Projects at the Life Cycle Assessment research group
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ZHAW Agri-food Database
Life Cycle Inventories for agricultural and food products
completed, 11/2013 - 12/2019
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Extending the lifespan of mobile devices
Lifesaving: A multi-perspective approach for extending the service life of mobile internet-enabled devices
completed, 06/2019 - 08/2022
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National network STEM education – "The dream of flying"
The continuation and expansion of the national network for the promotion of STEM education established in the previous funding period 2017-2020 is intended to further strengthen cooperation between people from universities of teacher education and technical and scientific universities in the…
completed, 01/2021 - 12/2024
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LCA of peat, alternative substrates and growing media
Due to its soil improving properties peat is regarded as an ideal component of growing media. However, peat cutting has a high environmental impact. In Switzerland, the extraction of peat is prohibited since 1987, but 130’000 tons of peat are imported every year. To reduce peat consumption,…
completed, 11/2014 - 12/2015
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Climate-KIC Summer School
completed, 02/2020 - 12/2021
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Campus Challenge Sustainability Exchange
It is undisputed that every human being must make his or her contribution if global warming is to be limited to less than 1.5 degrees. However, neither research nor practice is clear about which behavioral patterns are best for each individual. It is also unclear how people are ultimately to get…
completed, 01/2020 - 12/2021
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ShopHero
Food Waste Quantification in Households
completed, 01/2021 - 12/2022
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Local food for the future (LOFT)
The project aims to improve vertical farming production and operational efficiency by combining innovative production know-how and technologies with enhanced sustainability. The approach will establish the feasibility and profitability of sustainable, year-round production of high-quality crops.
completed, 02/2022 - 01/2025
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Life cycle assessment of Swiss wine from conventional and organic farming
The consumption of food and beverages causes more than a quarter of an average person’s environmental impact in Switzerland. Apart from meat, fish and dairy products, beverage and semiluxury food – especially spirits and coffee – contribute to a significant share. Over the entire life cycle of wine…
completed, 12/2014 - 04/2016
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Assessment of mineral oil tax relief for synthetic fuels from biological methanation
The debates in 2004-2007 on the tax exemption of fuels from renewable raw materials focused mainly on 1st generation fuels. Consequently, the instruments are also geared to this type of fuel. At that time, however, the legislator made it possible for fuels from renewable energy sources to also…
completed, 09/2018 - 02/2019
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Remote Sensing Metrics for Life Cycle Assessment (RSM4LCA) (RSM4LCA)
completed, 01/2022 - 12/2022
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Multifuel SOFC system with Maritime Energy Vectors (FuelSOME)
FuelSOME’s vision is to make a substantial contribution to the required drastic reduction of Greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from global shipping (climate change mitigation) with a reduction of air pollutants, such as NOx, SOX, and pollution prevention and control, at the same time. The future…
ongoing, 09/2022 - 08/2026
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CYCLEWIND - Harmonised Life Cycle Assessment for Wind Power
Within the International Energy Agency (IEA) Wind Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP), a new Task is proposed under the heading CYCLEWIND: Harmonised Life Cycle Assessment for Wind Power. Currently, there is no Task within the IEA Wind TCP, that is focusing on the environmental sustainability…
ongoing, 01/2025 - 12/2028
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NPower - balancing Nitrogen and Phosphorus flows by budgeting at Regional scale
NPower seeks to effectively recover nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) nutrients by implementing circular management strategies across key sectors such as agriculture, water management, transport and energy, industry and other primary sectors. This approach seeks to balance nutrient flows, reduce…
ongoing, 01/2025 - 12/2028
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Global Greenhouse Impact Model
The carbon footprint of foodstuffs is a key factor for sustainable development of the food sector. One of the major factors contributing to the carbon footprint of foodstuffs is the heating of greenhouses. The required quantity of heating is highly variable depending on production season and local…
completed, 12/2013 - 06/2014
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Extension of the study on life cycle assessments for alternative substrates to peat
The aim of the research study is to extend the study by Eymann et al. (2015) of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) by selected substrate components and substrate mixtures which, based on defined criteria, have a high potential as peat substitutes. Analogous to the 2015 study, the…
completed, 09/2018 - 08/2020
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Applying Life Cycle Assessment for the mitigation of environmental impacts South African agrifood products
The project contributed to the important global question of how to reduce environmental impacts from food production, with a focus on South African food value chains. The Swiss and South African project team joined forces to ensure basic data collection for South African maize, dairy and fruit…
completed, 01/2014 - 07/2017
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Green Hospital
Environmental Impact Assessment, Resource Efficiency, and Hands-on Applications
completed, 09/2017 - 08/2021
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Life Cycle Assessment of Tourism in Thailand
Collaboration with Mahidol University in Thailand
completed, 11/2018 - 10/2019
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Regionalised Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment
The start-up financed project is a research cooperation of the research groups Life Cycle Assessment, Geography of Food and Geoinformatics for the development of a competence focus "Regionalised Agricultural LCA". The feasibility of a regionalised life cycle assessment will be examined…
completed, 06/2018 - 01/2019