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      Sustainability assessment methods

      Sustainability assessment methods

      The consumption, use and production of biological and technological products impact environmental and human health.

      To assess these impacts we use and combine various state-of-the-art sustainability assessment methods. Life cycle assessments (LCA) allow the systematic identification of environmental impacts over the entire life cycle. Relevant environmental impacts are taken into account during the extraction of raw materials, production, use phase and disposal or recycling of the product, as well as any upstream and downstream processes. LCA can be supplemented by other methods for a more holistic assessment, such as material flow analysis (MFA), life cycle costing (LCC), social life cycle analysis (SLCA), cost-efficiency analysis (CEA), cost-benefit analysis (CBA), multi-criteria analysis (MCA) or health risk and impact assessment (HRIA). We include stakeholders along the production, consumption and use systems with participatory methods such as Delphi studies, citizen science and communities of practice.

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      Dirk Hengevoss

      Dipl. Ing. FH Dirk Hengevoss

      Research Associate in sustainable resource management

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      +41 61 228 55 98

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      dirk.hengevoss@fhnw.ch

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      School of Life Sciences FHNW Institute for Ecopreneurship Hofackerstrasse 30 4132 Muttenz

      Christoph Hugi

      Prof. Dr. Christoph Hugi

      Team Leader and lecturer in sustainability and development

      Telephone

      +41 61 228 55 84

      E-mail

      christoph.hugi@fhnw.ch

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      School of Life Sciences FHNW Institute for Ecopreneurship Hofackerstrasse 30 4132 Muttenz

      forschungsthemanachhaltiges ressourcenmanagement

      FHNW Campus Muttenz

      FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

      Hofackerstrasse 30

      4132 Muttenz

      Phone+41 61 228 55 55

      E-Mailempfang.muttenz@fhnw.ch

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