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9789144023649

The Hitch Hiker's Guide To Lca

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    9789144023649

  • ISBN10:

    9144023642

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  • Copyright: 2004-03-30
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Table of Contents

Foreword 9(4)
List of abbreviations 13(6)
Part 1 Introduction to LCA
1 LCA in a nutshell
19(24)
1.1 What is LCA?
19(4)
1.2 LCA methodology in short
23(8)
1.3 LCA and environmental systems analysis
31(2)
1.4 Pay attention to...
33(8)
1.5 Summary and further reading
41(2)
2 Development of the LCA concept
43(30)
2.1 Early LCA activities (1969-1989)
44(8)
2.2 "...one of the most important tools for the 1990's..."
52(8)
2.3 LCA in the environmental tool box
60(8)
2.4 Summary and further reading
68(5)
Part 2 LCA methodology
3 Goal and scope definition
73(24)
3.1 Goal and context of the study
74(1)
3.2 Scope and modelling requirements
75(18)
3.3 Procedural aspects and planning of an LCA study
93(2)
3.4 Summary and further reading
95(2)
4 Inventory analysis
97(32)
4.1 Construction of a flowchart
98(1)
4.2 Data collection
99(8)
4.3 Calculation procedure
107(3)
4.4 More about allocation
110(9)
4.5 Accounting for recycling rate
119(4)
4.6 Accounting for energy use in LCI
123(3)
4.7 Summary and further reading
126(3)
5 Life cycle impact assessment
129(46)
5.1 What is an environmental impact?
131(2)
5.2 The different phases of life cycle impact assessment
133(11)
5.3 Characterisation methods
144(15)
5.4 Ready-made LCIA methods
159(10)
5.5 Comparison of LCIA methods
169(3)
5.6 Summary and further reading
172(3)
6 Interpretation and presentation of results
175(28)
6.1 Quantitative results with varying level of detail
178(7)
6.2 Qualitative results
185(4)
6.3 Different purposes - different result presentations
189(7)
6.4 Testing the robustness of the results
196(6)
6.5 Summary and further reading
202(1)
7 Critical review of LCA
203(10)
7.1 When are LCAs reviewed critically?
204(2)
7.2 With respect to what are LCAs reviewed?
206(4)
7.3 How are critical reviews conducted?
210(1)
7.4 Summary and further reading
211(2)
8 LCA data management
213(22)
8.1 LCA software packages
214(4)
8.2 LCA databases
218(5)
8.3 Documentation of LCA data according to ISO/TS 14048
223(6)
8.4 Summary and further reading
229(6)
Part 3 LCA applications
9 LCA and product development
235(20)
9.1 Product development and environmental considerations
236(6)
9.2 LCA and life cycle based approaches for ecodesign
242(9)
9.3 Ecodesign and LCA in product development in practice
251(2)
9.4 Summary and further reading
253(2)
10 Green marketing and LCA
255(22)
10.1 What is green marketing?
256(4)
10.2 Standardised environmental market communication
260(14)
10.3 Summary and further reading
274(3)
11 LCA for production processes
277(24)
11.1 LCA for the process industry
278(10)
11.2 LCA for manufacturing processes
288(8)
11.3 Transportation and logistics
296(3)
11.4 Summary and further reading
299(2)
12 LCA and waste management
301(12)
12.1 LCA of waste management
302(8)
12.2 Waste treatment in LCA
310(2)
12.3 Summary and further readings
312(1)
13 Organising LCA activities in a company
313(32)
13.1 An LCA project in a process industry
314(7)
13.2 An LCA project in a manufacturing industry
321(6)
13.3 An LCA project in a service/manufacturing industry
327(2)
13.4 An LCA project in a consumer goods industry
329(3)
13.5 Organising LCA projects
332(5)
13.6 Implementing LCA
337(6)
13.7 Summary and further reading
343(2)
14 Bibliography
345(26)
Exercises 371(100)
A Functional units
373(2)
B Goal and scope definition
375(10)
C A beginner's introduction to LCA
385(8)
D Data collection and documentation
393(4)
E Allocation
397(2)
F Impact assessment: classification
399(2)
G Critical review
401(2)
H General introduction to LCA projects
403(68)
H1 Roofing. Comparison of concrete tiles with clay tiles
404(5)
H2 Clay tiles. Comparison of single use with reuse
409(2)
H3 Concrete tiles. Comparison of single use with reuse
411(4)
H4 Polyethylene. Comparison of incineration and recycling
415(8)
H5 Polyethylene. Comparison of landfilling and recycling
423(9)
H6 Glass. Comparison of single use with material recycling
432(4)
H7 Glass. Comparison of single use with refilling
436(5)
H8 Linoleum. Choice of linseed oil supplier
441(6)
H9 Linoleum. Choice of waste management
447(6)
H10 Apples. Development of type III eco-labelling
453(18)
Solutions to some exercises 471(12)
A Problem solution
473(2)
C Problem solution
475(6)
E Problem solution
481(2)
Appendices 483(46)
Appendix 1 General inventory data
485(24)
Appendix 2 Characterisation indicators
509(8)
Appendix 3 Weighting indices
517(12)
Glossary 529(6)
Index 535

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