Life cycle assessment : future challenges /: future challenges. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Surjya Narayana Pati.
• Authors: Pati, Surjya Narayana
• Contents: Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Life Cycle Thinking; 1.2 Corporate Sustainability; 1.3 Life Cycle Analysis Chapter 2. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; 2.1 Background; 2.2 Global Movement; 2.3 Necessity of Environment Management System; 2.4 International Standards; 2.5 Implementation; 2.6 Extension; 2.7 Rebooting; 2.8 Reduction of Carbon and Water Footprints; 2.9 Reorientation; 2.10 Factor to Consider; 2.11 Sustainable Future; 2.12 Continual Improvement Chapter 3. LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; 3.1 Backdrop; 3.2 Framework; 3.3 Goal and Scope; 3.4 Inventory Analysis; 3.5 Data Source; 3.6 Data Variability and Consistency; 3.7 Validation; 3.8 Process Flow; 3.9 Functional Unit; 3.10 System Boundaries; 3.11 Allocation Procedure; 3.12 Impact Assessment; 3.13 Limitations and Uncertainties; 3.14 Greenhouse Gas; 3.15 Acidification Potential; 3.16 Resource Depletion; 3.17 Land Use; 3.18 Normalization; 3.19 Uncertainty Analysis; 3.20 Interpretation; 3.21 Classification Chapter 4. LIFE CYCLE TECHNIQUES; 4.1 Life Cycle Assessment – Environment; 4.2 Life Cycle Costing; 4.3 Social Life Cycle Assessment; 4.4 Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment; 4.5 Organisation Life Cycle Assessment Chapter 5. GUIDANCE FOR LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; 5.1 Life cycle inventories; 5.2 Data collection; 5.3 Documentation and review; 5.4 Input and Output Data; 5.5 Capacity Building; 5.6 Future Outlook; 5.7 Integration Chapter 6. APPLICATION OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; 6.1 Life Cycle Thinking – Policy Makers; 6.2 Attribution Life Cycle Assessment; 6.3 Consequential Life Cycle Assessment; 6.4 Integration and Harmonization; 6.5 Industry Unit; 6.6 Small and Medium Size Enterprises; 6.7 Corporate Level; 6.8 Consumer Prospective Chapter 7. CLIMATE CHANGE AND LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; 7.1 On the Horizon; 7.2 Environment Mechanism; 7.3 Reduction Measure of GHG; 7.4 Carbon Sequestration; 7.5 Carbon Capture through Algal; 7.6 Ozone Formation; 7.7 Eutrophication; 7.8 Ecotoxicity; 7.9 Human Toxicity; 7.10 Abiotic Resources; 7.11 Afforestation; 7.12 Land Use; 7.13 Water Use Chapter 8. LIFE CYCLE INTERPRETATION; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Identification of Issues; 8.3 Evaluation; 8.4 Sensitivity Check; 8.5 Consistency Check; 8.6 Interpretation; 8.7 Critical Review Chapter 9. CASE STUDIES OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ; 9.1 USA; 9.2 UK; 9.3 Spain; 9.4 Brazil; 9.5 Switzerland; 9.6 Indonesia; 9.7 Czech Republic; 9.8 China; 9.9 German; 9.10 India Chapter 10. FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR LCA; 10.1 Awareness 10.2 Mitigation of Climate Change; 10.3 Globalization; 10.4 Integration; 10.5 Exergy Assimilation; 10.6 Circular Economy; 10.7 Carbon Capture and Utilization; 10.8 Carbon Neutrality; 10.9 Sustainable Consumption and Production; 10.10 LCA in Higher Education; 10.11 Data Inventory and Software; 10.12 Conclusion;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 658.56; Product life cycle -- Environmental aspects; Environmental risk assessment
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000625011; 9781000624946; 9781003206750
• Related ISBNs: 9781032074023
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