Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a technique for holistic environmental assessment of products, packaging and activity systems. There are variations in the way LCA data are collected, processed and presented, which potentially affect the study results. A survey was conducted to document the range of v
General principles for life cycle assessment databases
β Scribed by Ian Boustead
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 476 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0959-6526
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β¦ Synopsis
This paper examines the minimum essential requirements that must be satisfied when a database is established for life cycle inventory calculations. It shows that the format of the database is governed by the physical requirements of the system being examined, by the need to include iterative calculations within the analysis and by the demands of the final data presentation.
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