With the realty of climate change now upon us, more and more businesses in every sector are incorporating sustainability and social considerations into their long term goals to maintain competitive advantage.
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 22-25, June, 2009 at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
 Monday 22, June 2009
- Welcome and Introduction
- The methodological framework for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) (Methodology and regulatory context for Life Cycle Assessment, illustrated with practical examples)
- Industry visit (To be defined)
 Tuesday 23, June 2009
- Applying LCA to composite and polymers : identifying the key issues of the Life Cycle of polymers
- LCA Case studies and applied exercises
- Industry visit
 Wednesday 24, June 2009
- Sustainable polymers and composites (Biomass based composites and polymers)
- End of Life Management for Composites and polymers (Dismantling, recycling, incinerating, landfilling)
- Case studies: industrial and R&D examples for dismantling and recycling polymers
 Thursday 25th, June 2009
- Technical cost modelling and its use with composites
- Key aspects of Cost model development
- Cost modelling exercise
- Laboratory visit
Location: Laboratory of Composite and Polymer Technology- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Maximum number of participants: 25
 For more informations please contact: jerome.payet@epfl.ch
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