Ambiguities in Decision-oriented Life Cycle Inventories The Role of Mental Models and Values /

In an environmental life cycle assessment of products (LCA), an unambiguous, scientifically based, 'objective' attribution of material and energy flows to a product is pure fiction. This is due to the fundamental epistemological conditions of LCA as a modelling process under the complexity...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Werner, Frank (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edición:1st ed. 2005.
Colección:Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science ; 17
Temas:
Environmental economics.
Environmental management.
Environmental Economics.
Environmental Management.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Requirements of Product Systems and Their Life Cycle Inventories in Product-Related Decision-Making
  • LCA as Method and its Modelling Characteristics
  • Requirements of LCIs in Product Design-Related Decision-Making
  • Mental Models and Value Choices in the Life Cycle Inventory Analysis
  • Analysis of ISO 14041 for Mental Models and Values
  • Allocation Procedures for Open-Loop Recycling
  • The Decision-Maker's Mental Models and Values in Inventory Analysis
  • Case Study I: Development of the Value-Corrected Substitution for Aluminium Windows
  • Material and Market Characteristics of Aluminium
  • Development of the Value-Corrected Substitution for Aluminium Windows
  • Selected Allocation Procedures for Comparison
  • Application in an LCA of Aluminium Windows
  • Methodological Conclusions
  • Case Study II: Modelling End-of-Life Options for Beech Wood Railway Sleepers
  • Material and Market Characteristics of Wood
  • Sustainable Wood Flow Management
  • Wood Processing Chain and Attribution in LCA
  • Modelling End-of-Life Options of Beech Wood Railway Sleepers
  • Conclusions
  • Conclusions and Outlook
  • Review of the Theses
  • Consequences for LCA as a Decision Support Tool
  • Consequences for a Revision of ISO/EN 14041
  • Toward a Group-Model Building Process in LCA
  • Future Research Needs.

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