Resources

2025

openLCA.conf (2025), Proceedings of the second openLCA user conference openLCA.conf, Berlin, April 10 & 11, 2025

Ciroth, A. & Hamed, A. (2025), Module D in Environmental Product Declations (EPDs), Berlin, February 12, 2025

2024

Hoffmann, J. & Hamed, A. (2024), Integrated Simulation Approaches for Environmental and Socioeconomic Sustainability of SSbD-Compliant Lubricants, 5th Stakeholder workshop on „Safe and sustainable by design“, Brussels (online), December, 2024.

Cilleruelo Palomero, J., Hoffmann, J., Ciroth, A., (2024):  Model-based LCSA for plastics and recycled content, SETAC Europe 26th LCA Symposium, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 21-23, 2024.

Hoffmann, J., Bringmann, M., Ciroth, A., (2024): Increasing Transparency: EcoProfiles for Plastic Recyclates (link coming), SETAC Europe 26th LCA Symposium, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 21-23, 2024.

Serafini, S., Ciroth, A., Srocka, M. (2024): Regionalized Impact Calculation in openLCA: Case Study from the Flexby Project Preliminary Life Cycle Assessment, SETAC Europe 26th LCA Symposium, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 21, 2024

Ciroth, A. (2024): Adding the time dimension to LCA, ACLCA, Snowbird, US, September 26, 2024.

Ciroth, A. (2024): Flow mapping in LCA Software: current issues and potential solutions, ACLCA, Snowbird, US, September 26, 2024.

Ciroth, A. (2024): a new LCA database, ACLCA, Snowbird, US, September 26, 2024.

Cilleruelo Palomero, J., Ciroth, A. (2024): Model-based Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) for Plastics and Recycled Content, ACLCA, Snowbird, US, September 26, 2024.

Spindler, C. (2024): Cyclops – Circularity Optimisation for Plastics, BMUV Community Convention 2024, Berlin, Germany, September 17, 2024.

Ciroth, A., Hamed, A. (2024): EPDs in openLCA, LCA EPD Workshop in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 1, 2024.

Hoffmann, J. (2024): Sustainability Simulation of Novel Lubricants following SSbD Principle, 10th Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry for Sustainable Development, Lüneburg, July 10, 2024.

Hamed, A. & Ciroth, A. (2024): Social Life Cycle Assessment Case Study: Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell vehicles, FSLCI, Berlin, Germany, July 3, 2024

Hoffmann, J. (2024): Challenges in Predictive Sustainability Assessment of Novel Lubricants following SSbD Principles, MaterialsWeek2024, Limassol, Cyprus, June 17-21, 2024.

Radwan, L., Ciroth, A., Spindler, C. (2024): Prospective social life cycle assessment of emerging technologies, 9th international Social Life Cycle Assessment Conference 2024 in Curitiba, Brazil, May 30, 2024.

Hoffmann, J. (2024): Predictive Sustainability Assessment of Novel Lubricants following SSbD Principles, 8th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference, Dresden, Germany, May 13-15, 2024.

Ciroth, A. (2024): openLCA past, present, future, openLCA.conf 2024, Berlin, April 15-16, 2024.

Ciroth, A., Hamed, A. (2024): openLCA in SH2E: A dedicated tool for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Hydrogen Systems , openLCA.conf 2024, Berlin, April 15-16, 2024.

Halstenberg, F. (2024): Life cycle sustainability assessment of industrialized renovation solutions , openLCA.conf 2024 , Berlin, April 15-16, 2024.

Hoffmann, J. (2024): Increasing transparency for inventory data of plastic production by modeling the olefin supply chain , openLCA.conf 2024, Berlin, April 15-16, 2024.

Srocka, M. (2024): Inside the openLCA calculation engine , openLCA.conf 2024 , Berlin, April 15-16, 2024.

Spindler, C. (2024): Modeling chemicals in openLCA – Exemplary approach based on metal-organic frameworks , openLCA.conf 2024 , Berlin, April 15-16, 2024.

Di Maria, A., Di Noi, C., Román Escobar , Y., Vázquez Ruiz, A., Ciroth, A., (2024): Synergies and challenges of bottom-up and top-down approaches for assessing social impacts in mining operations , The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11367-024-02283-0, March 15 2024.

Cilleruelo Palomero, J., Ciroth, A., Freboeuf, L., Sonnemann, G., (2024): Integrating circularity into Life Cycle Assessment: Circularity with a life-cycle perspective, Journal of Cleaner Environmental Systems. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100175. 

2023

Ciroth, A., Hoffmann, J.: Webinar: Release of the Environmental Footprint (EF) 3.1 database, slides , Dec 1 2023.

Ciroth, A. (2023): Collaborative Platform in data exchange – openLCA , 84th LCA Discussion Forum 2023, September 21, 2023. 

Cilleruelo Palomero, J., Ciroth, A., (2023): (poster) Integrating Circularity into LCA: circularity with a life-cycle perspective , LCM2023, Lille, September 6-8, 2023.

Koch, A., (2023): Model-based LCSA in the TREASoURcE project , WRF, Geneva, September 4, 2023.

