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2nd DISCUSSION FORUM ON
INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY AND LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT Fórum de Discussão em Ecologia Industrial e
Gestão de Ciclo de Vida March 5-6 2015 Auditorium of the
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra (UC), Polo II Campus This discussion forum aims to address current
research in Industrial Ecology and Life-Cycle Management. The forum,
conducted in English language, brings together faculty, researchers and
students to discuss the latest methodological developments and extended
approaches in Life-Cycle Assessment. The forum is organized in five working
sessions and includes two keynote lectures. Proceedings *NEW* Discussion Forum
Photos *NEW* Keynote Lectures Professor Roland Clift, Emeritus Professor Centre
for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK Life cycle
sustainability assessment: extending the scope of LCA Life
Cycle Assessment is well established as a tool for estimating the
environmental impacts (usually negative) associated with providing a product
or service. However, to provide a tool for assessment of sustainability, LCA
needs to incorporate other impacts beyond environmental. Based on the “three
pillars” model of sustainability, life cycle sustainability assessment must
consider economic and social impacts, both negative and positive. Environmental and economic impacts are
already considered together in some forms of Value Chain Analysis but incorporating
social impacts within life cycle assessment is more problematic. The UNEP/SETAC Guidelines approach this
problem by attempting to record social impacts within the same framework as
environmental impacts, but this approach is by no means universally accepted. This
talk will outline some of the problems which have been encountered in
extending the general LCA approach to social impacts. Some fundamental questions are raised: -
Is it possible to apply an approach
derived from risk estimation without empirical validation of outcomes? -
Can impact pathways be identified? -
Can Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment
be carried out without a normative discussion on social objectives? Emeritus
Professor of Environmental Technology and founding Director of the Centre for
Environmental Strategy at the University of Surrey; previously Head of the
Department of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Surrey;
Visiting Professor in Environmental System Analysis at Chalmers University,Göteborg, Sweden; Adjunct Professor in
Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada; past President and Executive Director of the International
Society for Industrial Ecology; past member of the UK Royal Commission on
Environmental Pollution, Ecolabelling Board and Science Advisory
Council of the Department of the Environment, food and Rural Affairs
(DEFRA). Prof. Clift’s research is
concerned with system approaches to environmental management and industrial
ecology, including life cycle assessment and energy systems. Professor Paulo Ferrão, Full
Professor Dept.
of Mechanical Eng., IST, University of Lisbon, Portugal Urban Metabolism Urban
metabolism provides a framework for analyzing the
technical and socioeconomic processes that occur in cities. This includes
assessing the inputs, outputs, and stores of energy, water, and materials of
an urban area. The concept is grounded on the analogy with the metabolism of
living organisms, as cities can transform raw materials into infrastructure,
human biomass, and waste. The
material dimension of the economic activities in cities presents an
opportunity for analysis. While the material dimension is only one component
of understanding the metabolism of cities, it allows the development of
reliable metrics for the assessment of urban material flows and stocks. The
consumption and transformation of materials is crucial for assessing the
sustainability of a city in terms of efficient functioning, resource
availability, and environmental protection. Urban
metabolism concepts and its associated toolset will be discussed together
with a set of international case studies that demonstrate how urban
metabolism can contribute to promote urban sustainability.
Was
born in Lisboa in 1962, graduated in Mechanical
Engineering in 1985 at IST- Instituto Superior Tecnico of the Technical University of Lisbon, where he
obtained the prize for the best student of the year in his field. He obtained
a Master in Heat Transfer and Conversion in 1998 and a PhD and “habilitation” in Mechanical Engineering at IST in 1993
and 2004, respectively. He concluded a graduation in Strategic Management in
the Context of Innovation at ISCTE in 1988. He is the National Director of
the MIT-Portugal Program, the major international partnership on Science and
Technology in Portugal, in the field of Engineering Systems, and he is also
the focus area lead for Sustainable Energy Systems. He is Full Professor at
IST. He is co-founder of IN+, Center for
Innovation, Technology and Policy Research. His scientific career has evolved
within the areas of “Laser diagnostics for turbulent combustion systems”,
“Analysis of Energy Systems” and “Industrial Ecology”, where the principles
of Thermodynamics have been complemented with social and economic
fundamentals in order to promote the analysis of the complex systems that
characterize the major issues that are relevant for sustainable development
of modern societies. He has been active on the area of “Sustainable Cities”,
where he is publishing a book at MIT-Press on “Sustainable Urban Systems”
co-authored with John Fernandez from MIT. He is author of three books and
co-author of two other in the area of Industrial Ecology, its principles,
tools and different case studies. He is author of more than seventy papers
published in journals and book chapters and over eighty papers presented in
conferences and invited talks in different domains. He has co-organized more
than a dozen international conferences and leaded more than thirty scientific
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Final program
Program last updated on February 27. Registration Registration
fee
The registration fee
includes: §
Access to all sessions §
Proceedings §
Lunch and coffee breaks Venue The Discussion Forum takes place at the Dept. of
Mechanical Engineering, Polo II Campus, University of Coimbra. Coimbra is
located in the center region of Portugal, easily
accessible by car, bus or train from Lisbon (200 km) or Oporto (130 km). VENUE and
ACCOMMODATION *NEW* Contact For more information please contact:
cie@dem.uc.pt
| +351 239 790 708 Chairman: Prof. Fausto
Freire, DEM-FCTUC Pólo II Energy for
Sustainability (EfS) initiative: www.uc.pt/efs Support This Discussion Forum is organized under the
project Extended “well-to-wheels”
assessment of biodiesel for heavy transport vehicles
(PTDC/SEN-TRA/117251/2010), supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
(FCT). It is also supported by the Energy and Mobility
for Sustainable Regions Project (CENTRO-07-0224-FEDER-002004).
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