Recent Publications of Roland Hischier
Berr, M.; Hischier, R.; Wäger, P. Assessment of short-term supply disruption impacts for the Swiss mobility, energy and ICT sectors – application of the SPOTTER approach. J. Clean. Prod. 2024, 476, 143810 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143810
Dominguez, C.; Kakkos, E.; Gross, D.; Hischier, R.; Orehounig, K. Renovated or replaced? Finding the optimal solution for an existing building considering cumulative CO2 emissions, energy consumption and costs - a case study. Energy Build. 2024, 303, 113767 (21 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113767
Hristozov, D.; Badetti, E.; Bigini, P.; Brunelli, A.; Dekkers, S.; Diomede, L.; Doak, S. H.; Fransman, W.; Gajewicz-Skretna, A.; Giubilato, E.; et al. Next generation risk assessment approaches for advanced nanomaterials: current status and future perspectives. NanoImpact 2024, 35, 100523 (17 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2024.100523
Liu, H.; Baumann, M.; Moon, H.; Zhang, X.; Dou, X.; Zarrabeitia, M.; Crenna, E.; Hischier, R.; Passerini, S.; Assen, N. von der; et al. Life cycle assessment of bio-based hard carbon for sodium-ion batteries across different production scales. Chem. Eng. J. 2024, 495, 153410 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.153410
Pinlova, B.; Sudheshwar, A.; Vogel, K.; Malinverno, N.; Hischier, R.; Som, C. What can we learn about the climate change impacts of polylactic acid from a review and meta-analysis of lifecycle assessment studies? Sustain. Prod. Consum. 2024, 48, 396-406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2024.05.021
Sudheshwar, A.; Vogel, K.; Nyström, G.; Malinverno, N.; Arnaudo, M.; Gómez Camacho, C. E.; Beloin-Saint-Pierre, D.; Hischier, R.; Som, C. Unraveling the climate neutrality of wood derivatives and biopolymers. RSC Sustain. 2024, 2 (5), 1487-1497. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SU00010B
Berr, M.; Hischier, R.; Wäger, P. Assessing short-term supply disruption impacts within life cycle sustainability assessment - A case study of electric vehicles. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2023, 57, 19678-19689. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c05957
Bieser, J.; Salieri, B.; Hischier, R.; Hilty, L. M. Opportunities of 5G mobile technology for climate protection in Switzerland. In Advances and new trends in environmental informatics. Environmental informatics and the UN sustainable development goals, presented at the ENVIROINFO 2022, Hamburg, Germany, September 26-28, 2022; Wohlgemuth, V., Naumann, S., Behrens, G., Arndt, H. K., Höb, M., Eds.; Progress in IS; Springer Nature: Cham, 2023; pp 217-235. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18311-9_13
Dal Pozzo, A.; Björklund, A.; Carbajales-Dale, M.; Hischier, R.; Ravikumar, D.; Righi, S. Editorial: early-stage quantitative sustainability assessment: approaches for policy, processes and materials. Front. Sustain. 2023, 4, 1125016 (3 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2023.1125016
Sudheshwar, A.; Beni, V.; Malinverno, N.; Hischier, R.; Nevo, Y.; Dhuiège, B.; Borras, M.; Chbani, A.; Aucher, C.; Martinez-Crespiera, S.; et al. Assessing sustainability hotspots in the production of paper-based printed electronics. Flex. Print. Electron. 2023, 8 (1), 015002 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-8585/acacab
Sudheshwar, A.; Malinverno, N.; Hischier, R.; Nowack, B.; Som, C. Identifying sustainable applications for printed electronics using the multi-perspective application selection approach. J. Clean. Prod. 2023, 383, 135532 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135532
Sudheshwar, A.; Malinverno, N.; Hischier, R.; Nowack, B.; Som, C. The need for design-for-recycling of paper-based printed electronics - a prospective comparison with printed circuit boards. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2023, 189, 106757 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106757
Arain, A. L.; Neitzel, R. L.; Nambunmee, K.; Hischier, R.; Jindaphong, S.; Austin-Breneman, J.; Jolliet, O. Material flow, economic and environmental life cycle performances of informal electronic waste recycling in a Thai community. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2022, 180, 106129 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.106129
