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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) — Quo vadis?

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Editors:
  1. S. Schaltegger

    1. Wirtschaftliches Zentrum (WWZ) der Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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  2. A. Braunschweig
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  3. K. Büchel
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  4. F. Dinkel
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  5. R. Frischknecht
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  6. C. Maillefer
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  7. M. Ménard
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  8. D. Peter
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  9. C. Pohl
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  10. M. Ros
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  11. A. Sturm
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  12. B. Waldeck
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  13. P. Zimmermann
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Two Paths

      • Stefan Schaltegger
      Pages 3-7

  3. Overarching Topics of LCA

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. System Boundaries

      • Klaus Büchel
      Pages 11-25

    3. Allocation of Environmental Interventions

      • Christiane Maillefer
      Pages 27-38

    4. Background Inventory Data

      • Peter Zimmermann, Rolf Frischknecht, Martin Ménard
      Pages 39-49

    5. Imprecision and Uncertainty in LCA

      • Christian Pohl, Matjaz Roš, Beate Waldeck, Fredy Dinkel
      Pages 51-68

    6. Relevant Environmental Interventions

      • Arthur Braunschweig
      Pages 69-79

    7. The Software Tool EMIS

      • Fredy Dinkel, Matjaz Ros
      Pages 81-91

  4. Case Study

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Case Study “Feldschlösschen”

      • Daniel Peter
      Pages 95-129

  5. Environmental Management of Production Sites

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Eco-Efficiency of LCA. The Necessity of a Site-Specific Approach

      • Stefan Schaltegger
      Pages 133-149

    3. Managerial Eco-Controlling

      • Stefan Schaltegger, Andreas Sturm
      Pages 151-167

  6. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
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    2. Summary and Conclusions

      • Stefan Schaltegger
      Pages 171-175

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 177-188
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About this book

LCA - Quo vadis? discusses overarching topics, new developments and major problems of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and compares LCA with site-specific environmental management. The text profits from two years of interdisciplinary, coordinated research activities of the Priority Programme Environment of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
How should system boundaries of a product life cycle be drawn? ·
How can environmental interventions be allocated to products? ·
How are background inventory data collected and used? ·
How can imprecision in the LCA method be ascertained and checked? ·
How can relevant environmental interventions be distinguished from irrelevant ones? ·
What requirements should a software tool for LCA meet?§ A concept of site-specific LCA is proposed in response to criticism of the current approach of LCA. Furthermore, managerial eco-controlling - the emerging method of site-specific environmental management - is discussed. The book concludes with an outlook of possible paths in the future development of LCA.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Wirtschaftliches Zentrum (WWZ) der Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    S. Schaltegger

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) — Quo vadis?

  • Editors: S. Schaltegger, A. Braunschweig, K. Büchel, F. Dinkel, R. Frischknecht, C. Maillefer, M. Ménard, D. Peter, C. Pohl, M. Ros, A. Sturm, B. Waldeck, … P. Zimmermann

  • Series Title: Themenhefte Schwerpunktprogramm Umwelt

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9022-9

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Verlag, PO Box 133, CH-4010 Basel, Schweiz 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-9871-3Published: 12 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-9022-9Published: 07 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 188

  • Topics: Life Sciences, general, Biomedicine general

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