Cilleruelo Palomero, J., Ciroth, A., (2023): Integrating Circularity into LCA: circularity with a life-cycle perspective , CILCA 2023, Viña del Mar, July 25, 2023.

Ciroth, A. (2023): Model-based LCSA, ISIE, Leiden, July 2, 2023.

Ciroth, A., Maister, K., (2023): The “PSILCA” social LCA database – challenges in creating, using, and maintaining it , 2023 CCU TEA/LCA Workshop, Ann Arbor, May 17, 2023.

2022

Di Noi, C., Zavratnik, V., Vetrsek, J., Brandolini, D., Gubert, M., Ciroth, A., (2022): Social sustainability assessments for a stakeholder-centered building retrofit , S-LCA Conference , Aachen, September 5-8, 2022.

2021

Ciroth, A. (2021): Life Cycle Inventory Analysis & Building a National Life Cycle Inventory. Database: Lessons learned , Workshop Series Sustainable Production and LCA, Nov 16 2021.

Ciroth, A., Arvidsson R. (2021): Life Cycle Inventory Analysis, Methods and Data . Springer , ISBN: 978-3-030-62270-1

Ciroth, A. (2021): Addressing data quality challenges for Open Source LCA software developers , ETH Discussion Forum, April 21, 2021

2020

Ciroth, A. (2020):  What CLCA is and isn’t (and what’s missing) . CLCA workshop, Helsinki University, 9 Nov 2020.

Di Noi, C., Räikkönen, M., Molarius, R., Uusitalo, T., Kortelainen, H., Kuokkanen, S., Ciroth, A. (2020): Integrated life cycle sustainability assessment in mine water balance management . LCIC 2020, online conference, August 27, 2020

Ciroth, A. (2020):  How reliable can system processes be? . Brightcon. Online conference. 20 Oct 2020.

Kinnunen, P., Obenaus-Emler, R., Raatikainen, J., Guignot, S., Guimera, J., Ciroth, A., Heiskanen, K. (2020):  Review of closed water loops with ore sorting and tailings valorization for a more sustainable mining industry . Journal of Cleaner Production. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123237.

2019

Ciroth, A., Di Noi, C., Burhan, S., Srocka, M. (2019):  LCA database creation: Current challenges and the way forward. Indonesian Journal of Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability, Vol. 3, No. 2.

Ciroth, A., Foster, C., Hildenbrand, J., Zamagni, A. (2019). Life cycle inventory dataset review criteria—a new proposal. Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 10.1007/s11367-019-01712-9.

Ciroth, A. (2019):  Full Sustainability Assessment , presentation, ILCM, Gandhinagar, 15 Nov 2019.

Di Noi, C., Ciroth, A. (2019): Environmental and Social Pressures in Mining. Results from a Sustainability Hotspots Screening in: Modeling and Simulation in Energy Management: Selected papers on System Dynamics Collection by Juan Martín García, ISBN 9781687004932 KDP Publishers.

Ciroth, A., Steiner, B. (2019): The Environmental Footprint – can’t we do better in LCA? Towards more accountable sustainability assessments , presentation, Sustainability science days, Helsinki, 09 June 2019.

Ciroth, A., Di Noi, C. Srocka, M. (2019): Revisiting the activity variable in Social LCA – beyond worker hours, presentation , ACLCA XIX LCA, Tucson, Arizona, September 24, 2019.

Di Noi, C., Ciroth, A., Burhan, S. (2019): H2020 ITERAMS project. Sustainability of a portfolio of solutions for water and tailings management in mining , presentation, ACLCA XIX LCA, Tucson, Arizona, September 26, 2019.

Ciroth, A., Kouame, N.: Elementary litter in life cycle inventories, approach and application , presentation, LCM, Poznan, 2019.

Lohse, T., Bunsen, J., Ciroth, A., Helm, S., Weber-Blaschke, G.: EasyEPD . Presentation, LCM, Poznan, 2019.

Recanati, F., Ciroth, A., Sangiovanni, G., Vitale, M.: Moving towards a bio-based wood painting sector: preliminary insights from the LIFE BIOPAINT project . Presentation, LCM, Poznan, 2019.

Di Noi, C., Ciroth, A., Mancini, L., Eynard, U., Pennington, D., Blengini, GA (2019): Can S-LCA methodology support responsible sourcing of raw materials in EU policy context? Int J Life Cycle Assess  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-019-01678-8.

Räikkönen, M., Uusitalo, T., Molarius, R., Kortelainen, H., Di Noi, C., Horn, S. (2019): Asset management framework for assessing the economic, environmental and social impacts and risks of water balance system, presentation, World Congress on Resilience, Reliability and Asset Management, WCRRA, Singapore, 28/07/19-31/07/19.

2018

Di Noi, C., Ciroth, A. (2018): Environmental and Social Pressures in Mining. Results from a Sustainability Hotspots Screening. Resources 2018, 7, 80  https://doi.org/10.3390/resources7040080.

