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Our research program

The Net Zero Chair’s research program aims to provide scientifically robust information and tools to support informed policy and societal decisions for a sustainable transition to a net zero economy.

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

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