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Conference & Exhibition on
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W^ij^sffir Sustatnablllty
Aprif 25 - 27, 2000
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Purpose
LCA is being developed and applied internationally by
corporations, governments, and environmental groups
to incorporate environmental concerns into the deci-
sion-making process. It is being widely adopted as a
means to evaluate commercial systems and develop
sustainable solutions.
LCA identifies the impacts of products and services
over all life cycle stages and media, enabling informed
decision-making. LCA can identify and verify environ-
mental benefits that will lead to sustainable practices.
Presentations and discussions during /nLCA will focus
on approaches that integrate environmental, economic,
and social values for decision-making, with emphasis
on LCA applications and case studies. The conference
will bring together practitioners and decision-makers.
Speakers will discuss how LCA can be used to:
create marketing advantages;
improve environmental decision-making;
save organizations money;
organize environmental management systems;
measure environmental performance and
progress towards sustainability;
communicate within and outside of organizations.
Who Should Attend
The audience for this conference is anyone who would like
to learn from environmental leaders how to better incorpo-
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rate environmental data and information into their
organization's decision-making process. In addition,
specific sessions will target cutting-edge LCA research
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and development. The audience will include representa-
tives from industry, government, private consultants,
academia, and environmental groups.
Exhibits
An exhibition hall will be part of the conference allow-
ing LCA developers and practitioners to meet potential
clients, and industrial, government and policy experts
to meet and compare different LCA practitioners and
other environmental services providers. The exhibition
hall will consist of table top displays (4' X 6').
For those interested in being an exhibitor eA'lnLC/(,
please send an e-mail to lnLCA@iere.org, send a"fax
to (206) 463-7432 (Attn: /nLCA Conference), or call
(206) 463-7431 for exhibit space and cost information.
Organizers
US EPA's Office of Research and Development
National Risk Management Research Laboratory
National Center for Environmental Research and
Quality Assurance
Institute for Environmental Research & Education
Environmental Quality Management Institute
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7:00 AM Registration
Opening
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
Session I
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
Plenary
Greetings
Keynote Speaker
Second Speaker
Break
Third Speaker
Panel Discussion
Lunch
PRELIMINARY AGENDA
Tuesday April 25, 2OOO
Norine Noonan, EPA Office of Research & Development
Anders Wijkman, EU Parliament (invited)
Bas de Leeuw, United Nations Environment Programme
Marc Epstein, Rice University
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Global Views of LCA
Rethinking LCA, Joel Ann Todd, The Scientific Consulting Group, Inc.
LCA in Industry & Business, Paolo Frankl, University of Rome, & Frieder Rubik, Institute
for Ecological Economy Research (IOW)
Inventory of Automobiles, Ron Williams, General Motors Corp.
Break
Measures of Sustainable Development, Dan Fiorino, EPA Environmental Strategies Division
LCA as a Measurement Tool for Climate Change, Kevin Brady, Five Winds International
Land Use Issues in LCA, Rita Schenck, EcoSense
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Thursday April 27, 2OOO ' Morning Sessions
Session IVA
Software Tools & Data
Systems
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
BEES - Combining Life
Cycle Costing and LCA into
a Practical Software Tool,
a Lippiatt, NIST
GaBi 3 Use in Impact
Assessment & Sensitivity
and Uncertainty Analysis/
Life Cycle Engineering,
S. Spatari, PE-Americas LP
TEAM 3.0-Tool for Environ-
mental Analysis & Manage-
ment, R. Cpulon,
Ecobalance
Session IVB
Weighting & Economic
Valuation
Session IVC
Product & Process
Development & Design II
Session IVD
External Reporting &
Communication
Comparative LCA and
Externality Analysis of
Biodiesel & Fossil Diesel
Fuel, C. Spirinckx, VITO
Incorporating Costs in LCA,
K. Shapiro, Tellus
An Integrated Product Life
Cycle Design Tool,
a Glazebrook, Ecobalance
Using an LCI Database for
Reporting and Communi-
cation, A-C. Palsson,
Chalmers Univ., Sweden
Assessment of Materials and Comparing Eco-labeling
Process Options within Policies: Experimental
Cascaded Systems: A Case Evidence, M.F. Teisl
Study, E. Williams, Univ. University of Maine '
of Surrey, UK
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Determination of Weighting
SI CAtf a' Prfn?
