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The integration of energy scenarios into LCA: LCM2017 Conference Workshop, Luxembourg, September 5, 2017

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  1. The field of economics as a whole is undergoing profound changes in the way it models how individuals make economic decisions in real life, with the emergence of “behavioral economics” – recently in the spotlight after Richard H. Thaler was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize of Economics.

  2. For an overview of the data submission requirements, see the check list for ecoinvent data providers: http://www.ecoinvent.org/files/check_list_20170215.pdf

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the organizers of the LCM2017 conference, specifically Enrico Benetto and Mélanie Guiton, for the support in arranging the workshop. We also extend our thanks to Chris Mutel for constructive comments on an early version of the text.

Funding

Laurent Vandepaer is grateful for the financial support of the Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), of Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI) through the WBI-World Excellence Scholarship, and of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada through the Discovery Grants Program. This research was supported by the Swiss Competence Centers for Energy Research (SCCER) “Heat and Electricity Storage” (HaE) and “Supply of Electricity” (SoE), funded by the Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI).

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  1. Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on Sustainable Engineering and Ecodesign (LIRIDE), Civil Engineering Department, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l’Université, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada

    Laurent Vandepaer

  2. Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

    Laurent Vandepaer

  3. Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, 4362, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

    Thomas Gibon

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Vandepaer, L., Gibon, T. The integration of energy scenarios into LCA: LCM2017 Conference Workshop, Luxembourg, September 5, 2017. Int J Life Cycle Assess 23, 970–977 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-017-1435-3

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