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Life cycle assessment (LCA) : a guide to best practice
Title
Life cycle assessment (LCA) : a guide to best practice / Walter Klöpffer and Birgit Grahl.
ISBN
9783527655656
3527655654
9783527655625
352765562X
3527655646
9783527655649
3527655638
9783527655632
9781306550475
1306550475
9781523115464
1523115467
9783527329861
3527329862
Publication
Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany : Wiley-VCH, 2014.
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
1 online resource (412 pages) : illustrations
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Summary
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.
Variant and related titles
Knovel. OCLC KB.
Other formats
Print version: Klöpffer, Walter. Life cycle assessment : a guide to best practice. Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany : Wiley-VCH, ©2014
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 02, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Contents
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 What Is Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)?; 1.1.1 Definition and Limitations; 1.1.2 Life Cycle of a Product; 1.1.3 Functional Unit; 1.1.4 LCA as System Analysis; 1.1.5 LCA and Operational Input-Output Analysis (Gate-to-Gate); 1.2 History; 1.2.1 Early LCAs; 1.2.2 Environmental Policy Background; 1.2.3 Energy Analysis; 1.2.4 The 1980s; 1.2.5 The Role of SETAC; 1.3 The Structure of LCA; 1.3.1 Structure According to SETAC; 1.3.2 Structure of LCA According to ISO; 1.3.3 Valuation
a Separate Phase?; 1.4 Standardisation of LCA.
1.4.1 Process of Formation1.4.2 Status Quo; 1.5 Literature and Information on LCA; References; Chapter 2 Goal and Scope Definition; 2.1 Goal Definition; 2.2 Scope; 2.2.1 Product System; 2.2.2 Technical System Boundary; 2.2.2.1 Cut-Off Criteria; 2.2.2.2 Demarcation towards System Surrounding; 2.2.3 Geographical System Boundary; 2.2.4 Temporal System Boundary/Time Horizon; 2.2.5 The Functional Unit; 2.2.5.1 Definition of a Suitable Functional Unit and a Reference Flow; 2.2.5.2 Impairment Factors on Comparison
Negligible Added Value; 2.2.5.3 Procedure for Non-negligible Added Value.
2.2.6 Data Availability and Depth of Study2.2.7 Further Definitions; 2.2.7.1 Type of Impact Assessment; 2.2.7.2 Valuation (Weighting), Assumptions and Notions of Value; 2.2.7.3 Critical Review; 2.2.8 Further Definitions to the Scope; 2.3 Illustration of the Component 'Definition of Goal and Scope' Using an Example of Practice; 2.3.1 Goal Definition; 2.3.2 Scope; 2.3.2.1 Product Systems; 2.3.2.2 Technical System Boundaries and Cut-Off Criteria; 2.3.2.3 Demarcation to the System Surrounding; 2.3.2.4 Geographical System Boundary; 2.3.2.5 Temporal System Boundary.
2.3.2.6 Functional Unit and Reference Flow2.3.2.7 Data Availability and Depth of Study; 2.3.2.8 Type of Life Cycle Impact Assessment; 2.3.2.9 Methods of Interpretation; 2.3.2.10 Critical Review; References; Chapter 3 Life Cycle Inventory Analysis; 3.1 Basics; 3.1.1 Scientific Principles; 3.1.2 Literature on Fundamentals of the Inventory Analysis; 3.1.3 The Unit Process as the Smallest Cell of LCI; 3.1.3.1 Integration into the System Flow Chart; 3.1.3.2 Balancing; 3.1.4 Flow Charts; 3.1.5 Reference Values; 3.2 Energy Analysis; 3.2.1 Introduction; 3.2.2 Cumulative Energy Demand (CED).
3.2.2.1 Definition3.2.2.2 Partial Amounts; 3.2.2.3 Balancing Boundaries; 3.2.3 Energy Content of Inflammable Materials; 3.2.3.1 Fossil Fuels; 3.2.3.2 Quantification; 3.2.3.3 Infrastructure; 3.2.4 Supply of Electricity; 3.2.5 Transports; 3.3 Allocation; 3.3.1 Fundamentals of Allocation; 3.3.2 Allocation by the Example of Co-production; 3.3.2.1 Definition of Co-production; 3.3.2.2 'Fair' Allocation?; 3.3.2.3 Proposed Solutions; 3.3.2.4 Further Approaches to the Allocation of Co-products; 3.3.2.5 System Expansion; 3.3.3 Allocation and Recycling in Closed-Loops and Re-use.
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Biopolymers
Polymers
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