Publications

Here you will find a selection of more recent publications with contributions from 2.-0 LCA consultants staff. This page is regularly updated with our newest papers and reports – so stay tuned.

Roux M, Ekvall T, Schmidt J and Croxatto Vega G – 2024  Which rules to follow? How differences in renewable fuel standards obscure the potential climate impact of transportation fuels. Frontiers in Energy Research, (12)

Weidema B P, Schmidt J, Muñoz I – 2024  The indirect global warming potential of methane oxidation in the IPCC’s sixth assessment report. Environmental Research Letters (Open access)

Weidema B P, Schmidt J, – 2024  Proposals for improvements to the PEF method. 2.-0 LCA consultants, Aalborg, Denmark.

Arteaga A, Astudillo M F, Krämer K, – 2024  Using dynamic life cycle assessment to evaluate the effects of industry digitalization: A steel case study. Journal of Industrial Ecology (early online view)

Brandão M, Weidema B P, Martin M, Cowie A, Hamelin L, Zamagni A – 2024  Consequential Life Cycle Assessment: What, Why and How? Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies (2nd edition) 1:181-189

Schmidt J, Serena L, Eliassen J – 2024  Life Cycle Assessment of Palm Oil at United Plantations Berhad 2024. Life Cycle Assessment of Palm Oil at United Plantations Berhad 2024 – Results for 2004‐2023. Summary report. United Plantations Berhad, Teluk Intan, Malaysia.

Scherer L, Blackstone N T, Conrad Z, Fulgoni V L III, Mathers J C, van der Pols, J C, Willett W, Fantke P, Pfister S, Stylianou K S, Weidema B P, Canals L M, Jolliet O – 2024  Accounting for nutrition-related health impacts in food life cycle assessment: insights from an expert workshop. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (2024) 29:953-966.

Budzinski M, Delpierre M, Rodrigues J, – 2024  bonsai_ipcc – a Python package for the calculation of national greenhouse gas inventories. Journal of Open Source Software, 9(95):6123

Hansen R N, Eliassen J L, Schmidt J, Andersen C E, Weidema B P, Birgisdóttir H, Hoxha E, – 2024  Environmental consequences of shifting to timber construction: The case of Denmark. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 46:54-67

Muñoz I, Weidema B P – 2024  Ethylene and propylene production from steam cracking in Europe: a consequential perspective. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 29:745–758

Weidema B P, Eliassen J – 2023  Establishing a horizontal European climate label for products. Study for the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology, European Parliamentary Research Service, PE747.453

Schmidt J, Merciai S – 2023  Technical report: GHG emissions from Danish consumption 2016 ‐ causal link between consumption and GHG emissions. CONCITO, Denmark

Steubing B, Mendoza Beltran A, Sacchi R – 2023  Conditions for the broad application of prospective life cycle inventory databases. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment,  228:1092–1103.

Schmidt J, Serena L, Eliassen J – 2023  Life Cycle Assessment of Palm Oil at United Plantations Berhad 2023 – Results for 2004‐2022. Summary report. United Plantations Berhad, Teluk Intan, Malaysia.

Madsen S T, Weidema B P – 2023  Input-output modelling for household activity-level environmental footprints: a systematic literature review. Environmental Research Letters 18(4): 043003 (17 Pages)

Weidema B P – 2023  Adjusting the social footprint methodology based on findings of subjective wellbeing research. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 28:70–79

Steubing B, de Koning A, Merciai S, Tukker A – 2022  How do carbon footprints from LCA and EEIOA databases compare?: A comparison of ecoinvent and EXIOBASE. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 26(4):1406-1422

De Rosa M, Schmidt J, Pasang H – 2022  Industry-driven mitigation measures can reduce GHG emissions of palm oil. Journal of Cleaner Production, 365:132565 (16 Pages)

Ghose A, Lissandrini M, Hansen E R, Weidema B P – 2022  A core ontology for modeling life cycle sustainability assessment on the Semantic Web. Journal of Industrial Ecology 26:731–747

Weidema B P, Schmidt J – 2022  Consequential Modelling – in Life Cycle Inventory Analysis. Youtube channel

Schmidt J, Sørensen J I – 2022  LCA Crop Database Methodology Report. 2.‐0 LCA consultants, Aalborg, Denmark.

Eliassen J, De Rosa M and Schmidt J – 2022  Life cycle assessment (LCA) of Kangamiut Seafood products. 2.-0 LCA consultants, Aalborg, Denmark.

