Development and Application of Decision Support Tools
Any resource use for the production of products and services creates emissions into the air, soil and water that lead to environmental and health impacts.

Life cycle assessments (LCA) analyze systematically environmental effects throughout the life cycle of products, services or operations. Relevant environmental impacts are quantified taking into account raw material extraction, production processes, the use phase and the final disposal of the product as well as any upstream and downstream processes. LCA can be supplemented by other tools and methods such as eco-efficiency, material flow analysis, stakeholder engagement, multi-criteria analysis, cost-benefit analysis, cleaner production and applied environmental economics. The most eco-efficient combinations are checked for feasibility within the projects and, if necessary, further developed and generalizations made more widely available in user-friendly tools.
Projects
Coroado
This international project analyses in four pilot regions the water reuse practices and opportunities.
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EcoWater
Meso-level eco-efficiency indicators to assess technologies and their uptake in water use sectors.
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GIZ Strategic Alliance for Waterloss Reduction
Drinking water supply demands new, future-oriented approaches to make optimum use of the scarce water resources. The strategic alliance has provided ...
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Ingreen
Production of functional innovative ingredients from paper and agro-food side-streams through sustainable and efficient tailor-made biotechnological processes ...
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Madforwater
Development and application of integrated technological and management solutions FOR wasteWATER treatment and efficient reuse in agriculture tailored to the ...
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Minotaurus
Microorganism and enzyme immobilisation: novel techniques and approaches for upgraded remediation of underground-, wastewater and soil.
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OUI Biomasse
Innovationen für eine nachhaltige Biomassennutzung in der Oberrheinregion.
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Prolific
Integrated cascades of PROcesses for the extraction and valorisation of proteins and bioactive molecules from Legumes, Fungi and Coffee agro-industrial side ...
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Reffnet
Reffnet.ch, das Netzwerk Ressourceneffizienz Schweiz, zeigt Unternehmen, wie sie Material, Energie und Kosten einsparen können. Die Reffnet Experten vom ...
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Sunflower
Sustainable Novel FLexible Organic Watts Efficiently Reliable.
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