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Consequential Life Cycle Assessment: What, Why and How?

Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies 9780443222870, Pages 181-189

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Publisher: Elsevier

DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-90386-8.00001-2

Contributors

Brandão, Miguel Mendonça Reis 0000-0002-8101-8928 [1] Weidema, Bo Pedersen 0000-0003-1863-6528 [2] Martin, Michael 0000-0003-3014-8930 [3] Cowie, Annette Louise 0000-0002-3858-959X [4] Hamelin, Lorie 0000-0001-9092-1900 [5] Zamagni, Alessandra 0000-0003-2333-3070 [6]

Affiliations

  1. [1] KTH Royal Institute of Technology
    2. [NORA names: Sweden; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  2. [2] Aalborg University
    3. [NORA names: AAU Aalborg University; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  3. [3] IVL - Swedish Environmental Research Institute
    4. [NORA names: Sweden; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  4. [4] University of New England
    5. [NORA names: Australia; Oceania; OECD];
  5. [5] TBI, CNRS, INRAE, INSA, Federal University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
    6. [NORA names: France; Europe, EU; OECD];

Abstract

This article provides guidelines for conducting consequential life cycle assessment (LCA) studies. It presents the main features of two alternative approaches used in LCA-attributional and consequential-and describes how consequential LCA can be performed consistently and appropriately, with an example provided to guide practitioners. It is argued that, despite its limitations, consequential LCA is a robust approach for estimating important indirect effects of products.

Keywords

LCA, alternative approach, approach, effect, effects of production, features, guidelines, indirect effects, limitations, practitioners, production

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