René Itten MSc ETH
René Itten MSc ETH
ZHAW
School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
Grüentalstrasse 14
8820 Wädenswil
Work at ZHAW
Position
Senior Researcher and Lecturer Life Cycle Assesment Research Group
Focus
- Life Cycle Inventory Modelling and LCA Databases
- Environmentally-extended Input-Output Analysis
- Life Cycle Impact Assessment Methodology
- Production and Transmission of Electricity and Heat
- Photovoltaic Supply Chain
Teaching
- Lead of Module Advanced Life Cycle Assessment, MSc ENR
- Lead of Module Sustainability Assessment, BSc Environmental Engineering
- Modul nachwachsende Rohstoffe (BSc Environmental Engineering)
Professional development teaching
CAS The Science and Art of Coffee
Experience
- Research Associate
Life Cycle Assessment Research Group, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
01 / 2017 - 07 / 2024 - Research Associate
Life Cycle Assessment Specialist Group, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
08 / 2015 - 12 / 2016 - Project Manager Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
treeze Ltd.
2012 - 2014 - Project Manager Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
ESU-Services Ltd.
2010 - 2012
Education and Continuing education
Education
- Master of Science (MSc) / Environmental Engineering
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
2008 - 2010 - Bachelor of Science (BSc) / Environmental Engineering
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
2005 - 2008
Continuing Education
CAS University Didactics
Zurich University of Teacher Education (PHZH)
2019
Network
Membership of networks
Social media
Media presence
Consumer magazine "Kassensturz" Swiss Radio and Television (SRF)
Projects
- Fostering Biodiversity Footprint Management Along Value Chains (BioPrint) / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
- Digitising Environmental Impacts using Geospatial Analytics / Team member / Project ongoing
- Updated Life Cycle Inventories Data of Wind Power / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
- Validierung der Modelle zur Generierung von Ökoinventardatensätzen der Stromproduktion aus Erdgas und von Strommixen / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
- Leitlinien zur Ökobilanz-Methodik für solare Wärme und Kühlung / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
- IEA PVPS Task 12 zur Nachhaltigkeit von Photovoltaik / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
- Spatial sustainable finance: Satellite-based ratings of company footprints in biodiversity and water / Team member / Project ongoing
- FuelSOME – Multifuel SOFC system with Maritime Energy Vectors / Project leader / Project ongoing
- LOFT – Local food for the future / Team member / Project ongoing
- Review Sachbilanzen Kohle Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- Topical Expert Meeting (TEM) - Harmonisierte Ökobilanz für Windenergie / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- BioVaR – Assessing and Digitizing Risk Exposure Resulting from Biodiversity Loss / Project co-leader / Project completed
- Life Cycle Inventories of solid fossil fuels / Project leader / Project completed
- Remote Sensing Metrics for Life Cycle Assessment (RSM4LCA) / Project leader / Project completed
- Environmental and Social Assessment at Mine Sites using Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics / Team member / Project completed
- ShopHero / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- Sozial-ökologische Ratingmethode für Produkte und Dienstleistungen entlang ihrer Wertschöpfungskette / Team member / Project completed
- Erweiterung Methode der ökologischen Knappheit mit Ökofaktoren für marine Fischressourcen / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) / Project leader / Project completed
- BIOMAT (Integrated Bio-based Materials Value Chains) / Team member / Project completed
- Extending the lifespan of mobile devices / Team member / Project completed
- Ökobilanzierung von Sportrasen der Stadt Zürich / Project leader / Project completed
- Assessment of mineral oil tax relief for synthetic fuels from biological methanation / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- The Coffee Blockchain – From Field to Cup / Project leader / Project completed
- Validation of crude and mineral oil life cycle inventory datasets / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- Regionalised Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment / Project leader / Project completed
- SHAREBOX – Secure Management Platform for Shared Process Resources / Team member / Project completed
- PV2050: Sustainability, market deployment and interaction to the grid – the impacts of advanced PV solutions / Team member / Project completed
- Robust and affordable process control technologies for improving standards and optimising industrial operations (ProPAT) / Team member / Project completed
- ZHAW Agri-food Database / Team member / Project completed
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
- Frischknecht R., Nathani C., Stolz P., Wyss F. and Itten R. (2015) Extension of a Disaggregated Input-Output Table with Environmental Data for the Year 2008. treeze Ltd / Rütter Soceco AG, commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Uster / Rüschlikon.
