Life Cycle Analysis

Workshop “Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)” took place at Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre on October 21-23, 2013. The workshop was conducted by Dr.Fredy Dinkel and Thomas Kägi, experts from the Swiss Reference Centre.

The workshop was focused on definition of efficiency and quality as the key components for environmental evaluation; the need for application of relevant management tools such as Life Cycle Analysis ensuring achievement of efficient process (system) sustainability.

The workshop participants discussed the following topics:

• Introduction into LCA theory:
• Basic principles for LCA understanding;
• Identification of the main types of LCA and areas of their application;
• Introduction into LCA framework;
• Methodological part: LCA methodology introduction and examples;
• Introduction into LCA tools and database;
• Introduction into SimaPro 7.3 – most frequently used LCA software.

Life Cycle Analysis is the methodology specifying the ways and methods for reduction of harmful ecological impact resulting from all processes of final product manufacturing, as well as total ecological impact from product use or disposal.