[ecodesign] 24th Discussion Forum on LCA for sustainable consumption
Yves Loerincik
discussion@ecodesign.at
Thu, 28 Oct 2004 22:43:26 +0200
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*REMINDER*
24th LCA Discussion Forum:* *Life-cycle Approaches for Sustainable
Consumption* December 2, 2004, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,
Switzerland Room BC 03
*How to consume in a more sustainable way?*
We are pleased to invite you to the 24^th Discussion Forum on Life Cycle
Assessment to address this question. Please note that there are
opportunities for short presentations (5-10 minutes). We encourage you
to submit an abstract using the attached application form.
Sustainable consumption is an emerging issue in many countries. At
present consumers are flooded with pieces of information on how to
consume in a sustainable way and not seldomly the information seems
contradictory. There is a need for reliable assessments of all
consumption activities and there is also a need to prioritise
consumption patterns and alternatives that can make a significant
difference.
Life cycle thinking is a powerful concept that spreads out more and more
in domains where sustainability is of importance. To look at individual
phases in the life cycle of goods and services is reductive; we need to
consider all impacts from the production throughout the use and the end
of life stage. Life-cycle approaches could probably provide the
scientific basis for all dimensions of sustainable consumption. They
gave already proof of there usefulness in studies to evaluate
environmental and economical aspects of sustainable consumption.
The 24th LCA discussion forum aims at determining and illustrating how
life cycle approaches can be used in the area of sustainable
consumption, e.g. to inform policy makers, select areas of action,
identify consumption patterns and lifestyles that are more sustainable,
advise consumers, and evaluate the effectiveness of measures.
In particular the 24^th LCA Forum will look at:
- Available life cycle tools for sustainable consumption;
- Life cycle approaches that allow assessing a majority of
consumption activities;
- Consumer acceptance of more sustainable products and
consumption patterns;
- Life cycle approaches allowing evaluating problems that could
be caused by changes in consumption patterns (rebounds effects);
- Case studies on sustainable consumption using life cycle
approaches;
Presentations and discussions will address and give tentative answers to
the following questions:
- What is the potential of sustainable consumption for impact
reductions?
- How to measure sustainability (state of nature, social and
economical performance)? What are acceptable levels of damages and time
horizons for sustainable consumption?
- How to promote sustainable consumption (financial incentives,
legislative actions, etc.)?
We hope that this forum will be of interest to you and we are looking
forward to welcoming you in Lausanne.
Information on the LCA Discussion Forums can be found on the following
website: http://www.texma.org/LCA-Forum/lca-forum.html
For the Industrial Ecology - Life Cycle Systems group,
Best regards.
Prof. Olivier Jolliet, Josef Kaenzig, Yves Loerincik
Contact: LCAforum@epfl.ch
Practicalities:
* The forum takes place in Lausanne, at the EPF and will be held in english
--
Yves Loerincik
Environmental Science and Engineering
EPFL, bâtiment GR, GECOS
CH-1015 Lausanne
tel: ++ 41 21 693 57 46
fax: ++ 41 21 693 57 60
yves.loerincik@epfl.ch
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</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">REMINDER</span><b style=""><span
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<br>
24th LCA Discussion Forum:<o:p></o:p></span></b></font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 16pt;">Life-cycle Approaches for Sustainable
Consumption<o:p></o:p></span></b></font>
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year="2004" day="2" month="12"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">December
2, 2004</span></st1:date><span style="font-size: 10pt;">,
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><st1:place><st1:city><span
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<p class="WW-BodyText2" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>How
to consume in a more sustainable way?</b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="WW-BodyText2" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We
are pleased to invite you to the 24<sup>th</sup>
Discussion Forum on Life Cycle Assessment to address this question.
Please note
that there are opportunities for short presentations (5-10 minutes). We
encourage you to submit an abstract using the attached application form.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="WW-BodyText2" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Sustainable
consumption is an emerging issue in many
countries. At present consumers are flooded with pieces of information
on how
to consume in a sustainable way and not seldomly the information seems
contradictory. There is a need for reliable assessments of all
consumption
activities and there is also a need to prioritise consumption patterns
and
alternatives that can make a significant difference. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="WW-BodyText2" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Life
cycle thinking is a powerful concept that spreads
out more and more in domains where sustainability is of importance. To
look at
individual phases in the life cycle of goods and services is reductive;
we need
to consider all impacts from the production throughout the use and the
end of
life stage. Life-cycle approaches could probably provide the scientific
basis
for all dimensions of sustainable consumption. They gave already proof
of there
usefulness in studies to evaluate environmental and economical aspects
of
sustainable consumption. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="WW-BodyText2" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The
24th LCA discussion forum aims at determining and
illustrating how life cycle approaches can be used in the area of
sustainable
consumption, e.g. to inform policy makers, select areas of action,
identify
consumption patterns and lifestyles that are more sustainable, advise
consumers, and evaluate the effectiveness of measures.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="WW-BodyText2"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">In
particular the 24<sup>th</sup> LCA Forum will look at:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Available life
cycle tools for sustainable consumption;<o:p></o:p><br>
<span style="">-<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Life cycle
approaches that allow assessing a majority of consumption
activities;<o:p></o:p></span></font><!--[endif]--><!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]--><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span
style=""><br>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Consumer acceptance
of more sustainable products and consumption
patterns;<o:p></o:p><br>
<span style="">-<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Life cycle
approaches allowing evaluating problems that could be caused
by changes in consumption patterns (rebounds effects);<o:p></o:p></span></font><!--[endif]--><!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]--><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Case studies on
sustainable consumption using life cycle approaches;<o:p></o:p></span></font><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br>
<br>
Presentations and discussions will address and give
tentative answers to the following questions:<o:p></o:p><br>
<span style=""><br>
-<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">What is the
potential of sustainable consumption for impact reductions?<o:p></o:p></span></font><!--[endif]--><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span
style=""><br>
-<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">How to measure
sustainability (state of nature, social and economical
performance)? What are acceptable levels of damages and time horizons
for
sustainable consumption?<br>
</span></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="">-<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">How to promote
sustainable consumption (financial incentives,
legislative actions, etc.)?<o:p></o:p></span></font>
<p class="WW-BodyText2"
style="margin-left: 35.85pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[endif]--></p>
<p class="WW-BodyText2" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We
hope that this forum will be of interest to you and
we are looking forward to welcoming you in </span><st1:city><st1:place><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Lausanne</span></st1:place></st1:city><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="WW-BodyText2" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Information
on the LCA Discussion Forums can be found
on the following website: </span><span style=""><a
href="http://www.texma.org/LCA-Forum/lca-forum.html"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">http://www.texma.org/LCA-Forum/lca-forum.html</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="WW-BodyText2" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">For
the Industrial Ecology – Life Cycle Systems group,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="WW-BodyText2" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Best
regards.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="WW-BodyText2" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Prof.
Olivier Jolliet, Josef Kaenzig, Yves Loerincik<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Contact:
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:LCAforum@epfl.ch">LCAforum@epfl.ch</a></span></font><font
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Practicalities:
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* The forum takes place in Lausanne, at the EPF and will be held in
english</big>
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Yves Loerincik
Environmental Science and Engineering
EPFL, bâtiment GR, GECOS
CH-1015 Lausanne
tel: ++ 41 21 693 57 46
fax: ++ 41 21 693 57 60
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:yves.loerincik@epfl.ch">yves.loerincik@epfl.ch</a>
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