>25 years on LCA, eco-design and sustainability. Coordinator of the EU EDF Project "Ensuring Circularity of Soldier Personal Protection Equipment" (UTILE).
Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) is an independent consulting firm, providing professional solutions and tools for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), eco-design, environmental communication and regulatory compliance to private companies and business associations. LCE regularly participates in institutional projects with the European Commission, the United Nations Development/Environmental Programme and some national/regional agencies. In the last few years, LCE has been involved in several H2020, LIFE and service contract projects with the European Commission (EU PROJECTS).
Gian Luca is an engineer (Dr. Ing.) with a Ph.D. and Post Doc research activity in sustainability assessment of extended production systems, focussing on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). After the academic experience, Gian Luca worked several years for an English consulting company (Boustead Consulting Ltd.), gaining experience in sustainability assessment tools development and environmental strategy definition, implementation and communication for multinational companies and manufacturers as well as for business associations at European level.
In late nineties, Gian Luca founded an environmental boutique, Life Cycle Engineering, able to offer qualified consultancy in the sustainability area (www.lcengineering.eu); nowadays, after 25 years, LCE employs about forty people - including a couple of subsidiaries, a software house and a ESG company - working actively also in European sponsored projects (such as H2020, LIFE, EUD Fund, etc.).