Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) — Quo vadis?
Author:   S. Schaltegger
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
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9783034898713


Pages:   188
Publication Date:   12 December 2011
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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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Author:   S. Schaltegger
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9783034898713


ISBN 10:   3034898711
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   12 December 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

A Introduction.- 1 Two Paths.- B Overarching Topics of LCA.- 2 System Boundaries.- 3 Allocation of Environmental Interventions.- 4 Background Inventory Data.- 5 Imprecision and Uncertainty in LCA.- 6 Relevant Environmental Interventions.- 7 The Software Tool EMIS.- C Case Study.- 8 Case Study “FeldschlÖsschen”.- D Environmental Management of Production Sites.- 9 Eco-Efficiency of LCA. The Necessity of a Site-Specific Approach.- 10 Managerial Eco-Controlling.- E Conclusions.- 11 Summary and Conclusions.- Appendices.- Appendix A: Publications of KOPÖ Research Groups.- Appendix B: Authors.- Abbreviations and Acronyms.

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