Life cycle assessment
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Life Cycle Assessment is an objective process to evaluate the environmental burdens associated with a product, process, or activity by identifying energy and materials used and wastes released to the environment, and to evaluate and implement opportunities to affect environmental improvements. (SETAC, 1990) |
Resources
Using life cycle assessment for sustainable consumption
http://www.env.leeds.ac.uk/%7Ehubacek/leeds04/5.6FESCOLA_Leeds1.pdf
IIASA, 2004
Urban Life Cycle Analysis and the conservation of the urban fabric
http://www.lema.ulg.ac.be/research/suit/Reports/Public/SUIT5.2f_PPaper.pdf
2004
Life cycle thinking: A thrust for sustainable consumption
http://unit.aist.go.jp/lca-center/lca/symposium/ws030319pfd/S1-2%20Solgaard.pdf
http://unit.aist.go.jp/lca-center/lca/symposium/ws030319pfd/S1-2%20Solgaard%20oral.pdf
UNEP, 2003
Interim report: Life cycle approaches to sustainable consumption
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Publications/Documents/IR-02-073.pdf
IIASA, 2002
Life cycle analysis and assessment
http://www.gdrc.org/uem/lca/life-cycle.html
World Resource Foundation
Life cycle analysis systems for cities
http://www.gdrc.org/uem/lca/lca-for-cities.html
Note on life cycle analysis
http://www.umich.edu/~nppcpub/resources/compendia/CORPpdfs/CORPlca.pdf
Life cycle analysis and ecologically sustainable development
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/index.cfm/objectID.FF74EF49-003C-11D4-89ED00C04FCF6B8F
Research center for life cycle assessment: Sustainable consumption division
http://unit.aist.go.jp/lca-center/english/sustainable/e-sustatinable.top.html
Life cycle thinking: A thrust for sustainable consumption
http://unit.aist.go.jp/lca-center/lca/symposium/ws030319pfd/S1-2%20Solgaard.pdf
New "Life-Cycle Initiative" launched to help combat environmental impact of rising consumption patterns
http://www.environmental-center.com/pressrelease/press34.htm
UNEP
Life Cycle Assessment and sustainable product design
http://www.wiwi.tu-freiberg.de/up/imre/download/slides/2002_12_06_LCA1.pdf
2002
The life history of stuff: Production and Consumption
http://susdev.agecon.vt.edu/curriculum/Production%20Consumption.pdf
LCA links
UNEP's Life cycle assessment resources
http://www.uneptie.org/pc/pc/tools/lca.htm