Progress in Life Cycle Assessment 2021

An uncertainty indicator for co-product allocation in life-cycle assessment - Sensitization for the problem instead of an endless seek for a solution.- Background data exchange in prospective Life Cycle Assessment and its effects on climate change and land use in the impact assessment of Artificial Photosynthesis.- Reverse electrodialysis, an alternative for water reclamation and renewable energy production.- LCA of Bioenergy (Ökobilanzierung der Bioenergie - Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft am DBFZ).- LCA of Fuel production (Ökobilanzierung einer Kraftstoffproduktion durch hydrothermale Verflüssigung organischer Reststoffe unter Berücksichtigung von Nebenprodukten).- Modeling soil organic carbon impacts during a short rotation coppice project at an R&D phase in Slovakia.- Holistic and Integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Bioeconomy Regions.- Social Life Cycle Assessment: implementing the SDGs in an early stage approach to assess thepotential contribution to the achievement of the SDGs - Methodological considerations.- Climate effects of Using Headsets (Klimawirkungen der Nutzung von Kopfhörern und Headsets).- Implementing Ecodesign during the Product Development Phase an Ex-Ante Life Cycle Assessment of Wood-Plastic Composites.

DI Dr. Franziska Hesser, MSc., is leader of the research group Sustainable Innovation and Impact Assessment at Wood K plus-a research organisation in the field of wood materials and processing technology-and lecturer at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna. Her research ambitions focus on sustainability assessment of bio-based product systems during the R&D phase. In combination, research on innovation diffusion and market analysis of mainly wood-based innovations build the fields of expertise.