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Academic degree:Dr 
Last name:Börjesson 
First name:Pål 
Responsible for: 
Organization/Institute:Lund University 
Department:Environmental and Energy System Studies 
Position:Senior lecturer / Associate professor 
Street, Number, POB:Gerdagatan 13 
Postal code, City:S-22362 Lund 
State: 
Country:SWEDEN 
Phone: 
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E-mail address:pal.borjesson@miljo.lth.se 
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Curriculum vitae:-Born 1962
-MSc degree in Agricultural Sciences (Agronom), The Swedish University in Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, 1991
-PhD degree in Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Department of Technology and Society, Lund Institute of Technology (LTH), Lund University, June1998
-Assistant professor (Forskarassistent) at Environmental and Energy Systems Studies (EESS), Department of Technology and Society, LTH, 1998-2002 (part time between 2000-2002)
-University Lecturer (Lektor) at Shool of Business and Engineering, Halmstad University, 2000-2002 (part time)
-University Lecturer (Lektor) at EESS, Department of Technology and Society, LTH, since 2002 (full time).
-Associate Professor (Docent) in Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund Institute of Technology, October 2003

About 20 papers in international journals with peer review. More than 50 other publications, such as conference papers (about 30 where half is with peer review), reports (about 25) and book chapters. Currently project leader of 2 research project at EESS within the environmental and energy systems field. Main supervisor for two PhD student and assistant supervisor for one PhD student. Member of six PhD examination committees and opponent at one licentiate dissertation. Responsible for a course in Life Cycle Assessment at Lund Institute of Technology since 2002. Previous participation in governmental commissions and appointed as evaluator of research programme concerning biomass production. Currently member of the expert group within the governmental commission on “The Swedish Agriculture as a Bioenergy Producer” (March 2006-February 2007).


Selected publications:
1. Börjesson P. & Gustavsson L. (2000). Greenhouse Gas Balances in Building
Construction – Wood versus Concrete from Life-Cycle and Forest Land-Use
Perspectives. Energy Policy 28, 575-588.
2. Berndes G., Fredriksson, F. & Börjesson P. (2004). Energy crop production as a tool for
phytoextraction in agriculture. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 103, 207-
223.
3. Berglund M. & Börjesson P. (2006). Assessment of Energy Performance in the Life-cycle of
Biogas Production. Biomass and Bioenergy 30, 254-266.
4. Börjesson P. & Berndes G. (2005). The Prospects for Willow Plantations for Wastewater Treatment
in Sweden. Biomass and Bioenergy (in press).
5. Börjesson P. & Berglund M. (2005). Environmental Analysis of Biogas Systems – Part I: Fuel
Cycle Emissions. Biomass and Bioenergy (in press).
6. Börjesson P. & Berglund M. (2005). Environmental Analysis of Biogas Systems – Part II:
Environmental Impact of Rreplacing Various Reference Systems. Submitted to Biomass
and Bioenergy.
7. Petersson A. Gustafsson L. Nordblad M. Börjesson P. Mattiasson B. Adlercreutz P. (2005) Wax
Esters: Solvent-free Energy Efficient Enzymatic Synthesis and their Application as
Wood Coatings. Green Chemistry 7, 837-843.
8. Lantz M., Svensson M., Björnsson L. & Börjesson P. (2005) The Prospects for an Expansion of
Biogas Systems in Sweden – Incentives, Barriers and Potentials. Accepted for publication in Energy Policy.
9. Gustafsson L. & Börjesson P. (2005). Life Cycle Assessment in Green Chemistry – Wax Production
from Renewable Feedstock using Biocatalysts instead of using Fossil Feedstock and
Conventional Methods. Manuscript.
 
Areas of interest:
policy analysis, environmental 
land-use, LCIA 
agricultural production 
LCA for food products and energy systems 
LCA for chem. processes and products 
LCA and other environmental management systems 
green chemistry 
energy analysis 
environmental systems analysis 
biomass production 
 
Articles:
13 LCA (4) 328-338 (2008), Wax production from renewable feedstock using biocatalysts instead of fossil feedstock and conventional methods [full paper at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/112849/]
12 LCA (3) 151-159 (2007), Life Cycle Assessment in Green Chemistry - A comparison of various wood surface coatings (9 pp)
 
 

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