De Rosa M, Schmidt J – 2022  Life Cycle Assessment of Palm Oil at United Plantations Berhad 2022. Results for 2004-2021. Summary report. United Plantations Berhad, Teluk Intan, Malaysia

Weidema B P – 2022  Life Cycle SDG Assessment. Aalborg: 2.-0 LCA consultants

Towa E, Zeller V, Merciai S, Schmidt J, Achten W M J – 2022  Toward the development of subnational hybrid input-output tables in a multiregional framework. Journal of Industrial Ecology 26(1):88-106

Weidema B P – 2022  Comparison of the requirements of the GHG Protocol Product Life Cycle standard and the ISO 14040 series. 2.-0 LCA consultants, Aalborg, Denmark

Weidema B P – 2022  Relative importance of sustainability impact pathways – A first rough assessment. Aalborg: 2.-0 LCA consultants.

Almeida D T L, Weidema B P, Godin A – 2022  Beyond normative system boundaries in life cycle assessment: The environmental effect of income redistribution. Cleaner Environmental Systems 4:100072 (9 pages)

Aguilar-Hernandez G A, Deetman S, Merciai S, Rodrigues J F D, Tukker A – 2021  Global distribution of material inflows to in-use stocks in 2011 and its implications for a circularity transition. Journal of Industrial Ecology 25(6):1447-1461

Weidema B P – 2021  Data collection guideline for pressure indicators for LCSA. Aalborg: 2.-0 LCA consultants.

Hofbauer B, Tisch A, Schreiber H – 2021  Study on the implementation of life cycle assessment and environmental footprint methods in the context of public procurement – Final report. European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment Publications office, 2021-11-08

Schmidt J, Dalgaard R – 2021  Arla Foods FarmTool v2021 – Updates and adding new technologies. Arla Foods, Aarhus, Denmark

Schrijvers D L, Loubet P, Weidema B P – 2021  To what extent is the Circular Footprint Formula of the Product Environmental Footprint Guide consequential? Journal of Cleaner Production 320:128800 (14 pages)

Muñoz I – 2021  Country-specific life cycle inventories for human excretion of food products. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 26:1794-1804

Font Vivanco D, Nechifor V, Freire-González J, Calzadilla A – 2021  Economy-wide rebound makes UK’s electric car subsidy fall short of expectations. Applied Energy 297:117138

Mendoza Beltran A, Scheel C N, Fitton N, Schmidt J, Kløverpris J H – 2021  Assessing life cycle environmental impacts of inoculating soybeans in Argentina with Bradyrhizobium japonicum. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 26:1570–1585

Weidema B P – 2021  CLCA – Current best practice for Life Cycle Assessment. A video presentation for National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) ad hoc committee for a meeting 3 in the series: Current Methods for Life Cycle Analyses of Low-Carbon Transportation Fuels in the United States.

Schmidt J, De Rosa M – 2021  Life Cycle Assessment of Palm Oil at United Plantations Berhad 2021. Results for 2004-2020. Summary report. United Plantations Berhad, Teluk Intan, Malaysia

Schmidt J, Merciai S, Muñoz I, De Rosa M, Astudillo M F – 2021  Methodology report – The Big Climate Database. Published by CONCITO

Muñiz M M, Chantin M, R C, Vintila RC, Fabritius M, Martin C, Calvo L, Poudelet L, Canou J, Uhart M, Papacharalampopoulos A, Stavropoulos P, Olsson N O E, Tenorio J A, Madrid J A, Dirrenberger J, Muñoz I – 2021  Concrete hybrid manufacturing: A machine architecture. Procedia CIRP 97:51-58

Peña C, Civit B, Gallego-Schmid A, Druckman A, Caldeira- Pires A, Weidema B, Mieras E, Wang F, Fava J, Milà i Canals L, Cordella M, Arbuckle P, Valdivia S, Fallaha S, Motta W – 2021  Using life cycle assessment to achieve a circular economy. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 26:215–220

Muñoz I, Alonso-Madrid J, Menéndez-Muñiz M, Uhart M, Canou J, Martin C, Fabritius M, Calvo L, Poudelet L, Cardona R, Lombois-Burger H, Vlasopoulos N, Bouyssou C, Dirrenberger J, Papacharalampopoulos A, Stavropoulos P – 2021  Life cycle assessment of integrated additive–subtractive concrete 3D printing. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 112:2149–2159

Schmidt J, De Rosa M – 2020  Certified palm oil reduces greenhouse gas emissions compared to non-certified. Journal of Cleaner Production 277:124045 (12 pages)

Weidema B P, Trolle T S – 2020  Assessment of the feasibility and potential impact of adding additional ecolabel criteria for global warming impacts of buildings and building materials. Aalborg, Denmark: 2.-0 LCA consultants.