the LCA of a Printed
Board, KM Lee, Ajou
University, Korea
Break
Application of LCA to Select LCA for Environmental
Technology for Leachate Product Information
Treatment, J. Kochany, Schemes, P. Frankl, Dip to
Conestoga-Rovers & ITACA, Italy
Associates
10:00 AM-10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Simple, but Sound LCA Comparison of Simplified
System Based on Indicators/ Evaluation Methods with
Ecolndicator 99 Overview, LCA by Means of Case
i/W.3<3a^ooA,^
sultants, The Netherlands University of Technology,
Germany
Making LCA Data Available
via the Internet: LCAccess,
T. Skone, SAIC
LCA for Indoor Exposure,
G.A. Norris, Sylvatica
LCA for Environmentally
Preferable Purchasing:
the FRED Model,
Development of TRACI -
Tool for the Reduction and
Assessment of Chemical
Impacts, J. Bare, US EPA
Environmental Management
Infrastructure (temp),
Y. Fukushima, University of
Tokyo, Japan
12:30PM-1:30PM
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
& Dedsi°n Supp0rt ior Cleaner LCA for Community-based
m North American Technologies by Estimating EMS, R. Schenck
LCA, G. Norris, Sylvatica Exposures to Industrial EcoSense
Emissions Using Modeling
and GIS, J. Zhang, UCLA
Quantitative Data Assess-
ment for Normalization
Reference, S. Suh,
Ajou University, Korea
Chinese Site-Normalization
References for LCIA,
J. Yang, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Technical
University of Denmark
Lunch
Environmental Life Cycle
Cost Analysis of Products,
S. Kumaran, National
University of Singapore
LCA as a Decisional Tool in
Telecommunications Field,
P. Fea, L. Giacomello,
CSELT, Italy
Material/Energy Flow
Balance Analysis with LCA
for a Large Metropolitan
City, K. Krrishnamohan,
Griffith University, Australia
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Using LCIA for Defining
Environmental Preferability,
S. Rhodes, SCS
Wrap-Up and Discussion on LCA
summarizing and analyzing what was presented in the 12 platform sessions
Whataroth t " d key ^uestions and wi» be asked to share their views
- What are the most promising applications of LCA and what should be done to encourage those us f
- What might be the least promising applications? ' ,-..-;.._^
- What are the most pressing needs for new or improved methods? ' ^^^ X-
in very different places and what difference does
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If" Session III A
Management &
j Regulatory Issues
Wednesday April 26, 2OOO - Afternoon Sessions
Session IIIB
Data Quality &
Availability
Session IIIC
Product & Process
Development & Design I
hifearated LCA and
Uncertainty & Sensitivities LCA of a New Application
Analysis of the in LCA's for Waste Manage- of Plastic Waste, R Vidal,
H' ^Implementing ment Systems, M. Koller, University Jaume I, Spa,n
trie Proposed WEEE Universitaet Pottsdam,
Directive, N. Kirkpatrick, Germany
Ecobalance, UK
Macro LCA as a Tool for
Regional Sustainable
Development and
Environmentally-
Technogeneous Safety,
Z. Broyde, Centre
"EcoResource," Ukraine
A Methodical Approach on
Eqobalancing and EIA
based on Material Flow
Networks - A Case Study
on a German Beer Brewery,
A Faustmann, Otto-von-
Guerlcke-Universit&t
Magdeburg, Germany
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3M's Life Cycle Manage-
ment Process: A Practical
Approach, E. Price, 3M
Confronting Uncertainty &
Variability in LCIA: A
Strategy for Evaluating
Model Performance,
T. McKone, University of
California at Berkeley
The Other Half of the Story:
The Implications of System
Boundary Incompleteness
for LCA Inventory Data,
G. Treloar, Deakin
University, Australia
Integrating the Life Cycle
Concept in the Product
Development of Small and
Medium Sized Enterprises:
2 Tools that Support this
Integration, A. Vercalsteren,
VITO
How to Integrate LCA into
Product Development,
A. Atik, Darmstadt
University of Technology,
Germany
Session HID
Measure of Sustainable
Development & Natural
Resource Use
The E2 Vector/The Surplus
Energy Concept as a Basis
for Quantifying the Depletion
of Mineral Resources and
Fossil Fuels, M. Goedkoop,
Pre Consultants, The
Netherlands
International Comparison of
Environmental Performance
of Major Multinational
Construction Firms in
Europe, M.A. Farshchi,
University of Reading, UK
Quantitative/Qualitative
Approach towards the
Assessment of Sustainable
Buildings, K. Reiche,
Technische Universitat
Darmstadt, Germany..,.,,,
Programmatic EHS
