Life Cycle Assessment Research Group
Applied research in environmental impact assessment
About us
Our commitment to research and education contributes to integrate life cycle thinking as a basis for ecological decisions in science, business, politics and society.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an impact assessment tool that comprehensively quantifies and evaluates the environmental impacts of products, services, technologies, and systems over the entire life cycle according to scientific criteria.
This impact assessment plays a key role in the optimisation of processes, products and services. It also serves to evaluate different energy concepts and strategies and to communicate environmental benefits.
Course of study
The LCA research group is responsible for the Bachelor minor Life Cycle Assessment and Label Management and is involved in the development of the Bachelor modules Life Cycle Assessment and Label Management and Renewable raw materials.
In the Master’s degree course the LCA Research Group is responsible for the module Advanced Life Cycle Assessment and Ecodesign.
Fields of research
Currently on Linkedin
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The 5th consortium meeting of the Horizon Europe project CHEERS took place last week in Madrid. Thanks to the hosts and all participants for this excellent meeting! 🎉 Our colleagues Michael Götz and ...
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🌱 Optimizing Vertical Farming for Environmental Sustainability 🌱 In a collaborative research effort, ZHAW Institut für Umwelt und Natürliche Ressourcen IUNR, YASAI , fenaco, Agroscope, ZHAW ...
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🇮🇹 Palermo – get ready for Life Cycle Assessment @ ZHAW ! The 12th International Conference on Life Cycle Management LCM 2025 is taking place in Palermo, Italy, this year and we will be a part of ...
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🎓 Are you looking for a meaningful master's program starting this autumn? How about contributing to the transition toward a circular economy? The MSc in Circular Economy Management at ZHAW Zürcher ...
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🐷 Should pigs and cows eat microalgae? 🧪 Up to 73%: that’s the reduction potential in terms of life cycle GHG emissions for protein from microalgae production – and necessary to achieve when ...
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🌿 Biodiversity Working Group for Businesses launched 🌿 With the biodiversity crisis escalating to alarming levels, the role of businesses is becoming increasingly important. By taking measures to ...
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We had our bi-annual student colloquium and once again the students delivered! 👩🏫👨🏫 We spent an intense afternoon, where our students on Bachelor and Master level presented their term papers. It ...
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🎓 We held our first Master’s Thesis Defenses in Circular Economy Management 🎉 The ZHAW Master’s program in Circular Economy Management is still young, and we are celebrating the first students from ...
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A warm Welcome is in order 🙌🥳 We are delighted to introduce Corinna Bolliger to you, our newest member of Life Cycle Assessment @ ZHAW! Corinna holds a Master’s in Environment and Natural Resources ...
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