Handbook on life cycle assessment : operational guide to the ISO standards / Jeroen B. Guinée (final editor). - Netherlands : Kluwer Academic Pub., 2002. - xi, 692 p. : ill., chart, - (Eco-efficiency in industry and science; v.7) .

Includes bibliographical references.

Machine generated contents note: Part 1: LCA in perspective1 -- 1. Why a new Guide to LCA?5 -- 2. Main characteristics of LCA 5 -- 3. International developments 10 -- 4. Guiding principles for the present Guide12 -- 5. Reading guide 13 -- Part 2a: Guide15 -- Reading guidance19 -- 1. Management of LCA projects: procedures 21 -- 2. Goal and scope definition 31 -- 3. Inventory analysis41 -- 4. Impact assessment 63 -- 5. Interpretation .97 -- Appendix A: Terms, definitions and abbreviations 109 -- Part 2b: Operational annex121 -- List of tables 125 -- Reading guidance127 -- 1. Management of LCA projects: procedures 129 -- 2. Goal and scope definition 131 -- 3. Inventory analysis133 -- 4. Impact assessment161 -- 5. Interpretation 389 -- 6. References 391 -- Part 3: Scientific background395 -- Reading guidance401 -- 1. General introduction 403 -- 2. Goal and scope definition 455 -- 3. Inventory analysis477 -- 4. Impact assessment 525 -- 5. Interpretation 635 -- 6. References645 -- Annex A: Contributors 659 -- Appendix B: Areas of application of LCA661 -- Appendix C: Partitioning economic inputs and outputs to product systems675.


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Industrial ecology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Product life cycle--Environmental aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

TS161 H36 2002