LCA Aperitif


FE.III LCA Aperitif 15 September
Organised by Claudia BIANCHI

You will survive the talks, but now you deserve a drink. But before you raise that glass, a question: do you actually know where your Spritz has been? The prosecco grapes sweating under the Veneto sun, the Aperol traveling halfway across Italy, the ice cubes silently guzzling electricity, the plastic straw you grabbed without thinking — every sip has a story, and not all of it is pretty. Welcome to the most delicious LCA case study ever attempted. Life Cycle Assessment (ISO 14040/44) is the tool engineers and scientists use to measure the true environmental cost of a product — from cradle to grave, or in this case, from vineyard to recycling bin. It is rigorous, it is quantitative, and — we promise — it can be genuinely fun when the functional unit is something you can drink. In this informal evening session, we will walk you through the core concepts of LCA using a Spritz as our guinea pig: system boundaries, impact categories, carbon footprint, data gaps, and the uncomfortable truth that "natural" does not always mean "sustainable." No slides you won't understand. No equations you didn't ask for. Just good science, honest numbers, and an aperitivo well deserved. Bring curiosity. We'll bring the Spritz.

15 September
18:00 - 19:00 Title in definition FE.III.1 - BO.2.A
Chair: in definition

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SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME