Life Cycle Assessment

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Synopsis

LCA - Quo vadis? discusses overarching topics, new developments and major problems of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and compares LCA with site-specific environmental management. The text profits from two years of interdisciplinary, coordinated research activities of the Priority Programme Environment of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
How should system boundaries of a product life cycle be drawn? ·
How can environmental interventions be allocated to products? ·
How are background inventory data collected and used? ·
How can imprecision in the LCA method be ascertained and checked? ·
How can relevant environmental interventions be distinguished from irrelevant ones? ·
What requirements should a software tool for LCA meet?§ A concept of site-specific LCA is proposed in response to criticism of the current approach of LCA. Furthermore, managerial eco-controlling - the emerging method of site-specific environmental management - is discussed. The book concludes with an outlook of possible paths in the future development of LCA.

Book details

Edition:
1996
Series:
Themenhefte Schwerpunktprogramm Umwelt
Author:
P. Zimmermann, B. Waldeck, A. Sturm, M. Ros, C. Pohl, D. Peter, M. Ménard, C. Maillefer, R. Frischknecht, F. Dinkel, K. Büchel, A. Braunschweig, S. Schaltegger
ISBN:
9783034890229
Related ISBNs:
9783764353414
Publisher:
Birkhäuser Basel
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2022-08-09
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1996
Copyright by:
Birkhäuser Verlag 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Medicine, Nonfiction, Science