Life cycle assessment handbook : a guide for environmentally sustainable products /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Curran, Mary Ann
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley ; [2012]
• Θέματα: Product life cycle > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Product life cycle > Environmental aspects > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Sustainable design > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Industrial ecology > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Industrial ecology.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.; NATURE > Natural Resources.; Product life cycle.; Product life cycle > Environmental aspects.; Sustainable design.; Electronic books.; Handbooks and manuals.

"The first book of its kind, the LCA Handbook will become an invaluable resource for environmentally progressive manufacturers and suppliers, product and process designers, executives and managers, and government officials who want to learn about this essential component of environmental sustai...

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• Life Cycle Assessment Handbook: A Guide for Environmentally Sustainable Products; Contents; Preface; 1 Environmental Life Cycle Assessment: Background and Perspective; 1.1 Historical Roots of Life Cycle Assessment; 1.2 Environmental Life Cycle Concepts; 1.3 LCA Links to Environmental Policy; 1.4 Micro Applications of LCA Rising; 1.5 The Micro-Macro Divide; 1.6 Macro Level LCA for Policy Support; 1.7 Example Biofuels; 1.8 Why Environmental LCA?; 1.9 Overview of the Book; 1.9.1 Methodology and Current State of LCA Practice; 1.9.2 LCA Applications.
• 1.9.3 LCA Supports Decision Making and Sustainability1.9.4 Operationalizing LCA; References; Part 1: Methodology and Current State of LCA Practice; 2 An Overview of the Life Cycle Assessment Method
• Past, Present, and Future; 2.1 The Present-Day LCA Method; 2.1.1 Goal and Scope Definition; 2.1.2 Inventory Analysis; 2.1.3 Impact Assessment; 2.1.4 Interpretation; 2.1.5 LCA in Practice; 2.2 A Short History of LCA; 2.2.1 Past LCA (1970-2000): Conception and Standardization; 2.2.1.1 1970-1990: Decades of Conception; 2.2.1.2 1990-2000: Decade of Standardization.
• 2.2.2 Present LCA (2000-2010): Decade of Elaboration2.2.3 Future LCA (2010-2020): Decade of Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis; References; 3. Life Cycle Inventory Modeling in Practice; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Study Goal; 3.3 Scope; 3.3.1 Functional Unit; 3.3.2 Boundaries; 3.4 Methodology Issues; 3.4.1 Feedstock Energy; 3.4.2 Multi-Output Processes; 3.4.3 Postconsumer Recycling; 3.4.4 Converting Scrap; 3.4.5 Water Use; 3.4.6 Carbon Tracking Considerations; 3.5 Evolution of LCA Practice and Associated Issues; 3.6 Conclusion; References; 4 Life Cycle Impact Assessment; 4.1 Introduction.
• 4.2 Life Cycle Impact Assessment According to ISO 14040-44 Requirements4.2.1 Overview; 4.2.2 Mandatory Elements; 4.2.3 Optional Elements; 4.2.4 Interpreting an LCIA Profile; 4.3 Principles and Framework of LCIA; 4.4 Historical Developments and Overview of LCIA Methodologies; 4.5 Variability in the LCIA Models; 4.6 State-of-the-Art LCIA; 4.7 Future Development; 4.7.1 Spatially-Differentiated Assessment in LCIA; 4.7.2 Addressing Uncertainty and Variability in Characterization Factors; 4.7.3 Improving the Characterization of Resources; 4.7.4 Integrating Water Use and Consumption in LCIA.
• 4.7.5 Resources and Ecosystem Services Areas of Protection4.7.6 Expanding Land Use Burdens on Biodiversity in Ecosystem Services; References; 5 Sourcing Life Cycle Inventory Data; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Developing LCI to Meet the Goal of the Study; 5.2.1 Considerations in Choosing Data Sources; 5.2.2 A Word on Consequential Life Cycle Assessment; 5.3 Types of LCI Data; 5.4 Private Industrial Data; 5.5 Public Industrial Data; 5.6 Dedicated LCI databases; 5.7 Using Non-LCI Data in LCAs; 5.8 Creating Life Cycle Inventory using Economic Input/Output Data.