April 2010, ETH Zürich Central Building, GEP Pavilion
The event will be held in English
This 40th Discussion Forum will address recent developments in impact assessment. In its first part the discussion forum will focus on last developments concerning Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) methodologies. In the second part, the debate will concentrate on the impact assessment of abiotic mineral resource use, with an overview on currently used methods and a discussion on how gravel is assessed in Ecopoints ’06.
DF40-00 developments in LCIA-program_final.pdf
| Time | Title | Speaker |
| 8:30 |
Registration |
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| Part 1: Developments in Life Cycle Impact Assessment | ||
| 9:15 |
Welcome and Introduction:
Goals and Topics of the day |
Arthur Braunschweig,
Carole Dubois |
| 9:30 | ReCiPe 2008: The major changes from Eco-indicator'99 & CML to the new mid-, endpoint and weighting method DF40-01 Goedkoop-ReCiPe Overview.pdf |
Mark Goedkoop |
| 10:45 | Coffee break |
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| 11:10 | Short presentations |
Based on participants' contributions: |
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1. Evaluating the importance of emissions and resource uses in
the total environmental impacts DF40-02 Jungbluth-total balance.pdf |
Niels Jungbluth esu-services |
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2.
Emergy to assess abiotic depletion in LCA DF40-03 Scacchi-Emergy.pdf |
Costanza Scacchi, CRP Henri Tudor / CRTE, LU |
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| 11:40 |
The EU LCIA project: Analysis and recommendations on Life Cycle Impact assessment methods DF40-04 Goedkoop-EU Selecting LCIA.pdf |
Mark Goedkoop. PRé Consulting, NL |
| 12:30 | Lunch break | |
| Part 2: Non-renewable resources in LCIA | ||
| 14:00 |
Different visions on resource depletion: A review of various approaches DF40-05 Schryver-Resource Assessment.pdf |
An de Schryver |
| 14:30 |
Why to assess gravel use – and which gravel?
Effects of the gravel ecofactor in UBP'06 on LCA's of gravel and concrete DF40-06 Braunschweig-Gravel assessment.pdf |
Arthur Braunschweig |
| 15:00 |
The BAFU view on Mineral Resources' assessment in Impact
Assessment DF40-07 Egli-BAFU View on Mineral Resources.pdf |
Peter Gerber and colleagues (BAFU-FOEN) |
| 15:30 | Coffee break |
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| 16:00 |
Endpoint assessment and ISO 14’040: How does 'Endpoint Assessment' fit into the understanding of Impact Assessment and Weighting according to ISO 14’044? Short Introduction statements by various participants |
Moderation: Arthur Braunschweig |
| 16:40 | Conclusions and farewell |
Arthur Braunschweig,
Carole Dubois |