ISO14040 Series

Life Cycle Assessment: The Science Behind the Claim

2/20/01


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Table of Contents

ISO14040 Series

Life Cycle Assessment

Life Cycle Assessment

ISO LCA Steps

System Function

System Function (cont.)

Choice of Functional Unit

Life Cycle Stages

Scoping

Scoping

Mass and Energy Inventory

Life Cycle Inventory

Life Cycle Inventory

Unit Operations/Processes

Example Unit Operations/Processes

PPT Slide

Inventory Data for Coal Transport

Life Cycle Impact Assessments

Life Cycle Impact Assessment

Example Impact Categories

Acidification Cause-Effects Network

Calculating the Emissions Indicator

Inputs to Air Dispersion Models

Outputs of Air Dispersion Models

Inputs to Aquatic Fate and Transport Models

Acidification

Air Dispersion

Threshold Effects for Emissions

Emission Indicator Calculation

Acidification Susceptibility

Eutrophication Mapping

Sources of Information for LCIA

Resource Depletion

Resources Depletion

Calculating Resource Depletion (SCS Approach)

Example Output of LCA

Author: Rita Schenck

Email: rita@iere.org

Home Page: http://www.iere.org