Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Management

✍ Scribed by Gustav Sandin, Greg Peters, Annica Pilgård, Magdalena Svanström, Mats Westin (auth.), Matthias Finkbeiner (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 636
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Our global society has undergone a paradigm shift from environmental protection towards sustainability. To achieve reliable and robust results when assessing sustainability it is vital to apply the principles of comprehensiveness and life cycle perspective. This is where life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) and life cycle sustainability management (LCSM) come into play.

This book is a selection of the most relevant contributions to the LCM 2011 conference in Berlin. The material explores scientific and practical solutions to incorporating life cycle approaches into strategic and operational decision making. There are several sections addressing methodological topics such as LCSM approaches, methods and tools, while more application-oriented sections deal with the implementation of these approaches in relevant industrial sectors including agriculture and food, packaging, energy, electronics and ICT, and mobility.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xliv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Integrating Sustainability Considerations into Product Development: A Practical Tool for Prioritising Social Sustainability Indicators and Experiences from Real Case Application....Pages 3-14
A Life Cycle Stakeholder Management Framework for Enhanced Collaboration Between Stakeholders with Competing Interests....Pages 15-26
Stakeholder Consultation: What do Decision Makers in Public Policy and Industry Want to Know Regarding Abiotic Resource Use?....Pages 27-34
Life Cycle Management Capability: An Alternative Approach to Sustainability Assessment....Pages 35-42
The Sustainability Consortium: A Stakeholder Approach to Improve Consumer Product Sustainability....Pages 43-52
A Social Hotspot Database for Acquiring Greater Visibility in Product Supply Chains: Overview and Application to Orange Juice....Pages 53-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
A Novel Weighting Method in LCIA and its Application in Chinese Policy Context....Pages 65-72
The Usefulness of an Actor’s Perspective in LCA....Pages 73-83
Review on Land Use Considerations in Life Cycle Assessment: Methodological Perspectives for Marine Ecosystems....Pages 85-96
Visual Accounting....Pages 97-106
International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook: Review Schemes for Life Cycle Assessment....Pages 107-117
Time and Life Cycle Assessment: How to Take Time into Account in the Inventory Step?....Pages 119-130
A Method of Prospective Technological Assessment of Nanotechnological Techniques....Pages 131-140
State of the Art Study - How is Environmental Performance Measured for Buildings/Constructions?....Pages 141-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Comparison of Water Footprint for Industrial Products in Japan, China and USA....Pages 155-160
Assessment of the Water Footprint of Wheat in Mexico....Pages 161-170
Water Footprints in Four Selected Breweries in Nigeria....Pages 171-181
Development and Application of a Water Footprint Metric for Agricultural Products and the Food Industry....Pages 183-192
LCA Characterisation of Freshwater Use on Human Health and Through Compensation....Pages 193-204
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
How to Measure and Manage the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Impact of a Global Multinational Company....Pages 207-215
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Best Practice Application of LCM by Retailers to Improve Product Supply Chain Sustainability....Pages 217-228
Life Cycle Management Approach to the Design of Large-Scale Resorts....Pages 229-238
Greening Events: Waste Reduction Through the Integration of Life Cycle Management into Event Organisation at ESCi....Pages 239-245
Challenges for LCAs of Complex Systems: The Case of a Large-Scale Precious Metal Refinery Plant....Pages 247-258
Life Cycle Inventory of Pine and Eucalyptus Cellulose Production in Chile: Effect of Process Modifications....Pages 259-266
Life Cycle Assessment of Integrated Solid Waste Management System of Delhi....Pages 267-276
LCM of Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Emerging Neighbourhoods in Colombia....Pages 277-288
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Environmental Profiles of Farm Types in Switzerland Based on LCA....Pages 291-300
The Use of Models to Account for the Variability of Agricultural Data....Pages 301-308
Modular Extrapolation Approach for Crop LCA MEXALCA: Global Warming Potential of Different Crops and its Relationship to the Yield....Pages 309-317
Regional Assessment of Waste Flow Eco-Synergy in Food Production: Using Compost and Polluted Ground Water in Mediterranean Horticulture Crops....Pages 319-330
Assessing Management Influence on Environmental Impacts Under Uncertainty: A Case Study of Paddy Rice Production in Japan....Pages 331-340
Assessing Environmental Sustainability of Different Apple Supply Chains in Northern Italy....Pages 341-348
The Effect of CO2 Information Labelling for the Pork Produced with Feed Made from Food Residuals....Pages 349-356
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Role of Packaging in LCA of Food Products....Pages 359-370
Packaging Legislation and Unintended Consequences: A Case Study on the Necessity of Life Cycle Management....Pages 371-380
Carbon Footprint of Beverage Packaging in the United Kingdom....Pages 381-390
Enhanced Resource Efficiency with Packaging Steel....Pages 391-397
Damage Assessment Model for Freshwater Consumption and a Case Study on PET Bottle Production Applied New Technology for Water Footprint Reduction....Pages 399-410
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Sustainability Assessment of Biomass Utilisation in East Asian Countries....Pages 413-424
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Life Cycle Inventory of Physic Nut Biodiesel: Comparison Between the Manual and Mechanised Agricultural Production Systems Practiced in Brazil....Pages 425-436
Life Cycle Assessment of Biodiesel Production from Microalgae Oil: Effect of Algae Species and Cultivation System....Pages 437-442
Modelling the Inventory of Hydropower Plants....Pages 443-450
Life Cycle Carbon Dioxide Emission and Stock of Domestic Wood Resources using Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment....Pages 451-458
Analysis on Correlation Relationship Between Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emission and Life Cycle Cost of Electricity Generation System for Energy Resources....Pages 459-468
Development and Application of a LCA Model for Coal Conversion Products (Coal to Y)....Pages 469-480
Front Matter....Pages 481-481
European LCA Standardisation of ICT: Equipment, Networks, and Services....Pages 483-493
Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Assessment of a Dell OptiPlex 780 Desktop – Results and Recommendations....Pages 495-500
The Concept of Monitoring of LCM Results Based on Refrigerators Case Study....Pages 501-512
Life Cycle Management of F-Gas-Free Refrigeration Technology: The Case of F-Gases-Free Frozen Dessert Equipment....Pages 513-522
Front Matter....Pages 523-532
Assessment of the Environmental Impacts of Electric Vehicle Concepts....Pages 533-533
A Consistency Analysis of LCA Based Communication and Stakeholders Needs to Improve the Dialogue on New Electric Vehicle....Pages 535-546
Design for Environment and Environmental Certificate at Mercedes-Benz Cars....Pages 547-555
Implementing Life Cycle Engineering Efficiently into Automotive Industry Processes....Pages 557-566
Environmental Product Declaration of a Commuter Train....Pages 567-578
Back Matter....Pages 579-586
....Pages 587-591

✦ Subjects

Sustainable Development; Environment, general; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis; Environmental Economics; Innovation/Technology Management