Environmental Life Cycle Assessment / Shanna Shaked, Pierre Crettaz, Myriam Saade-Sbeih, Olivier Jolliet, Alexandre Jolliet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaked, Shanna, author.

Crettaz, Pierre, author.

Saade-Sbeih, Myriam, author.

Jolliet, Olivier, author.

Jolliet, Alexandre, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : CRC Press, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Environmental Life Cycle Assessment is a pivotal guide to identifying environmental problems and reducing related impacts for companies and organizations in need of life cycle assessment (LCA). LCA, a unique sustainability tool, provides a framework that addresses a growing demand for practical technological solutions. Detailing each phase of the LCA methodology, this textbook covers the historical development of LCA, presents the general principles and characteristics of LCA, and outlines the corresponding standards for good practice determined by the International Organization for Standardization. It also explains how to identify the critical aspects of an LCA, provides detailed examples of LCA analysis and applications, and includes illustrated problems and solutions with concrete examples from water management, electronics, packaging, automotive, and other industries. In addition, readers will learn how to: Use consistent criteria to realize and evaluate an LCA independently of individual interests Understand the LCA methodology and become familiar with existing databases and methods based on the latest results of international research Analyze and critique a completed LCA Apply LCA methodology to simple case studies Geared toward graduate and undergraduate students studying environmental science and industrial ecology, as well as practicing environmental engineers, and sustainability professionals who want to teach themselves LCA good practices, Environmental Life Cycle Assessment demonstrates how to conduct environmental assessments for products throughout their life cycles. It presents existing methods and recent developments in the growing field of LCA and systematically covers goal and system definition, life cycle inventory, life cycle impact assessment, and interpretation.

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Description based on print version record.

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BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 104533

ISBN:

9780429111051

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.1201/b19138

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access