Consequential LCA Modeling LIVE

Do you want to learn how to conduct a Consequential LCA? Our updated training course is designed to provide you with the necessary knowledge to take advantage of powerful LCA modeling features in Ecoinvent 3.11 and SimaPro 10. This training course will clarify what consequential vs. attributional modelling is, and what it implies for LCA calculations and interpretation of results.

Consequential LCA modeling is increasingly being adopted by LCA practitioners looking for a broader understanding of the environmental implications of production and consumption decisions, and Long Trail Sustainability is giving you the opportunity to learn about this emerging methodology through a session of instruction and modeling exercises.

You will learn how the consequential dataset works in Ecoinvent 3.11 and how to organize foreground data in SimaPro 10 for a consequential LCA. After having attended the training, the participant will be able to understand and interpret LCA studies based on consequential and attributional approaches. Furthermore, the participants will have achieved a basic level to perform consequential modelling on their own LCA studies.

Topics –

• Introduction to life cycle modelling in LCA – and the consequential and attributional approaches to this. Life cycle concepts and definitions.
• History of consequential and attributional modelling in LCA, and how consequential LCA modelling is implemented within ISO standards.
• Identifying and linking marginal suppliers in a supply chain. The role of markets, market trends, and constraints. Then linking forward to marginal consumers when markets are constrained.
• Modelling co-production by substitution and system expansion. Identifying the determining product. Special cases with more than one determining co-product. The distinction between combined and joint production.
• Communicating consequential and attributional results – challenges and pitfalls, value choices, managing stakeholder expectations.
• Review of Ecoinvent 3.11 and SimaPro 10 – consequential database
• Hands-on exercises.
  • Organizing data in SimaPro for a consequential LCA
  • Detailed Examples of Consequential LCAs
  • Packaging Materials: waste and recycling
  • Identification of the product’s functional unit and
  • Handling of co-production and recycling data