Ciroth, A. (2018): Using social LCA databases for support of policy and business decisions: Where and how , presentation, 70th LCA Discussion Forum – Social LCA – Challenges and solutions in application and implementation, Zurich, 22 Nov 2018.

Ciroth, A.: LCA Database creation , Relevance of data and creation of data bases (LCI) for life cycle analysis, Environmental Huellas, Buenos Aires, Nov 2018.

Ciroth, A., Srocka, M., Burhan, S. (2018): A new LCI database for India , presentation, ILCM, Mumbai, 5 Oct 2018.

Ciroth, A., Bunsen, J., Oehlmann, M., Klaas, K., Rossbach, M. (2018): Income-induced changes in resource usage – An LCA-based study of German households , presentation, ACLCA LCA XVIII , Fort Collins, Sep 26, 2018.

Ciroth, A., Greve, S. (2018): Applying metadata descriptors for finding data and for building LCA models , presentation, ACLCA LCA XVIII, Fort Collins, 25 Sep 2018.

Bunsen, J., Ciroth, A. (2018): Regionalization in openLCA , presentation, 69th LCA Discussion Forum – Regionalization in LCA: Current status in concepts, software and databases, Zurich, 13 Sep 2018.

2017

Eisfeldt, F. (2017): What’s new in PSILCA 2.0 , Webinar – slides and  video , December 14/19, 2017.

Ciroth, A., Bizarro, D. (2017):  Implementing AWARE as regionalized LCIA method in software – challenges, outcomes, findings , poster, ACLCA Conference Series, Portsmouth 03 – 05 Oct 2017

Ciroth, A. (2017): Hotspots analysis in LCA supported by novel visualizations , presentation, LCM Conference Series, Luxembourg, 3 – 6 Sep 2017

Ciroth, A., Greve, S., Srocka, M. (2017): SuBoot-Sustainability Bootstrapping The Frist Implementation , presentation, LCM Conference Series, Luxembourg, 3 – 6 Sep 2017

Ciroth, A., Schulz, S.: EF remodeling project, interface paper , version 1.0.1, 2017

Eisfeldt, F., Ciroth, A. (2017):  Contribution of Social Life Cycle Assessment to reach the Sustainable Development Goals , presentation, CILCA 2017, Medellín, 14 June 2017

Eisfeldt, F., Rodríguez, C., Ciroth, A. (2017):  Soca – A database add-on for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment , presentation, CILCA 2017, Medellín, 14 Jun 2017

Eisfeldt, F., Rodríguez, C., Ciroth, A. (2017): Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of photovoltaic panels using soca , presentation, SETAC Europe 2017, Brussels, 10 May 2017

Ciroth, A., Srocka, M. (2017): Introducing the LCA data machine , presentation, SETAC Europe 2017, Brussels, 8 May 2017

Eisfeldt, F., Möller, F. (2017): Social and environmental impacts of a T-shirt: A life cycle approach , presentation, Greenshowroom at the Berlin Fashion week, Berlin, January 19, 2017

2016

Ciroth, A., Muller, S., Weidema, B.  et al. (2016): Empirically based uncertainty factors for the pedigree matrix in ecoinvent .  Int J Life Cycle Assess 21 , 1338–1348. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-013-0670-5   

Möller, F., Ciroth, A. (2016):  Guided Case Study as an approach to allow companies mastering LCA , poster, Indian Life Cycle Management Conference 2016 (ILCM 2017) in New Delhi, India, 17-18 Oct 2016.

Rodríguez, C., Greve, S., Ciroth, A. (2016):  LCA Collaboration Server: enhancing LCA data creation and sharing , presentation, LCA XVI, Charleston, 28 Sep 2016

Rodríguez, C., Ciroth, A. (2016): Adapting LCA software to LCI databases and vice versa , presentation, Life Cycle Assessment Workshop 2016, Pforzheim, September 16, 2016

Ciroth, A., Eisfeldt, F. (2016): Social Life Cycle Impact Assessment & S-LCA of the Nicaragua Canal Project , presentation, sLCA 2016, Cambridge MA, 14 Jun 2016

Ciroth, A. (2016): Updating data in a generic social LCA database , presentation, SLCA Boston, 14 Jun 2016

Ciroth, A., Hildenbrand, J., Steen, B., Life Cycle Costing in: Dewulf, J., De Meester, S., Alvarenga, AFR, Sustainability Assessment of Renewables-Based Products – Methods and Case Studies, Wiley ( 2016), pp. 215-228, ISBN 978-1-11893394-7

Ciroth, A., Eisfeldt, F., Srocka, M. (2016): Data quality in Social LCA studies , presentation SETAC Nantes, May 26, 2016

Greve, S., Rodríguez, C., Ciroth, A. (2016): LCA Cloud: enhancing LCA data collaboration , presentation SETAC Nantes, 23 May 2016

2015

Rodríguez, C., Ciroth, A., Srocka, M. (2015):  EPD creation for building and construction sector: new software implementation , presentation, LCA XV in Vancouver, Canada, 6-8 Oct 2015.

Ciroth, A., Sonnemann, G., Vigon, B. (2015):  UNEP Shonan Guidance Principles put into practice , presentation, LCA XV in Vancouver, Canada, 6-8 Oct 2015.

