CALCAS
Coordination action to define innovative research lines on Life Cycle Analysis for Sustainability
Informazioni Generali
- Coordinatore:
- ENEA (Italia)
- Responsabile:
- MASONI PAOLO - SSPT-STS (BO-MARTIRI MONTE SOLE)
- Ruolo ENEA:
- COORD
- Sito WEB:
- Sito WEB non disponibile
Programmi Europei
- Programma:
- Sesto Programma Quadro UE (2002-2006) -> CAMBGLOB (2002-2006) (CA - Azione di coordinamento)
Descrizione e Attività
Descrizione Generale
LCA approaches are part of the broader field of sustainability assessment often connected to different disciplines. To increase the efficacy of sustainability decision making, LCA is to take into account broader externalities, broader interrelations and different application/user needs with often conflicting requirements (dynamic models; integration of environmental, economic, and social aspects; accessibility and user friendliness, etc). Roughly, development should be oriented to:
- "deepening", to improve reliability and usability by more adequately incorporating empirical mechanisms;
- "broadening", to improve the significance, by expanding the scope of sustainability impacts and better linking to neighbouring models;
- "leaping forward" by a revision/enrichment of foundations, through the crossing with other disciplines for sustainability evaluation.
CALCAS develops analysis and development along two lines: 1 science framework; 2 user needs (Industry, Research organisations, Government, Consumers, NGO s); the results are crossed to draw up mid-long-term research lines and road maps, including measures for implementation. Advanced results will often not be in line with the current ISO14040 series definitions and requirements on LCA, creating a need f or reformulation. Partnership combines LCA "producers" and "users" and involves, with different responsibilities, a significant and highly qualified part of European scientists. Thus, the project promotes the networking both "cross", among the scientific sectors, and "vertical" between them and users. Expert working groups, cross-fertilisation workshops, and an open consultation of all scientific sectors and users, based on a Blue Paper combining intermediate proposals are inputs to the final results, both as described models and tools and as research tasks to be accomplished. They also promote dissemination and joint actions for training, knowledge exchanges and common projects.
Attività svolta da ENEA
Le attività ENEA sono relative al coordinamento del progetto. In collaborazione con gli altri partner partecipa a:
la definizione del quadro di riferimento scientifico e dell'ambito di applicazione dell'LCA;
l'analisi e posizionamento dei modelli e degli strumenti di analisi di ciclo di vita;
l'analisi dell'utilizzo dell'LCA come strumento di policy e rapporti tra istituti di governance e l'LCA;
lo sviluppo, approfondimento e usabilità dell'LCA standardizzata;
l'analisi della domanda relativa ai supporti alle decisioni sostenibili;
la definizione di nuove strategie, linee di ricerca e roadmap per una nuova LCA;
lo sviluppo del networking delle strutture operanti in questo campo e disseminazione.
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