Members:
François Schneider

French; Born the 16th of June 1967 in The Hague (Den Haag, The Netherlands)

Areas of interest

Regional eco-efficiency
Sustainable consumption and lifestyles
Eco-efficiency and rebound effects
Life Cycle assessment
Material flow accounting and reduction of material flows in society
Waste management, recycling and reduction of waste streams
Sustainable transportation and reduction of road use
Greenhouse effect

And…
Learning new languages
Associations supporting ecology & sustainability
Folk dance & music
Hiking & botany

University Studies and Diplomas Obtained

1996
PhD in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Substance Flow Analysis (SFA/MFA) at INSA de Lyon (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées), France, on the subject of Analyses of Recycling and Reuse in the context of LCA and SFA. Mention Très Honorable. Scientific supervisors: Prof Alain Navarro (INSA de Lyon), Dr Gjalt Huppes (CML, Leiden) and Gérard Bertolini.
1992
DEA (specialisation before the PhD) obtained at INSA de Lyon, on the subject of LCA aluminium and glass packaging. Scientific supervisor: Dr Patrick Rousseaux. Mention AB
1991
Free student in Environmental Science at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM)
1990
Master of Physical Chemistry obtained at Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada, Anglophone, and University of Paris XI (Orsay). Mention B
1987
DEUG A, (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry) obtained at Paris XI
1985
Baccalauréat C (Mathematics), Lycée Lakanal at Sceaux.


Dissertation/Thesis

PhD thesis entitled Analyse des réemplois, recyclages, valorisations de déchets par l'étude de systèmes cascade (Analysis of Reuse, Recycling, Waste Recovery involving the Study of Cascade Systems), Thèse de doctorat, INSA de Lyon, 1997, 318p.

DEA Dissertation entitled Développement d'une méthodologie pour un bilan écologique global par service rendu tout au long de la vie d'un produit - Application au cas des emballages en plastique et en verre. (Development of a method for a global ecobalance per service fulfilled within the product life - Application to glass and aluminium packaging), DEA: INSA de Lyon, 1992, 166p.

Professional Experience

2002
Researcher at INETI/CENDES, Lisbon, Portugal, working on dematerialisation of portuguese regions
2001
Researcher and Advisor at the Estonian Nature Fund, Estonia, Tartu, working on the environmental report of the Estonian state Chancellery developing consumption indexes (MIPS, Footprint, Energy)
since 1999
Member of the Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), Vienna, Austria, working on Traffic Issues, Sustainable Lifestyles, Rebound Effect and Eco-Efficient Regions.
1998-2000
Researcher at the Institute für Industrielle Ökologie, St. Pölten, Austria, with Dr. Andreas Windsperger. Projects:

  • Material Flow Analysis and modelling of carbon in Austria in a large project.
    Responsible of the waste sector.
  • Evaluation of CO2 and CH4 emissions in Lower-Austria in the context of the Kyoto Protocol.
  • Material Flow Analysis of carbon for Non-Energy use
  • Comparison of LCA studies

1999-2000
Assistant at the TU-Wien for support in environmental assessment projects.
1997-1998
Organiser of an international conference on traffic problems in cities in Lyon, France
1992-1997
PhD researcher at INSA de Lyon (LAEPSI) and University of Leiden, The Netherlands (CML). Organiser of an international seminar on Allocation Problems in LCA in Leiden University in 1994.
1990-1991
Research assistant in Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada (Anglophone) on the subject of occupational health in aluminium plants.

Scientific skills

  • Chemistry, Physics and general Environmental Science backgrounds
  • Expert in Global Environmental Assessments (e.g. expert invited at AISE workshop on impacts of the soap industry in Surrey, 1997), Work in LCA since 1991, MFA/SFA since 1994

Technical skills

Organisation of conferences, Networking, Internet, Macintosh and PC

Stays abroad

  • 2 years in Canada at Mc Gill University, Montreal
  • 8 months stay in Holland at the CML, Leiden (one of the leading institutes in LCA) and regular visits
  • Two years in Austria, at the Institute for Industrial Ecology and the Sustainable Europe Research Institute.
  • Four months in Estonia at the Estonian Nature fund
  • Regular and frequent participation to international conferences, important contacts in LCA, MFA, MIPS world networks.
  • One year in Portugal at the INETI

Languages

  • Fluent French, English and German
  • Current Dutch and basic Castilian.
  • Learning Portuguese.

