Projects of the ALCA group
On-going projects
- 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
- 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
- Update and expansion of the life cycle inventory data about the primary production of scarce and critical metals / 2015-2020.
Finished projects
- 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