Our research program
Our research activities will be deeply rooted in the improvement and development of life cycle tools. They will also deepen the understanding of complex systems in order to reveal and anticipate optimal transition paths and thus guide partners’ strategic decisions in a net zero context.
Research themes
Theme 1:
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment
- Carbon Footprint Modeling: Direct, Indirect and Offset Emissions
- Advanced life cycle assessment
- Optimization and development of tools to analyze and monitor environmental performance
Theme 2 :
Social assessment and implementation science for the environment
- Social life-cycle impact assessment
- Epistemological challenges of environmental performance modelling and measurement
- Net-zero strategy assessment and prospective scenario design
Theme 3 :
Case studies
- Micro: from one material to a complex system of materials
Example: a university campus
- Meso : An economic sector
Example: construction sector, energy, mobility
- Macro : A city, a province or a country
Example: The city of Sherbrooke