34th Discussion on LCA - Life Cycle Assessment versus CO2 footprint

2008-03-07 / 14:43 from LCA Forum
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34th Discussion Forum*

*Life Cycle Assessment versus CO2 Footprint
13th March 2008 Lausanne, Hôtel Alpha Palmier (in front of the railway
station)*

We are pleased to invite you to the 34th discussion forum on Life Cycle
Assessment on *March 13th 2008*. The forum *will be followed by the 2nd
International ecoinvent Meeting on Friday March 14th 2008 in Lausanne,*
at the Polydôme, EPFL. Both events will be held in English.

The importance of the climate change issue has grown impressively these
last months. Companies and authorities today deal with carbon footprint
assessment, carbon labelling, carbon offsets and other instruments.

Currently, there are two different approaches to assess the climate
impact of processes and organisations: either with Life Cycle Assessment
(LCA) methods, or based on the greenhouse gas protocol
(www.ghgprotocol.org) and its 'partners' e.g. the GRI Global Reporting
Initiative and the WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable
Development. The two approaches use different concepts and therefore may
yield different GHG emission results. In addition, LCA is not limited to
climate change but includes other impacts on the environment. Does the
fact that climate change is the current prime subject allow or justify
not to consider other impacts?

The DF 34 will discuss the following questions:

- Which are the relevant differences between the two approaches of LCA
and GHG protocol concerning GHG accounting? Is GHG accounting an "LCA
light"?
- In which cases is it useful to focus the environmental assessment on
GHG emissions only?
- How should GHG emission certificates be considered in an LCA / Ecobalance?
- What are the implications of the GHG methodology development on the
life cycle assessment methodology?

The floor is open for short presentations (10 minutes). If you are
interested, please submit an abstract before March 3rd.

Please find more information on the 34th LCA Discussion Forum in the
attached invitation. Please send your application to the following
contact: LCAforum@epfl.ch

We hope that this forum will be of interest for you and we are looking
forward to welcoming you in Lausanne.

Best regards,

Arthur Braunschweig (E2 Management), Sarra Harbi and Yves Loerincik
(ecointesys-life cycle systems)
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LCA Forum
Ecointesys - Life Cycle Systems
Parc scientifique EPFL
Case postale 538
CH-1001 Lausanne
tel: ++ 41 79 453 59 52
fax: ++ 41 91 968 10 93
lcaforum@epfl.ch
http://www.lcainfo.ch/df

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