80th LCA Discussion Forum

Passer, A. (Speaker)

Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at conference or symposium › Science to science

Description

The 80th LCA (life cycle assessment) Forum held on 9 June 2022
considered key issues in research and legislation for how carbon storage
in buildings should be accounted for.

Period	9 Jun 2022
Event title	80th Life Cycle Assessment Forum - DF 80
Event type	Conference
Location	Zürich, SwitzerlandShow on map

Fields of Expertise

Sustainable Systems

Documents & Links

Renewable feedstocks and their biogenic carbon are one of the key elements of greenhouse gas emission policies towards net zero. However, today various approaches exist to model flows and related climate change impacts of biogenic carbon and biogenic CO2, including disputed approaches and regulations which attribute reduced Global Warming Potentials for late CO2 emissions. Companies are starting to compensate their fossil-based CO2 emissions caused in manufacturing with reforestation projects. Others sell their fossil CO2 emission reductions achieved by switching to renewable materials as emission certificates to third parties. And again others claim reduced CO2 emissions of their products compared to current standard products (handprints). This LCA forum provides a synopsis on the various approaches and facets of modelling biogenic carbon and biogenic CO2 in the building and construction sector and offered a discussion platform for resolving or better understand the positions and arguments related to contentious issues. It is supposed to foster harmonisation and, where not achievable, at least to contribute to increase transparency.
Conference presentations and videos are available for download