Progress in Life Cycle Assessment 2021

DI Dr. Franziska Hesser, MSc., is leader of the research group Sustainable Innovation and Impact Assessment at Wood K plus—a research organisation in the field of wood materials and processing technology—and lecturer at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna. Her research ambitions focus on sustainability assessment of bio-based product systems during the R&D phase. In combination, research on innovation diffusion and market analysis of mainly wood-based innovations build the fields of expertise.

• An uncertainty indicator for co‐product allocation in life‐cycle assessment – Sensitization for the problem instead of an endless seek for a solution.- Background data exchange in prospective Life Cycle Assessment and its effects on climate change and land use in the impact assessment of Artificial Photosynthesis.- Reverse electrodialysis, an alternative for water reclamation and renewable energy production.- LCA of Bioenergy (Ökobilanzierung der Bioenergie - Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft am DBFZ).- LCA of Fuel production (Ökobilanzierung einer Kraftstoffproduktion durch hydrothermale Verflüssigung organischer Reststoffe unter Berücksichtigung von Nebenprodukten).- Modeling soil organic carbon impacts during a short rotation coppice project at an R&D phase in Slovakia.- Holistic and Integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Bioeconomy Regions.- Social Life Cycle Assessment: implementing the SDGs in an early stage approach to assess thepotential contribution to the achievement of the SDGs – Methodological considerations.- Climate effects of Using Headsets (Klimawirkungen der Nutzung von Kopfhörern und Headsets).- Implementing Ecodesign during the Product Development Phase an Ex-Ante Life Cycle Assessment of Wood-Plastic Composites.