Muñoz I, Aktürk AS, Ayyıldız Ö, Çağlar Ö, Meabe E, Contreras S, Toscano A, Tornée V, Llopart N, San Romà C, Ferrer O, Jiménez-Banzo A – 2020  Life cycle assessment of wastewater reclamation in a petroleum refinery in Turkey. Journal of Cleaner Production, 26:121967 (11 pages)

Kløverpris J H, Nordstrøm C, Scheel C N, Schmidt J, Grant B, Smith W, Bentham M J – 2020  Assessing life cycle impacts from changes in agricultural practices of crop production. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 25:1991–2007

Løkke S, Schmidt J, Lyhne I, Kørnøv L, Revsbeck R – 2020  How green are supported ‘green’ business models? Time for the life cycle approach to enter public support programmes. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 25:2086–2092

Weidema B P, Stylianou K S – 2020  Nutrition in the life cycle assessment of foods – function or impact? The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 25:1210-1216

Weidema B P, Goedkoop M, Meijer E, Harmens R – 2020  LCA-based assessment of the Sustainable Development Goals. Development update and preliminary findings of the Project “Linking the UN Sustainable Development Goals to life cycle impact pathway frameworks”. Date: 3 August 2020.

Peña C, Civit B, Gallego-Schmid A, Druckman A, Caldeira- Pires A, Weidema B, Mieras E, Wang F, Fava J, Milà i Canals L, Cordella M, Arbuckle P, Valdivia S, Fallaha S, Motta W – 2020  Using Life Cycle Assessment to achieve a circular economy. Position Paper of the Life Cycle Initiative, July

Muñoz I, Soto A, Maza D, Bayón F – 2020  Life cycle assessment of refractory waste management in a Spanish steel works. Waste Management 111:1-9

Schmidt J, De Rosa M – 2020  Life Cycle Assessment of Palm Oil at United Plantations Berhad 2020, Results for 2004-2019. Summary report. United Plantations Berhad, Teluk Intan, Malaysia.

Weidema B P, Brandão M – 2020  Review of three recent textbooks on LCA. Journal of Industrial Ecology 24:726-730

Laurent A, Weidema B P, Bare J, Liao X, de Souza D M , Pizzol M, Sala S, Schreiber H, Thonemann N, Verones F – 2020  Methodological review and detailed guidance for the life cycle interpretation phase. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 24(2):986-1003

Weidema B P, Simas M S, Schmidt J, Pizzol M, Løkke S, Brancoli P L – 2020  Relevance of attributional and consequential information for environmental product labelling. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 25:900–904

Schmidt J – 2020  The product life cycle and environmental labelling schemes. Presentation at the Commercial Print Conference in Brussels, 20. February 2020

Font Vivanco D – 2020  The role of services and capital in footprint modelling. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 25: 280–293

Berger M, Sonderegger T, Alvarenga R, Bach V, Cimprich A, Dewulf J, Frischknecht R, Guinée J, Helbig C, Huppertz T, Jolliet O, Motoshita M, Northey S, Peña C, Rugani B, Sahnoune A, Schrijvers D, Schulze R, Sonnemann G, Valero A, Weidema B P, Young S B – 2020  Mineral resources in life cycle impact assessment: part II – recommendations on application-dependent use of existing methods and on future method development needs. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 25:798–813

Sonderegger T, Berger M, Alvarenga R, Bach V, Cimprich A, Dewulf J, Frischknecht R, Guinée J, Helbig C, Huppertz T, Jolliet O, Motoshita M, Northey S, Rugani B, Schrijvers D, Schulze R, Sonnemann G, Valero A, Weidema B P, Young S B – 2020  Mineral resources in life cycle impact assessment—part I: a critical review of existing methods. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 25:784–797

De Rosa M, Schmidt J – 2020  Addressing Land Use Change Leakage in Sustainable Land Use Financing and ‘Deforestation-Free’ Claims. One Planet Foundation. Amersfoort, January 2020

Weidema B P – 2020  Towards a taxonomy for social impact pathway indicators. Pp. 11-23 in Traverso M, Petti L, Zamagni A, (eds.): Perspectives on Social LCA - Contributions from the 6th International Conference. 129 pages. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, ISBN: 978-3-030-06564-5

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