Ciroth, A., Srocka, M. (2015): JSON-LD: A smarter format for LCA data interchange , presentation, Indian Life Cycle Management Conference 2015 (ILCM 2015) in New Delhi, India, 14-15 Sep 2015.

Ciroth, A., Eisfeldt, F. (2015):  A new, comprehensive database for social LCA: PSILCA , presentation, Indian Life Cycle Management Conference 2015 (ILCM 2015) in New Delhi, India, 14-15 Sep 2015.

Ciroth, A., Cinelli, M., Gjorgjikoski, V., Hildenbrand, J., Kocev, D. (2015):  SuBoot – Sustainability Bootstrap project , presentation, Indian Life Cycle Management Conference 2015 (ILCM 2015) in New Delhi, India, 14-15 Sep 2015.

Rodríguez, C., Ciroth, A. (2015):  Regionalized LCIA implementation in LCA software for decision-making analysis in LCM , presentation, The 7th International Conference on Life Cycle Management – LCM 2015 Bordeaux, 30 Aug – 2 Sep 2015.

Ciroth, A., Wesley, I. (2015): Elementary Flow Harmonization with openLCA and the LCA Harmonization Tool , presentation, 4th Meeting of the International Forum on LCA cooperation in Shah Alam, Malaysia, March 2015.

2014

Ciroth, A., Meinrenken, C. (2014): Data Quality in Life Cycle Assessments in: Schenck, R., White, P. (ed.): Environmental Life Cycle Assessment, pp. 59 – 67, Washington 2014.

Rodríguez, C., Srocka, M. (2014):  Linking regionalized LCIA methods and LCA databases, concept and practical demonstration of implementation in LCA software. What is possible today? , presentation, 2nd Regionalized LCIA Workshop 2014 in San Francisco, USA, 9 Oct 2014.

Rodríguez, C., Ciroth, A., Srocka, M. (2014): Regionalized LCIA – new software implementation and agriculture case study, contribution and presentation , LCA Food Conference 2014 (LCA Foods 2014) in San Francisco, USA, 8- 10 Oct 2014.

Ciroth, A. (2014): Using databases from different data providers in parallel for a case study on light bulbs , presentation, LCA XIV San Francisco in San Francisco, USA, 6-8 Oct 2014.

Ciroth, A., Rodríguez, C. (2014): A procedure for LCI data gaps management applied for an aerospace case , presentation, LCA XIV San Francisco in San Francisco, USA, 6-8 Oct 2014.

Ciroth, A. (2014): UNEP Shonan Guidance Principles put into practice , presentation, Indian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment (ILCM 2014) in New Delhi, India, 29-30 Sep 2014.

Ciroth, A. (2014):  Social LCA/ Social Metrics , presentation, Social LCA Round Table in Berlin, Germany, 10 Sep 2014.

Ciroth, A. (2014):  Indicators for resource efficiency in life cycle assessment, current status , presentation, 3rd meeting of round table for resource efficiency in the construction sector in Berlin, Germany, May 15, 2014.

Rodríguez, C. (2014): Challenges of linking regionalized LCIA methods and LCA databases , presentation, Regionalized LCIA Workshop 2014 in Basel, Switzerland, 12 May 2014.

Ciroth, A. (2014):  Why and when does regionalized LCIA make sense? , presentation, Regionalized LCIA Workshop 2014 in Basel, Switzerland, 12 May 2014.

Rodríguez, C., Srocka, M. (2014): openLCA implementation of GIS-based regionalized LCA – practical demonstration of status and possibilities , presentation, Regionalized LCIA Workshop 2014 in Basel, Swotzerland, 12 May 2014.

Ciroth, A. (2014): Working with multiple databases in one LCA software; interoperable databases, format conversion , presentation, 3rd International Meeting on Intergovernmental Cooperation on LCA in Washington DC, USA, 14-16 April 2014.

2013

Ciroth, A.; Srocka M. (2013):  ecoinvent 3 in openLCA , presentation, LCA XIII Orlando, 30 Sep – 3 Oct 2013.

Ciroth, A.; Dreyer, LC; Duyan, O. (2013):  SocialLCA+ , presentation, LCA XIII Orlando, 30 Sep – 3 Oct 2013.

Rodriguez, C.; Ciroth, A. (2013):  Introducing openLCA Nexus – Bringing together most relevant sustainability datasets in an online LCA data repository and using them in a consistent way , presentation, LCA XIII Orlando, 30 Sep – 3 Oct 2013.

Ciroth, A. (2013): ProSuite Decision support system (DSS) , presentation, The 11th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing Berlin, 23-25 ​​Sep 2013.

Ciroth, A., Franze, J.: Ciroth, A.: Social Extension Task Force report, Task III and IV, Modeling, assessment, and aggregation of social indicators along the life cycle, PROSUITE project ad hoc report, 2013

Theret J.-P.; Fliegner M.; Srocka M.; Bläsig V.; Duyan O. (2013):  Integrating life cycle assessment tools and information with product life cycle management / product data management , presentation, The 11th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing Berlin, 23-25 ​​Sep 2013.

