Life Cycle Assessment Handbook A Guide for Environmentally Sustainable Products

Life Cycle Assessment Handbook: A Guide for Environmentally Sustainable Products By
2012 | 616 Pages | ISBN: 1118099729 | PDF | 12 MB
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.Content: Chapter 1 Environmental Life Cycle Assessment: Background and Perspective (pages 1-14): Gjalt Huppes and Mary Ann CurranChapter 2 An Overview of the Life Cycle Assessment Method – Past, Present, and Future (pages 15-41): Reinout Heijungs and Jeroen B. GuineevChapter 3 Life Cycle Inventory Modeling in Practice (pages 43-66): Beverly SauerChapter 4 Life Cycle Impact Assessment (pages 67-103): Manuele Margni and Mary Ann CurranChapter 5 Sourcing Life Cycle Inventory Data (pages 105-141): Mary Ann CurranChapter 6 Software for Life Cycle Assessment (pages 143-157): Andreas CirothChapter 7 Modeling the Agri?Food Industry with Life Cycle Assessment (pages 159-183): Bruno Notarnicola, Giuseppe Tassielli and Pietro A. RenzulliChapter 8 Exergy Analysis and its Connection to Life Cycle Assessment (pages 185-215): Marc A. Rosen, Ibrahim Dincer and Ahmet OzbilenChapter 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. BakshiChapter 10 A Case Study of the Practice of Sustainable Supply Chain Management (pages 233-248): Annie Weisbrod and Larry LoftusChapter 11 Life Cycle Assessment and End of Life Materials Management (pages 249-266): Keith A. WeitzChapter 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 RouwetteChapter 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. BolinChapter 14 Buildings, Systems Thinking, and Life Cycle Assessment (pages 311-328): Joel Ann ToddChapter 15 Life Cycle Assessment in Product Innovation (pages 329-343): Nuno Da SilvaChapter 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 Jorgen Hanssen, Hanne Meiler, Erik Svanes and Vibeke SchakendaChapter 17 Integration of LCA and Life?Cycle Thinking within the Themes of Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (pages 369-389): Shawn Hunter, Richard Helling and Dawn ShiangChapter 18 How to Approach the Assessment? (pages 391-412): Jose Potting, Shabbir Gheewala, Sebastien Bonnet and Joost van BuurenChapter 19 Integration of MCDA Tools in Valuation of Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (pages 413-431): Valentina Prado, Kristin Rogers and Thomas P. SeagerChapter 20 Social Life Cycle Assessment: A Technique Providing a New Wealth of Information to Inform Sustainability?Related Decision Making (pages 433-451): Catherine Benoit NorrisChapter 21 Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis (pages 453-474): Alessandra Zamagni, Jeroen Guinee, Reinout Heijungs and Paolo MasoniChapter 22 Environmental Product Claims and Life Cycle Assessment (pages 475-543): Martha J. Stevenson and Wesley W. IngwersenChapter 23 Building Capacity for Life Cycle Assessment in Developing Countries (pages 545-561): Prof. Toolseeram RamjeawonChapter 24 Environmental Accountability: A New Paradigm for World Trade is Emerging (pages 563-584): Ann K. NgoChapter 25 Life Cycle Knowledge Informs Greener Products (pages 585-596): James Fava