Research output per year
Research output per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment (QSA) develops, adapts and applies quantitative methods for the assessment of relative and absolute environmental sustainability of products, technologies and large-scale systems.
The methodological work of the section is strongly rooted in life cycle assessment (LCA) and focuses on three main areas:
- Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA), in particular developing improved and new methods for established and emerging impact categories, e.g. eco-toxicity and human toxicity, climate tipping, water use and resource dissipation
- Absolute environmental sustainability assessment (AESA), in particular developing and operationalizing methods linking LCA to biophysical limits of the Earth system from local to global scale
- Macro-scale sustainability assessment, in particular developing integrated methods (e.g. multi-regional input-output modelling) and indicators (e.g. for UN Sustainable Development Goals) for retrospective and prospective assessments of market-wide technology deployments, organizations, countries and sectors.
QSA’s methodological research in the field of quantitative sustainability assessment is widely applicable across sectors, providing a unique position to develop LCA-based methods tailored for specific technology domains, with collaboration inside and outside DTU. QSA has numerous connections to industry via collaborative research projects, industrial PhD projects, and use of industry LCA cases in teaching.
QSA staff also leads two centres: DTU Centre for Absolute Sustainability and USEtox International Centre.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
Research output
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Absolute environmental sustainability assessments guiding the building industry towards sustainable practices
Koch-Søfeldt, L. H., 2025, Kgs. Lyngby: Technical University of Denmark. 118 p.Research output: Book/Report › Ph.D. thesis
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Absolute sustainability assessment of the Danish building sector through prospective LCA
Horup, L., Bruhn, S., Hoxha, E., Birgisdottir, H., Secher, A. Q., Ohms, P. & Hauschild, M., 2025, In: Science of the Total Environment. 966, 14 p., 178780.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A cradle-to-grave life-cycle-assessment of dry-processed Li-ion batteries for electric vehicles
Gu, Y., Tao, R., Yuan, C., Zhang, H. C. & Hauschild, M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: C I R P Annals.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Biobased Chemicals
Barouta, D. (PhD Student), Owsianiak, M. (Main Supervisor) & Fozer, D. (Supervisor)
01/02/2025 → 31/01/2028
Project: PhD
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Sustainable Microfabrication
Lestyan-Goda, K. (PhD Student), Mølhave, K. S. (Main Supervisor) & Olsen, S. I. (Supervisor)
15/01/2025 → 14/01/2028
Project: PhD
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FOODTURE: Food for the future: Environmental quantification and impact reduction
Jolliet, O. (PI), Nordman, M. (Project Participant) & Zhang, Y. (Project Participant)
01/01/2025 → 31/12/2028
Project: Research
Activities
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Life-Cycle Assessment: the art of putting numbers on environmental impacts
Serrano, T. (Guest lecturer)
10 Feb 2025Activity: Talks and presentations › Guest lectures, external teaching and course activities at other universities
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PLEASE Hack Evaluation Panel for the Virtual Hackathon Semi Finals and the Finals
Abeynayaka, A. (Other)
6 Apr 2025Activity: Other
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Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment
Rizzo, N. (Guest lecturer)
3 Feb 2025 → 21 Feb 2025Activity: Talks and presentations › Guest lectures, external teaching and course activities at other universities
Datasets
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Supporting Information for scientific article: Multiple Climate Tipping Points Metrics for Improved Sustainability Assessment of Products and Services, resulting from the EU's Horizon project BioBarr.
Owsianiak, M. (Creator), Fabbri, S. (Creator), Hauschild, M. Z. (Creator) & Lenton, T. M. (Creator), Technical University of Denmark, 2023
Dataset
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Supporting information for scientific article: Inclusion of multiple climate tipping as a new impact category in life cycle assessment of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-based plastics, resulting from the EU's Horizon project BioBarr.
Owsianiak, M. (Creator), Vea, E. B. (Creator), Fabbri, S. (Creator) & Spierling, S. (Creator), Technical University of Denmark, 2023
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Prizes
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DTU Award for Developing Teaching and Learning 2023
Fantke, P. (Recipient), Hauschild, M. Z. (Recipient), Jolliet, O. (Recipient), Laurent, A. (Recipient), Olsen, S. I. (Recipient) & Owsianiak, M. (Recipient), 22 Sept 2023
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
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H.C. Ørsted Research Talent Award
Ryberg, M. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
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ISES Award for Best Student Paper
Aurisano, N. (Recipient), 2 Sept 2021
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Press/Media
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Uønsket skrot eller geniale bosteder?
Stranddorf, L. B. & Olsen, S. I.
08/11/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Fra skrot til fiskeslot: Nyt projekt undersøger mulige biodiversitetsgevinster i gamle havvindsfundamenter
07/11/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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An automated histological classification system for precision diagnostics of kidney allografts
04/05/2023 → 19/05/2023
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media