Ciroth, A.:  Refining the pedigree matrix approach in ecoinvent: Towards empirical uncertainty factors , Swiss Discussion Forum, Zurich, 13 Sep 2013.

Ciroth, A.; Rodríguez, C. (2013):  Introducing openLCA Nexus , presentation, The 6th International Conference on Life Cycle Management – ​​LCM 2013 Gothenburg, 25-28 Aug 2013.

Franze, J. (2013): The path of chocolate, in: enorm – Economy for people, issue 1/2013, p. 48f.

Lewandowska, A., Kurczewski,P., Kulczycka, J., Joachimiak, K., Matuszak-Flejszman, A., Baumann, H., Ciroth, A. (2013): LCA as an element in environmental management systems – comparison of conditions in selected organisations in Poland, Sweden and Germany Part 1: Background and initial assumptions, in: The Int J of LCA, (IF 2,362); 8 (2); p. 472 – 480.

Lewandowska, A., Kurczewski, P., Kulczycka, J., Joachimiak, K., Matuszak-Flejszman, A., Baumann, H., Ciroth, A. (2013): LCA as an element in environmental management systems – comparison of conditions in selected organisations in Poland, Sweden and Germany Part 2: Results of survey research, in: The Int J of LCA, (IF 2,362); 8 (2); p. 481 – 489.

2012

Ciroth, A. (2012): Software for Life Cycle Assessment, in: Curran, M. (Ed.): Life Cycle Assessment Handbook – A guide for environmentally sustainable products, Cincinnati, p. 143 – 158.

Ciroth, A., Muller, St., Weidema, B.: Refining the pedigree matrix approach in ecoinvent, project report, 2012.

Franze, J. (2012): Der Lebensweg eines Goldrings, in: enorm – Wirtschaft für den Menschen, issue 5/2012, p. 48f.

Franze, J., Ciroth, A. (2012): Integration of social aspects in product design, poster, SETAC Case Study Symposium Copenhagen, 26-28 Nov 2012.

Ciroth, A. (2012): Aggregation in Social LCA Case Studies, presentation, SETAC Case Study Symposium Copenhagen, 26-28 Nov 2012.

Franze, J. (2012): Die Reise der Tomate, in: enorm – Wirtschaft für den Menschen, issue 4/2012, p. 46f.

Franze, J., Beermann, H. (2012): Lebensweg eines Handys, in: enorm – Wirtschaft für den Menschen, issue 3/2012, p. 50f.

Franze, J., Velazco, C. (2012): A Practical Oriented Handbook for S-LCA, presentation, S-LCA Workshop in Berlin, 25 May 2012.

Ciroth, A., Franze, J. (2012): Comparison of S-LCA with other management tools, presentation, S-LCA Workshop in Berlin, 25 May 2012.

Franze, J., Beermann, H. (2012): Die Reise der Jeans, in: enorm – Wirtschaft für den Menschen, issue 2/2012, p. 48f.

2011

Lewandowska, A., Matuszak-Flejszman, A., Ciroth, A., Joachimiak, K. (2011): Environmental Life Cycle Assessment as a tool for identification and assessment of environmental aspects in environmental management systems (EMS) Part 2 – case studies, in: The Int J of LCA (IF 2,362); 16 (3); p. 247 – 257.

Valdivia, S., Ugaya, C. M., Sonnemann, G., Hildenbrand, J. (ed.) (2011): Towards a Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment – Making informed choices on products, UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, ISBN: 978-92-807-3175-0.

Srocka, M., Ciroth, A. (2011): Web-based exchange of LCA data from the client side perspective, presentation, EnviroInfo 2011 Ispra, 5-7 Oct 2011.

Ciroth, A., Hunkeler, D., Klöpffer, W., Swarr, T., Pesonen, H. (2011): Life Cycle Costing – a Code of Practice. Key messages and critical evaluation, presentation, LCA XI Chicago, 3-6 Oct 2011.

Ciroth, A., Valdivia, S. (2011): Global Guidance Principles for LCA Databases and follow on activities, presentation, LCA XI Chicago, 3-6 Oct 2011.

Ciroth, A., Schebek, L. (2011): Perspectives in Life Cycle Inventory Modeling, presentation, LCA XI Chicago, 3-6 Oct 2011.

Sonnemann, G., Vignon, B. (ed.) (2011), authors: Vigon, B., Curran, M., Sonnemann, G., Wang, H., Ciroth, A., Broadbent, C., Stevenson, M., Inaba, A., de Beaufort, A., Fava, J., Draucker, L., Goedkoop, M., Baitz, M., Frischknecht, R., Krinke, S., Suppen, N., Weidema, B., Wolf, M.-A.: Global Guidance Principles For Life Cycle Assessment Databases – A Basis for Greener Processes and Products.

Ciroth, A., Franze, J. (2011): Anwendung der UNEP/SETAC ‚Guidelines for Social LCA‘ – Social LCA als Ergänzung zu Ökobilanz und Life Cycle Costing, in: Beckenbach, F., Urban, A (ed.): Methoden der Stoffstromanalyse – Konzepte, agentenbasierte Modellierung und Ökobilanz, Marburg 2011.

