Ebook: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) — Quo vadis?

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.

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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.

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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.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Two Paths....Pages 3-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
System Boundaries....Pages 11-25
Allocation of Environmental Interventions....Pages 27-38
Background Inventory Data....Pages 39-49
Imprecision and Uncertainty in LCA....Pages 51-68
Relevant Environmental Interventions....Pages 69-79
The Software Tool EMIS....Pages 81-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Case Study “Feldschlosschen”....Pages 95-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Eco-Efficiency of LCA. The Necessity of a Site-Specific Approach....Pages 133-149
Managerial Eco-Controlling....Pages 151-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Summary and Conclusions....Pages 171-175
Back Matter....Pages 177-188

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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.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Two Paths....Pages 3-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
System Boundaries....Pages 11-25
Allocation of Environmental Interventions....Pages 27-38
Background Inventory Data....Pages 39-49
Imprecision and Uncertainty in LCA....Pages 51-68
Relevant Environmental Interventions....Pages 69-79
The Software Tool EMIS....Pages 81-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Case Study “Feldschlosschen”....Pages 95-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Eco-Efficiency of LCA. The Necessity of a Site-Specific Approach....Pages 133-149
Managerial Eco-Controlling....Pages 151-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Summary and Conclusions....Pages 171-175
Back Matter....Pages 177-188
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