diciembre 2, 2010
GaBi Software: GaBi 4
A world-wide leading, all-in-one software tool for modeling products and systems from a life cycle perspective. Users can build models for any products, balance emissions and material and energy inputs and outputs, aggregate results, generate charts, and even create interactive reports using the GaBi i-report add-on. The GaBi 4 software is packaged and sold together with the life cycle database of your choice. Our databases meet a broad range of client needs; we will work with you to identify the most suitable solution to meet your requirements
Embodied Energy & Carbon
Inventory of Carbon and Energy (ICE)
Embodied Energy & Carbon
Embodied energy may be taken as the total primary energy consumed during resource extraction, transportation, manufacturing and fabrication of a product. Typically embodied energy is confined within the boundaries of Cradle-to-Gate (factory gate) or Cradle-to-Site (site of use) to separate it from operational impacts
EUROPA-Site on LCA Tools, Services and Data – LCI dataset area
ELCD core database version II
The ELCD core database comprises Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data from front-running EU-level business associations and other sources for key materials, energy carriers, transport, and waste management. Focus is laid on data quality, consistency, and applicability. The respective data sets are officially provided and approved by the named industry association; some data sets are still under preparation and will be added subsequently.
The target users of these data sets are experts/practitioners in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The data sets are accessible free of charge and without access or use restrictions for all LCA practitioners. The ELCD II includes data sets that have not been published beforehand and data sets that were only collected for this purpose. The data sets of the ELCD database are foreseen to contribute key European data to the upcoming international ILCD Data Network and in complementation of other data sources, i.e. not in competition.
Disclaimer: Please note that so far mostly only internally reviewed and only partly harmonised LCI data sets are provided in this second version of the ELCD core database. All process data sets are in line with ISO 14040 and 14044 as stated by their owners/providers, but are not to be considered as official reference data sets of the European Commission or its JRC. The data sets are provided «as they are». A further methodological harmonisation and independent external review are foreseen. Please also refer to the «Important legal notice» on top of this page.
vía EUROPA-Site on LCA Tools, Services and Data – LCI dataset area.
NREL: U.S. Life Cycle Inventory Database Home Page
NREL and its partners created the U.S. Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Database to help life cycle assessment (LCA) practitioners answer questions about environmental impact. This database provides individual gate-to-gate, cradle-to-gate and cradle-to-grave accounting of the energy and material flows into and out of the environment that are associated with producing a material, component, or assembly in the U.S.
The goals of the U.S. LCI Database project are:
Maintain data quality and transparency
Cover commonly used materials, products, and processes in the United States with up-to-date, critically reviewed LCI data
Support the expanded use of LCA as an environmental decision-making tool
Maintain compatibility with international LCI databases
Provide exceptional data accessibility
Be fully and sustainably supported
Support U.S. industry competitiveness
About the Center
About the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment The American Center for Life Cycle Assessment is a non-profit membership organization formed in 2001. It is the professional society for Life Cycle Assessment in the United States. The work of ACLCA is primarily carried out through volunteers working in the ACLCA Committees.
vía About the Center.
julio 16, 2010
CIRAIG – Interuniversity Research Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services
Presentation
The Interuniversity Research Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services (CIRAIG) was founded in 2001, launched under the leadership of École Polytechnique de Montréal in collaboration with Université de Montréal and HEC Montréal. The CIRAIG was created to meet the demands of industry and governments to develop leading edge academic expertise in sustainable development tools.
The CIRAIG pools and provides the key strengths of Quebec and Canadian universities in the fields of life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle management (LCM). Since its foundation, seven other universities have become collaborating members: École de technologie supérieure, Université de Sherbrooke, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Université du Québec à Montréal, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Université Laval.
vía CIRAIG – Interuniversity Research Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services.
steeluniversity.org | Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment | Introduction to Environmental Life Cycle Assessment
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In the previous sections you have learnt about Sustainability and about environmental impact categories and discovered the basic idea of Life Cycle Thinking. The products and processes you deal with at work and in your personal life affect the environment, adversely or beneficial. But how can you ensure that you are doing the best possible job in realizing the benefits of technology with minimal environmental damage? A tool that helps you with your decision making in seeking to achieve this balance is Life Cycle Assessment.
In principle, a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) provides a way of quantifying the diverse effects on the environment caused by products throughout their entire life cycle
UNEP DTIE SCP Branch: Life Cycle & Resource Management
Life Cycle & Resource Management
Life Cycle Thinking
Life Cycle Thinking is essential to sustainable consumption and production. It is about going beyond the traditional focus on production sites and manufacturing processes so that the environmental, social, and economic impact of a product over its entire life cycle, including the consumption and end of use phase, is taken into account. UNEP’s work to promote life cycle thinking is spearheaded by the UNEP/ SETAC Life Cycle Initiative.
CYCLE 2010 – 4th Canadian Forum on the Life Cycle Management of Products and Services
CYCLE 2010
From Science to Decision-Making
Recognizing that scientific research is a necessary foundation for economic, industrial, social and regulatory development, CYCLE 2010 aims to bring together all sustainable development stakeholders from academia, practitioners as well as decision-makers and business leaders and provide them with information, data and tools for optimizing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) practice in Canada.
It is within this framework that the CIRAIG is pleased to invite you to attend CYCLE 2010, which will gather together the leading edge of life cycle management specialists in Montreal on May 4-5, 2010. This Canadian Forum will cover current scientific developments in the LCA field by providing an opportunity for many professors, researchers and students to take stock of recent progress in terms of methodological developments, database contents and the latest developments in impact assessment in addition to highlighting public authority initiatives, discoveries, innovations as well as communications from eminent researchers
vía CYCLE 2010 – 4th Canadian Forum on the Life Cycle Management of Products and Services.
julio 2, 2010
Life Cycle of Wood
Cycle of CedarLife Cycle Assessment shows Western Red Cedar is the environmental choiceOverview – The StudyWestern Red Cedar Lumber Association WRCLA members determined commissioning a third-party LCA of siding and decking products was the only credible way to provide consumers with reliable environmental performance information. To place the study results in sharper perspective, a parallel study of alternative products including brick and fiber cement siding as well as composite decking products was also commissioned.
vía Life Cycle of Wood.
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