Ciroth, A. et al. (2011): Interacting with the ILCD data network from an LCA software – the example of openLCA, presentation, LCM 2011 Berlin, 28-31 Aug 2011.

Franze, J., Ciroth, A. (2011): Social and environmental LCA of an ecolabeled notebook, presentation, LCM 2011 Berlin, 28-31 Aug 2011.

Benoît-Norris, C., Vickery-Niederman, G., Valdivia, S., Franze, J., Traverso, M., Ciroth, A., Mazijn, B. (2011): Introducing the UNEP/SETAC methodological sheets for subcategories of social LCA, in: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, online available under http://www.springerlink.com/content/e6g0n6r20707vx27/

Franze, J., Ciroth, A. (2011): A comparison of cut roses from Ecuador and the Netherlands, in: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 16/4 (2011), p. 366 – 379, online available under http://www.springerlink.com/content/e721508x23664323/

Biemann, K. et al. (2011): BioEnergieDat – Provision of an up-to-date, harmonized and consistent LCI database as a contribution to the development of a strategy for providing sustainable bioenergy in Germany, poster, 21. SETAC Annual Meeting Milan, 15-19 May 2011.

Ciroth, A., Franze, J. (2011): LCA of an Ecolabeled Notebook – Consideration of Social and Environmental Impacts Along the Entire Life Cycle, ISBN 978-1-4466-0087-0, Berlin 2011.

Klöpffer, W., Ciroth, A. (2011): Is LCC relevant in a sustainability assessment?, in: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 16/2 (2011), p. 99 – 101, online available under http://www.springerlink.com/content/a8568755k78881hj/

Swarr, T., Hunkeler, D., Klöpffer, W., Pesonen, H.-L., Ciroth, A., Brent, A. C., Pagan, R. (2011): Environmental Life Cycle Costing: A Code of Practice, ISBN 978-1-880611-87-6.

2010

Valdivia, S., Ciroth, A., Ugaya, C. M., Lu, B., Fontes, J., Tischhauser, S., Sonnemann, G. (2010): A UNEP/SETAC Tool Box for LC Sustainability Assessment of Products, presentation, EcoBalance 2010 Tokio, 9-12 Nov 2010.

Ciroth, A. (2010): Moving forward with the UNEP/SETAC Database Registry, presentation, EcoBalance 2010 Tokio, 9-12 Nov 2010.

Ciroth, A., Srocka, M., Jouanne, G. (2010): e-DEA as a practical design for environment tool, presentation, EcoBalance 2010 Tokio, 9-12 Nov 2010.

Ciroth, A., Franze, J. (2010): Social LCA of an Ecolabeled Notebook, presentation, Life Cycle Assessment Conference Portland X, 2-4 Nov 2010.

Ciroth, A., Franze, J., Benoit, C., Valdivia, S., Traverso, M., Vikery-Niederman, G. (2010): Introducing the UNEP/SETAC Methodological Sheets for Subcategories of Social LCA, presentation, Life Cycle Assessment Conference Portland X, 2. – 4. November 2010.

Ciroth, A. (2010): A new way to sustainability: Agent based modeling, presentation, Life Cycle Assessment Conference Portland X, 2-4 Nov 2010.

Ciroth, A. (2010): e-DEA as a practical design for environment tool, presentation, Life Cycle Assessment Conference Portland X, 2-4 Nov 2010.

Ciroth, A., Franze, J. (2010): Social LCA of an Ecolabeled Notebook, presentation, Annual Meeting of Sustainable Develoment Experts in Paris, 18-19 Oct 2010.

Ciroth, A., Franze, J. (2010): Sustainability Life Cycle Assessment of Electronic Equipment: An Ecolabeled ASUS laptop PC, presentation, Informal EU meeting on sustainable consumption and production and integrated product policy in Brussels, 6-7 Oct 2010.

Benoît, C., Norris, G., Valdivia, S., Ciroth, A., Moberg, A., Bos, U., Prakash, S., Ugaya, C., Beck, T. (2010): The guidelines for social life cycle assessment of products: just in time!, in: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, Vol. 15, No. 2. (1. February 2010), p. 156 – 163.

Ciroth, A., Goedkoop, M. (2010): The UNEP/SETAC LCI Database Registry and the data Format Converter, presentation, International Open Workshop „Wordwide efforts on LCA Databases“ in Tokyo, 8 Feb 2010.

2009

Srocka, M. (2009): openLCA – Stand und Weiterentwicklung. Open Source Software für Life Cycle Assessments, presentation, Ökobilanzwerkstatt in Freising, 5-7 Oct 2009.

