Pfister, Stephan, Dr.

ETH Zürich Dr. Stephan Pfister Institute for Environmental Engineering HIF C 42 Schafmattstr. 6 8093 Zurich Telefon: +41 44 633 75 71 Fax: +41 44 633 10 61 E-Mail:

Background

Research Activities & Interests

• Water Use, Land Use and Regionalization in LCA (project description and Download)
• Water footprints, and related issues
• Uncertainties in LCA

Journal Publications

• Life Cycle Inventory and Carbon and Water FoodPrint of Fruits and Vegetables: Application to a Swiss Retailer
  Stoessel, Franziska; Juraske, Ronnie; Pfister, Stephan; Hellweg, Stefanie
  Environmental Science&Technology 2012, 46, 3253-3262

• Modeling the Local Biodiversity Impacts of Agricultural Water Use: Case Study of a Wetland in the Coastal Arid Area of Peru
  Verones, Francesca; Bartl, Karin; Pfister, Stephan; Jiménez Vílchez, Ricardo; Hellweg, Stefanie
  Environmental Science&Technology 2012, online available

• Assessing the Environmental Impact of Water Consumption by Energy Crops Grown in Spain
  Nuñez, Montserrat; Pfister, Stephan; Antón, Assumpció; Muñoz, Pere; Hellweg, Stefanie; Koehler, Annette; Rieradevall, Joan
  Journal of Industrial Ecology 2012, accepted for publication

• Measuring ecological impact of water consumption by bioethanol using life cycle impact assessment
  Chiu, Yi-Wen; Suh, Sangwon; Pfister, Stephan; Hellweg, Stefanie; Koehler, Annette
  The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2012, 17, 16-24

• Environmental Impacts of Water Use in Global Crop Production: Hotspots and Trade-Offs with Land Use
  Pfister, Stephan; Bayer, Peter; Koehler, Annette; Hellweg, Stefanie
  Environmental Science&Technology 2011, 45, 5761-5768

• GIS-Based Regionalized Life Cycle Assessment: How Big Is Small Enough? Methodology and Case Study of Electricity Generation
  Mutel, Christopher L.; Pfister, Stephan; Hellweg, Stefanie
  Environmental Science&Technology 2011, 46, 1096-1103

• The environmental relevance of freshwater consumption in global power production
  Pfister, Stephan; Saner, Dominik; Koehler, Annette
  The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2011, 16, 580-591

• Projected water consumption in future global agriculture: Scenarios and related impacts
  Pfister, Stephan; Bayer, Peter; Koehler, Annette; Hellweg, Stefanie
  Science of the Total Environment 2011, 409, 4206-4216

• Taking into account water use impacts in the LCA of biofuels: an Argentinean case study
  Faist Emmenegger, Mireille; Pfister, Stephan; Koehler, Annette; Giovanetti, Luca; Arena, AlejandroPablo; Zah, Rainer
  The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2011, 16, 869-877

• A framework for assessing off-stream freshwater use in LCA
  Bayart, J. B.; Bulle, C.; Deschenes, L.; Margni, M.; Pfister, S.; Vince, F.; Koehler, A.
  International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2010, 15, 439-453

• A revised approach to water footprinting to make transparent the impacts of consumption and production on global freshwater scarcity
  Ridoutt, B. G.; Pfister, S.
  Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions 2010, 20, 113-120

• Characterization Factors for Thermal Pollution in Freshwater Aquatic Environments
  Verones, Francesca; Hanafiah, Marlia Mohd; Pfister, Stephan; Huijbregts, Mark A. J.; Pelletier, Gregory J.; Koehler, Annette
  Environmental Science&Technology 2010, 44, 9364-9369

• Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Freshwater Consumption in LCA
  Pfister, S.; Koehler, A.; Hellweg, S.
  Environmental Science&Technology 2009, 43, 4098-4104

• The water"shoesize"vs. footprint of bioenergy
  Pfister, S.; Hellweg, S.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2009, 106, E93-E94

