Anna Moreno

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VAMAS round robin test of LCA data exchange
ISO TC184/SC4 Bath meeting 06/07/2004

• Anna Moreno
• Italy

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The CASCADE project

• Growth thematic network CASCADE (Co-operation and
  Standards for Life Cycle Assessment Data in
  Europe)
• 11 partners belonging to
• Data model developers (ISO TC 184)
• LCA software developers (ISO TC 207)
• Policy makers
• Industrial partners

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What has been achieved up to now

• A standard interface has been built to allow LCA
  software and data model developers to dialog
• ISO 14048 (LCA data format) has been mapped into
  a Reference Data Library (ISO 15926)
• XML file can be automatically generated from the
  RDL data base
• Ontologies derived from ISO 14048 have been
  developed

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ISO 14048
example data provided by RR
conversion by CASCADE
RDL for ISO 14048
conversion by CASCADE
reference
ISO 15926 representation of RR data
OWL format
ISO 10303-28 format
RR data in LCA system native format
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example data in LCA system 1 native format
conversion
example data in LCA system 2 native format
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The Round Robin aims

• To give the tools to
• Exchange data on LCA without ambiguity
• Build sharable LCI data base
• Develop life cycle thinking
• Use the life cycle data since the design phase
• Make researchers be aware of the ISO TC 184 output

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What will be achieved through the round robin

• Demonstration that
• Different LCA software can exchange data through
  a standard interface compatible both with ISO TC
  184 and ISO TC 207 standards
• SMEs will can send LCA data using a format that
  is compatible with any software conforming to the
  previous standard interface

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What will be provided to the participant

• EXCEL file for an example of LCA data
• Ontologies derived from ISO 14048
• XML/OWL file for a given example
• ISO 10303-235 ARM Entity Instance Worksheet

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Other objectives obtained by the round robin

• The role of ISO TC 184 for the development of
  standard interface among different computer
  systems will be demonstrated
• A framework for exchanging and sharing technical
  information not only on LCA through the web will
  be built
• SMEs will be educated to the use of international
  standards

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Organization that have shown their interest to
the round robin

• Peter Müller-Beilschmidtifu Hamburg GmbHGrosse
  Bergstrasse 219D-22767 Hamburg / Germany
• David LealCAESAR Systems Limited29 Somertrees
  AvenueLee London SE12 0BS
• Markus ErlandssonIMI - Industrial Environmental
  InformaticsChalmers University of
  TechnologySweeden
• Magne Valen-SendstadDet Norske Veritas,  
  Corporate Technology Information Quality
  ManagementNorway

• Sujit Das Engineering Science Technology
  Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory National
  Transportation Research Center2360 Cherahala
  Boulevard, Room I-05Knoxville, TN 37932-6472
• Pham-Van, Tri-NgocDepartment of Computer
  Integrated DesignUniversity of Technology
  DarmstadtPetersenstrasse 3064287 Darmstadt,
  Germany
• Atsushi INABA, Dr.Director, Research Center for
  Life Cycle AssessmentNational Institute of
  Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  (AIST)16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569
  Japan

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The round robin partners

• Dr Norman Swindells Ferroday Limited 14 Mere
  Farm Road      PRENTON                           
    UK-Merseyside CH43 9TT   
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• H. Helmut OverData Management
  DisseminationCEC-JRC - Institute for Energy1755
  ZG PettenThe Netherlands
• Philippe OssetSenior ManagerECOBILANFrance

• Andreas PatykIFEU - Institut für Energie- und
  UmweltforschungHeidelberg GmbHWilckensstr. 3,
  D-69120 Heidelberg
• Bo Widema2.-0 LCA consultantsDenmark
• Paolo Masoni and Flavio FontanaENEAItalian
  National Agency for New Technology, Energy and
  the Environment Italy

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but the round robin is not enough

• The majority of workers have a low technical
  knowledge
• People feel frightened about what they are not
  familiar with
• Long distance learning objects are valuable to
  overcome the mistrust about new technologies
• Diffusion of these methods among the standards
  communities network could be very helpful

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In the knowledge society the knowledge remains
the domain of few experts

• The increase of knowledge is creating communities
  that know a lot about a narrower field
• The lack of communication between these expert
  communities has brought islands of knowledge
• Normal people feel they are drowning in the sea
  of knowledge
• So the few expert people should share their
  knowledge with many non expert people
• Long distance learning could overcome these
  problems

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One example the educational level of Italian
workers only 0.6 has a technical university
degree
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The size of Italian SME (Small and Medium
Enterprises)1 worker with technical university
degree every 130 enterprises
Italian SMEs cover the 97 of the national
production
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The ENEA e-learning platform mission

• To promote the sustainable development through
  the diffusion of scientific culture and
  technological transfer
• To provide scientific knowledge to anyone,
  anywhere and at anytime
• The users are free to learn what they want, when
  they want, and where they want
• ENEA has developed a standard model of courses to
  facilitate the long life education of workers
  also in the field of complex standards

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Conclusion

• The gap existing between the domain expert and
  the production world can be overcome only if the
  knowledge is freely accessible to anyone
• ENEA is open to international collaboration for
  the development and the share of other learning
  objects related to the use of international
  standards
• All the SC4 members are invited to exploit the
  results of CASCADE among their customers
• The round robin exercise will provide an example
  of the application of these ideas
• Further partners and participation will be
  welcome