DF 73 — Digital transformation: LCA of digital services, multifunctional devices and cloud computing. 

Thursday, 21 November 2019, ZHAW Wädenswil, Campus Grüental, Aula (not ETH Zürich)

We cordially invite you to the 73rd Discussion Forum on Life Cycle Assessment.
The official language of this event is English. 

The increasing digitalisation does not only make our daily life easier but also causes changes in the environmental impact of our activities. The substitution of material-based services with digital services - for example films or music - alters the environmental impact of our everyday activities and shifts visible material use to less visible digital services.

A holistic life cycle assessment of digital transformation requires the assessment of information and communication technology (ICT) and takes into account possible substitution effects. Modelling of digital services and multifunctional devices are complex and the choice of assumptions for substitution has a crucial impact on the final assessment of digital transformation. The discussion of these topics in the LCA-community allows the evaluation of different approaches to the assessment of digital transformation.

This forum will cover the life cycle assessment of digital transformation with its wide range of devices and technologies as well as substitution and summation effects caused by new services enabled by modern ICT.

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Call for short presentations:

DF 74 — LCA in the National Research Programme NRP 73 «Sustainable Economy».

Monday, June 29, 2020, ZHAW Wädenswil (not ETH Zürich)

(The official language of this event is English.)

NRP 73:
• 29 national research projects for a sustainable economy.
• Many use LCA methodologies and approaches.

DF 74:
• Which life cycle based approaches and indicators are applied in the NRP 73?
• How can LCA be used to monitor sustainability measures?
• How can LCA support the transformation to a sustainable economy?

If you would like to contribute you're welcome to contact regula.keller (at) zhaw.ch.

Detailed information will follow here till mid December 2019. 

To register for DF 74, please use the following link:  https://ethzurich.eventsair.com/lcaforum/regdf74/Site/Register

To register for the whole year 2020, please use the following link:  https://ethzurich.eventsair.com/lcaforum/regall/Site/Register

To register you need to create a profile, which is done in very few steps and is self-explanatory. In case you are not able to pay by credit card, please send an e-mail to  lcaforum (at) ethz.ch  with a short notice that you want to receive an invoice instead. Please provide the full invoice address as well as the chosen fee type. 

For all further questions regarding the registration process, please do not hesitate to contact:  lcaforum (at) @ethz.ch

 

DF 75 (Jubilee DF) — Life Cycle Thinking = Lower Footprint?

Monday & Tuesday, September 14 & 15, 2020 (2 day jubilee forum), Zürich

If we compare the necessary large transformations (e.g. in GHG reductions, or land use patterns) with common LCAs, the question arises: Did LCA hitherto support big decisions and changes? Or are we using LCA mostly for minuscule optimizations? We're eagerly awaiting your abstracts for presentations and posters which answer one (or many) of these questions: 
   • How much does (did) LCA really help in reducing pressure on the environment? 
   • Which important decisions were based on LC thinking and analysis?
   • How can LCA become more effective for big issues?

See also the Jubilee Forum DF 75 Flyer.
 

To register for the Jubilee DF 75, please use the following link:  https://ethzurich.eventsair.com/lcaforum/regdf75/Site/Register

To register for the whole year 2020, please use the following link:  https://ethzurich.eventsair.com/lcaforum/regall/Site/Register

To register you need to create a profile, which is done in very few steps and is self-explanatory. In case you are not able to pay by credit card, please send an e-mail to  lcaforum (at) ethz.ch  with a short notice that you want to receive an invoice instead. Please provide the full invoice address as well as the chosen fee type. 

For all further questions regarding the registration process, please do not hesitate to contact:  lcaforum (at) @ethz.ch

 

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Call for Abstract open:

Submissions can be either scientific or 'practical' (e.g. from industrial practitioners without scientific endeavour). Key is to discuss the topics.  

Please use the abstract submission form.

Submit your abstract to lcaforum (at) ethz.ch. 

Deadline for abstract submission: 10 January 2020.

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DF 76 — The use of LCA as a development tool for emerging technologies / How to deal with forecasts in LCA?

Thursday, 19 November 2020, ETH Zürich, Alumni (GEP) Pavillon

More Information will follow till mid December 2019. 
 

To register for DF 76, please use the following link:  https://ethzurich.eventsair.com/lcaforum/regdf76/Site/Register

To register for the whole year 2020, please use the following link:  https://ethzurich.eventsair.com/lcaforum/regall/Site/Register

To register you need to create a profile, which is done in very few steps and is self-explanatory. In case you are not able to pay by credit card, please send an e-mail to  lcaforum (at) ethz.ch  with a short notice that you want to receive an invoice instead. Please provide the full invoice address as well as the chosen fee type. 

For all further questions regarding the registration process, please do not hesitate to contact:  lcaforum (at) @ethz.ch