Analyses - The Military's
Approach to Environmental
Life-Cycle Planning,
S. Langer, SAIC
Break
LCA, Data Quality &
Sensitivity Analysis: The
Case of Mobile Fluid Power
Systems, M.C. M°Manus,
University of Bath, UK
Site-Dependent LCA of
Ozone Formation, Nutrient
Enrichment and
Acidification, J. Potting,
Technical University
of Denmark, Denmark
Instruments for Supporting
Environmentally Sound
Product Development,
R. Anderl, Darmstadt
University of Technology,
Germany
Ensuring the Sustainability
of Domestic Refrigerators -
An Approach Using LCA,
C. Ciantar&M. Hadfield,
Bournemouth University, UK
Material Flow Analysis with
LCA for Sustainable
Industry/Community
Interactions - A Practical
Demonstration for Gold
Mining, A. Scott, Griffith
University, Australia
Resource Use Management,
N. T. Hoagland, US EPA
Life Cycle Inventory of a
Modern Municipal Solid
Waste Landfill,
V. Camobreco, Ecobalance
Comparison of Different
Streamlined LCA Methods
for Product Design,
M.D. Bovea, Universitat
Jaume I, Spain
The Design for the Environ- Life Cycle Study on Palm
ment Computer Display
Project: Life Cycle Assess-
ment of CRTs and FPD's
Technologies, D. Singh,
US EPA DfE
Oil, S. Yusoff, Universiti
Malaya, Malaysia
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Wednesday April 26, 2OOO Morning Sessions
Session HA
Pollution Prevention
Session IIB
Risk-Based Approaches
Session IIC
LCA Studies
Session IID
Decision Making Approaches
8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Life Cycle Evaluation in
Early Stages of Product
Development for Different
Car Door Concepts,
B. Rosemann, Universitat
Erlangen, Germany
Human Toxicity Potential/
Assessment of Toxic
Impacts in the Nordic
LCA Practice, E. Hertwich,
Norwegian University of
Science and Technology
LCA of a PV System -
Application in an Island
Economy, C. J. Koroneos,
Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, Greece
A Decision-Analytic
Framework for Impact
Assessment, E.G. Hertwich,
Norwegian University of
Science and Technology
Environmental Improve-
ment of Automotive
Electrical Devices by
DFE Techniques based
on Life Cycle Impact
Assessment, F. Castells,
University Rovira i Virgili,
Spain
Comparison of Two
Equivalency Factor
Approaches with Simplified
Risk Assessment for LCIA
of Toxicity Impact Potential,
D.A. Tolle, Battelle
The Global Production
System for High-purity
Silicon: LCA with a
Geographical Component,
E. Williams, United Nations
University/Institute of
Advanced Studies, Japan
Better D&D Decision-making
through LCA, K.L. Yuracko,
Oak Ridge National
Laboratory
Repercussions of
Advanced Materials &
Propulsion Technologies
on the Automobile
Recycling Infrastructure,
J. A. Isaacs, Department of
Mechanical, Industrial and
Risk-Based Integration of
Economics and Life Cycle
Environment: Two Methods,
G. Norris, Sylvatica
E-mail vs. Ordinary Mail:
An Ecological Comparison,
M. Zurkirch, Swisscom AG,
Switzerland
Accounting for Engineering
Trade-Offs for Decision-
Making, K. Stone, US EPA
10:00 AM -10:30 AM
10:30 AM -1 2:00 PM
Use of LCA, TCA & AHP
for Evaluation of Pollution
Prevention Alternatives,
K.M. Lee, Ajou University,
Korea
Break
A Risk-Based LCA
Framework for Analyzing
Complex Technologies,
R.P. Anex, University of
Oklahoma
LCA in the Service
Industries: Case Study of
Telecommunications and
Tourism, A. Horvath,
University of California at
Berkeley
By-Product Synergy -The
Ideal Product Disposition,
A. Mangan, Applied
Sustainability LLC
Use of Life Cycle Costing
in Selecting Pollution
Prevention Technologies
in Navair, U.S. Navy,
B. Ouster, SAIC
Consequences of the
Damage Approach on the
Valuation Step and LCA in
General, P. Hofstetter,
ORISE PostDoc/US EPA
Improved Productivity and
Quality in the Indian Steel
Sector - A Life Cycle
Approach, S. Maudgal,
Ministry of Environment &
Forests, India
Utility-Based Framework for /
Material and Process Selection
in the Integrated Chain
Management of Polymers,
W. Mellor, Polymer Research
Centre, UK
Life Cycle Management,
R. Kainz, Daimler Chrysler
Corporation
Risks & LCA's for Home LCA Case Studies (temp),
Buildings: Product-Based vs. O. Joliet, EPFL, Switzerland
Input-Output Approaches,
Y. Nishioka, Harvard School
of Public Health
A New Guide for LCA for
Decision Support, J.B. Guinee
& G. Huppes, CML
Leiden University,
The Netherlands
12:OOPM-1:30PM
Lunch
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