Proceedings

• Trade-offs between land and water use: regionalized impacts of energy crops (Manuscript)
  Pfister S.; Curran M.; Koehler A.; Hellweg S.
  Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on LCA in the Agri-Food Sector, 2010
• Regionalized LCIA of vegetable and fruit production: Quantifying the environmental impacts of freshwater use
  Pfister S.; Stoessel F.; Juraske R.; Koehler A.; Hellweg S.
  Nemecek, T. & Gaillard, G. (eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on LCA in the Agri-Food Sector – Towards a sustainable management of the Food chain, ISBN 978-3-905733-10-5, 2009, available at: www.lcafood08.ch

• Indirect water management: How we all can participate
  Bayer, P.; Pfister, S.; Hellweg, S.
  IAHS-AISH Publication 2009, 330, 98-102

• On the potential of life cycle assessment in water resources management: Focus on groundwater
  Bayer, P.; Pfister, S.; Hellweg, S.
  IAHS-AISH Publication 2009, 327, 285-295

Conference Presentations

• Water footprint in accordance with life cycle assessment (Invited Talk)
  Pfister S.
  UNEP-KOICA National Workshop on Water Accounting and Efficiency Measures, Manila (Phillipines), January 27, 2012 (Telepresentation).
• Feeding and fueling mankind in 2050: Potential impacts on land and water resources (Invited Talk)
  Pfister S.
  Mariazell Dialogue 2012, Mariazell (Austria), January 25-27, 2012
• Projected water and land use in future global agriculture: Scenarios and related impacts (Oral Presentation)
  Pfister S.; Bayer P.; Köhler A.; Hellweg S.
  ISIE 2011: Science, Systems and Sustainability, Berkeley (USA), June 7-10, 2011
• The Water Footprint as LCA Indicator: Eligibility and Relevance (Oral Presentation)
  Pfister S.; Koehler A.
  LCA X, Portland, USA, November 2-4, 2010
• Trade-offs between land and water use: regionalized impacts of energy crops (Oral Presentation)
  Pfister S.; Curran M.; Koehler A.; Hellweg S.
  LCA Food, Bari, Italy, September 22-24 2010
• Capability and challenges of regionalized LCIA: The case of water (Oral Presentation)
  Pfister S.; Koehler A.; Hellweg S.
  LCA IX, Boston, USA, 29 September - 2 October 2009
• Regionalised blue and red virtual water: The water footprint of crops for use in life cycle assessment (Oral Presentation)
  Pfister S.; Bayer P.; Köhler A.; Hellweg S.
  SETAC Europe 19th Annual Meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2009
• Indirect water management through Life Cycle Assessment: Fostering sustainable production in developing countries (Oral Presentation)
  Pfister S.; Bayer P.; Koehler A.; Hellweg S.
  European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 April 2009
• Water & Life Cycle Assessment - new developments and future challenges (Oral Presentation)
  Pfister S.; Bayer P.; Koehler A.; Hellweg S.
  5th World Water Forum is being held in Istanbul, Turkey, 16-22 March 2009
• Regionalized LCA of vegetable & fruit production: Increasing global sustainability through trade and compensation mechanisms (Oral Presentation)
  Pfister S.; Stoessel F.; Koehler A.; Hellweg S.
  Ecobalance, Tokyo, Japan, 10-12 December 2008
• Biofuel production in Argentina: Including impacts from freshwater use in an LCA study on rapeseed in arid and humid climatic zones (Oral Presentation)
  Pfister S.; De Giovanetti L.; Faist M.; Arena A.P.; Zah R.; Hellweg S.; Koehler A.
  SETAC North America, Tampa, November 2008
• Regionalized LCIA of vegetable and fruit production: Quantifying the environmental impacts of freshwater use
  Pfister S.; Stoessel F.; Juraske R.; Koehler A.; Hellweg S.
  LCA Food, Zurich, November 2008
• Integrating global perspectives in LCM - environmental assessment of water use
  Pfister S.; Kren L.; Koehler A.; Hellweg S.
  LCM2007 Zurich, August 2007
• Modelling Water Use in Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA)
  Pfister S.; Koehler A.; Hellweg S.
  SETAC Europe 17th Annual Meeting, Porto, Portugal, 2007

Related Scientific Activities

• Associate Subject Editors of The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
• Review work for scientific journals:
  - Environmental Science & Technology
  - International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
  - Journal of Industrial Ecology
  - Journal of Environmental Management
• Co-chair of the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative working group on addressing water use in LCA (WULCA)
• Member of the ecoinvent Editorial Board: main editor for 'Inventory indicator water'
• Member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)