Recent developments in life cycle assessment

G Finnveden, MZ Hauschild, T Ekvall, J Guinée… - Journal of environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
Life Cycle Assessment is a tool to assess the environmental impacts and resources used
throughout a product's life cycle, ie, from raw material acquisition, via production and use …

A survey of unresolved problems in life cycle assessment: Part 2: impact assessment and interpretation

J Reap, F Roman, S Duncan, B Bras - The International Journal of Life …, 2008 - Springer
Background, aims, and scope Life cycle assessment (LCA) stands as the pre-eminent tool
for estimating environmental effects caused by products and processes from 'cradle to …

Life cycle assessment applied to wastewater treatment: state of the art

L Corominas, J Foley, JS Guest, A Hospido, HF Larsen… - Water research, 2013 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a technique to quantify the impacts associated with a
product, service or process from cradle-to-grave perspective. Within the field of wastewater …

Overview and methodology. Data v2. 0 (2007). Ecoinvent report No. 1

R Frischknecht, N Jungbluth, HJ Althaus, R Hischier… - 2007 - inis.iaea.org
The goal and scope definition phase of an LCA includes several decisions that are of
relevance for all subsequent steps. That is why a detailed and extensive description of the …

Review of LCA studies of solid waste management systems–Part II: Methodological guidance for a better practice

A Laurent, J Clavreul, A Bernstad, I Bakas, M Niero… - Waste management, 2014 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is increasingly used in waste management to identify strategies
that prevent or minimise negative impacts on ecosystems, human health or natural …

How to assess the potential of emerging green technologies? Towards a prospective environmental and techno-economic assessment framework

G Thomassen, M Van Dael, S Van Passel, F You - Green Chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
For sustainable production and consumption, emerging green technologies need to be
optimized towards a minimal environmental impact and a maximal economic impact. In an …

Bridging the gap between LCA, LCC and CBA as sustainability assessment tools

R Hoogmartens, S Van Passel, K Van Acker… - Environmental Impact …, 2014 - Elsevier
Increasing interest in sustainability has led to the development of sustainability assessment
tools such as Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), Life Cycle Costing (LCC) and Cost–Benefit Analysis …

Industrial ecology in integrated assessment models

S Pauliuk, A Arvesen, K Stadler, EG Hertwich - Nature Climate Change, 2017 - nature.com
Technology-rich integrated assessment models (IAMs) address possible technology mixes
and future costs of climate change mitigation by generating scenarios for the future industrial …

A survey of unresolved problems in life cycle assessment: Part 1: goal and scope and inventory analysis

J Reap, F Roman, S Duncan, B Bras - The international journal of life …, 2008 - Springer
Background, aims, and scope Life cycle assessment (LCA) stands as the pre-eminent tool
for estimating environmental effects caused by products and processes from 'cradle to …

Quantifying uncertainty in LCA-modelling of waste management systems

J Clavreul, D Guyonnet, TH Christensen - Waste Management, 2012 - Elsevier
Uncertainty analysis in LCA studies has been subject to major progress over the last years.
In the context of waste management, various methods have been implemented but a …