Social Life Cycle Assessment â Understanding social ...
Proposal for short course
Social Life Cycle Assessment – Understanding social impacts with openLCA and specific databases Objectives: -
Learn how to measure and assess social impacts of products over their life cycles by means of the free LCA software openLCA and the PSILCA database Learn how to combine Environmental and Social Life Cycle Assessment (E-LCA and S-LCA) using soca
Topic: Social Life Cycle Assessment In the course, the trainer will first introduce the method of S-LCA and present different approaches, illustrated by examples. Further, it will be demonstrated how social impacts can be assessed and calculated along entire product life cycles using LCA software and databases. Moreover, it will be illustrated how S-LCA and E-LCA (and Life Cycle Costing (LCC)) can be combined to a Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA). For the practical application, the free and open source LCA software openLCA, the S-LCA database PSILCA and the social LCA add-on for ecoinvent, soca, will be introduced. Participants will perform practical exercises and carry out a small case study to illustrate individual working steps in different situations. Possible agenda: -
Introduction of social LCA: background, characteristics, difficulties Introduction of openLCA: installation, creation of product system, calculation and interpretation of results Presentation of PSILCA: approach and methodology, selection and presentation of indicators, description of data collection, activity variables, calculation of results Presentation of soca: method, calculation and comparison of results Explanation of the use of PSILCA and soca in LCA software (openLCA) Presentation and discussion of fields of application (e.g. hybrid application) underlined by one or more case studies Discussion of different results and methods regarding application of different purposes (SLCA, LCSA)
Trainer: Franziska Eisfeldt (GreenDelta GmbH) Tools: openLCA, PSILCA, Soca Target group: LCA practitioners interested in social LCA and LCSA Language: English or Spanish (depending on the participants` language preferences) Requirements: basic knowledge of LCA required; own notebook Duration: 1 day (if possible, otherwise it can also be shorter) Max. number of participants: 15
Social Life Cycle Assessment – Understanding social impacts with openLCA and specific databases Objectives: -
Learn how to measure and assess social impacts of products over their life cycles by means of the free LCA software openLCA and the PSILCA database Learn how to combine Environmental and Social Life Cycle Assessment (E-LCA and S-LCA) using soca
Topic: Social Life Cycle Assessment In the course, the trainer will first introduce the method of S-LCA and present different approaches, illustrated by examples. Further, it will be demonstrated how social impacts can be assessed and calculated along entire product life cycles using LCA software and databases. Moreover, it will be illustrated how S-LCA and E-LCA (and Life Cycle Costing (LCC)) can be combined to a Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA). For the practical application, the free and open source LCA software openLCA, the S-LCA database PSILCA and the social LCA add-on for ecoinvent, soca, will be introduced. Participants will perform practical exercises and carry out a small case study to illustrate individual working steps in different situations. Possible agenda: -
Introduction of social LCA: background, characteristics, difficulties Introduction of openLCA: installation, creation of product system, calculation and interpretation of results Presentation of PSILCA: approach and methodology, selection and presentation of indicators, description of data collection, activity variables, calculation of results Presentation of soca: method, calculation and comparison of results Explanation of the use of PSILCA and soca in LCA software (openLCA) Presentation and discussion of fields of application (e.g. hybrid application) underlined by one or more case studies Discussion of different results and methods regarding application of different purposes (SLCA, LCSA)
Trainer: Franziska Eisfeldt (GreenDelta GmbH) Tools: openLCA, PSILCA, Soca Target group: LCA practitioners interested in social LCA and LCSA Language: English or Spanish (depending on the participants` language preferences) Requirements: basic knowledge of LCA required; own notebook Duration: 1 day (if possible, otherwise it can also be shorter) Max. number of participants: 15
