SGD Attends Annual Life Cycle Assessment Conference

Faculty and students of SGD attended the Life Cycle Assessment X Conference held November 2-4 in Portland, OR.

SGD was well-represented with 5 student posters and 3 student presentations on topics such as:

• Effects of product lifetime on LCA results (Can Aktas shown presenting to the right)
• Use of LCA in green product labeling
• Sustainability metrics in power plant cooling systems' wastewater
• LCA of soybean-based biodiesels (Xiaobo Xue shown presenting poster to the left)
• LCA of green buildings

Attendees were also inspired by Portland itself! The public transportation was very efficient and the city was full of community spaces and older buildings that had been renovated with new (and renewable) technologies. Even places like fast-food restaurants had recyclable or biodegradable wrapping and locally-grown produce.