Life Cycle Assessment Handbook: A Guide for Environmentally Sustainable Products

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Life Cycle Assessment Handbook: A Guide for Environmentally Sustainable Products

Editor(s): Mary Ann Curran

Published Online: 6 NOV 2012 08:42AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781118099728

Online ISBN: 9781118528372

DOI: 10.1002/9781118528372

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The 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.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xx)

    1. Chapter 1

      Environmental Life Cycle Assessment: Background and Perspective (pages 1–14)

      Gjalt Huppes and Mary Ann Curran

  3. Part I: Methodology and Current State of LCA Practice

    1. Chapter 2

      An Overview of the Life Cycle Assessment Method – Past, Present, and Future (pages 15–41)

      Reinout Heijungs and Jeroen B. Guineév

    2. Chapter 3

      Life Cycle Inventory Modeling in Practice (pages 43–66)

      Beverly Sauer

    3. Chapter 4

      Life Cycle Impact Assessment (pages 67–103)

      Manuele Margni and Mary Ann Curran

    4. Chapter 5

      Sourcing Life Cycle Inventory Data (pages 105–141)

      Mary Ann Curran

    5. Chapter 6

      Software for Life Cycle Assessment (pages 143–157)

      Andreas Ciroth

  4. Part II: LCA Applications

    1. Chapter 7

      Modeling the Agri-Food Industry with Life Cycle Assessment (pages 159–183)

      Bruno Notarnicola, Giuseppe Tassielli and Pietro A. Renzulli

    2. Chapter 8

      Exergy Analysis and its Connection to Life Cycle Assessment (pages 185–215)

      Marc A. Rosen, Ibrahim Dincer and Ahmet Ozbilen

    3. Chapter 9

      Accounting for Ecosystem Goods and Services in Life Cycle Assessment and Process Design (pages 217–231)

      Erin F. Landers, Robert A. Urban and Bhavik R. Bakshi

    4. Chapter 10

      A Case Study of the Practice of Sustainable Supply Chain Management (pages 233–248)

      Annie Weisbrod and Larry Loftus

    5. Chapter 11

      Life Cycle Assessment and End of Life Materials Management (pages 249–266)

      Keith A. Weitz

    6. Chapter 12

      Application of LCA in Mining and Minerals Processing – Current Programs and Noticeable Gaps (pages 267–289)

      Dr. Mary Stewart, Dr. Peter Holt and Mr. Rob Rouwette

    7. Chapter 13

      Sustainable Preservative-Treated Forest Products, Their Life Cycle Environmental Impacts, and End of Life Management Opportunities: A Case Study (pages 291–310)

      Christopher A. Bolin

    8. Chapter 14

      Buildings, Systems Thinking, and Life Cycle Assessment (pages 311–328)

      Joel Ann Todd

    9. Chapter 15

      Life Cycle Assessment in Product Innovation (pages 329–343)

      Nuno Da Silva

    10. Chapter 16

      Life Cycle Assessment as a Tool in Food Waste Reduction and Packaging Optimization – Packaging Innovation and Optimization in a Life Cycle Perspective (pages 345–367)

      Ole Jørgen Hanssen, Hanne Meiler, Erik Svanes and Vibeke Schakenda

    11. Chapter 17

      Integration of LCA and Life-Cycle Thinking within the Themes of Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (pages 369–389)

      Shawn Hunter, Richard Helling and Dawn Shiang

  5. Part III: LCA Supports Decision Making and Sustainability

    1. Chapter 18

      How to Approach the Assessment? (pages 391–412)

      José Potting, Shabbir Gheewala, Sébastien Bonnet and Joost van Buuren

    2. Chapter 19

      Integration of MCDA Tools in Valuation of Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (pages 413–431)

      Valentina Prado, Kristin Rogers and Thomas P. Seager

    3. Chapter 20

      Social Life Cycle Assessment: A Technique Providing a New Wealth of Information to Inform Sustainability-Related Decision Making (pages 433–451)

      Catherine Benoît Norris

    4. Chapter 21

      Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis (pages 453–474)

      Alessandra Zamagni, Jeroen Guinée, Reinout Heijungs and Paolo Masoni

    5. Chapter 22

      Environmental Product Claims and Life Cycle Assessment (pages 475–543)

      Martha J. Stevenson and Wesley W. Ingwersen

  6. Part IV: Operationalizing LCA

    1. Chapter 23

      Building Capacity for Life Cycle Assessment in Developing Countries (pages 545–561)

      Prof. Toolseeram Ramjeawon

    2. Chapter 24

      Environmental Accountability: A New Paradigm for World Trade is Emerging (pages 563–584)

      Ann K. Ngo

    3. Chapter 25

      Life Cycle Knowledge Informs Greener Products (pages 585–596)

      James Fava

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      Index (pages 597–611)

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      Also of Interest (pages 613–614)

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