Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) - Quo vadis?

S. Schaltegger

ISBN 10: 3034898711 / ISBN 13: 9783034898713

Published by Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Dez 2011, 2011

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -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. 188 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) - Quo vadis?
• Publisher: Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Dez 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3034898711
• ISBN 13: 9783034898713
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 245W x 171H x 10D millimeters 245 millimeters width by 171 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 362 grams

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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.