6 September 2023
Last week, B-CCaS member Dr. Matthew Brander presented an ‘Introduction to the Life Cycle Assessment’ at St Andrews University as part of the EaStCHEM Workshop on Sustainable Synthesis for Net Zero.
Lifecycle assessment is a widely used analytical method for quantifying the environmental (and sometimes social) impacts of products, technologies and materials.
Matthew is a Senior Lecturer in Carbon Accounting at the University of Edinburgh Business School, and life cycle assessment is one of his research areas, alongside project and policy-level greenhouse gas accounting. He also recently spoke at Heriot Watt University in a discussion on carbon dioxide removals and tonne year accounting.