Brandon Kuczenski,Chris Mutel,Michael Srocka et al.
Brandon Kuczenski et al.
Introduction: The flexibility of life cycle inventory (LCI) background data selection is increasing with the increasing availability of data, but this comes along with the challenge of using the background data with prima...
Tobias Viere,Ben Amor,Nicolas Berger et al.
Tobias Viere et al.
Purpose: Scientific Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) literature provides some examples of LCA teaching in higher education, but not a structured overview of LCA teaching contents and related competencies. Hence this paper aims...
Overview and recommendations for regionalized life cycle impact assessment [0.03%]
区域化生命周期评价的影响基准与建议
Chris Mutel,Xun Liao,Laure Patouillard et al.
Chris Mutel et al.
Purpose: Regionalized life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) has rapidly developed in the past decade, though its widespread application, robustness, and validity still faces multiple challenges. Under the umbrella of UNEP/S...
Benjamin Fritz,Carin Aichele,Mario Schmidt
Benjamin Fritz
Purpose: The gold routes satisfying the global gold supply are mining (74%), recycling of high-value gold (23%), and electronic scraps (3%). Besides its applications in the investment, jewelry, and industrial sector, gold...
Lei Huang,Nicholas Anastas,Peter Egeghy et al.
Lei Huang et al.
Purpose: There do not currently exist scientifically defensible ways to consistently characterize the human exposures (via various pathways) to near-field chemical emissions and associated health impacts during the use st...
Applications of nutritional functional units in commodity-level life cycle assessment (LCA) of agri-food systems [0.03%]
营养功能单元在农产品系统商品生命周期评价中的应用
Graham A McAuliffe,Taro Takahashi,Michael R F Lee
Graham A McAuliffe
Purpose: The nutritional quality of final products is attracting an increased level of attention within life cycle assessment (LCA) literature of agri-food systems. The majority of these studies, however, are based on com...
Rolling resistance contribution to a road pavement life cycle carbon footprint analysis [0.03%]
滚动阻力在路面全寿命期碳足迹分析中的贡献研究
Laura Trupia,Tony Parry,Luis C Neves et al.
Laura Trupia et al.
Purpose: Although the impact of road pavement surface condition on rolling resistance has been included in the life cycle assessment (LCA) framework of several studies in the last years, there is still a high level of unc...
Defining freshwater as a natural resource: A framework linking water use to the area of protection natural resources [0.03%]
界定淡水作为自然资源的属性：建立用水与保护自然资产区域联系的框架
Charlotte Pradinaud,Stephen Northey,Ben Amor et al.
Charlotte Pradinaud et al.
Purpose: While many examples have shown unsustainable use of freshwater resources, existing LCIA methods for water use do not comprehensively address impacts to natural resources for future generations. This framework aim...
The life cycle impact for platinum group metals and lithium to 2070 via surplus cost potential [0.03%]
到2070年的铂族金属和锂的生命周期影响（通过剩余成本潜力分析）
Dominik Jasiński,James Meredith,Kerry Kirwan
Dominik Jasiński
Purpose: A surplus cost potential (SCP) indicator has been developed as a measure of resource scarcity in the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) context. To date, quality SCP estimates for other minerals than fossils are...
Brandon Kuczenski,Antonino Marvuglia,Miguel F Astudillo et al.
Brandon Kuczenski et al.
Life cycle assessment (LCA) practitioners face many challenges in their efforts to describe, share, review, and revise their product system models; and to reproduce the models and results of others. Current Life cycle inventory modeling tec...