Bauer, C.; Burkhardt, S.; Dasgupta, N. P.; Ager-Wick Ellingsen, L.; Gaines, L. L.; Hao, H.; Hischier, R.; Hu, L.; Huang, Y.; Janek, J.; et al. Charging sustainable batteries. Nat. Sustain. 2022, 5, 176-178. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00864-1
Berr, M.; Beloin-Saint-Pierre, D.; Hischier, R.; Hool, A.; Wäger, P. SPOTTER: assessing supply disruption impacts along the supply chain within Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment. Clean. Logist. Supply Chain 2022, 4, 100063 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clscn.2022.100063
Desing, H.; Gerber, A.; Hischier, R.; Wäger, P.; Widmer, R. The 3‐machines energy transition model: exploring the energy frontiers for restoring a habitable climate. Earth Future 2022, 10 (10), e2022EF002875 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002875
Elginoz, N.; Owusu-Agyeman, I.; Finnveden, G.; Hischier, R.; Rydberg, T.; Cetecioglu, Z. Application and adaptation of a scale-up framework for life cycle assessment to resource recovery from waste systems. J. Clean. Prod. 2022, 355, 131720 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131720
Kakkos, E.; Hischier, R. Paving the way towards circularity in the building sector. Empa's Sprint Unit as a beacon of swift and circular construction. In SBE Berlin D-A-CH Conference, presented at the SBE 2022 Berlin D-A-CH conference: built environment within planetary boundaries, sbe22 Berlin 2022, Berlin, September 20-23, 2022; IOP conference series: earth and environmental science; Institute of Physics: Bristol, 2022; Vol. 1078, p 012009 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1078/1/012009
Lama, V.; Righi, S.; Quandt, B. M.; Hischier, R.; Desing, H. Resource pressure of carpets: guiding their circular design. Sustainability 2022, 14 (5), 2530 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052530
Romeo, D.; Hischier, R.; Nowack, B.; Jolliet, O.; Fantke, P.; Wick, P. In vitro-based human toxicity effect factors: challenges and opportunities for nanomaterial impact assessment. Environ. Sci. Nano 2022, 9 (6), 1913-1925. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EN01014J
Romeo, D.; Hischier, R.; Nowack, B.; Wick, P. Approach toward in vitro-based human toxicity effect factors for the life cycle impact assessment of inhaled low-solubility particles. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56 (12), 8552-8560. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c01816
Romeo, D. In vitro-based Life Cycle Impact Assessment: developing human effect factors for inhaled nanoparticles. Doctoral dissertation, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 2022, 149 p. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000544512
Shrivastava, C.; Crenna, E.; Schudel, S.; Shoji, K.; Onwude, D.; Hischier, R.; Defraeye, T. To wrap or to not wrap cucumbers? Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 2022, 6, 750199 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.750199
Sánchez Jiménez, A.; Puelles, R.; Perez-Fernandez, M.; Barruetabeña, L.; Jacobsen, N. R.; Suarez-Merino, B.; Micheletti, C.; Manier, N.; Salieri, B.; Hischier, R.; et al. Safe(r) by design guidelines for the nanotechnology industry. NanoImpact 2022, 25, 100385 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2022.100385
Sánchez Jiménez, A.; Rodríguez Llopis, I.; Noorlander, C.; Suarez, B.; Hischier, R. Safe(r) by design in the nanotechnology sector. NanoImpact 2022, 26, 100394 (2 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2022.100394
Abdelbaky, M.; Schwich, L.; Crenna, E.; Peeters, J. R.; Hischier, R.; Friedrich, B.; Dewulf, W. Comparing the environmental performance of industrial recycling routes for lithium nickel-cobalt-manganese oxide 111 vehicle batteries. In The 28th CIRP conference on life cycle engineering, March 10 - 12, 2021, Jaipur, India, presented at the 28th CIRP conference on life cycle engineering, Jaipur, India, March 10-12, 2021; Sangwan, K. S., Herrmann, C., Eds.; Procedia CIRP; Elsevier: sine loco, 2021; Vol. 98, pp 97-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2021.01.012
Beloin‑Saint‑Pierre, D.; Hischier, R. Towards a more environmentally sustainable production of graphene-based materials. Building on current knowledge to offer recommendations. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2021, 26, 327-343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-020-01864-z
