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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 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

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

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 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

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 - 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

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

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Jul. 11, 2012

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

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

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 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

Life cycle assessment in market, research, and policy: Harmonization beyond standardization

This article introduces the special series “LCA in Market Research and Policy: Harmonization beyond standardization,” which was generated from the 19th SETAC Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Case Study Symposium held November 2013, in Rome, Italy. This collection of invited articles reflects the purpose of symposium and focuses on how LCA can support the decision‐making process at all levels (i.e., ...

Jun. 28, 2015

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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

Beyond the throwaway society: A life cycle based assessment of the environmental benefit of reuse

In the context of circular economy, sustainable consumption is often seen as the antithesis of current consumption patterns, which have led to the definition of the so‐called “throwaway society”. Reuse may provide a preferred alternative to other waste management options, because it promotes resource efficiency and may significantly reduce environmental impacts. In order to appraise the ...

Dec. 30, 2014

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Application of Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Process Index in Process Design

In this work a general approach for the flow and generation of potential environmental impacts through a chemical process is introduced. Sustainable process indexes (SPI) and Life cycle assessment (LCA) are powerful and general analytical tools. They help to identify more sustainable solutions in the process industries and assess their potential environmental impacts (PEI). In this work a process ...

Jan. 1, 2000

Life Cycle Assessment technique for sound management of organic municipal solid wastes

Mauritius generates around 1200 tonnes of municipal solid wastes on a daily basis, out of which more than 60% is of organic nature. The objective of this paper was to evaluate two different strategies for the treatment of organic wastes on a life cycle perspective, namely: composting and Anaerobic Digestion (AD). The functional unit was one ton of organic municipal solid wastes. Windrow ...

Jun. 6, 2005

By Inderscience Publishers

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