prevent or minimise problem shifting and ensure an environmentally-sound energy
transition.
Other than environmental factors such as costs, politics, regional interdependencies, risks, or social issues, an energy transition will have to be furthermore
addressed in true Life Cycle Management (LCM) models of future energy supply.
The topics included in the session were the following:
• How to address emerging energy technologies in LCA, e.g. carbon capture and
storage (CCS), etc.
• Integration of the ecodesign directive in energy-related products and
technologies
• Inclusion of foresight and dynamic aspects in applications of LCA to energy
systems
• Barriers and solutions in application of LCA to energy systems, e.g. modelling
challenges such as temporal and geographical resolution versus data availability
and level of detail of results needed
• Handling of bioenergy (poses specific methodological challenges, e.g. iLUC)
• Relevance of transportation in LCA energy systems
The objective of the session was to discuss and advance the implementation of
Life Cycle approach and Circular Economy along the businesses value chain,
supporting environmental, social and economic sustainability related to the development of industrial technologies, products, services and policies.
The session was proposed in synergy with a parallel session conducted at the
LCM 2017 conference on LCM of energy and energy transitions. In this session, we
wanted to stimulate inputs on how LCA models can capture the complex management challenges in the whole energy sector. In that sense, the various sectors
related to energy (namely heat, power, etc.) have become more interrelated, which
will be challenging to deal with in LCM. Therefore, the next decades, LCM
modelling of energy systems will have to be quite innovative in order to create
realistic models. Furthermore, if LCA wants to do real LCM, the methodology
should be widened to e.g. include long-term environmental implications.
2 Summary of the Session Presentations
The session proposed had the aim to highlight the importance of rooting environmental sustainability assessments with broad impact coverage into energy planning.
The presentations had in general an outstanding quality. Data availability and
level of detail of results needed was a topic proposed. Life cycle inventories of good
quality are essential to conduct any study and there were a number of presentations
dealing with that topic.
Oberschelp et al. [1] deal in their work with other case of data availability: the
emission of particulate matter from the production of electricity in China. A detailed
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transition.
Other than environmental factors such as costs, politics, regional interdependencies, risks, or social issues, an energy transition will have to be furthermore
addressed in true Life Cycle Management (LCM) models of future energy supply.
The topics included in the session were the following:
• How to address emerging energy technologies in LCA, e.g. carbon capture and
storage (CCS), etc.
• Integration of the ecodesign directive in energy-related products and
technologies
• Inclusion of foresight and dynamic aspects in applications of LCA to energy
systems
• Barriers and solutions in application of LCA to energy systems, e.g. modelling
challenges such as temporal and geographical resolution versus data availability
and level of detail of results needed
• Handling of bioenergy (poses specific methodological challenges, e.g. iLUC)
• Relevance of transportation in LCA energy systems
The objective of the session was to discuss and advance the implementation of
Life Cycle approach and Circular Economy along the businesses value chain,
supporting environmental, social and economic sustainability related to the development of industrial technologies, products, services and policies.
The session was proposed in synergy with a parallel session conducted at the
LCM 2017 conference on LCM of energy and energy transitions. In this session, we
wanted to stimulate inputs on how LCA models can capture the complex management challenges in the whole energy sector. In that sense, the various sectors
related to energy (namely heat, power, etc.) have become more interrelated, which
will be challenging to deal with in LCM. Therefore, the next decades, LCM
modelling of energy systems will have to be quite innovative in order to create
realistic models. Furthermore, if LCA wants to do real LCM, the methodology
should be widened to e.g. include long-term environmental implications.
2 Summary of the Session Presentations
The session proposed had the aim to highlight the importance of rooting environmental sustainability assessments with broad impact coverage into energy planning.
The presentations had in general an outstanding quality. Data availability and
level of detail of results needed was a topic proposed. Life cycle inventories of good
quality are essential to conduct any study and there were a number of presentations
dealing with that topic.
Oberschelp et al. [1] deal in their work with other case of data availability: the
emission of particulate matter from the production of electricity in China. A detailed
224
N. Espinosa and Y. J. Suh