Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Goods and Services An Input-Output Approach

Name: Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Goods and Services An Input-Output Approach
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ISBN: 9781933115245

ISBN-10: 1933115246

ISBN-13: 9781933115245

Edition: 2006

Authors: Chris T. Hendrickson, Lester B. Lave, H. Scott Matthews, Arpï¿½d Horvï¿½th, Satish Joshi

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This is the first comprehensive guide to green design using economic input-output life cycle assessment (EIO-LCA) models. It is a must-have for companies trying to improve the environmental profile of their products and processes, for regulators attempting to quantify life cycle implications of products and services, and for students and scholars of green design. 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…

Book details

List price: $54.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/12/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 274
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.14" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

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.



Preface



Introduction to the EIO-LCA Method



Exploring Environmental Impacts and Sustainability Through Life Cycle Assessment



Hybrid LCA Analysis: Combining the EIO-LCA Approach with Other Models



Environmental Valuation for Life Cycle Assessment



Uncertainty in Estimating Impacts



Using the Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment Model



Example Applications



A Life Cycle Analysis of a Midsize Passenger Car



Comparison of Steel and Plastic Fuel Tank Systems for Automobiles



Effects of Using Nanotechnology to Stabilize Platinum Group Metal Particles in Automotive Catalysts



E-Commerce, Book Publishing, and Retail Logistics



Construction Materials for Roads and Bridges



Environmental Impacts of Services



Life Cycle Assessment of Electricity Generation



Comparison of Energy Transportation Modes: Coal by Rail, Methane by Pipeline, and Electricity Transmission



Life Cycle Assessment of Residential Buildings in the United States



Further Developments in the EIO-LCA Method



Occupational Safety Risks in an Input-Output Framework



Development of Regional Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment Models



A Canadian Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment Model



Enterprise and Materials Flow Input-Output Analysis



Sectors and Outputs in the 1997 U.S. Benchmark EIO-LCA



Some Alternative Model Forms for EIO-LCA



Disaggregation Options for Conducting Hybrid Life Cycle Assessments



Uncertainty in Leontief Input-Output Equations: Some Numerical Examples



Compliance of an LCA Study Conducted Using the EIO-LCA Model with the Requirements of ISO 14040, 14041, 14042, and 14043 Standards


References


Index


About the Authors