Ongoing Projects
- Circular Economy Resource Information System (CE-RISE)
- Evidence-based dialogue on trade-offs in wicked societal problems (ENGAGE)
- Future Availability of Secondary Raw Materials (FutuRaM)
- Reallabor Jurapark. Jurapark Aargau as Real-world Lab for Sustainable Development in the Strategic Area Engagement and Dialogue with Society. (Jurapark)
- CHIASMA - Accessible Innovative Methods for the Safety & Sustainability Assessment of Chemicals & Materials / 2024-2027. More
- PINK - Provision of Integrated Computational Approaches for Addressing New Market Goals for the Introduction of Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design Chemicals and Materials / 2024-2027. More
- SUNRISE - Safe and Sustainable by Design: Integrated Approaches for Impact Assessment of Advanced Materials / 2024-2027. More
- MELOMANES - Combination therapy for the treatment of metastatic melanoma using magnetic nanoparticle / 2023-2026.
- SCENE - Swiss Center of Excellence on Net-Zero Emissions / 2023-2025.
- CIRCULARFUTURES - Co-creation of a Circular Future / 2022-2024.
- REINVENT - High-quality Steel Recycling with the support of a Digital Plattform / 2022-2024.
- CIRCUBAT - Swiss circular economy model for automotive lithium batterie / 2022-2025. More
- WISER - Web of Interoperable Digital Services for Knowledge on Decarbonisation Pathway / 2022-2025.
- WASTE2FRESH - Innovative Solution to Address Freshwater Resource Scarcity and Industrial Water Pollution / 2021-2023. More
- STORIES - Storage Research Infrastructure Eco-System / 2021-2025
- SYNFUEL - New Pathways to Jet Fuel Production / 2021-2023. More
- Update and expansion of the life cycle inventory data about the primary production of scarce and critical metals / 2015-2020.
ALCA
On-going projects
- CHIASMA - Accessible Innovative Methods for the Safety & Sustainability Assessment of Chemicals & Materials / 2024-2027. More
- PINK - Provision of Integrated Computational Approaches for Addressing New Market Goals for the Introduction of Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design Chemicals and Materials / 2024-2027. More
- SUNRISE - Safe and Sustainable by Design: Integrated Approaches for Impact Assessment of Advanced Materials / 2024-2027. More
- MELOMANES - Combination therapy for the treatment of metastatic melanoma using magnetic nanoparticle / 2023-2026.
- SCENE - Swiss Center of Excellence on Net-Zero Emissions / 2023-2025.
- CIRCULARFUTURES - Co-creation of a Circular Future / 2022-2024.
- REINVENT - High-quality Steel Recycling with the support of a Digital Plattform / 2022-2024.
- CIRCUBAT - Swiss circular economy model for automotive lithium batterie / 2022-2025. More
- WISER - Web of Interoperable Digital Services for Knowledge on Decarbonisation Pathway / 2022-2025.
- WASTE2FRESH - Innovative Solution to Address Freshwater Resource Scarcity and Industrial Water Pollution / 2021-2023. More
- STORIES - Storage Research Infrastructure Eco-System / 2021-2025
- SYNFUEL - New Pathways to Jet Fuel Production / 2021-2023. More
- Update and expansion of the life cycle inventory data about the primary production of scarce and critical metals / 2015-2020.
Completed projects
- SI-DRIVE - Silicon Alloying Anodes for High Energy Density Batteries comprising Lithium Rich Cathodes and Safe Ionic Liquid based Electrolytes for Enhanced High Voltage Performance / 2019-2023. More
- SAFEGRAPH - A New Regulatory Pathway for Graphene / 2019-2022. More
- Environmental sustainability evaluation of the Wear2WearTM cycle / 2020.
- LACE - Laboratory for Applied Circular Economy / 2018-2021. More
- OASES - Open Assessment of Swiss Economy and Society / 2018-2021. More
- Greensense - Sustainable, Wireless, Autonomous Nanocellulose-based Quantitative DoA Biosensing Platform / 2018-2021. More
- EcoDynBat - Influence of temporal variability when calculating environmental impacts of consumed electricity in buildings / 2018-2020.
- Electricity-based Mobility / 2017-2020. More
- Porous4App - Pilot plant production of controlled doped nanoporous carbonaceous materials for energy and catalysis applications / 2016-2020. More
- NanoReg II - Development and implementation of Grouping and Safe-by-Design approaches within regulatory frameworks / 2015-2018.
- Environmental Assessment of the Urban Mining and Recycling (UMAR) unit in the NEST building / 2017-2018.
- Graphene Flagship - Development of gate-to-gate Life Cycle Inventory Data and Life Cycle Impact Assessment Characterisation Factors / 2016-2018.
- CARINHYPH - Bottom-up fabrication of nano carbon-inorganic hybrid materials for photocatalytic hydrogen production / 2013-2015.
- Chances and Risks of Nanoscale Electrode Materials for Li-Ion-Batteries. Part "Life Cycle Assessment" / 2014-2015.
