Life cycle assessment

These inventory datasets are essential for calculating the carbon footprint of an individual’s consumption in Quebec.

Integrating potential environmental impacts of marine litter into LCA

A group project on the assessment of use and depletion of water resources within LCA

O-LCA is envisioned for organizations of all sizes, both public and private, in all sectors, and all over the world. We devoted special efforts to make the new methodology operative for all of them. Furthermore, the guidance document defines the so-called “experience-based implementation pathways” and provides particular methodological support according to previous experience of the organization with other environmental tools. Eleven experiences of the so-called “First Movers” of O-LCA illustrate the process and benefits that the methodology could bring to organizations. Eight sectors and four regions are represented in the case studies.

To determine the feasibility of large scale carbon footprint labeling in Québec and guide subsequent actions

Open source Input-Output LCA model and tool to estimate life cycle impacts of products and services

Adapting one of the largest LCA databases in the world, ecoinvent, to the Quebec and Canadian context.

A dynamic LCA software tool used to calculate temporal carbon footprinting