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Capacity building for a national Life Cycle Inventory Database: Case study of a Swiss-Brazilian project

Cassia Ugaya (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná) Roland Hischier (Empa / Technology & Society Lab) Delcio Rodrigues (Instituto EKOS Brasil) Gil Anderi da Silva (Universidade de São Paulo)

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Contents

Objective Organization Framework Results Recommendations

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Objective

To capacitate Brazilian centers to develop LCI to be exchangeable.

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EMPA

Technology / Knowledge Transfer

Technical experts

• f ecoinvent Centre

Swiss Reference Center

BRA

Organisation

Ekos ibict

Coordination

Financial contributions

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USP UnB

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UTFPR

SENAI INT CETEC CNI CRA

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Timetable

Workshop 1 Workshop 2/I Workshop 2/II Final Workshop

Workshop (EkosBRASIL)

Nov 04 Jul 05 Feb 06 Mar 06 Feb 07

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Swiss Experts Brazilian LCA experts

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Workshop programmes

Monday Tuesday Wedensday Thursday Feb 13, 2006 Feb 14, 2006 Feb 15, 2006 Feb 16, 2006 0830 - 1000 Dataset example (II) (Cont.) Training time (II)

• Matrix Approach

Travelling Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break 1030 - 1200 dito Dataset example (III) (Waste / Emissions) Lunch break Lunch break Lunch break Lunch break 1330 - 1500 Training time (I)

• Ethanol

Training time (III) Aluminium Next steps / Timetable for Brazilian QG Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break 1530 - 1700 Dataset example in-deep explanation of

• ne ecoinvent dataset

(creation & docu) Homework / Organisation workshop 2A Brasilian QG Development of Brazilian Quality Guidelines (QG) Brasilian QG (II) Introduction

• goal/objectives
• summary from

results Workshop 1 Weak documented Example Strategies for filling Matrix-Approach Tuesday Wedensday Thursday Friday May 2 May 3 May 4 May 5 Review Process in-deep explanation of ecoinvent review procedure Travelling Introduction

• goal/objectives

Homework (I) presentation no.1 1530 - 1700 Homework (II) presentation no.1 [Cassia] Discussion Cont. Discussion quality guidelines content Next steps (incl. Timetable) & "Wrap up" 1330 - 1500 Coffee break Lunch break Coffee break Discussion those points that seem difficult from homework Homework (III) presentation no.3 [Thomas] Training time review 0830 - 1000 1030 - 1200 Discussion matrix approach & consequences / next steps Homework (IV) presentation matrix approach [Carla] Homework (II) presentation no.2 [Gil] Brasilian DB strategies to adopt /

• bstacles to avoid /

collaboration(s) ? Homework (V) next steps Quality guidelines [Sander/Jorge]

July 13 July 14 July 15 July 16 BASICS (Cont.)

• verview ecoinvent

Technical system (i) possibilities how to 1030 - 1200 Quality Guidelines Problems - possible solutions - solution in ecoinvent Quality Guidelines Cont. Technical system (ii) Discussion 1330 - 1500 Introduction to Workshop (incl. Organisational questions) Quality Guidelines Cont. Data format (EcoSpold-ISO-etc.) Objective(s), Content, Limitations, Use … Open floor participants decide what topic shall be further investigated … 1530 - 1700 BASICS

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& in-deep presentation

• f various components

Quality Guidelines Cont. Organization ecoinvent structure & advantages / disadvantages "Wrap up"

• next steps
• timetable

Coffee break Lunch break Coffee break 0830 - 1000 Travelling to Brasila Quality Guidelines Cont. QG

Workshop 1 Workshop 2/I Workshop 2/II presentations excercises discussion rounds

More and more excercises / discussions less and less presentations …

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Results presented in the Final Workshop

São Paulo Around 70 people

(expecting 20)

Presentations:

Outcomes Steel dataset Alcohol dataset Mathematical modelling Quality guideline

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Results presented at CILCA 2007

Awarded with one of the best presentations

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Results – Lessons Learned from the framework

Project gathered stakeholders from different parts

• f the country

Gaps between the workshops gave time for: experimenting, bringing results and/or doubts

to the workshop

increasing discussions between the different

Brazilian LCA experts

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Lessons Learned - From first datasets established

Part of the information is available in

associations, annual reports, national statistics and/or environmental reports; but:

the type of information, as well as the way it is

published depends very much on the source;

quite few information is available of land use and

infrastructure to be used in LCI;

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Lessons learned - what should be done next time …

financial support to work in-between the

workshops

a clear commitment to follow up the capacity that

has been built

mechanisms to ensure that the same group is

during the complete training process

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Lessons learned - The perspective from the lecturer

In Brazil there are very motivated people dealing

with the instrument of LCA;

Workshop group has a very unequal knowledge of

the LCA methodology;

Universities involved dealt with LCA a couple of years,

• ther institutions just starting with this topic;

Thus, the various workshops along this project were

not always very efficient / not always very helpful in building capacity next to all of the participants.

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Decisions in the final workshop

Quality guideline

Define a quality guideline Send it to the revision of international experts

Establish first datasets according to the

quality guidelines as pilot projects

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Decisions in the final workshop

Unit process

x System

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Current Activities - Brazilian Life Cycle Inventory Project

Coordination IBICT / MCT Funded by FINEP Timeframe: 2 years

Launched: May 2007

Universities involved

UTFPR, USP, UnB

Deliverables

3 Datasets

Road transportation, Hydroelectricity, Diesel

1 Databank 1 Quality guideline for establishing datasets

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And then? Which inventory??

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DEFINE PRIORITIES!!

DEFINITION OF MAIN SECTORS (products, influence in

• ther products, impacts)

SCREENING COMPARISON OF TECHNOLOGIES SENSITIVE ANALYSIS DEFINITION: UNIT PROCESSES INPUTS / OUTPUTS

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Example: Definition of main sectors / products

Agriculture Wood products Farming Mining Steel production Ethanol, Soja, ... Iron ore, gold, ... Paper, furniture ....

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Definition of an impact assessment method

CML Ecoindicator 99 TRACI EDIP IMPACT 2002+ ....

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Screening comparison of the technologies

Main processes Existing inventories

Ethanol production hydropower farming A B ... sugarcane plantation Steel production Different ...

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Country’s Main Products LCA

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Process contribution using single score of Ecoindicator 99 (A)

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Normalization - Ecoindicator 99 (A)

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Sensitivity Analysis - Ecoindicator 99 (A)

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Ecoindicator 99 (A): which process?

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Ecoindicator 99 (A): which substance?

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Conclusions and Recommendations

The framework was succesfull There is space for improvements, mainly:

Involve participants with the same knowledge in

LCA

Involve persons instead of organizations Support

To define which inventories, priorities must

be done

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Thank you!

Any questions?