference Flows for Lightweight Materials in Transportation Systems Joyce Cooper, University of Washington Design for Environment Laboratory, cooperjs@u.washington.edu; Bill Carberry, The Boeing Company
Are Natural Fiber Composites Environmentally Superior to Glass Fiber Reinforced Composites? Satish V. Joshi, Department of Agricultural Economics, satish@msu.edu L.T. Drzal , Composite Materials and Structures Center, drzal@egr.msu.edu A.K. Mohanty Composite Materials and Structures Center, mohantya@egr.msu.edu Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA Life cycle assessment: case study of steel in Brazilian automobiles Ugaya, C.M.L., CEFET-PR, cassia@cefetpr.br; Walter, A.C.S., Unicamp, awalter@fem.unicamp.br Co-Product Function Expansion: A Methodology for Incrementally Considering the Effects of Co-Products in Multi-Product Systems Paul Worhach, Binh Nguyen, and Mohammad Nawaz, Nexant, Inc. |
| LCA and Purchasing
Tuesday 3:30- track 1 Moderator: |
Whole Life Considerations in IT Procurement David Matthews, City of Seattle, david.matthews@seattle.gov Shirli Axelrod, City of Seattle, shirli.axelrod@seattle.gov
Integration of life cycle management in purchasing and the supplier-e-valuation system Jeppe Frydendal, dk-TEKNIK ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, jef@dk-teknik.dk Anders Schmidt, dk-TEKNIK ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, asc@dk-teknik.dk |
| Eco-Labels and External Reporting
Thursday 8:30- track 2 Moderator |
A Natural Selection System to Drive Life Cycle-Based Eco-Efficiency and Sustainable Development Gregory A. Norris, Sylvatica and Harvard School of Public Health, gnorris@hsph.harvard.edu
The contribution of Life Cycle Assessment to global sustainability reporting of organizations Julia Pflieger, Matthias Fischer, Thilo Kupfer, Peter Eyerer IKP, University of Stuttgart Hauptstrasse 113, 70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany Tel.: +49 (0)711 489999-21, Fax: +49 (0)711 489999-11 e-mail: pflieger@ ikp2.uni-stuttgart.de Ecolabel and transparency Prof. Sophie Lavallée, Université Laval, sophie.lavallee@fd.ulaval.ca; Prof. Sylvain Plouffe, CIRAIG, sylvain.plouffe@umontreal.ca |
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Municipal Applications of LCA I Wednesday 1:30- track 2 Moderator: |
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF A BIOREACTOR AND AN ENGINEERED LANDFILL FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE TREATMENT Jean-François Ménard, CIRAIG, jean-francois.menard@polymtl.ca, Réjean Samson, CIRAIG, rejean.samson@polymtl.ca; Louise Deschênes, CIRAIG, louise.deschenes@polymtl.ca
A Study on The Eco-efficiencies for Recycling Methods of Plastics Wastes Tak Hur, and Song-Tack Lim School of chemical & biological engineering, Konkuk University 1 Hwayang-dong, Kwangjin-ku, Seoul, 143-701, Korea E-mail: takhur@konkuk.ac.kr, danmoozi@hanmail.net Hye-Jin Lee Environment management staff, Samsung Electronics Maetan 3-dong, Paldal-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea E-mail: hj000.lee@samsung.com Energy Conservation and Pollution Prevention Benefits of Residential Curbside Recycling Vs. Landfill Disposal or Waste-to-Energy Incineration Disposal |
| Municipal Applications of LCA II
Wednesday 3:30- track 2 Moderator: |
Triple Life Cycle Assessment Richard Gelb, City of Seattle, Office of Sustainability and Environment, Richard.Gelb@seattle.gov Rita Schenck, Institute of Environmental Research and Education, Rita@IERE.org Applying Life Cycle tools and Process Engineering to determine the most adequate treatment process conditions. A tool in environmental policy. Prof. Omar Romero Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Industrial Engineering Department oromero@itam.mx; What's An Engineer to Do? Mary Hansel, Sustainable Strategies Coordinator, Carollo Engineers - mhansel@carollo.com,Lydia Holmes, Environmental Engineer, Carollo Engineers - lholmes@carollo.com |
| LCA and Government Policy
Wednesday 8:30- track 4 Moderator: |
Official Danish Center for Life Cycle Assessments and Life Cycle Approach Jeppe Frydendal, LCA Center Denmark, jef@dk-teknik.dk Michael Z. Hauschild, LCA Center Denmark, mic@ipl.dtu.dk.dk Erik Hansen, LCA Center Denmark, ehn@cowi.dk Heidi K. Stranddorf, LCA Center Denmark, hks@dk-teknik.dk
Life Cycle Assessment for Brownfield Management Decision-Making Pascal Lesage 1,2 (pascal.lesage@polymtl.ca) Louise Deschênes 1,2 (louise.deschenes@polymtl.ca) and Réjean Samson 1,2 (rejean.samson@polymtl.ca) (1) NSERC Industrial Chair in Site Remediation and Management (2) CIRAIG - Interuniversity Reference Center for the Life Cycle Analysis, Interpretation and Management of Products, Processes and Services Examining the Effects of Waste Prevention, Material Substitution, Recycled Content, and Recyclability on the Environmental Profiles of Packaging for Mail-Order Non-Breakable Goods: A State Government's Application of Life Cycle Inventory Analysis David Allaway, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, allaway.david@deq.state.or.us; Bev Sauer, Franklin Associates Ltd., bsauer@fal.com |