Upcoming Events
Life Cycle Assessment: A Day of Practical Training
Saturday February 4th 2012, 9:00 AM to 5:00PM
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a technique to assess environmental and social impacts associated with all the stages of a product or service’s life (from material extraction to usage and disposal). LCA aims at offering tools to make decisions both in our workplace and within our day-to-day consumptions habits. This full day workshop will allow participants to understand the structure of LCA and to make critical judgement on the quality of LCA studies, environmental product declarations, and carbon neutrality claims.
No previous knowledge of LCA is required.
The training will be performed by members of the LCA Alliance team . The LCA alliance is a network of LCA professionals based at the University of British Columbia – Vancouver. See below for short bios.
Only 30 seats available, Register early.
Cost*: (includes lunch** and refreshments)
CEP members: $115 (to become a member (30$ life membership))
Nom members: $150
*limited amount of student bursaries available upon request
**vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free options available
Click here to register http://lcatraining.eventbrite.ca/?ebtv=C
See program agenda below.
Where: UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, 800 Robson Street , Room C100
When: Saturday February 4th 2012, 9:00 AM to 5:00PM
Who: Anyone who wants to start using LCA at work or for their daily life choices. We will adjust our training according to your interests. Printed handout and electronic copy of our material will be available for participants.
Agenda
9:00 AM
- Meet and Greet
- History and current state of LCA. Public concerns and the development of LCA.
- Structure of a LCA. LCA Methodology: Goal and Scope, Inventory Analysis, Impact Assessment, Interpretation.
12:00 PM – Lunch (included in registration cost)
1:00 PM
- Environmental product declarations (EPDs)
- Product category rules (PCRs)
- Carbon accounting (PAS 2050, WRI, ISO 14064).
- Uncertainty in LCA.
2:30 PM
- Group break down in team of 5-7. Depending of specific interests, read, discuss & critic a LCA, EPD or PCRs examples.
4:30 PM
- Evaluation sheet and closing
Rob Sianchuk is a life cycle assessment (LCA) practitioner with four years experience teaching, advising and practicing LCA in industry and academia. Mr. Sianchuk currently consults as a Research Associate with the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute and as a Principal of Coldstream Consulting with professional affiliations to the University of British Columbia, as a Sessional Lecturer in the Civil Engineering Department and as a Instructor in Continuing Studies.
Alexandre Vigneault is a PhD candidate at UBC in the field of clean energy and distributed hydrogen production. Since 2007, he has been performing LCA on a range of household eco-products, as well as carbon footprints for events and business activities. Alexandre works as a consultant for Raincity Strategies and Beyond Climate Solutions.
For more information, please email Alexandre: alexandre@beyondclimatesolutions.com
