Newsletter 3 : 2022, Swedish Life Cycle Center & Innovation cluster for the life cycle perspective. |
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Latest news from Swedish Life Cycle Center and Innovation cluster for the life cycle perspective.
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Welcome to an autumn full of activities!
The interest in Swedish Life Cycle Center is increasing and 19 participants took part in the open information meeting about the Center that was held on September 14. If you missed that opportunity, but are interested in knowing more about the Center and about partnership and collaboration, you are most welcome to contact us for more information sara.palander@chalmers.se or +46(0)31 772 56 40.
The new Swedish Life Cycle Center Research strategy has been distributed among partners and interested organizations. The aim of the document is to strengthen the scientific profile of the Center. If you are curious to read the Research strategy, it is available here. In this newsletter you can take part of Life Cycle Talks, Scientific Directions, interesting partner research and upcoming events. Enjoy your reading!
Kind regards,
Sara, Maria & Anna, Swedish Life Cycle Center Technical secretariat |
Latest news from Swedish Life Cycle Center
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Life Cycle Talks – How can social life cycle assessment adress social sustainability? Welcome to Life Cycle Talks! A series of talks presenting the research front to keep you up to date with the science and application of the life cycle perspective. Our next guest is Mathias Lindkvist, Postdoctoral Researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. He will talk about how social life cycle assessment can address social sustainability. Join us live on October 18th 2022, 14.00-14.30 CET. | Life Cycle Talks – How can we reach a sustainable consumption? Our Life Cycle Talk with Professor Göran Finnveden is now available on YouTube! In this talk Göran presented his research on how to measure and move towards sustainable consumption and the importance of the life cycle approach for the role of reaching a sustainable consumption.
| Access to Life Cycle TalksAll Life Cycle Talks are available on YouTube. Please feel free to share them with your network and colleagues!
| | | | Scientific Directions Update #4In the latest Scientific Directions Update, Greg presents the Center’s first ever “Research Strategy” and highlights some recent partner publications addressing the circularity concept. | | | | Interesting life cycle research presented in AachenSeveral representatives from Swedish Life Cycle Center’s partner organizations attended and presented their work during the 8th International Conference on Social Life Cycle Assessment in Aachen, Germany, September 5-8. Take part of their interesting work by reading the full article here. | | | | Course in Applied Life Cycle ThinkingDo you want to gain in-depth knowledge of the life cycle perspective and understand the environmental impact of a product or service throughout the value chain and how you can use this perspective in your organization? We have now opened the registration for the next occasion of the popular two-day course "Applied Life Cycle Thinking" on November 15-16, 2022. The course will be held in English and online. Read more and register via the link below. | | | | PhD-course - Advances in life cycle assessmentIn April- May 2023 the PhD course Advances in life cycle assessment will be given. The course gives an in-depth orientation of LCA. It includes a broad range of LCA-related topics: the methodology, its application, its relation to other assessment tools, its role in decision-processes, etc. It is a collaboration between the partner universities within the Swedish Life Cycle Center (SLC): Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Chalmers University of Technology and KTH Royal Institute of Technology. The course will also have five spots open for participants from industry or research institutes. | | | |
Latest news from partners & the life cycle community
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Nordic Climate Forum for ConstructionOn 8 September the fourth Nordic Climate Forum for Construction was arranged by the Norwegian Building Authority and moderated by Maria Rydberg, Swedish Life Cycle Center. The Forum was livestreamed from Oslo and over 150 people joined the stream. The Forum is an annual event where the Nordic building authorities invites policymakers and stakeholders from industry, academia, and the finance sector to share and discuss recent policy development and building regulations concerning climate emissions.
Read more about the Forum and find a link to the recorded webinar below. | Global strategy on Sustainable Consumption and ProductionA draft of the global strategy for Sustainable Consumption and Production (2023 – 2030) is available. This strategy will focus on the sector’s food and beverage, public procurement, waste incl. chemicals, tourism, industrial sector, textiles, plastic, consumer goods, buildings and construction. | | | | LCM 2021 – Available onlineDid you miss the virtual LCM conference 2021? You now have free access to all content. Let's get inspired! | | | | Call for abstracts for LCM 2023The Organizing Committee of LCM 2023 invites you to participate in the Call for abstracts for LCM 2023 for a platform and/or poster presentation. Deadline January 31, 2023. | | | | PEF 101 factsheet availableUNEP has released PEF 101 factsheet on the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology. You will get an overview of the PEF method, its key benefits and how to apply it as a business! | | | | Please tag @Swedish Life Cycle Center when sharing publications and we will share in our community and network! |
Journal article: Employing a Socio-Technical System Approach in Prospective Life Cycle Assessment: A Case of Large-Scale Swedish Sustainable Aviation Fuels
Authors: Yin Lai, Y., Karakaya, E. & Björklund, A.
Publisher: Frontiers in Sustainability Journal article: Life cycle environmental impacts of current and future battery-grade lithium supply from brine and spodumene
Authors: Mudit Chordia, Sanna Wickerts, Anders Nordelöf, Rickard Arvidsson
Publisher: Resources, Conservation and Recycling
Journal article: Indirect Effects Negate Global Climate Change Mitigation Potential of Substituting Gasoline With Corn Ethanol as a Transportation Fuel in the USA
Authors: Brandao, M.
Publisher: Frontiers in Climate
Journal article: Global extinction probabilities of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine species groups for use in Life Cycle Assessment
Authors: Verones, F., Kuipers, K., Nunez, M., Rosa, F., Scherer, L., Marques, A., Michelsen, O., Barbarossa, V., Jaffe, B., Pfister, S. & Dorber, M.
Publisher: Ecological Indicators
Project report: Life cycle competence needs, current and future, in the Swedish industry sector
Authors: Lagerstedt Eidrup, M-L., Palander, S. & Peters, G.
Publisher: Swedish Life Cycle Center publication series Conference paper: Making an impact through joint efforts - values, outcomes and lessons learned from 25 years of collaboration
Authors: Palander S., Wikström A. & Rydberg M.
Publisher: Conference 10th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM 2021) Stuttgart and online
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Life Cycle Talks
About: How can social life cycle assessment address social sustainability? with Mathias Lindkvist
Date: October 18, 2022
Time: 14:00-14:30
Place: Online |
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Training: Two-day course in Applied life cycle thinking
Date: November 15-16, 2022
Place: Online
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Training: Two-day course in Applied life cycle thinkingDate: March 14-15, 2023
Place: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Swedish Life Cycle Center is a Center of Excellence and collaboration platform for academia, research institutes, industry and government agencies. It fosters competence-building and knowledge exchange in advancing and applying the life cycle field. The newsletter is sent from the project Innovation cluster for the life cycle perspective, with funding from the Swedish Energy Agency and partners in the Center.
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Swedish Life Cycle Center - Gothenburg, Sweden
+46 31 772 56 40, lifecyclecenter@chalmers.se
www.lifecyclecenter.se |
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