Carolin Spirinckx
Project Manager Circular & Sustainable Built Environment at VITO/Energy Ville
Presentation Topic:
"Driving Sustainability in the Built Environment: Personal Reflections on 30 years of Rulemaking, Market Implementation and Policy Integration"
Carolin graduated as an industrial chemical engineer in 1993 and specialized in environmental technologies. She began her career as a researcher at VITO in 1995 and now coordinates a team at VITO/EnergyVille, focusing on sustainability evaluations and circularity scans in the built environment. With over 30 years of experience, she is a recognized expert in methodologies like Life Cycle Assessment and Ecodesign, leading projects for the European Commission & engaging internationally in the Middle East, Africa, and South America.
Additionally, Carolin coordinates significant projects for the European Commission and the European Environment Agency related to the Construction sector in Europe: from sustainable materials, building elements, energy systems, up till buildings and districts. She is also highly active internationally, with projects in the Middle East, Africa, and South America.
Lien Van den Broeck
Sustainability Manager at Corialis Group
Presentation Topic:
"Corialis' LCA Journey"
Lien is the Sustainability Manager at Corialis Group, a leading European aluminium systems manufacturer. In her role, Lien leads the group’s ESG strategy and implementation, ensuring that sustainability is embedded across operations, reporting, and stakeholder engagement. Her core responsibilities include ESG frameworks, reporting, projects, performance, and compliance with relevant ESG reporting, leading Cradle-to-Cradle certifications & ensuring sustainable supply chain systems.
Hannah Vanoverberghe
Product Developer and Technical Sales Manager at Glue Solutions.
Presentation Topic:
"LCA as a Competitive Advantage: Meeting the Demand for Low-Carbon Adhesives"
Hannah utilizes her background as a bioengineer with experience in the food industry to drive innovation.
Glue Solutions develops bio-based adhesive systems made from plant-based waste streams, offering high-performance alternatives with a significantly lower carbon footprint. With a hands-on approach, the company bridges research and industry, supporting customers in their transition away from traditional resins toward healthier, more sustainable solutions for diverse industrial applications.
Olympia Dolla
Head of Sustainability Program EMEIA at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions & Vice-President of the ECO Platform.
Presentation Topic:
"Will Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) Become Mandatory?"
Olympia is an Environmental Scientist specialized in Sustainable Energy and Materials. Previously, she worked in the mineral wool (Eurima) and paints (CEPE) industries, focusing on sustainability, LCA, waste, and recycling.
She represents ARGE at CEN TC 350 and CPE’s sustainability groups, and has led key EU initiatives like the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) pilot for paints and the Environmental Footprint (EF) database for chemicals.
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Rony Haentjens
Standardization & Certification Manager at Niko NV
Presentation Topic:
"Publishing Country Specific Environmental Product Data Empowered by Enperas."
Rony started his career in 1984 as test engineer at Niko NV, a Belgian company specializing in the production of electrical accessories for fixed installations in the residential environment. Since 1999, Rony has been an active participant in International Standardization around Electrical safety, EMC and RF. He is the assistant secretary of IEC/TC23 on Electrical accessories and the board member of Recupel. With the introduction of the Ecodesign Directive in 2009, he followed all implementing measures and started the Niko's road to Sustainability. In 2021 he commenced the collaboration with Enperas around LCA and the development of country specific EPD’s via the LCA Quadrant Tool.
Luc Plancke
CEO & Founder at Enperas
Presentation Topic:
"Quadrant Developments from Enperas"
Luc is a LCA & Sustainability Leader. With extensive expertise in LCA, he is well-versed in major European EPD programs, including B-EPD FOD (Belgium), IBU (Germany), INIES (France), MRPI/MKI (Netherlands), BRE (UK), and EPD International (Sweden). Luc enables clients in the building materials and chemicals industry to accurately assess, communicate, and improve their products' and materials' environmental impact.
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Tamar Abzianidze
Moderator of the LCA Community Event & Communications Manager at Enperas
Tamar specializes in scientific communications related to environmental regulations, LCA, and EPDs, as well as internet governance and AI.
Tamar gained valuable experience across various industries and organizations. She completed a research project as a Sustainability Researcher for cardboard packaging at the International Sustainability Academy, part of the German Forests Protected Association in Hamburg. She has held diverse roles in legal, marketing, and public relations within an international shipping company, a university, NGOs focused on internet governance and fossil-free initiatives, peace and security organizations, a petroleum company, and the court system.
Learn moreLCA Community Event allows us to see the possibilities
“In a continuously evolving landscape regarding sustainability, it was insightful and inspiring to attend an event like this. Being prepared and making the right decisions at the right time is a challenge for companies. It is our role to be informed and to inform the different entities within our own organisation.
In this regard, the LCA Community event does support this goal. Many thanks to Enperas and the team for accomplishing this and to invite top speakers!”
What an inspiring afternoon yesterday in Antwerp during the LCA Community Event
“What an inspiring afternoon yesterday in Antwerp ✨ During the LCA Community Event organised by enperas yesterday, we had fascinating discussions and great energy in the room 🙌.
enperas is, of course, close to my heart 💚 - a VITO spin-off offering consultancy in LCAs and EPDs, providing an user-friendly tool for companies to assess the environmental performance of products and services. A spin-off that actually grew out of our own Sustainability & Circularity Assessment team at VITO/EnergyVille.
❓Will EPDs become mandatory? ✅ Most likely yes, well at least the figures behind the environmental profiles (in case of harmonised standards in the context of the revised Construction Products Regulation - CPR)
❓Is that framework and the rules fully clear yet? ❌ Not entirely, still work in progress
❗️But the call to action is crystal clear 👉 Get familiar with LCAs and EPDs - the more familiar, the better prepared!
👏 A big thank you to Tamar Abzianidze for moderating and steering everything so smoothly
🎤 And to my fellow speakers for the highly informative and inspiring presentations: Lien Van den Broeck, Hannah Vanoverberghe, Olympia Dolla, Rony Haentjens, and last but not certainly not least Luc Plancke (CEO and founder of enperas)"
It was great to gain different perspectives on how things are being approached in the LCA and EPDs
“I really enjoyed yesterday’s event. It was great to gain different perspectives on how things are being approached in the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) fields.
It was very interesting to hear insights on how to prepare for upcoming regulations!”
It was a great opportunity to learn more about the current state of Life Cycle Assessment and the upcoming legislation
“I was glad to be present as a speaker at the first LCA Community Event, sharing the LCA case of Glue Solutions. It was a great opportunity to learn more about the current state of Life Cycle Assessment, the upcoming legislation, and how it can be practically applied in different sectors.
A big thank you to the organizers and speakers for the inspiring insights!”
EPD programmes in the countries should be aligned
“It’s very interesting to see how other companies are tackling the challenges with LCA’s & EPD’s. Many seem to face the same challenges: how to deal with a high amount of products, how to deal with LCA data up-& downstream, how to cope with the (lack of or abundance of) regulations.
I had some great talks on how to tackle product groups for instance. Also, it was interesting to compare experiences with the LCA Quadrant tool and how other companies use it”
Enperas’s LCA Specialist participated in the webinar organized by the German IBU EPD Program
💡 Institut Bauen und Umwelt e.V ( IBU ) is currently the only organisation in Germany 🇩🇪 that...
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