Franze, J., Ciroth, A. (2009): Social Life Cycle Assessment of Roses – A Comparison of Cut Roses from Ecuador and the Netherlands, presentation, Life Cycle Assessment Conference Boston IX, 29 Sep – 2 Oct 2009. http://www.lcacenter.org/LCA9/presentations/1055.pdf

Ciroth, A. (2009): A method to combine simulation and approximation formulas for uncertainty calculation revisited, presentation, Life Cycle Assessment Conference Boston IX, 29 Sep – 2 Oct 2009. http://www.lcacenter.org/LCA9/presentations/1123.pdf

Ciroth, A. (2009): Mathematical analysis of the ecoinvent database with the purpose of developing new validation tools, presentation, Life Cycle Assessment Conference Boston IX, 29 Sep – 2 Oct 2009. http://www.lcacenter.org/LCA9/presentations/153.pdf

Andrews, ES, Barthel, L.-P., Beck, T., Benoit, C., Ciroth, A., Cucuzella, C., Gensch, C.-O., Hérbert, J., Lesage, P., Manhart, A., Mazeau, P., Mazijn, B., Methot, A.-L., Moberg, A., Norris, G., Parent, J., Prakash, S., Reveret, J.-P. , Spillemaeckers, S., Ugaya, CML, Valdivia, S., Weidema, B. (2009): UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative: Guidelines for social life cycle assessment of products, 2009.  http://www.unep.fr /shared/publications/pdf/DTIx1164xPA-guidelines_sLCA.pdf

Ciroth, A. (2009): Validation of the emission factors of selected renewable energy supply chains, presentation, workshop on emissions accounting for renewable energies, Dessau, March 12, 2009.

Ciroth, A. (2009): Open Source LCA: Earthster and other developments, Keynote, 6th Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment, Melbourne, February 2009.

Ciroth, A. (2009):  Mathematical analysis of ecoinvent data . Final report.

2008

Ciroth, A. (2008): UNEP/SETAC database registry, format converter, openLCA – LCA software, presentation and conference transcript, 2008 China Life Cycle Management Conference, Chengdu, China, 19-21 Oct 2008.

Ciroth, A. (2008): UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative – The evolution of Life Cycle Thinking: A global viewpoint. 1st Brazilian Life Cycle Management Conference, Curitiba, Brazil, 29-31 October 2008.

Ciroth, A. (2008): The openLCA project, presentation, Conference Life Cycle Assessment VIII, Seattle, USA, 30 Sep – 2 Oct 2008. www.lcacenter.org/LCA8/

Ciroth, A. (2008): Business models for open source projects in environmental informatics , presentation, enviroinfo 2008, Lüneburg, September 12, 2008

Ciroth, A. (2008): Error calculation in life cycle assessments, VDM-Verlag, 2008.

Hunkeler, D., Rebitzer, G., Lichtenvort, K. (eds.) (2008): Environmental Life Cycle Costing. Authors: Ciroth, A., Hunkeler, D., Huppes, G., Lichtenvort, K., Rebitzer, G., Rüdenauer, I., Steen, B., Taylor & Francis 2008.

Ciroth, A., Srocka, M. (2008): How to Obtain a Precise and Representative Estimate for Parameters in LCA: A case study for the functional unit, in: The Int J of LCA 13 LCA (3) p. 265 – 277 (2008).

Ciroth, A., Lundie, S., Huppes, G. (2008): UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, Life Cycle Inventory (LCI), Task Force 3, Methodological Consistency: Inventory methods in LCA: towards consistency and improvement., VDM Publishing, Saarbrücken, 2008.

Ciroth, A., Srocka, M., Hildenbrand, J. (2008): openLCA – Implications of an Emerging Open Source Software for Sustainability Assessment, Enviroinfo 2008, conference transcript.

Ciroth, A. (2008): Cost data quality considerations for eco-efficiency measures, Ecological Economics (2008). doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.08.005

2007

Ciroth, A., Dürl, G., Lehmann, A., Morgan, R., Rotter, VS, Walk, W. (2007): Status of the representation of waste incineration in material flow analyses, Berlin, Kassel, Karlsruhe, 2007.

Ciorth, A., Srocka, M. (2007):  An emerging open source software for LCAs , presentation, LCM Conference Zurich, 27-29 Aug 2007.

Lundie, S., Ciroth, A., Huppes, G. (2007): UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, Life Cycle Inventory (LCI), Task Force 3, Methodological Consistency: Inventory methods in LCA: Towards Consistency and Improvement, final report, June 2007.

Ciroth, A. (2007): ICT for Environment in Life Cycle Applications: openLCA. A new open source software for Life Cycle Assessment, in: The Int J of LCA 12 (4) p. 209 – 210 (2007).

Ciroth, A., Srocka, M. (2007): How to obtain a precise and representative estimate for parameters in LCA. A case study for the functional unit. Accepted by the International Journal of LCA, June 2007. dx.doi.org/10.1065/lca2007.06.345

Ciroth, A., Srocka, M. (2007): Precise and representative estimates in LCI via statistical sampling, presentation, SETAC Annual meeting, Porto, 21 May 2007.

Ciroth, A. (2007): What can LCA do for understanding impacts of nanoproducts? A statement., poster, SETAC Annual meeting, Porto, 21 May 2007.