Braun, G.; Som, C.; Schmutz, M.; Hischier, R. Environmental consequences of closing the textile loop - life cycle assessment of a circular polyester jacket. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11 (7), 2964 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/app11072964
Crenna, E.; Gauch, M.; Widmer, R.; Wäger, P.; Hischier, R. Towards more flexibility and transparency in life cycle inventories for Lithium-ion batteries. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2021, 170, 105619 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105619
Desing, H. Product and service design for a sustainable circular economy. Doctoral dissertation, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 2021, 266 p. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000472519
Desing, H.; Braun, G.; Hischier, R. Resource pressure - a circular design method. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2021, 164, 105179 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105179
Desing, H.; Braun, G.; Hischier, R. The resource reduction index - evaluating product design's contribution to a sustainable circular economy. In Proceedings of the 20th EUROPEAN roundtable on sustainable consumption and production, presented at the ERSCP 2021, Graz, Austria, September 8-10, 2021; Schnitzer, H., Braunegg, S., Eds.; Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz: Graz, 2021; pp 113-125. https://doi.org/10.3217/978-3-85125-842-4-02
Hischier, R.; Böni, H. W. Combining environmental and economic factors to evaluate the reuse of electrical and electronic equipment – a Swiss case study. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2021, 166, 105307 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105307
Hischier, R. Life cycle assessment of engineered nanomaterials. In Health and environmental safety of nanomaterials. Polymer nanocomposites and other materials containing nanoparticles; Njuguna, J., Pielichowski, K., Zhu, H., Eds.; Woodhead publishing series in composites science and engineering; Elsevier: Duxford, UK, 2021; pp 443-458. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820505-1.00001-8
Ivanović, T.; Hischier, R.; Som, C. Bio-based polyester fiber substitutes: from GWP to a more comprehensive environmental analysis. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11 (7), 2993 (19 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/app11072993
Salieri, B.; Stoudmann, N.; Hischier, R.; Som, C.; Nowack, B. How relevant are direct emissions of microplastics into freshwater from an LCA perspective? Sustainability 2021, 13 (17), 9922 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179922
Salieri, B.; Barruetabeña, L.; Rodríguez-Llopis, I.; Raun Jacobsen, N.; Manier, N.; Trouiller, B.; Chapon, V.; Hadrup, N.; Sánchez Jiménez, A.; Micheletti, C.; et al. Integrative approach in a safe by design context combining risk, life cycle and socio-economic assessment for safer and sustainable nanomaterials. NanoImpact 2021, 23, 100335 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2021.100335
Schmutz, M.; Hischier, R.; Som, C. Factors allowing users to influence the environmental performance of their t-shirt. Sustainability 2021, 13 (5), 2498 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052498
Desing, H.; Brunner, D.; Takacs, F.; Nahrath, S.; Frankenberger, K.; Hischier, R. A circular economy within the planetary boundaries: towards a resource-based, systemic approach. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2020, 155, 104673 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104673
Desing, H.; Braun, G.; Hischier, R. Ecological resource availability: a method to estimate resource budgets for a sustainable economy. Glob. Sustain. 2020, 3, e31 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2020.26
Desing, H.; Braun, G.; Hischier, R. Ecological resource potential. MethodsX 2020, 7, 101151 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2020.101151
Hischier, R.; Reale, F.; Castellani, V.; Sala, S. Environmental impacts of household appliances in Europe and scenarios for their impact reduction. J. Clean. Prod. 2020, 267, 121952 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121952
