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Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Goods and Services

Chris T. Hendrickson | Lester B. Lave | H. Scott Matthews
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A01=Chris T. Hendrickson
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advanced life cycle modeling applications
Author_Chris T. Hendrickson
Author_H. Scott Matthews
Author_Lester B. Lave
Canadian Economy
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Diesel Fuel
economic
Economic Input Output Model
eio
EIO Lca Model
Electric Arc Furnace
Energy Balances
Energy Source
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment
environmental modeling
EPA 2001a
EPA 2001b
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eq_business-finance-law
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eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
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global
GSP
hybrid analysis methods
input
lca
Life Cycle Assessment
Lost Workday
Lost Workday Cases
Material Flow Models
materials flow analysis
model
National Input Output Tables
Natural Gas Oil Hydro Nuclear
occupational risk analysis
output
Plastic Fuel Tank
pollution impact metrics
potential
Power Plant
PRB Coal
Pulverized Coal Power Plant
RCRA Hazardous Waste
Regional Input Output Models
Sic Sector
supply
sustainability assessment
Toxic Air Releases
warming

Product details

  • ISBN 9781933115245
  • Weight: 385g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 12 Apr 2006
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description
Environmental life cycle assessment is often thought of as cradle to grave and therefore as the most complete accounting of the environmental costs and benefits of a product or service. However, as anyone who has done an environmental life cycle assessment knows, existing tools have many problems: data is difficult to assemble and life cycle studies take months of effort. A truly comprehensive analysis is prohibitive, so analysts are often forced to simply ignore many facets of life cycle impacts. But the focus on one aspect of a product or service can result in misleading indications if that aspect is benign while other aspects pollute or are otherwise unsustainable. This book summarizes the EIO-LCA method, explains its use in relation to other life cycle assessment models, and provides sample applications and extensions of the model into novel areas. A final chapter explains the free, easy-to-use software tool available on a companion website. (www.eiolca.net) The software tool provides a wealth of data, summarizing the current U.S. economy in 500 sectors with information on energy and materials use, pollution and greenhouse gas discharges, and other attributes like associated occupational deaths and injuries. The joint project of twelve faculty members and over 20 students working together over the past ten years at the Green Design Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, the EIO-LCA has been applied to a wide range of products and services. It will prove useful for research, industry, and in economics, engineering, or interdisciplinary classes in green design.
About Chris T. Hendrickson | H. Scott Matthews | Lester B. Lave

Chris T. Hendrickson is the Duquesne Light Company Professor of Engineering, head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, director of the Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Engineering and Research, and co-director of the Green Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.

Lester B. Lave is the Harry B. and James H. Higgins Professor of Economics in the Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business and co-director of both the Electricity Industry Center and the Green Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.

H. Scott Matthews is the research director of the Green Design Institute and a faculty member in the departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University.

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