Life cycle assessment (LCA) - quo vadis? Libro electrónico

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Schaltegger, S. editor, Braunschweig, A. editor/a, Büchel, K. editor/a, Dinkel, F. editor/a, Frischknecht, R. editor/a, Maillefer, C. editor/a, Ménard, M. editor/a, Peter, D. editor/a, Pohl, C. editor/a, Ros, M. editor/a, Sturm, A. editor/a, Waldeck, B. editor/a, Zimmermann, P. editor/a
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Boston, Massachusetts, United States Birkhauser c199
Subjects:	New products, Product life cycle, Environmental management,
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-3-0348-9871-3
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