Recent developments in life cycle assessment

G Finnveden, MZ Hauschild, T Ekvall, J Guinée… - Journal of environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
Life Cycle Assessment is a tool to assess the environmental impacts and resources used
throughout a product's life cycle, ie, from raw material acquisition, via production and use …

Mineral resources in life cycle impact assessment—part I: a critical review of existing methods

T Sonderegger, M Berger, R Alvarenga, V Bach… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The safeguard subject of the Area of Protection “natural Resources,” particularly
regarding mineral resources, has long been debated. Consequently, a variety of life cycle …

[HTML][HTML] IMPACT World+: a globally regionalized life cycle impact assessment method

C Bulle, M Margni, L Patouillard, AM Boulay… - … International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose This paper addresses the need for a globally regionalized method for life cycle
impact assessment (LCIA), integrating multiple state-of-the-art developments as well as …

[图书][B] Life cycle assessment (LCA): a guide to best practice

W Klöpffer, B Grahl - 2014 - books.google.com
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 …

Life cycle assessment: past, present, and future

JB Guinée, R Heijungs, G Huppes, A Zamagni… - 2011 - ACS Publications
Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) has developed fast over the last three decades.
Whereas LCA developed from merely energy analysis to a comprehensive environmental …

Application of life cycle assessment (LCA) for municipal solid waste management: a case study of Sakarya

ASE Yay - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper aims to determine the environmental aspects of a less impactful municipal solid
waste management system through life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. In order to …

Does it matter which Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool you choose?–a comparative assessment of SimaPro and GaBi

IT Herrmann, A Moltesen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015 - Elsevier
SimaPro and GaBi are the leading software tools used for life cycle assessments. Assessing
product systems applying the exact same unit process foundation would be expected to …

TRACI 2.0: the tool for the reduction and assessment of chemical and other environmental impacts 2.0

J Bare - Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2011 - Springer
Abstract TRACI 2.0, the Tool for the Reduction and Assessment of Chemical and other
environmental Impacts 2.0, has been expanded and developed for sustainability metrics, life …

Life cycle assessment: Part 1: Framework, goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, and applications

G Rebitzer, T Ekvall, R Frischknecht, D Hunkeler… - Environment …, 2004 - Elsevier
Sustainable development requires methods and tools to measure and compare the
environmental impacts of human activities for the provision of goods and services (both of …

USEtox—the UNEP-SETAC toxicity model: recommended characterisation factors for human toxicity and freshwater ecotoxicity in life cycle impact assessment

RK Rosenbaum, TM Bachmann, LS Gold… - … International Journal of …, 2008 - Springer
Background, aim and scope In 2005, a comprehensive comparison of life cycle impact
assessment toxicity characterisation models was initiated by the United Nations …