This course includes four online sessions via Zoom.
A preliminary timetable of the sessions is presented below.
Session 1 – Introduction, sustainability assessment, and circularity
Date: April 5th 14.00 – 16.00 (CET)
| Time | Content | Instructor |
| 14.00 | Welcome and introduction to the course | Carolina Bettker |
| 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: April 12th 14.00 – 16.00 (CET)
| Time | Content | Instructor |
| 14.00 | LCA framework (Part 1): Goal & Scope definition | Felicitas Pellengahr |
| 14.40 | Break | |
| 14.50 | LCA Framework (Part 2): Life cycle inventory | Michelle Gian |
| 15.30 | Open Session: Q&A | |
| 16.00 | End of the session |
Session 3 – LCA methodology: Impact Assessment and Interpretation of Results
Date: April 19st 14.00 – 16.00 (CET)
| 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: April 26th 14.00 – 16.00 (CET)
| Time | Content |
| 14.00 | Participants presentations |
| 15.00 | Break |
| 15.05 | Participants presentations |
| 16.00 | End of the session |
Case Study Topics:
Case study topics will be disclosed later in our course. Some possible topics are: plastics, biomass, textiles.
- Please note: most of our examples and topics are focused on biobased applications.