Training and Expertise

With great enthusiasm and a lot of practical expertise, we give training courses, lectures at companies or universities or appear as speakers at events.

Training courses, lectures and workshops

We offer training courses on life cycle assessment and sustainability topics. We are happy to work with you to develop the right format and define its content and length. We cover the following modules, among others:

• Theory, implementation and interpretation of life cycle assessment (incl. exercises and practical examples)
• Climate-relevant aspects of products and packaging
• Ecodesign
• Life cycle costing
• Special LCA aspects such as allocation, uncertainties, recycling approaches, dealing with different assessment methods
• Life Cycle Thinking
• Corporate responsibility
• Non-financial reporting (e.g. in accordance with OR 964 or in the EU)

Teaching activities

• We give lectures on environmental management and life cycle assessments at various universities (FHNW, ZHAW, HSLU, PHW) or for industry associations (Swissmem, SAQ), focussing on the introduction to life cycle assessments and their application. We use practical case studies from our daily work.

Lectures/Workshops

• On request, we are happy to hold lectures or workshops on the topics of environmental consulting and life cycle assessments, sustainability strategy, as well as sustainability communication and reporting.

Every year, Carbotech’s pollutant consulting team prepares several hundred pollutant reports for industrial properties, office buildings, school facilities, hospitals and residential buildings. We are happy to share our experience in diagnosing and solving pollutant problems at training courses, lectures and workshops. We work with you to develop the right format for your objectives and target audience. The following topics are covered, for example

• Dealing with building pollutants when working on buildings and infrastructure, for example for employees in building maintenance, specialists in building technology, plumbing, electricians or other industries/trades
• Dealing with building pollutants in construction projects for developers, architects or building owners
• Dealing with pollutants during re-use for developers, architects and planners
• Air quality and dealing with indoor air toxins and pollutants for property managers and professional administrators

In addition to imparting basic knowledge, we can also offer application examples, practice-orientated exercises or property tours as required.

Teaching activities

We give guest lectures at various universities (FHNW, ETHZ) on various pollutant topics from our field of expertise.

A company can contribute to environmental protection with laws, agreements or labels. In practice, however, it must be ensured that implementation also complies with the regulations. We have therefore been carrying out audits for many years. In doing so, we check compliance with legal regulations or recycling quotas, the avoidance of pollutant emissions, etc.

E-waste area

As members of the independent experts EAG-Recycling Switzerland, we are active in various roles in the development and evaluation of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling. In the course of our work, we have acquired in-depth knowledge and practical experience in all areas of WEEE recycling in Switzerland and with downstream customers abroad. Our expertise covers all categories of appliances, including batteries, lamps, photovoltaics and heat transfer appliances. The independent EAG Recycling Switzerland experts are made up of representatives from the following four companies: Carbotech AG, IPSO ECO AG, Büro für Umweltchemie GmbH and Abeco GmbH.

Cleaning sector

Dry cleaners working for Coop Oecoplan are obliged to comply with strict requirements and conditions in the areas of energy and water consumption, environmental compatibility of the chemicals used and limit value emissions. In addition, only cleaning agents that fulfil certain environmental requirements may be used.

As an independent inspection body, Carbotech audits the dry-cleaning companies on behalf of Coop and checks and certifies cleaning agents.