- LICARA - Life cycle approach and human risk impact assessment, product stewardship and stakeholder risk/benefit communication of nanomaterials / 2012-2014. More
- NanoCelluComp - Development of very high performance bioderived composite materials of cellulose nanofibres and polysaccharides / 2011-2014. More
- NanoHouse - Cycle of Nanoparticle-based Products used in House Coating / 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
Projects
Ongoing Projects
Completed projects
- Gov4Nano
- NanoinformaTIX
- TA Swiss
- ProMatLeben
- Circulartex
- Bio-based synthesic fibers
- BIORIMA
- GRACIOUS
- GREENSENSE
- GoNanoBioMat
- Sustainable-by-Design for Masks
- caLIBRAte
- POROUS4APP
- NanoFASE
- Release from nanotextiles
- Textile museum "Material Matters"
- NanoSafeTextiles
- SUN
- NanoMILE
- LICARA
- Nanoparticles in waste and landfills
- NanoCelluComp
- NanoHouse
- DANA
Projects of the ALCA group
Ongoing projects
- CHIASMA - Accessible Innovative Methods for the Safety & Sustainability Assessment of Chemicals & Materials / 2024-2027. More
- PINK - Provision of Integrated Computational Approaches for Addressing New Market Goals for the Introduction of Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design Chemicals and Materials / 2024-2027. More
- SUNRISE - Safe and Sustainable by Design: Integrated Approaches for Impact Assessment of Advanced Materials / 2024-2027. More
- MELOMANES - Combination therapy for the treatment of metastatic melanoma using magnetic nanoparticle / 2023-2026.
- SCENE - Swiss Center of Excellence on Net-Zero Emissions / 2023-2025.
- CIRCULARFUTURES - Co-creation of a Circular Future / 2022-2024.
- REINVENT - High-quality Steel Recycling with the support of a Digital Plattform / 2022-2024.
- CIRCUBAT - Swiss circular economy model for automotive lithium batterie / 2022-2025. More
- WISER - Web of Interoperable Digital Services for Knowledge on Decarbonisation Pathway / 2022-2025.
- WASTE2FRESH - Innovative Solution to Address Freshwater Resource Scarcity and Industrial Water Pollution / 2021-2023. More
- STORIES - Storage Research Infrastructure Eco-System / 2021-2025
- SYNFUEL - New Pathways to Jet Fuel Production / 2021-2023. More
- Update and expansion of the life cycle inventory data about the primary production of scarce and critical metals / 2015-2020.
Completed projects
- SI-DRIVE - Silicon Alloying Anodes for High Energy Density Batteries comprising Lithium Rich Cathodes and Safe Ionic Liquid based Electrolytes for Enhanced High Voltage Performance / 2019-2023. More
- SAFEGRAPH - A New Regulatory Pathway for Graphene / 2019-2022. More
- Environmental sustainability evaluation of the Wear2WearTM cycle / 2020.
- LACE - Laboratory for Applied Circular Economy / 2018-2021. More
- OASES - Open Assessment of Swiss Economy and Society / 2018-2021. More
- Greensense - Sustainable, Wireless, Autonomous Nanocellulose-based Quantitative DoA Biosensing Platform / 2018-2021. More
- EcoDynBat - Influence of temporal variability when calculating environmental impacts of consumed electricity in buildings / 2018-2020.
- Electricity-based Mobility / 2017-2020. More
- Porous4App - Pilot plant production of controlled doped nanoporous carbonaceous materials for energy and catalysis applications / 2016-2020. More
- NanoReg II - Development and implementation of Grouping and Safe-by-Design approaches within regulatory frameworks / 2015-2018.
- Environmental Assessment of the Urban Mining and Recycling (UMAR) unit in the NEST building / 2017-2018.
- Graphene Flagship - Development of gate-to-gate Life Cycle Inventory Data and Life Cycle Impact Assessment Characterisation Factors / 2016-2018.
- CARINHYPH - Bottom-up fabrication of nano carbon-inorganic hybrid materials for photocatalytic hydrogen production / 2013-2015.
- Chances and Risks of Nanoscale Electrode Materials for Li-Ion-Batteries. Part "Life Cycle Assessment" / 2014-2015.
- LICARA - Life cycle approach and human risk impact assessment, product stewardship and stakeholder risk/benefit communication of nanomaterials / 2012-2014. More
- NanoCelluComp - Development of very high performance bioderived composite materials of cellulose nanofibres and polysaccharides / 2011-2014. More
- NanoHouse - Cycle of Nanoparticle-based Products used in House Coating / 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
Projects
Ongoing projects
- Sustainable Recycling Industries programme (SRI II)
- Monitoring and auditing and of the Swico Recycling System (Swico)
- Separation and concentration of target substances in the treatment of electrical appliances (e-conseg)
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Developing circular pathways for a EU low-carbon transition (CircEUlar)
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Future Availability of Secondary Raw Materials (FutuRaM)
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Circular Economy Resource Information System (CE-RISE)
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Improving the sustainability of electric vehicle Lithium-ion batteries
(CircuBAT) -
Swiss Center of Excellence on Net Zero Emissions (SCENE) - Net Zero In-stitute Roadmap (netZIR)
Completed projects
- Co-Creating Circular Futures
- Strengthening capacities for energy efficiency in buildings in Latin America (CEELA)
- Critical Metals in Car Electronics (EVA)
- Material flows Switzerland (MatCH)
- Simulation game for development paths of post-fossil cities (Post-fossil cities).
- Laboratory for Applied Circular Economy (LACE)
- Research Cooperation Battery Recycling (Kyburz)
- Brominated Flame Retardants in Plastics from Large Household Appliances (BFR-LHA)
- Prospecting the urban mine (ProSUM)
- Rückgewinnung kritischer Metalle aus Elektronikschrott (e-Recmet)
- Monitoring Materialflüsse Kunststoffe aus Haushalten (KUH)
- Reuse of Electric and Electronic Devices (Re-use)
- Monitoring System for Mixed Plastic Recycling in Switzerland (VSPR Monitoring)
- Support for the development of a Swiss industry-led take-back system of Lithium-Ion Batteries from the automotive sector (LIB-SARS)
- E[co]work - Social impact innovation through a co-working space for e-waste micro-entrepreneurs (E[co]work)
- VREG State-of-the-art guideline for e-waste management in Switzerland (VREG)
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