17th SETAC Europe LCA Case Studies Symposium: "Sustainable lifestyles" February 27, 2011

The 17th SETAC Europe LCA Case Studies Symposium will be organised in Budapest at the Hotel Gellért. The event is planned as a two-day meeting to be conducted 28 February – 1 March 2011.

“Sustainable lifestyles”

This Case Study Symposium aims at bringing together initiatives, methods and case study results that contribute to a better understanding of the various dimensions concerning what a sustainable lifestyle can look like. The symposium seeks to cover studies on defining sustainable production and consumption patterns, including studies on nutrition, housing, mobility and tourism. It will be interesting to see case studies to stimulate new developments facilitating the measurement of sustainable consumption.

Themes and topics

• Sustainable production and consumption


• Defining sustainable lifestyles (nutrition, living, washing, traffic, tourism)


• The environmental and socio-economic dimension of sustainable lifestyles


• New developments facilitating the measurement of sustainable consumption


• Carbon, water, land and pollution footprints for households and communities


• Resource utilization and waste management by municipalities


• Governance and lifestyle

Please note that English will be the official language of the meeting.

Conference information provided by konferenciakalauz.hu

Official Website: http://lcabudapest.setac.eu/?contentid=344