Life cycle assessment (LCA) : a guide to best practice /

• Main Authors: Klöpffer, Walter, 1938- (Author), Grahl, B. (Birgit), 1952- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany : Wiley-VCH, 2014.
• Subjects: Product life cycle > Mathematical models.; Life cycle costing > Methodology.; Industrial ecology.; Biopolymers.; Chemistry.; Polymers.; Product life cycle.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industrial Management.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management Science.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Behavior.; Electronic books.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (412 pages) : illustrations
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• ISBN: 9783527655656; 3527655654; 9783527655625; 352765562X; 3527655646 (ePub); 9783527655649 (ePub); 3527655638 (mobi); 9783527655632 (mobi); 9781306550475; 1306550475
• DOI: 10.1002/9783527655625

This first hands-on guide to ISO-compliant Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) makes this powerful tool immediately accessible to both professionals and students. Following a general introduction on the philosophy and purpose of LCA, the reader is taken through all the stages of a complete LCA analysis, with each step exemplified by real-life data from a major LCA project on beverage packaging. Measures as carbon and water footprint, based on the most recent international standards and definitions, are addressed. Written by two pioneers of LCA, this practical volume is targeted at first-time LC.