Itten, R.; Hischier, R.; Andrae, A. S. G.; Bieser, J. C. T.; Cabernard, L.; Falke, A.; Ferreboeuf, H.; Hilty, L. M.; Keller, R. L.; Lees-Perasso, E.; et al. Digital transformation - life cycle assessment of digital services, multifunctional devices and cloud computing. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2020, 25, 2093-2098. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-020-01801-0
Kakkos, E.; Heisel, F.; Hebel, D. E.; Hischier, R. Towards urban mining - estimating the potential environmental benefits by applying an alternative construction practice. A case study from Switzerland. Sustainability 2020, 12 (12), 5041 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/su12125041
Righi, S.; Dal Pozzo, A.; Tugnoli, A.; Raggi, A.; Salieri, B.; Hischier, R. The availability of suitable datasets for the LCA analysis of chemical substances. In Life cycle assessment in the chemical product chain. Challenges, methodological approaches and applications; Maranghi, S., Brondi, C., Eds.; Springer: Cham, 2020; pp 3-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34424-5_1
Romeo, D.; Salieri, B.; Hischier, R.; Nowack, B.; Wick, P. An integrated pathway based on in vitro data for the human hazard assessment of nanomaterials. Environ. Int. 2020, 137, 105505 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105505
Salieri, B.; Kaiser, J. P.; Rösslein, M.; Nowack, B.; Hischier, R.; Wick, P. Relative potency factor approach enables the use of in vitro information for estimation of human effect factors for nanoparticle toxicity in life-cycle impact assessment. Nanotoxicology 2020, 14 (2), 275-286. https://doi.org/10.1080/17435390.2019.1710872
Schmutz, M.; Hischier, R.; Batt, T.; Wick, P.; Nowack, B.; Wäger, P.; Som, C. Cotton and surgical masks - What ecological factors are relevant for their sustainability? Sustainability 2020, 12 (24), 10245 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410245
Sánchez Jiménez, A.; Puelles, R.; Pérez-Fernández, M.; Gómez-Fernández, P.; Barruetabeña, L.; Jacobsen, N. R.; Suarez-Merino, B.; Micheletti, C.; Manier, N.; Trouiller, B.; et al. Safe(r) by design implementation in the nanotechnology industry. NanoImpact 2020, 20, 100267 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2020.100267
Desing, H.; Widmer, R.; Beloin-Saint-Pierre, D.; Hischier, R.; Wäger, P. Powering a sustainable and circular economy - an engineering approach to estimating renewable energy potentials within earth system boundaries. Energies 2019, 12 (24), 4723 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/en12244723
Kakkos, E.; Heisel, F.; Hebel, D. E.; Hischier, R. Environmental assessment of the Urban Mining and Recycling (UMAR) unit by applying the LCA framework. Presented at the SBE19 Brussels - BAMB-CIRCPATH "Buildings as material banks - a pathway for a circular future", Brussels, Belgium, February 5-7, 2019; IOP conference series: earth and environmental science; IOP; Vol. 225, p 012043 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/225/1/012043
Salieri, B.; Hischier, R.; Quik, J. T. K.; Jolliet, O. Fate modelling of nanoparticle releases in LCA: an integrative approach towards “USEtox4Nano”. J. Clean. Prod. 2019, 206, 701-712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.09.187
Beloin-Saint-Pierre, D.; Turner, D. A.; Salieri, B.; Haarman, A.; Hischier, R. How suitable is LCA for nanotechnology assessment? Overview of current methodological pitfalls and potential solutions: 65th LCA Discussion Forum, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, May 24, 2017. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2018, 23 (1), 191-196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-017-1399-3
Böni, H.; Hischier, R. Weiter- und Wiederverwendung von elektrischen und elektronischen Geräten. Ökologische und ökonomische Analyse. Schlussbericht; sine nomine, 2018; 47 p.
Fadeel, B.; Bussy, C.; Merino, S.; Vázquez, E.; Flahaut, E.; Mouchet, F.; Evariste, L.; Gauthier, L.; Koivisto, A. J.; Vogel, U.; et al. Safety assessment of graphene-based materials: focus on human health and the environment. ACS Nano 2018, 12 (11), 10582-10620. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b04758
Haarman, A.; Hischier, R.; Widmer, R. Recovery of scarce technology metals from end-of-life vehicles – a comparative LCA. Final report for work package C4 of the EVA project (Elektronik – Verwertung – Altautos); Empa: St. Gallen, 2018; 41 p.
