Projects of the ALCA group
Ongoing projects
- Accessible Innovative Methods for the Safety & Sustainability Assessment of Chemicals & Materials (CHIASMA)
- Provision of Integrated Computational Approaches for Addressing New Market Goals for the Introduction of Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design Chemicals and Materials (PINK)
- Safe and Sustainable by Design: Integrated Approaches for Impact Assessment of Advanced Materials (SUNRISE)
- Combination therapy for the treatment of metastatic melanoma using magnetic nanoparticle (MELOMANES)
- Swiss Center of Excellence on Net-Zero Emissions - Part "Efficient Technical Cycles" (SCENE)
- Swiss circular economy model for automotive lithium batterie (CIRCUBAT)
- Web of Interoperable Digital Services for Knowledge on Decarbonisation Pathway (WISER)
- Storage Research Infrastructure Eco-System (STORIES)
Completed projects
- High-quality Steel Recycling with the support of a Digital Plattform (REINVENT) / 2022-2024.
- Co-creation of a Circular Future (CIRCULARFUTURES) / 2021-2024. More
- Innovative Solution to Address Freshwater Resource Scarcity and Industrial Water Pollution (WASTE2FRESH) / 2021-2023. More
- New Pathways to Jet Fuel Production (SYNFUEL) / 2021-2023. More
- Update and expansion of the life cycle inventory data about the primary production of scarce and critical metals / 2015-2020.
- Silicon Alloying Anodes for High Energy Density Batteries comprising Lithium Rich Cathodes and Safe Ionic Liquid based Electrolytes for Enhanced High Voltage Performance (SI-DRIVE) / 2019-2023. More
- A New Regulatory Pathway for Graphene (SAFEGRAPH) / 2019-2022. More
- Environmental sustainability evaluation of the Wear2WearTM cycle / 2020.
- Laboratory for Applied Circular Economy (LACE) / 2018-2021. More
- Open Assessment of Swiss Economy and Society (OASES) / 2018-2021. More
- Sustainable, Wireless, Autonomous Nanocellulose-based Quantitative DoA Biosensing Platform (Greensense) / 2018-2021. More
- Influence of temporal variability when calculating environmental impacts of consumed electricity in buildings (EcoDynBat) / 2018-2020.
- Electricity-based Mobility / 2017-2020. More
- Pilot plant production of controlled doped nanoporous carbonaceous materials for energy and catalysis applications (Porous4App) / 2016-2020. More
- Development and implementation of Grouping and Safe-by-Design approaches within regulatory frameworks (NanoReg II) / 2015-2018.
- Environmental Assessment of the Urban Mining and Recycling (UMAR) unit in the NEST building / 2017-2018.
- Development of gate-to-gate Life Cycle Inventory Data and Life Cycle Impact Assessment Characterisation Factors (Graphene Flagship) / 2016-2018.
- Bottom-up fabrication of nano carbon-inorganic hybrid materials for photocatalytic hydrogen production (CARINHYPH) / 2013-2015.
- Chances and Risks of Nanoscale Electrode Materials for Li-Ion-Batteries. Part "Life Cycle Assessment" / 2014-2015.
- Life cycle approach and human risk impact assessment, product stewardship and stakeholder risk/benefit communication of nanomaterials (LICARA) / 2012-2014. More
- Development of very high performance bioderived composite materials of cellulose nanofibres and polysaccharides (NanoCelluComp) / 2011-2014. More
- Cycle of Nanoparticle-based Products used in House Coating (NanoHouse) / 2010-2013. More
- Finished projects from the former LCA and LCAM groups (2004 - 2013). More
- LCA-related projects before 2004.
Contact
Dr. Roland Hischier
Empa
Technology & Society Laboratory
Lerchenfeldstrasse 5
CH-9014 St. Gallen
Tel.: +41 58 765 78 47
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