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The international standard organization defines lca as an assessment technique that evaluates the environmen tal factors and potential interactions with the. It is a tool used to assess all environmental exchanges resources, energy, emissions, waste occurring during all stages of the activities life cycle. Since the introduction of the framework for land use impact assessment into life cycle assessment lca lindeijer 2000. Epas national risk management research laboratory in cincinnati, ohio. She began working on lca methodology in 1990 at the u.
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If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the. A life cycle thinking approach is chosen to assess how the sustainability of a project can be affected at each stage of its life. Recent developments in life cycle assessment sciencedirect. Applying the life cycle assessment method to an analysis.
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Have you tried reading about lifecycle assessment and given up after being confronted with walls of technical data. Applying life cycle thinking to international water and. The international journal of life cycle assessment int j lca is the first journal devoted entirely to lca. Endof life the final stage of a life cycle is the endof life stage which reflects what happens to the lighting products when they have stopped working and are no longer required.
A life cycle assessment is defined as the systematic analysis of the environmental impact of products during their entire life cycle. Environments free fulltext life cycle assessment and. The international journal of life cycle assessment int j lca is the first journal devoted entirely to life cycle assessment. Lca has become a recognized instrument to assess the ecological burdens and impacts throughout the consecutive and interlinked stages of a product system, from raw material. Five stages are identified to represent the life of a development project. Life cycle assessment and costanalysis of municipal. The icca life cycle assessment lca task force has developed this brief executive guide to help educate industry executivesand a much broader audience on life cycle thinking and how and when to commission a full life cycle assessment. International symposium on life cycle assessment and construction july 1012, nantes, france 11 differentiated lca, etc.
Lifecycle assessment or life cycle assessment lca, also known as life cycle analysis is a methodology for assessing environmental impacts associated with all the stages of the life cycle of a commercial product, process, or service. Videos 2, 3 and 4 of the gabi paper clip video tutorial series accompany it. This international standard does not describe the life cycle assessment technique in detail. Past, present, future, the international journal of life cycle assessment on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Life cycle assessment department of environmental affairs.
Life cycle interpretation is one of the four phases identified in the iso 14040 and the iso 14044 standards iso 2006a,b. Applying the life cycle assessment method to an analysis of the environmental impact of heat generation. Lifecycle assessment of energy and environmental impacts. Mary ann curran, phd, is an internationally recognized expert in the field of life cycle assessment and management. Handbook on life cycle assessment operational guide to the. The glsd wwtf is a mediumsized facility that treats an average municipal sewage flowrate of 23. To understand the complete impact of this product through all life cycle stages, icc has decided to use a cradletograve approach in conducting the life cycle assessment.
General guide for life cycle assessment detailed guidance first edition i the mission of the jrcies is to provide scientifictechnical support to the european union. Life cycle assessment model for integrated solid waste management v. The international journal of life cycle assessment 19 6, 11791184 4. Ilcd handbook general guide on lca detailed guidance. Read life cycle assessment in the mirror of int j lca. For instance, in the case of a manufactured product, environmental impacts are assessed from raw material extraction and processing cradle, through the. The international journal of life cycle assessment home. This study presents results of a life cycle assessment lca and life cycle cost assessment lcca of a casestudy wastewater treatment facility wwtf in massachusetts, the greater lawrence sanitary district glsd. As corporations seek to improve their environmental performance, they require new methods and tools.
A systematic set of procedures for compiling and examining the inputs and outputs of materials and energy and the associated environmental impacts directly attributable to the functioning of a product or service system throughout its life cycle. An introduction to life cycle assessment lca nick santero, ph. Lca has become a recognized instrument to assess the ecological. The importance of normalization references in interpreting life cycle assessment results j kim, y yang, j bae, s suh journal of industrial ecology 17 3, 385395 5. International, personal communication, 2012, and the study assumes an average split of 80 % landfill and 20 % incinera. Life cycle assessment lca is the calculation and evaluation of the environmentally relevant inputs and outputs and the potential environmental impacts of the life cycle of a product, material or service sabs iso, 1998. Guide for interpreting life cycle assessment result. Aia guide to building life cycle assessment in practice. This document is an update and merger of two previous epa documents on lca life cycle assessment. Life cycle assessment is a cradletograve or cradletocradle analysis technique to assess environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a products life, which is from raw material extraction through materials processing, manufacture, distribution, and use. Introduction to life cycle assessment 9 1 introduction to life cycle assessment this section of the handbook introduces the concept of life cycle assessment lca. The international journal of life cycle assessment journals. During a life cycle assessment environmental impacts are evaluated throughout the entire life cycle of a product production, use and disposal phases. This document may be used by either students or faculty for background information.
A framework for social life cycle impact assessment. The method of life cycle assessment lca summary the lca is a standardized method which allows the integral record, quantification and evaluation of the environmental damages connected with a product, a procedure, or a service in the context of a given question. This article describes the history and most recent advances and trends in the life cycle assessment. International journal of life cycle assessment article. On top of this, life cycle costing lcc and social life cycle assessment slca approaches have been proposed andor developed. Fear not and read on for a simple, practical take on lifecycle assessment that will clear up why it has become such an important concept for.
Global guidance on environmental life cycle impact assessment indicators. Ecoinvent have been developed to provide data about the. The future of building life cycle assessment in practice summary as the architectural and construction industries increasingly emphasize sustainability, more comprehensive methods are being developed to evaluate and reduce environmental impacts by buildings. Isocompliant life cycle inventory lci data for analysis and ultimate use in lcas is a key objective of this study and should remain a focus for the immediate future.
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