This course includes four online sessions via Zoom.
The lectures will be recorded and shared with all participants. If you prefer not to have your face recorded, you can turn off your camera during the sessions
Session 1 – Introduction, sustainability assessment, and circularity
Date: May 7th 14:00 – 16:00 (CEST)
| Time | Content | Instructor |
| 14.00 | Welcome and introduction to the course | Pranav Nakhate |
| 14.10 | Sustainability Assessment | Yvonne van der Meer |
| 14:40 | Break | |
| 14.45 | Life Cycle Thinking and Circularity | Cris Garcia Saravia |
| 15.30 | Open Session: Q&A | |
| 16.00 | End of the session |
Session 2 – LCA methodology: Goal & Scope Definition and Life Cycle Inventory
Date: May 14th 14:00 – 16:00 (CEST)
| Time | Content | Instructor |
| 14.00 | LCA framework (Part 1): Goal & Scope definition | Ali Ghannadzadeh |
| 14.40 | Break | |
| 14.50 | LCA Framework (Part 2): Life cycle inventory | Svetlana Obydenkova |
| 15.30 | Open Session: Q&A | |
| 16.00 | End of the session |
Session 3 – LCA methodology: Impact Assessment and Interpretation of Results
Date: May 21st 14:00 – 16:00 (CEST)
| Time | Content | Instructor |
| 14.00 | LCA framework (Part 3): Impact Assessment | Pranav Nakhate |
| 14.40 | Break | |
| 14.50 | LCA Framework (Part 4): Interpretation | Felicitas Pellengahr |
| 15.30 | Open Session: Q&A | |
| 16.00 | End of the session |
Session 4 – LCA applications: Case studies
Date: May 28th 14.00 – 16.00 (CEST)
| Time | Content |
| 14.00 | Presentations on how to develop an LCA case study |
| 15.00 | Break |
| 15.05 | Open session and Q&As |
| 16.00 | End of the session |
Case Study Topics:
Case study topics: Biorefineries, Plastics, Packaging, Textiles
- Please note: most of our examples and topics are focused on biobased applications.