This workshop covers the concept of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), including its applications, standards, phases, inventory for textile products, environmental impact categories and the main IT tools used to support this type of study.

Programme contents:

  • Analysing the concept of LCA.
  • Main applications, advantages and disadvantages of LCA studies.
  • Phases of an LCA – analysis of the NP EN ISO 14040:2008 and NP EN ISO 14044:2008 standards.
  • Stages of a product’s life cycle.
  • Inventory of the life cycle of a textile product.
  • Main categories of environmental impact and methods for calculating them.
  • Tools to support the calculation of environmental impact categories.

Trainers:

Eugénia Coelho | CITEVE
Luís Ramos | CITEVE