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Jérôme Payet

jerome.payet@epfl.ch +41 21 693 63 85

Expertise

Life cycle assessment (ISO 14040-44): Life Cycle inventory databases and software development Eco-design and Environmental footprinting Environmental data managment Water footprint Impact assessment on water and soil ecosystems Biodiversity metrics for industry

Expertise

Life cycle assessment (ISO 14040-44): Life Cycle inventory databases and software development Eco-design and Environmental footprinting Environmental data managment Water footprint Impact assessment on water and soil ecosystems Biodiversity metrics for industry

Mission

* Invited expert for the ILCD EU Plateforme for LCA for risk assessment and LCA * Lecturer at the EPF-Lausanne (http://people.epfl.ch/jerome.payet) * Member of the Expert Board of Eco-invent

Current work

Director of CYCLECO (http://www.cycleco.eu)
2002-2012: Lecturer in Life Cycle Assessment at the EPFL 2008-2013: Director of Cycleco 2007- Resarcher in Multiple Scale Ecological Risk Assessment at the Vrije University of Amsterdam (http://www.bio.vu.nl/do/) 2006- Building R&D team for the private company ( http://www.setemip.com/env/) with projects in Impact Modelling of Multiple stressors, Impact modelling of metals, and Life Cycle Impact Assessment 2005- Researches and Teaching at the EPFL (http://people.epfl.ch/jerome.payet) 2004- PhD: Assessing impacts of Toxics on Ecosystems in LCA 2001- Ing. Researcher at the Danish Technical University (DTU.DK) 1999- Ing Researcher at the EPF-Lausanne (CH)

EUROPEAN PROJECTS

- INSPIRE (2011-2014): Development of Environmental friendly building systems Role: Member, Leader of the WP environment - PEGASUS (2006-2010) : Integrating engineering processing and materials technologies for the European automotive sector. Role: Member, Leader of the WP for LCA and Risk Analysis - MUSA (2007-2008): Integrating Multiple Scale Impact Assessment on Ecosystems for contaminated Landscape Management. Role: Project leader - MOMENTUM (2005-2009): Multidisciplinary Research and Training on Composite Materials Applications in Transport Modes. Role: Member, Leader of the WP for Life Cycle Analysis (until 2006) - NOMIRACLE (2004-2009): Novel Methods for Integrated Risk Assessment of Cumulative Stressors in the Environment. Role: Member, Development of a method for the quantification of impacts on aquatic freshwater ecosystems

Selected publications

LCA guidelines for environmental assessment of photovoltaic systems

J. Payet, B. Evon, I. Blanc, D. Beloin-Saint-Pierre, N. Adra, Y. Durand
Published in Directed by J. Payet; Edited by ADEME (France). January 2013 in

Environmental impacts of large-scale grid-connected ground-mounted PV installations

A. Beylot, , J. Payet, C. Puech, N. Adra, P. Jacquin, I.Blanc, D. Beloin-Saint-Pierre
Published in Renewable Energy; Available online 27 June 2012 in

Measuring and Reporting Biodiversity and Ecosystem Impacts and Dependance

R. Adams, W. Bartels, M. Curran, J.Ellis, J. Finisdore, S Hellweg, J. Houdet, T. Koellner, T. Ogier, J Payet, F. Sheng, J. Spurgeon
Published in in “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Business and Enterprise”, edited by J Bishop, 2012, p.83; 2012 in

Enjeux et écueils de l’affichage environnemental

J. Payet
Published in Responsabilité et Environnement, avril 2012, n°66, p.42; 2012 in

Assessing the life cycle costs and environmental performance of lightweight materials in automobile applications

Robert A. Witik, Jérôme Payet, Véronique Michaud, Christian Ludwig, Jan-Anders E. Månson ,
Published in Applied Science and Manufacturing, Volume 42, Issue 11, November 2011, p. 1694-1709; 2011 in

USEtox fate and ecotoxicity factors for comparative assessment of toxic emissions in life cycle analysis: sensitivity to key chemical properties

A. D. Henderson, M. Z. Hauschild, D. van de Meent, M. A. J. Huijbregts, H. F. Larsen, M. Margni, T. E. McKone, J. Payet, R. K. Rosenbaum, O. Jolliet
Published in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2011, Volume 16, Number 8 , p.701-709; 2011 in

Environmental footprints

J. Payet
Published in Soap, Perfumery & Cosmetics, july 2011, vol.84, n°7, p.42; 2011 in

A Screening Level Ecological Risk Assessment and ranking method for liquid radioactive and chemical mixtures released by nuclear facilities under normal operating conditions.

Garnier--‐Laplace J.C., Beaugelin--‐Seiller K., Gilbin R., Della--‐Vedova C., Jolliet O. and Payet J.
Published in Radioprotection 44(5): 903--‐908; 2009 in

USEtox - The UNEP-SETAC toxicity model: recommended characterisation factors for human toxicity and freshwater ecotoxicity in Life Cycle Impact Assessment.

Rosenbaum, R. K., T. M. Bachmann, M. Z. Hauschild, M. A. J. Huijbregts, O. Jolliet, R. Juraske, A. Köhler, H. F. Larsen, M. MacLeod, M. Margni, T. E. McKone, J. Payet, M. Schuhmacher and D. van de Meent
Published in International Journal of LCA Online - October 2008. in

Terrestrial ecotoxicity and effect factors of metals in life cycle assessment (LCA)

Haye, S. , Slaveykova, V.I. , Payet, J.
Published in Chemosphere, Volume 68, Issue 8, July 2007, Pages 1489-1496; July 2007. in

Risk and regulatory hazard-based toxicological effect indicators in life-cycle assessment (LCA)

Pennington D.W., Margni M.., Payet J. and Jolliet O.
Published in HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT 12 (3): 450-475 JUN 2006 in

Aquatic Ecological Indicator in Life-Cycle Assessment

Pennington, D. W., J. Payet and M. Hauschild
Published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23(7): 1796–1807 p. 2005. in

Assessing Toxic Impact on Aquatic Ecosystems in LCA

Payet, J.
Published in International journal of LCA ; 10 (5): p.373, 2004. in

Comparative Assessment of the Toxic Impact of Metals on Aquatic Ecosystems: The Ami Method.

Payet, J. and O. Jolliet
Published in In Life Cycle Assessment of Metals: Issues and Research Directions. A. Dubreuil. Pensacola, SETAC : 172-175 p. Year 2004 in

Impact 2002+: A New Life Cycle Impact Assessment Methodology

Jolliet, O., M. Margni, R. Charles, S. Humbert, J. Payet, G. Rebitzer and R. Rosenbaum
Published in International Journal of LCA 8(6): 324-330 p. 2003. in

Research

Research activities

Biodiversity metrics Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems Water footprint Implementing a regulatory framework for Life Cycle Assessment

Teaching & PhD

Courses

Environmental system analysis and assessment

ENV-370

Facing environmental challenges requires to address it with a systemic perspective. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Material Flow Analysis (MFA) are environmental assessment methods enabling the calculation of environmental performance of products, services and territories.