List of Publications

  • Schneider F, Hinterberger F, Mesicek R, Luks F.:
    ECO-INFO-SOCIETY: Strategies for an Ecological Information Society
    7th European Round Table for Cleaner Production (ERCP) 2001, Lund, Sweden
    Thematic group on Intelligent Consumption, Workshop 10 on Sustainable Consumption and Rebound Effects
    download summary [ pdf]
    Version also published in "Sustainability in the Information Society", Hilty, M.L., P.W.Gilgen (Eds.), part 2, p.831-839, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg.
  • Hinterberger, F, Schneider, F.:
    Eco-Efficiency of Regions: Toward Reducing Total Material Input
    Workshop paper, 7th European Round Table for Cleaner Production (ERCP) 2001, Lund, Sweden
    download summary [ pdf]
  • Schneider F, Koppel K, Lehtveer U, Trapido T.
    The Environmental Report of the Estonian State Chancellery, Tartu, Estonia: Estonian Fund for Nature, 2001.
  • Schneider, F, Nordmann, A, Hinterberger, F.:
    Road Traffic Congestion, Extend of the Problem
    to be published in 2002, World Transport Policy & Practice [more...]
  • Nordmann, A., Schneider, F., Hinterberger, F.:
    New technologies for reducing congestion
    Prepared for IPTS journal, 2001.
  • Orthofer, R., Gebetsroither, E., Strebl, F., Gerzabek, M., Schwaiger, H., Schlamadinger, B., Jungmaier, G., Spitzer J.; Canella, L., Hintermeier, G., Windsperger, A., Schidler, S., Schmidt-stejskal, H., Schneider, F.:
    The Austrian Carbon Balance Model (ACBM)
    Austrian Research Centre Seibersdorf (Vienna), Joanneum research (Graz), Institute for Industrial Ecology, Final Report, Dec 2000. Project nº 1640004700, report nº OEFZS--S-107, 148p. [more...]
  • Gebetsroither E, Strebl F, Schwaiger H, Jäkel U, Jungmeier G, Canella L, Spitzer J, Hintermeier G, Windsperger A, Schneider F.:
    The Austrian Carbon Balance Model (ACBM)
    Final Project Report Annex, Austrian Research Centre Seibersdorf (Vienna), Joanneum research (Graz), Institute for Industrial Ecology,
    Project nº 1640004700, Report nº OEFZS--S-0112, 216 p., Jan 2001 [more...]
  • Hinterberger, F., Bamberger, K., Manstein, C., Schepelmann, P., Schneider, F. and Spangenberg, J.:
    Eco-efficiency of regions: How to improve competitiveness and create jobs by reducing environmental pressure
    Government of Carinthia, Austrian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water, Wien: SERI, November 2000, 30 p.
  • Schneider, F. & Windsperger, A.:
    Description of carbon flows in waste management in terms of quality and type of materials.
    ESEE 2000 conference. Vienna 3-6 May 2000.
    download [ pdf]
  • Hinterberger, F., Nordmann, A., Schneider, F.:
    Road Traffic Congestion, Solutions to an Overrated Problem.
    Sustainable Europe Research Institute, IPTS-ESTO, April 2000.
  • Windsperger, A., Steinlechner, S., Schneider, F.:
    Investigation of European life cycle assessment studies of pipes made of different materials for water supply and sewer systems - a critical comparison
    Institute for Industrial Ecology, St Pölten, Oct 99.
  • Schneider, F. & Windsperger, A.:
    Austrian Carbon Balance Model: Developing a Bottom-up approach for the Production and Waste Sectors
    Socio-Industrial Metabolism Workshop- Conference on Industrial Ecology and Sustainability, Sept 22-25 1999, Troyes, France.
  • Windsperger, A. & Schneider, F.:
    Material balance of the chemistry sector in Austria - attempt for estimation of carbon losses
    Discussion paper for the Workshop "Non energy use and CO2-emissions", Paris 23-24 Sept 1999.
  • Schneider, F., Chevalier, J. & Navarro, A. ACV
    Méthodes d'affectation. (LCA: Methods of Allocation)
    Techniques de l'ingénieur. Traité Génie industriel G 5 550. April 1998, 16p.
  • Schneider, F.
    Analysing Waste Recovery as a Switch of Cascade Systems.
    R'95 congress proceedings. Genève, Suisse, 1-4 Feb 1995, pp 261-267.
  • Huppes, G. & Schneider, F. (Eds).:
    Proceedings of the European Workshop on Allocation in LCA.
    Leiden, Pays-Bas, CML, Brussels: SETAC, Feb 1994, 174p.
  • Schneider, F.:
    Allocation and Recycling: Enlarging to the Cascade System.
    Proceedings of the European Workshop on Allocation in LCA. Leiden, 1994, pp39-53.
  • Schneider, F. & al.
    Method to take into Account multiple Cycles of Materials in the Context of Product Life Cycle Assessment.
    Poster at SETAC conference in Lisbon, Portugal, 1993.

Contact

E-Mail
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Postal adress
Rua Luciano Cordeiro 45, 4ºandar
1150-212 Lisboa, Portugal

Adress at INETI
INETI-CENDES Edificio E
Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal

 

Phone
++351 217 165 141 - 2564


 

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last update 21-Apr-2002