Streamlined Life-cycle Assessment
Author | : T. E. Graedel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : 0136074251 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780136074250 |
Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This book examines the question of what makes one design environmentally preferable to another. Graedel discusses data and analyzes the streamlined life-cycle assessment process in the context of the goals of a particular process or product. FEATURES Discusses environmental objectives as the basis of life-cycle assessment. Focuses on streamlined LCAs, a technique common in industry today. Includes unique coverage of the assessment of societal infrastructures (Ch. 12). Ends with a hypothetical discussion of what an environmentally perfect product might look like. Includes useful checklists for performing SLCA.