Description
Book SynopsisThe first book of its kind, the LCA Handbook will become an invaluable resource for environmentally progressive manufacturers and suppliers, product and process designers, executives and managers, and government officials who want to learn about this essential component of environmental sustainability. .
Trade Review“My overall impression of the book is that of a rich source of LCA information offered by a large group of LCA experts in their respective fields.” (Int J Life Cycle Assess, 13 March 2014)
Table of ContentsPreface xix
1 Environmental Life Cycle Assessment: Background and Perspective 1
Gjalt Huppes and Mary Ann Curran
Part 1: Methodology and Current State of LCA Practice
2 An Overview of the Life Cycle Assessment Method - Past, Present, and Future 15
Reinout Heijungs and Jeroen B. Guinee
3. Life Cycle Inventory Modeling in Practice 43
Beverly Sauer
4 Life Cycle Impact Assessment 67
Manuele Margni and Mary Ann Curran
5 Sourcing Life Cycle Inventory Data 105
Mary Ann Curran
6 Software for Life Cycle Assessment 143
Andreas Ctroth
Part 2: LCA Applications
7 Modeling the Agri-Food Industry with Life Cycle Assessment 159
Bruno Notarnicola, Giuseppe Tassielli and Pietro A. Renzulli
Exergy Analysis and its Connection to Life Cycle Assessment 185
Marc A. Rosen, Ibrahim Dincer and Ahmet Ozbilen
Accounting for Ecosystem Goods and Services in Life Cycle Assessment and Process Design 217
Erin F. Landers, Robert A. Urban and Bhavtk R. Baksht
A Case Study of the Practice of Sustainable Supply
Chain Management 233
Annie Wetsbrod and Larry Loftus
Life Cycle Assessment and End of Life Materials Management 249
Keith A. Weitz
Application of LCA in Mining and Minerals Processing – Current Programs and Noticeable Gaps 267
Dr. Mary Stewart, Dr. Peter Holt and Mr. Rob Rouwette
Sustainable Preservative-Treated Forest Products, Their Life Cycle Environmental Impacts, and End of Life Management Opportunities: A Case Study 291
Christopher A. Bolin
Buildings, Systems Thinking, and Life Cycle Assessment 311
Joel Ann Todd
Life Cycle Assessment in Product Innovation 329
Nuno Da Silva
Life Cycle Assessment as a Tool in Food Waste Reduction and Packaging Optimization - Packaging Innovation and Optimization in a Life Cycle Perspective 345
Ole Jörgen Haussen, Hanne Moller, Erik Svanes and Vibeke Schakenda
Integration of LCA and Life-Cycle Thinking within the Themes of Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 369
Shawn Hunter, Richard Helling and Dawn Shiang
Part 3: LCA Supports Decision Making and Sustainability
18 How to Approach the Assessment? 391
Jose Potting, Shabbtr Gheewala, Sebastten Bonnet and Joost van Buuren
19 Integration of MCDA Tools in Valuation of Comparative Life Cycle Assessment 413
Valenttna Prado, Kristen Rogers and Thomas P. Seager PhD
Social Life Cycle Assessment: A Technique Providing a New Wealth of Information to Inform Sustainability-Related Decision Making 433
Catherine Benott Norris
Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis 453
Alessandra Zamagni, Jeroen Guinee, Reinout Hetjungs and Paolo Masoni
22 Environmental Product Claims and Life Cycle Assessment 475
Martha J. Stevenson and Wesley W. Ingwersen
Part 4: Operationalizing LCA
23 Building Capacity for Life Cycle Assessment in Developing Countries 545
Prof. Toolseeram Ramjeawon
Environmental Accountability: A New Paradigm for World Trade is Emerging 563
Ann K. Ngo
Life Cycle Knowledge Informs Greener Products 585
James Fava
Index 597