Hischier, R. Car vs. packaging – a first, simple (environmental) sustainability assessment of our changing shopping behaviour. Sustainability 2018, 10 (9), 3061 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/su10093061
Hischier, R.; Kwon, N. H.; Brog, J. P.; Fromm, K. M. Early-stage sustainability evaluation of nanoscale cathode materials for lithium ion batteries. ChemSusChem 2018, 11 (13), 2068-2076. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201800109
Piccinno, F.; Hischier, R.; Seeger, S.; Som, C. Eco-efficient process improvement at the early development stage: identifying environmental and economic process hotspots for synergetic improvement potential. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018, 52 (10), 5959-5967. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b01197
Piccinno, F.; Hischier, R.; Seeger, S.; Som, C. Predicting the environmental impact of a future nanocellulose production at industrial scale: application of the life cycle assessment scale-up framework. J. Clean. Prod. 2018, 174, 283-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.226
Salieri, B.; Turner, D. A.; Nowack, B.; Hischier, R. Life cycle assessment of manufactured nanomaterials: Where are we? NanoImpact 2018, 10, 108-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2017.12.003
Buist, H. E.; Hischier, R.; Westerhout, J.; Brouwer, D. H. Derivation of health effect factors for nanoparticles to be used in LCIA. NanoImpact 2017, 7, 41-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2017.05.002
Hischier, R.; Salieri, B.; Pini, M. Most important factors of variability and uncertainty in an LCA study of nanomaterials – findings from a case study with nano titanium dioxide. NanoImpact 2017, 7, 17-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2017.05.001
Salieri, B.; Pasteris, A.; Netkueakul, W.; Hischier, R. Key physicochemical properties of nanomaterials in view of their toxicity: an exploratory systematic investigation for the example of carbon-based nanomaterial. J. Nanopart. Res. 2017, 19, 116 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-017-3748-3
Piccinno, F.; Hischier, R.; Seeger, S.; Som, C. From laboratory to industrial scale: a scale-up framework for chemical processes in life cycle assessment studies. J. Clean. Prod. 2016, 125, 1085-1097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.164
Piccinno, F.; Hischier, R.; Saba, A.; Mitrano, D.; Seeger, S.; Som, C. Multi-perspective application selection: a method to identify sustainable applications for new materials using the example of cellulose nanofiber reinforced composites. J. Clean. Prod. 2016, 112 (1), 1199-1210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.105
Pini, M.; Salieri, B.; Ferrari, A. M.; Nowack, B.; Hischier, R. Human health characterization factors of nano-TiO2 for indoor and outdoor environments. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2016, 21 (10), 1452-1462. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-016-1115-8
van Harmelen, T.; Zondervan-van den Beuken, E. K.; Brouwer, D. H.; Kuijpers, E.; Fransman, W.; Buist, H. B.; Ligthart, T. N.; Hincapié, I.; Hischier, R.; Linkov, I.; et al. LICARA nanoSCAN - a tool for the self-assessment of benefits and risks of nanoproducts. Environ. Int. 2016, 91, 150-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2016.02.021
Hincapié, I.; Künniger, T.; Hischier, R.; Cervellati, D.; Nowack, B.; Som, C. Nanoparticles in facade coatings: a survey of industrial experts on functional and environmental benefits and challenges. J. Nanopart. Res. 2015, 17 (7), 287 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-015-3085-3
Hischier, R.; Coroama, V. C.; Schien, D.; Achachlouei, M. A. Grey energy and environmental impacts of ICT hardware. In ICT innovations for sustainability; Hilty, L. M., Aebischer, B., Eds.; Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 310; Springer International Publishing: Basel, Switzerland, 2015; pp 171-189. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7_10
Hischier, R.; Nowack, B.; Gottschalk, F.; Hincapie, I.; Steinfeldt, M.; Som, C. Life cycle assessment of façade coating systems containing manufactured nanomaterials. J. Nanopart. Res. 2015, 17, 68 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-015-2881-0
Hischier, R. Life cycle assessment study of a field emission display television device. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2015, 20 (1), 61-73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-014-0806-2
Hischier, R.; Wäger, P. A. The transition from desktop computers to tablets: a model for increasing resource efficiency? In ICT innovations for sustainability; Hilty, L. M., Aebischer, B., Eds.; Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 310; Springer International Publishing: Basel, Switzerland, 2015; pp 243-256. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7_14
Piccinno, F.; Hischier, R.; Seeger, S.; Som, C. Life cycle assessment of a new technology to extract, functionalize and orient cellulose nanofibers from food waste. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2015, 3 (6), 1047-1055. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00209
Wäger, P. A.; Hischier, R. Life cycle assessment of post-consumer plastics production from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) treatment residues in a Central European plastics recycling plant. Sci. Total Environ. 2015, 529, 158-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.043
Wäger, P. A.; Hischier, R.; Widmer, R. The material basis of ICT. In ICT innovations for sustainability; Hilty, L. M., Aebischer, B., Eds.; Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 310; Springer International Publishing: Basel, Switzerland, 2015; pp 209-221. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7_12
Hischier, R.; Achachlouei, M. A.; Hilty, L. M. Evaluating the sustainability of electronic media: Strategies for life cycle inventory data collection and their implications for LCA results. Environ. Model. Softw. 2014, 56, 27-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.01.001
Hischier, R. Framework for LCI modelling of releases of manufactured nanomaterials along their life cycle. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2014, 19 (4), 838-849. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-013-0688-8
Hischier, R. Life cycle assessment of manufactured nanomaterials: inventory modelling rules and application example. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2014, 19 (4), 941-943. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-013-0698-6
Hischier, R. Life cycle assessment of manufactured nanomaterials: inventory modelling rules and application example. Doctoral dissertation, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 2013, 169 p.
