Dr. Sc. Techn., Dipl.-Ing. TU - Managing Partner of ESU-services Ltd.

Niels Jungbluth studied environmental engineering at the Technical University of Berlin. He made his diploma thesis during a six month stay at the TATA Energy Research Institute in New Delhi, where he prepared a life cycle inventory for cooking fuels in India. Between 1996 and 2000 he worked on a Ph.D. Project at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich at the chair of Natural and Social Science Interface. His Ph. D. thesis on the environmental consequences of food consumption has been awarded with the Greenhirn Price 2000 by the German Öko-Institut. In this thesis he investigated food consumption patterns by means of life cycle assessment. He is managing partner of ESU-services Ltd. with emphasis on energy systems and food production.

Dr. Niels Jungbluth is in the editorial board of the “Int. Journal of LCA”. He works as a special expert for several organisations as e.g. Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC, CEN TC 383 standard (GHG accounting on biofuels), UNEP-SETAC life cycle initiative, Swiss law on tax exemption for biofuels. 

phone:  +41 44 940 61 32
mail:      jungbluth(at)esu-services.ch
skype:   niels.jungbluth

Educational Background

• Ph. D. student at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Department of Environmental Sciences, Natural- and Social Science Interface, Zurich, Switzerland. The thesis on Environmental Consequences of Food Consumption won the greenhirn price 1999/2000 of the Öko-Instituts Freiburg
• Studies of Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Berlin (Germany). Intermediate Examination April 1991. Main Subjects of Studies: Water Purification, Waste Management, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Environmental Statistics, Water chemistry, Environmental Psychology.
  Project thesis "PCB-contaminated Capacitors in Washing-machines from the Eastern Part of Germany"
  Diploma thesis "Restricted Life Cycle Assessment for the Use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Kerosene as Cooking Fuels in India". (download)
  Graduation as Dipl.-Ing. in Environmental Engineering in December 1995 (the diploma is comparable to the degree of Masters).
• Alexander-von-Humboldt-Secondary School, Hamburg-Harburg, Matriculation.

Practical Experience

• 2008 Part time consultant for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on GHG emissions of fossil fuels
• Since 1.1.2006 Managing partner at ESU-services Ltd.
• 2000-2005 Project leader at ESU-services, Uster.
• 1.8.1996 to 4.2000 Ph. D. student at the ETH Zurich in 1996. First in the Energy - Materials - Environment Group (ESU) Since 1997 research assistant at the chair of Natural- and Social Science Interface. Working for the Integrated Project Society in the sub project Energy, Greenhouse Gases and Way of Living since August 1996. The Project was financed within the Swiss Priority Programme Environment (SPPU) by the Swiss National Science Foundation and ran from 1996-2000.
• 1996 International Centre for Energy and Environment Leipzig GmbH, Writing of proposals for research projects in different CIS states.
• 1996 Environmental Consult, Berlin. Data compilation, input, analysis and documentation for the computer program Environmental Manual.
• 2.1.1996 to 19.1.1996 German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) mbH, Eschborn ,working contract, data compilation, input, analysis and documentation for the computer program Environmental Manual.
• 1.11.1994 to 24.2.1995 TATA Energy Research Institute, New Delhi, India. Practical Training, Collection of data and information for a Life Cycle Assessment for Cooking with Kerosene and Liquefied Petroleum Gas.
• 17.1.1994 to 18.2.1994 Water Resources Agency, Freiburg im Breisgau, Practical Training, Working Groups Industry and Business, Water Resources, Soil Protection.
• 25.10.1993 to 19.11.1993 Authority for Environment and Nature, Schwerin, Practical Training Assistance for water related notices of approval.
• 12. - 17.9.1993 Working Group Environmental Statistic TU-Berlin (ARGUS), Kulmbach, Assistant, Screening and Registration of Waste Types at a Waste Reloading Station.
• 24.8.1992 to 18.9.1992 Engineering Office AKUT GmbH, Berlin, Practical Training, Environmental Impact Analysis for do-it-yourself products.
• 20.7.1990 to 10.10.1990 Farm in Nicaragua, Project for the Intermediate Examination, Planning and construction of a simple biogas plant for a farm.
• 1991 to 1996 Central Sports Organization of the Technical University in Berlin, Guide for white-water canoe courses for students.

Experiences

• Research and consultancies on Life Cycle Assessment, Energy, Biomass, Food, Consumption Patterns, Sustainable Development, Consumer Behaviour, Environmental Management
• Editorial Board and peer reviews for the Int. Journal of LCA, International Dairy Journal, AMBIO, Journal of Industrial Ecology

Professional Affiliations

• Society for Environmental Toxicology (SETAC)
• European LCA network Food
• Indian Society for Life Cycle Assessment (ISLCA)
• Internationale Gesellschaft fur Ernahrungsökologie (ISNE)

Private Affairs

• One of my favourite activities are white water canoeing. Others are hiking, swimming and cycling.