Hunkeler, D., Lichtenvort, K., Rebitzer, G. (ed.) (2007): Environmental Life Cycle Costing, Submitted 2007 to SETAC Publications as the Result of the Life Cycle Costing Working Group of SETAC Europe, authors: Ciroth, A., Hunkeler, D., Huppes, G., Lichtenvort, K., Rebitzer, G., Rüdenauer, I., Steen, B.

2006

Ciroth, A. (2006): A new open source, LCA software , presentation, 7th Ecobalance conference, Tsukuba, presentation and conference transcript, p. 427 ff., November 14th – 16th, 2006.

Ciroth, A., Srocka, M., Liu, R. (2006): Efficient Software Support for Interpretation of Life Cycle Assessment Results – The LCA Evaluator, presentation and conference transcript, EnviroInfo 2006, Shaker, p. 457-466.

Ciroth, A., Becker, H. (2006): Validation – The Missing Link in Life Cycle Assessment. Towards pragmatic LCAs., Editorial, in: The Int J of LCA 11 (5) p. 295 – 297 (2006).

Ciroth, A. (2006): Cost data quality considerations for eco-efficiency measures, presentation, Eco-Efficiency Conference, Egmond aan Zee, June 29, 2006.

2005

Huppes, G., Ciroth, A., Lichtenvort, K., Rebitzer, G., Schmidt, W.-P., Seuring, S. (2005): Modeling for Life Cycle Costing, in: Hunkeler, D., Lichtenvort , K., Rebitzer, G. (ed.): Environmental Life Cycle Costing, p. 20 – 39, Submitted to SETAC Publications as the Result of the Life Cycle Costing Working Group of SETAC Europe, 19 Dec 2005.

Ciroth, A., James, K., Trescher, Ch. (2005): A Survey of Current LCC Studies, Chapter 6 in Hunkeler, D., Rebitzer, G., Lichtenvort, K. (ed.): Environmental Life Cycle Costing, p. 90 – 108, Submitted to SETAC Publications as the Result of the Life Cycle Costing working Group of SETAC Europe, 19 Dec 2005.

Ciroth, A., Köhn, M., Schmitz, S. (2005): A Quality Enhancement Procedure for a Public Database with Life Cycle Inventory Data – Benefits and Pitfalls., LCM 2005 presentation and conference transcript, No 2, p.504 ff., Barcelona 2005.

Rebitzer, G., Ciroth, A., Hunkeler, D., James, K., Lichtenvort, K., Schmidt, W.-P., Seuring, S. (2005): Economic aspects in Life Cycle Management, chapter 7 in: Jensen, A., Remmen, A. (ed.): Background Report for a UNEP Guide to Life Cycle Management, UNEP 2005.

2004

Norris, GA, Ciroth, A. (2004): An Emergent Open Network and Global Fund for Community – Driven Sustainable Development, presentation, EnviroInfo 2004, Tricorne, No. 1, pp.147-162.

Ciroth, A. (2004): Uncertainties in Life Cycle Assessments, Editorial, in: The Int J of LCA 9 (3) p. 141 – 142 (2004).

Ciroth, A., Fleischer, G., Steinbach, J. (2004): Uncertainty Calculation in Life Cycle Assessments – A Combined Model of Simulation and Approximation, in: The Int J of LCA 9 (4) p. 216 – 226 (2004).

Ciroth, A. (2004): How to assess the environmental impact of electronics, poster and presentation, EGG2004+, Berlin, 8-10 Sep 2004.

Hildenbrand, J., Ciroth, A., Fleischer, G. (2004): How to support a decision in policy making – the role of evaluation, poster, 14th SETAC Annual Meeting, Prague, 18 – 22 April 2004.

2003

Ciroth, A. (2003): Uncertainty calculation for LCI data: Reasons for, against, and an efficient and flexible approach for doing it, presentation, International Workshop on Quality of LCI Data, Research Center Karlsruhe, 20-21 Oct 2003.

Ciroth, A. (2003): A Model to Dynamically Change Settings in a Life Cycle Assessment for Packaging Systems, presentation, 17th International Conference Informatics for Environmental Protection, Cottbus, September 26, 2003.

Gnauck, A., Heinrich, R. (ed.): The Information Society and Enlargement of the European Union, Part I, in: Concepts and Methods, Metropolis, Marburg 2003, p. 326-334.

Hölzinger, N., Ciroth, A. (2003): RFM2, Calculating Qualitative Information, 17th International Conference Informatics for Environmental Protection, Cottbus, September 26, 2003.

Gnauck, A., Heinrich, R. (ed.): The Information Society and Enlargement of the European Union, Part I in: Concepts and Methods, Metropolis, Marburg 2003, p. 621 – 628.

Ciroth, A., Fleischer, G., Gerner, K., Kunst, H. (2003): A New Approach for a Modular Valuation of LCAs, in: The Int J of LCA 8 (5) p. 273 – 282 (2003).

Ciroth, A., Gerner, K., Ackermann, R., Fleischer, G. (2003): IT solutions for the railway district – database and software development to display the environmental relevance of rail vehicles, Handbook of Environmental Sciences, Alpha, 2003, p. 95-102.