Hischier, R.; Wäger, P.; Hauschild, M. Life cycle impacts of metals. In Environmental risks and challenges of anthropogenic metals flows and cycles; van der Voet, E., Salminen, R., Eckelman, M., Mudd, G., Norgate, T., Hischier, R., Eds.; United Nations Environment Programme: Nairobi, 2013; pp 125-156. http://www.resourcepanel.org/reports/environmental-risks-and-challenges-anthropogenic-metals-flows-and-cycles
Hischier, R.; Keller, M.; Lisibach, R.; Hilty, L. M. mat - an ICT application to support a more sustainable use of print products and ICT devices. In ICT4S 2013. Proceedings of the first international conference on information
and communication technologies for sustainability, ETH Zurich, February 14-16, 2013, presented at the 1st international conference on information and communication technologies for sustainability (ICT4S 2013), Zurich, Switzerland, February 14–16, 2013; Hilty, L. M., Aebischer, B., Andersson, G., Lohmann, W., Eds.; ETH Zürich; University of Zürich; Empa, 2013; pp 223-230.
van der Voet, E.; Salminen, R.; Eckelman, M.; Norgate, T.; Mudd, G.; Hischier, R.; Spijker, J.; Vijver, M.; Selinus, O.; Posthuma, L.; et al. Conclusions and recommendations. In Environmental risks and challenges of anthropogenic metals flows and cycles; van der Voet, E., Salminen, R., Eckelman, M., Mudd, G., Norgate, T., Hischier, R., Eds.; United Nations Environment Programme: Nairobi, 2013; pp 157-162. http://www.resourcepanel.org/reports/environmental-risks-and-challenges-anthropogenic-metals-flows-and-cycles
van der Voet, E.; Salminen, R.; Eckelman, M.; Norgate, T.; Mudd, G.; Hischier, R.; Spijker, J.; Vijver, M.; Selinus, O.; Posthuma, L.; et al. Introduction. In Environmental risks and challenges of anthropogenic metals flows and cycles; van der Voet, E., Salminen, R., Eckelman, M., Mudd, G., Norgate, T., Hischier, R., Eds.; United Nations Environment Programme: Nairobi, 2013; pp 25-30. http://www.resourcepanel.org/reports/environmental-risks-and-challenges-anthropogenic-metals-flows-and-cycles
Environmental risks and challenges of anthropogenic metals flows and cycles; van der Voet, E., Salimen, R., Eckelman, M., Mudd, G., Norgate, T., Hischier, R., Eds.; United Nations Environment Programme: Nairobi, Kenya, 2013; 230 p. http://www.resourcepanel.org/reports/environmental-risks-and-challenges-anthropogenic-metals-flows-and-cycles
Hischier, R.; Walser, T. Life cycle assessment of engineered nanomaterials: state of the art and strategies to overcome existing gaps. Sci. Total Environ. 2012, 425, 271-282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.001
Ménard, L.; Blanc, I.; Beloin-Saint-Pierre, D.; Gschwind, B.; Wald, L.; Blanc, P.; Ranchin, T.; Hischier, R.; Gianfranceschi, S.; Smolders, S.; et al. Benefit of GEOSS interoperability in assessment of environmental impacts illustrated by the case of photovoltaic systems. IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote Sens. 2012, 5 (6), 1722-1728. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2012.2196024
Hischier, R. ecoinvent – eine konsistente, transparente und qualitätsgesicherte Hintergrunddatenbank für Ökobilanzen & Co. Chem. Ing. Tech. 2011, 83 (10), 1590-1596. https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.201100137
Welz, T.; Hischier, R.; Hilty, L. M. Environmental impacts of lighting technologies - life cycle assessment and sensitivity analysis. Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. 2011, 31 (3), 334-343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2010.08.004
Wäger, P. A.; Hischier, R.; Eugster, M. Environmental impacts of the Swiss collection and recovery systems for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE): a follow-up. Sci. Total Environ. 2011, 409 (10), 1746-1756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.01.050
