TPS C2 – Circular Economy Analysis and Monitoring Tools
Objective
- Identify and improve existing tools for analyzing and monitoring the circular economy (e.g. AFM, ACFM, LCA, carbon flows, etc.).
- Develop new, efficient methods for acquiring, processing, visualizing and analyzing fundamental information associated with the circular economy.
Examples of Research Questions and Issues
- What tools exist for analyzing and monitoring the circular economy?
- How can we develop new tools to improve the monitoring of the circular economy?
- How can existing tools be improved/adapted to the specific context of stakeholder environments (scale (territory, organizations, etc.) and sector of activity (agri-food, manufacturing, construction, services, etc.)?
- What are the potential rebound effects associated with these tools? What are the limitations of existing and developed tools?
- How can we assess the performance and quality of the tools we’ve developed?
- How can we accelerate the deployment and use of the most suitable tools in the target markets?
- How can we ensure that our tools fit in with our social planning? How to optimize data collection?
- How to optimize the use of tools, taking into account uncertainties and rebound effects?
- How do you represent data in an integrated and efficient way?
C2 Activities
Projects Led by C2
The TPS C2 Steering Committee identifies directions and coordinates research projects to advance TPS knowledge. You can get involved in these projects at any time by registering your interest via the form.
AFM matrix mapping
The aim of this project, led by Lucas Hof, is to build a matrix mapping of material flow analysis (MFA) by identifying, among other things, its scale, scope, the type of data required and their acquisition, with the aim of improving the robustness of this tool.
The project will be carried out in three stages:
- Development of a matrix to identify its scale, scope, data type, data acquisition, technologies, analysis, etc.
- Carrying out a literature review
- Development of a more robust methodology
Do you want to get involved in this project? Choose C2 in the form:
Territorial MFA of the Montérégie region
This project, led by Mathias Glaus, aims to quantify the local agricultural and food supply in the Montérégie region by carrying out a material flow analysis (MFA).
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Analysis of material flows in hospitals
The Materials Flow Analysis (MFA) research project, led by Marc Journeault, aims to obtain a preliminary picture of the materials consumed and discarded in one of the Network’s hospitals, in order to meet the knowledge needs of the MSSS, as well as those of the residual materials department and the MELCCFP sustainable development coordination office, in terms of procurement, logistics, residual materials management and products used – particularly plastic products and packaging and single-use products.
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Microlabs – healthcare sector
The aim of this project, led by Marc Journeault, is to set up 3 or 4 microlabs (based on the CERIEC accelerator lab model) on a specific health issue, and to identify solutions for each of these issues.
The project will be carried out in five stages:
- Identification of issues
- Identification of selection criteria
- Selection of microlabs (3 or 4)
- Identification of stakeholders
- Launch of microlabs in February
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Organizational MFA
The aim of this project, led by Marc Journeault, is to develop a tool for carrying out organizational material flow analysis (MFA).
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Other Initiatives Related to C2
Projects funded by the RRECQ
- Simplification and adaptation of material flow cost accounting (MFCA) for SMEs (Project led by Marc Journeault) > Discover
- Modelling the environmental impacts of the life cycle of an emerging economic model: the product-service system Project led by Ben Amor) > Discover
- Sustainable design of closed-loop supply chains using Industry 4.0 technologies: A data-driven optimization approach towards the circular economy (Project led by Armin Jabbarzadeh) > Discover
- Smart and Sustainable Spent Coffee Grounds (SCG) Management System: from waste to resources (Project led by Amin Chaabane) > Discover
- Development of an advanced data analytics tool to optimize the performance of a connected, circular and sustainable supply chain (Project led by Tasseda Boukherroub) > Discover
- Circular Economy at the Heart of Office Furniture Conception: Towards Furniture Reuse Within the Industry (Project led by Houssein Awada) > Discover
- SME Circularity Index – 4.0 (Project led by François Labelle) > Discover
- Advanced planning of circular economy strategies in the construction sector by optimizing operations and logistics in deconstruction projects (Project led by Tasseda Boukherroub) > Discover
- Towards the Development of a Sustainable and Circular Economy Strategy for Waste Smartphone Glass – A Novel Remanufacturing Approach for E-waste Valorization (Project led by Lucas Hof) > Discover
- Ecosystems of reuse in construction: Development of support media to stimulate the reuse of constructive elements (Project led by Ivanka Iordanova) > Discover
- Closed-loop supply chains network design for circular economy in winter road maintenance (Project led by Jean-François Audy) > Discover
- Modular and Reusable Metastructures with Interlocked Interfaces for Circular Sustainable Construction (Project led by Hamid Akbarzadeh) > Discover
Steering Committee
TPS C2, which deals with analysis and monitoring tools for the circular economy, is led by a team of five researchers. They are responsible for proposing TPS orientations and represent a diversity of circular economy research on the theme of analysis and monitoring tools.