- Frischknecht R., Nathani C., Büsser Knöpfel S., Itten R., Wyss F. and Hellmüller P. (2014) Entwicklung der weltweiten Umweltauswirkungen der Schweiz; Umweltauswirkungen von Konsum und Produktion von 1996 bis 2011. treeze Ltd / Rütter Soceco AG, commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Uster / Rüschlikon.
- Frischknecht R., Nathani C., Büsser Knöpfel S., Itten R., Wyss F. and Hellmüller P. (2014) Technischer Bericht Gesamtumweltbelastung Schweiz. treeze Ltd / Rütter Soceco AG, commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Uster / Rüschlikon.
- Frischknecht R. and Itten R. (2014) PEFCR photovoltaic electricity generation. treeze Ltd. commissioned by Technical Secretariat PEF Pilot "Photovoltaic Electricity Generation", Uster, Switzerland.
- Itten R., Wyss F. and Frischknecht R. (2014) LCI of the global crystalline photovoltaics supply chain and of future photovoltaics electricity production. treeze Ltd., Uster, Switzerland.
- Itten R., Frischknecht R. and Stucki M. (2014) Life Cycle Inventories of Electricity Mixes and Grid, Version 1.3. treeze Ltd., Uster, Switzerland, retrieved from: www.treeze.ch.
- Itten R. and Frischknecht R. (2014) Primärenergiefaktoren von Energiesystemen, Version 2.2+, Stand April 2014. Im Auftrag des Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU und der Koordinationskonferenz der Bau- und Liegenschaftsorgane der öffentlichen Bauherren KBOB, Uster, CH, retrieved from: www.treeze.ch.
- Wyss F., Frischknecht R., Itten R., Pfäffli K. and John V. (2014) Richtwert Gesamtumweltbelastung Gebäude - Entwurf. Bundesamt für Energie, BfE Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU Amt für Hochbauten Stadt Zürich AHB.
- Wyss F., Frischknecht R. and Itten R. (2014) Hintergrundbericht zur Aktualisierung der Materialdaten der KBOB-Liste, v2.2+ Stand 2014. Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU, Koordinationskonferenz der Bau- und Liegenschaftsorgane der öffentlichen Bauherren KBOB
- Itten R. and Frischknecht R. (2013) Externe Kosten von Energiesystemen gemäss ECOPLAN. treeze Ltd., Uster, CH
- Frischknecht R., Büsser Knöpfel S. and Itten R. (2013) Indicators on Global Environmental Impacts Related to Domestic Consumption. treeze Ltd., Uster, CH.
- Jungbluth N. and Itten R. (2012) Umweltbelastungen des Konsums in der Schweiz und in der Stadt Zürich: Grundlagendaten und Reduktionspotenziale, . Energieforschung der Stadt Zürich, Bericht Nr. 8, Forschungsprojekt FP-1.1, Zürich.
- Jungbluth N., Itten R. and Stucki M. (2012) Umweltbelastungen des privaten Konsums und Reduktionspotenziale. ESU-services Ltd. im Auftrag des BAFU, Uster, CH, retrieved from: http://www.esu-services.ch/projects/lifestyle/.
- Itten R., Jungbluth N. and Stucki M. (2011) Life Cycle Assessment of Burning Different Solid Biomass Substrates. im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Energie BfE, ESU-services Ltd., Uster, retrieved from: http://www.esu-services.ch/publications/energy/.
- Stucki M., Büsser S., Itten R., Frischknecht R. and Wallbaum H. (2011) Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Geosynthetics versus Conventional Construction Material. ESU-services Ltd. commissioned by European Association for Geosynthetic Manufacturers (EAGM), Uster and Zürich, CH.
- Frischknecht R. and Itten R. (2011) Primärenergiefaktoren von Energiesystemen, Version 2.2. im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Energie BfE, ESU-services Ltd., Uster, CH, retrieved from: http://www.esu-services.ch/publications/energy/.
- Frischknecht R., Stucki M. and Itten R. (2011) Primärenergiefaktoren von Transportsystemen, Version 2.2. im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Energie BfE, ESU-services Ltd., Uster, CH, retrieved from: http://www.esu-services.ch/publications/energy/.