Hischier, R.; Baudin, I. LCA study of a plasma television device. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2010, 15 (5), 428-438. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-010-0169-2
Ossés de Eicker, M.; Hischier, R.; Kulay, L. A.; Lehmann, M.; Zah, R.; Hurni, H. The applicability of non-local LCI data for LCA. Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. 2010, 30 (3), 192-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2009.08.007
Ossés de Eicker, M.; Hischier, R.; Hurni, H.; Zah, R. Using non-local databases for the environmental assessment of industrial activities: the case of Latin America. Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. 2010, 30 (3), 145-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2009.08.003
Wampfler, B.; Ramsauer, T.; Rezzonico, S.; Hischier, R.; Köhling, R.; Thöny-Meyer, L.; Zinn, M. Isolation and purification of medium chain length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) (mcl-PHA) for medical applications using nonchlorinated solvents. Biomacromolecules 2010, 11 (10), 2716-2723. https://doi.org/10.1021/bm1007663
Duan, H.; Eugster, M.; Hischier, R.; Streicher-Porte, M.; Li, J. Life cycle assessment study of a Chinese desktop personal computer. Sci. Total Environ. 2009, 407 (5), 1755-1764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.10.063
Erdmann, L.; Hilty, L.; Althaus, H. J.; Behrendt, S.; Hischier, R.; Kamburow, C.; Oertel, B.; Wäger, P.; Welz, T. Einfluss von RFID-Tags auf die Abfallentsorgung. Prognose möglicher Auswirkungen eines massenhaften Einsatzes von RFID-Tags im Konsumgüterbereich auf die Umwelt und die Abfallentsorgung; Report No.: 1276; Umweltbundesamt: Dessau, 2009; 185 p.
Hischier, R.; Ugaya, C.; Anderi da Silva, G.; Lamb, C. M. R.; Rodrigues, D. Capacity building in Life Cycle Inventory database establishment - lessons learned in the real world. In Life Cycle Assessment applications. Results from COST Action 530; Fullana, P., Betz, M., Hischier, R., Puig, R., Eds.; AENOR: Madrid, 2009; pp 203-211. https://www.cost.eu/publication/life-cycle-assessment-applications/
Hischier, R.; Bauer, C. Data exchange format - how far away are the different approaches currently used? In Life Cycle Assessment applications. Results from COST Action 530; Fullana, P., Betz, M., Hischier, R., Puig, R., Eds.; AENOR: Madrid, 2009; pp 187-196. https://www.cost.eu/publication/life-cycle-assessment-applications/
Vladimirov, V.; Saft, R. J.; Sinclair, P.; Betz, M.; Hischier, R. Waste management and life cycle assessment for/in Eastern European countries. In Life Cycle Assessment applications. Results from COST Action 530; Fullana, P., Betz, M., Hischier, R., Puig, R., Eds.; AENOR: Madrid, 2009; pp 251-258. https://www.cost.eu/publication/life-cycle-assessment-applications/
Welz, T. Bleifreie Lote & ihre ökologische Leistung. Master thesis, 2009, 122 p.
Life Cycle Assessment applications: results from COST Action 530. A joint effort by COST Action 530: life-cyle inventories for environmentally-conscious manufacturing processes; Fullana, P., Betz, M., Hischier, R., Puig, R., Eds.; AENOR: Madrid (Spain), 2009; 284 p.
Bauer, C.; Buchgeister, J.; Hischier, R.; Poganietz, W. R.; Schebek, L.; Warsen, J. Towards a framework for life cycle thinking in the assessment of nanotechnology. J. Clean. Prod. 2008, 16 (8-9), 910-926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.04.022
Hilty, L. M.; Hischier, R.; Ruddy, T. F.; Som, C. Informatics and the life cycle of products. In Proc. iEMSs 4th biennial meeting - Int. congress on environmental modelling and software: integrating sciences and information technology for environmental assessment and decision making, iEMSs 2008, presented at the 4th biennial meeting of international congress on environmental modelling and software: integrating sciences and information technology for environmental assessment and decision making, iEMSs 2008, Barcelona, Spain, July 7-10, 2008; 2008; Vol. 3, pp 1602-1611.
