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Life Cycle Assessment: A Day of Practical Training

Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PT)

Vancouver, British Columbia

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CEP Members   more info Ended CA$115.00 CA$0.00
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a technique to assess environmental and social impacts associated with all 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 the LCA Alliance Team. The LCA alliance is a network of LCA professionals based at the University of British Columbia - Vancouver.

Only 30 seats available. Registered early.

 

Agenda

9:00 AM 

  • 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 & critics a  LCA, or EPD, PCRs examples.

4:30 PM

  • Evaluation sheet and closing

For more information, please email Alexandre: alexandre@beyondclimatesolutions.com

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 (since 2010) and as a Partner of Coldstream Consulting (since 2011) with professional affiliations to the University of British Columbia, as a Sessional Lecturer in the Civil Engineering Department and as an 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 beenperforming 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.

When & Where



UBC Robson Square
800 Robson Street
Room C100
Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 3B7
Canada

Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PT)


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Connecting Environmental Professionals (CEP) is a not-for-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to promoting opportunities for networking, career development and capacity building.

Our members include working professionals, future professionals and students from government, business, not-for-profit organizations and associations. Launched in 2002, CEP Vancouver has over 650 members.

CEP is part of a national network, with chapters in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton operating under the name Young Environmental Professionals (YEP). Memberships from one chapter are recognized in all other chapters.