Development of an International consensual method for water use impact assessment in LCA

The main objectives for the industrial partners Hydro Québec and Cascades within the MITACS Elevation program are threefold: a. Ensure their industrial voice is represented on this international consensus building process b. Being proactive, influence the process and anticipate the developments on the consensus around water footprinting methods c. Generate industry specific case studies to test the method, ensure key problems are addressed and increase internal awareness Supporting the researcher that will lead the international process conducted under WULCA group is the mean of meeting the above mentioned objectives. The general objective of the project conducted within WULCA working group is to coordinate the consensuses building process and lead the scientific work into achieving a harmonized method for assessing water use in LCA, involving key method developers and stakeholders through an international collaborative effort. This method should evolve from the knowledge gained from the qualitative and quantitative method comparison which was performed as the 2nd and respectively 3rd deliverable of the working group [3]. The consensual method will represent a novel approach building on the relevant elements of existing models and hence not focus on elevating one method over the others.

Faculty Supervisor:

Manuele Margni

Student:

Partner:

Cascades;Hydro-Quebec;École Polytechnique de Montréal;Veolia Environnement

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

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