Eugster, M.; Hischier, R.; Duan, H. Key environmental impacts of the Chinese EEE-Industry: a life cycle assessment study; State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO: Bern, 2007; 85 p.
Eugster, M.; Hischier, R.; Duan, H. Key environmental impacts of the chinese EEE-industry. A life cylce assessment study; Empa: St. Gallen, 2007; 85 p.
Zah, R.; Hischier, R.; Leão, A. L.; Braun, I. Curauá fibres in the automobile industry - a sustainability assessment. J. Clean. Prod. 2007, 15 (11-12), 1032-1040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.05.036
Zah, R.; Böni, H.; Gauch, M.; Hischier, R.; Lehmann, M.; Wäger, P. Ökobilanz von Energieprodukten: Ökologische Bewertung von Biotreibstoffen; Bundesamt für Energie: Bern, 2007; 206 p.
Doka, G.; Hischier, R. Waste treatment and assessment of long-term emissions. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2005, 10 (1), 77-84. https://doi.org/10.1065/lca2004.12.181.9
Frischknecht, R.; Althaus, H. J.; Doka, G.; Dones, R.; Heck, T.; Hellweg, S.; Hischier, R.; Jungbluth, N.; Nemecek, T.; Rebitzer, G.; et al. Selected modelling principles applied in the ecoinvent database. J. Life Cycle Assess. Jpn. 2005, 1 (2), 112-122.
Frischknecht, R.; Jungbluth, N.; Althaus, H. J.; Doka, G.; Dones, R.; Heck, T.; Hellweg, S.; Hischier, R.; Nemecek, T.; Rebitzer, G.; et al. The ecoinvent database: overview and methodological framework. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2005, 10 (1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.1065/lca2004.10.181.1
Hischier, R.; Althaus, H. J.; Werner, F. Developments in wood and packaging materials life cycle inventories in ecoinvent. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2005, 10 (1), 50-58. https://doi.org/10.1065/lca2004.11.181.6
Hischier, R.; Wäger, P.; Gauglhofer, J. Does WEEE recycling make sense from an environmental perspective? The environmental impacts of the Swiss take-back and recycling systems for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. 2005, 25 (5), 525-539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2005.04.003
Hischier, R.; Hellweg, S.; Capello, C.; Primas, A. Establishing life cycle inventories of chemicals based on differing data availability. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2005, 10 (1), 59-67. https://doi.org/10.1065/lca2004.10.181.7
Hischier, R.; Lehmann-Chadha, M.; Züst, R.; Högger, R. Ökobilanzen und Ecodesign-Tools helfen. Umwelt-Perspektiven, 2005, pp 35-39.
Hischier, R.; Reichart, I. Multifunctional electronic media - traditional media: the problem of an adequate functional unit. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2003, 8 (4), 201-208. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02978472
Hischier, R.; Hilty, L. Environmental impacts of an international conference. Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. 2002, 22 (5), 543-557. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0195-9255(02)00027-6
Reichart, I.; Hischier, R.; Werner, F. LCA and decision making - conclusions from a review and a case study about paper recycling. Presented at the 12th annual meeting of SETAC Europe, Vienna, Austria, May 12-16, 2002.
Reichart, I.; Hischier, R. The environmental impact of getting the news: a comparison of on-line, television, and newspaper information delivery. J. Ind. Ecol. 2002, 6 (3-4), 185-200. https://doi.org/10.1162/108819802766269593
Hischier, R.; Baitz, M.; Bretz, R.; Frischknecht, R.; Jungbluth, N.; Marheineke, T.; McKeown, P.; Oele, M.; Osset, P.; Renner, I.; et al. Guidelines for consistent reporting of exchanges from/to nature within life cycle inventories (LCI). Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2001, 6 (4), 192-198. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979374
Reichart, I.; Hischier, R. Vergleich der Umweltbelastungen bei Benutzung elektronischer und gedruckter Medien; Empa-Berichte, Vol. 253; Empa: St. Gallen, 2001; 54 p.