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Estimating the Value of Life Cycle Assessments

Untitled Document Abstract What is a life cycle assessment worth? How much should one spend on an LCA, and what are the expected returns from ...

Jan. 1, 2001

By 2.-0 LCA consultants

Life Cycle Assessment applications in the building sector

A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool has been developed to evaluate environmental impacts of building projects, from construction until demolition. The operation phase is essential, particularly energy processes: therefore LCA is linked to thermal simulation. Several alternatives can be studied. The results, in the form of environmental indicators (e.g., energy and water consumption, contribution ...

Jul. 14, 2008

By Inderscience Publishers

The role of life-cycle analysis in risk assessment

The relationship between life-cycle analysis and risk assessment is explored on a methodological level, and examples of state-of-the-art studies are presented and discussed, leading to an identification of some areas needing further work.Keywords: energy systems, externalities, full costing, life cycle analysis, LCA, risk ...

Sep. 16, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

Life cycle assessment of integrated circuit packaging technologies.

Background, aim and scope Nanostructured polymer particles are produced to be used in ball grid array (BGA) and chip scale packaging (CSP). The technology could replace conventional BGA and CSP metal balls, and the hypothesis is that the shift could be eco-efficient as polymer core particles increase the reliability. For the first time, these particles are environmentally ...

Feb. 1, 2012

By Vestlandsforsking

Comparison of different building shells ‐ life cycle assessment

The REACT (Renewable Energy & Efficiency Action) project is an EU‐funded cross‐border cooperative venture featuring the participation of companies and researchers from Burgenland (Austria) and western Slovakia that is developing zero energy concepts for newly built single‐family homes. A variety of building structures are defined for family houses, and the different impacts they have on the ...

Jan. 27, 2016

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Life Cycle Assessment, Databases and Sustainable Building

Untitled Document We are experiencing a fundamental change that affects how products are developed and, more importantly, how they are ...

Jan. 1, 2004

By Athena Sustainable Materials Institute

Life cycle assessment - Executive overview by Green Research

Rising demands from customers and regulators for improved environmental performance and increased transparency are driving a surge in interest life cycle assessment (LCA) as a tool for continuous improvement and innovation and a way of improving environmental performance while avoiding burden shifting and unintended consequences. ...

Jul. 6, 2011

By thinkstep

Life Cycle Assessment moves Green IT into the future

A successful Life Cycle Assessment pilot study moves Wincor Nixdorf’s Green IT program forward. The study builds the foundation for the pioneering concept of the green ATM, with lower energy consumption and reduced emissions, and contributes to the company’s eco-design guideline optimization. Wincor Nixdorf can now declare a valid environmental impact of their ...

Jun. 6, 2012

By thinkstep

Environmental assessment of the cement and concrete life cycle in Greece

The basic targets of the modern cement and concrete production industry are the reduction of energy costs and minimisation of environmental effects. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a useful tool for the evaluation of the environmental performance of a production system. The objective of this work is to provide a very clear analysis and quantification of all the parameters of the process that make ...

Dec. 1, 2008

By Inderscience Publishers

The market leading Life Cycle Assessment software

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Jul. 11, 2012

By thinkstep

The use of life cycle assessment for evaluating the sustainability of the Amsterdam water cycle

Waternet, the water cycle company of Amsterdam and surrounding areas, uses the life cycle assessment (LCA) method to evaluate the environmental impact of investment decisions and to determine the potential reduction of direct and indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of different alternatives. This approach enables Waternet to fulfil its corporate objective to improve sustainability and to ...

May 8, 2013

By IWA Publishing

Environmental assessment of different dewatering and drying methods on the basis of life cycle assessment

Sewage sludge is an inevitable product of wastewater treatment in municipal wastewater plants and its amount has increased dramatically due to the growing number of sewage systems users. This sludge needs to be adequately treated in order to decrease its hazardous properties and any negative influence on the environment. In this paper, gate to gate analysis, on the basis of life cycle assessment ...

Feb. 26, 2014

By IWA Publishing

Life Cycle Analysis of Water Networks

Abstract Water authorities around the world are faced with the problem of ageing distribution networks and often only limited historical data on which to base a sound long term, cost efficient replacement policy. The LICAN approach to whole of life costing is introduced and a hypothetical case study is used to demonstrate the importance of such an approach. A selection of pipe networks ...

May 16, 2016

By TRIC Tools Inc.

Life Cycle Emissions Distributions within the Economy: Implications for Life Cycle Impact Assessment

Abstract Refinements of methods for life cycle impact assessment are directed at reducing errors and quantifying and reducing uncertainties in results. The uncertainty reduction benefits of such refinements depend upon the structure of the inventory model. The structure of inventory models in general are investigated using an economic input/output life cycle assessment model ...

Jan. 1, 2000

By Sylvatica

A life-cycle approach to biotechnology ethics

Increasingly, government officials are asked to take ethical considerations into account during regulatory decision-making and especially in the case of biotechnology products. It is also clear, however, that ethical issues arise throughout the planning, production and use of these products (i.e. the entire product life cycle) rather than just during the regulatory step. In this paper it is ...

Jan. 8, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

Life-cycle assessment of common water main materials in water distribution networks

This paper examines the economy-wide environmental impacts linked to the manufacturing of PVC and ductile iron (DI) pipes, steel tanks, and to the generation of electricity for pumping in water distribution network optimization. The non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) is used to generate Pareto-optimal solutions of the benchmark ‘Anytown’ network expansion problem. Selected ...

Jul. 1, 2011

By IWA Publishing

A life cycle greenhouse gas assessment of remanufactured refrigeration and air conditioning compressors

Remanufacturing can importantly reduce the resource intensity and increase the eco-efficiency of product systems by utilising recovered end of life (EOL) parts. A life cycle assessment (LCA) has been carried out to determine the greenhouse gas emissions from the production of a remanufactured compressor vs. a new original equipment manufacturer (OEM) compressor. The remanufacturing consisted of ...

Aug. 30, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

Co-product Allocation in Life Cycle Assessment: A Case Study

As the interest toward industrial sustainable practice grows; companies are increasingly turning to life cycle assessments (LCA) as a metric to measure sustainability impacts by analyzing the environmental and energy burden of their products and services. LCA is a method of measuring these impacts through the raw material procurement, production, usage and disposal stages of a products life ...

Jul. 20, 2010

By Trinity Consultants

On wind energy, electricity free market, and life cycle assessment in Brazil

This paper assesses strategies to foster market development for the wind energy in Brazil, based on the importance of the consumption of this renewable energy to minimise environmental and social impacts of the productive life cycles, assuming the existence of economic and legal incentives. The analysis encompasses five descriptive phases. The first one describes the Brazilian wind energy ...

Dec. 19, 2005

By Inderscience Publishers

Life cycle assessment of drinking water installations: existing studies and analysis of discrepancies

This paper gives an overview of existing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies of drinking water installations in Europe. The characteristics and results of the two most widely known and used studies, the VENOB study and the CREM study, are described in detail. Readers get a thorough understanding of the key issues and parameters of life cycle studies in this field. As the study results diverge ...

Oct. 18, 2006

By Inderscience Publishers

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