Hicham El Yousfi
Ph.D., Research professor at Mohamed V University (Rabat, Morocco)
Marc Journeault
Ph.D., CPA, MBA, Professor at Université Laval and co-holder of Axis 2
Mathias Glaus
ing., Ph.D., Professor at ÉTS and co-holder of Axis 3
Ben Amor
Ph.D., Professor atUniversité de Sherbrooke
Lucas Hof
Ph.D., Professor at ÉTS
Mobilized Experts
The members of the steering committee are joined by TPS C2 experts. Regularly called upon to contribute their points of view and expertise, they help to broaden our knowledge of circular economy analysis and monitoring tools, and to further our thinking on the subject.
- Abdelmoumen Baghdoud, Doctoral student at ÉTS
- Adeline Seneclauze, Project Manager at INOVEM
- Andrew Henderson, Professor at ÉTS
- Arnaud Quenneville, Centre d’expertise international en intelligence artificielle de Montréal
- Bocar Samba Ba, Professor at Université Laval
- Brice Martial Kamdem, Doctoral student at ÉTS
- Camilo Mejia Moncayo, Student at ÉTS
- Charlotte Trudeau-Drolet, Student at HEC
- Claire Gillet-Monjarret, Professor at Université de Montpellier
- Elisabeth Viry, Researcher at CTTEI
- Emna Helal, Institutional researcher atÉTS
- Enora Barrau, Post-doctoral researcher atEcole des Mines de Saint-Etienne (France)
- Esra Alp Coskun, Co-fonder of Circularity Matrix
- Fatima Touhami, Maître de conférence à l’Université Sultan Moulay Slimane – Beni Mellal (Maroc)
- Félix Garcés, Industrial Development and Environmental Technologies Advisor at MEIE
- Francheska Chouinard, Product Manager at Evirum
- François Saunier, Executive Vice President of CIRAIG
- Frédérique Mouly, Sustainable Development Commissioner at Excellence industrielle Saint-Laurent
- Hajer Bannour, Researcher atGroupe CTT
- Hani Zbib, Professor at UQAM
- Hortense Montoux, Project Manager at CERIEC
- Ivanka Iordanova, Professor at ÉTS
- Jean-Yves Guimond, Director of Business Development atCorporation Valorisation Solidaire
- Josephine Sciortino, Canadian Science publishing
- Kevin Masinda Mahema, Doctoral student at Polytechnique
- Khalla Niang, Doctoral student at UQAM
- Lamyae Lachguer, Student at ÉTS
- Marie-Luc Arpin, Professor at Université de Sherbrooke
- Mariia Zhuldybina, Researcher atÉTS
- Mélissa Zbacnik-D’Antonio, Project Manager at CTTEI
- Mohammed Aider, Professor at Université Laval
- Omur E. Dagdeviren, Professor at ÉTS
- Oumar Sangaré, Post-doctoral fellow at Université Laval
- Rachida Bouhid, Doctoral student at UQAM
- Raphaël Dias Brandao, Doctoral student at ÉTS
- Saba Kakavand, Master’s student at ÉTS
- Samira Rousselière, École nationale vétérinaire de Nantes
- Soulé Idrissou, Lecturer and researcher at Université d’Abomey-Calavi (Benin)
- Willy Boniface Awatcha, Student at ÉTS
Resources
Relevant Resources
- Regional study of material flow accounting (in french only)
- Estimating food losses in the Outaouais region (2023) (in french only)
- ISO 14051:2011 : Environmental management — Material flow cost accounting — General framework
- ISO 59020:2024 : Circular economy — Measuring and assessing circularity performance
- ISO 14040:2006 : Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Principles and framework
- Life Cycle Assessment: A Metric for The Circular Economy
- Guide “Carrying out a material flow cost analysis (MFCA)” (in french only)
