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Itsubo Lab
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A lab that uses LCA to measure and evaluate the environmental impact of products across their entire life cycle.
AboutAbout the lab
Every human activity carries an environmental burden.
The Itsubo Lab studies LCA (life cycle assessment), which measures the environmental burden of products and services from the time they are made until they are disposed of.
LCA is internationally recognized as a method for corporate environmental management, and its procedures are defined by ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards.
In recent years, the lab has also been developing new indicators to assess the impact of land-use change on biodiversity and nature-related risks.
Key terms
- LCA (Life Cycle Assessment)
- An assessment method that measures, as a whole, the environmental impact of a product or service from the time it is made until it is disposed of.
- Biodiversity
- The variety of living things on Earth and the connections among them.
- Nature Footprint
- A new assessment measure that expresses the size of the impact that corporate activities and the like have on the natural environment.
NewsLab news
Paper on assessing impacts on biodiversity published in an international academic journal
Prof. Itsubo publishes an introductory book on LCA
An undergraduate student and a doctoral student win the Student Excellent Poster Presentation Award and the Student Excellent Oral Presentation Award at the Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan
Researcher's paper published in a journal in the field of ecosystems
Two undergraduate students win the Student Excellent Presentation Award from the Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan
ResearchResearch themes
The Itsubo Lab uses LCA (life cycle assessment) methods to measure the environmental burden of products and services, and conducts research aimed at minimizing environmental impact.
*Illustrative imageEnvironmental Impact Assessment Using LCA
The lab conducts research that evaluates environmental impact using LCA, a method for quantitatively measuring the environmental burden that a product or service causes from its creation to its disposal.
*Illustrative imageAssessing Impacts on Biodiversity
The lab is developing methods to quantitatively assess the impact of land-use change on biodiversity around the world, at a high resolution that reflects regional differences.
*Illustrative imageAssessing the Health Impacts of Climate Change and Air Pollution
The lab studies methods to quantify the effects of CO2 emissions and air pollutants such as PM2.5 and ozone on human health, taking future societal scenarios into account.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping the Nature Footprint
The lab is developing and field-testing an assessment indicator called the "Nature Footprint," so that companies and financial institutions can understand their impacts and risks related to nature.
MembersFaculty
The Itsubo Lab consists of faculty members, researchers, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorNorihiro Itsubo
- Assistant ProfessorGenta Sugiyama
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Report an errorAbout the images
The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Whole world - land and oceans 12000” NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center / Public domain (cropped)
- Environmental Impact Assessment Using LCA: “Balance scale IMGP9722” Nikodem Nijaki / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Assessing Impacts on Biodiversity: “Oil Palm clearing aerial Borneo” T. R. Shankar Raman / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Assessing the Health Impacts of Climate Change and Air Pollution: “Panoramic view of air pollution in São Paulo city, Brazil” Wilfredor / CC0 (cropped)
- Developing the Nature Footprint: “Aerial view of forest canopy and waterfall, Sitakunda Eco Park” Sultan Sunnny / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Okochi Lab): “ISS-46 Mount Fuji, Japan” NASA/Scott Kelly / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Tokoro Lab): “Recycled Electronics - Circuit Boards ( )” Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Yamaguchi Lab): “Ore smelting furnace, Gedabey” Siemens Corporate Archives, Munich / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Kawabe Lab): “Berkeley Pit & Continental Mine & Yankee Doodle Tailings Pond (Butte, Montana, USA)” James St. John / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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