(EN)-LCA

LIFE CYCLE:

ISO 14040

ISO 14044

LIFE CYCLE:

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA):

COLLECTION AND EVALUATION OF THE INPUTS, OUTPUTS AND POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF A PRODUCT SYSTEM THROUGHOUT ITS LIFE CYCLE

OBJECT OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT:

IDENTIFICATION OF OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF A PRODUCT AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF ITS LIFE CYCLE
PROVISION OF INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKING
SELECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
MARKETING: ENVIRONMENTAL LABELING, ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION

PHASES OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT:

DEFINITION OF OBJECT AND SCOPE
INVENTORY ASSESSMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS

PHASES OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT:

DEFINITION OF OBJECT AND SCOPE

Intended implementation

Target audience

Product System

Functional unit

Selected impact categories

PHASES OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT:

DEFINITION OF OBJECT AND SCOPE
INVENTORY ASSESSMENT

Data collection and calculation procedures to quantify the inputs and outputs of a product system:

Energy, raw material, auxiliaries

Products, co-products and waste

Emissions to air, discharges to water and soil

PHASES OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT:

DEFINITION OF OBJECT AND SCOPE
INVENTORY ASSESSMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Mandatory phases:

Classification

Characterization

Optional phases:

Standardization

Weighting

PHASES OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT:

DEFINITION OF OBJECT AND SCOPE
INVENTORY ASSESSMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS

Conclusions and recommendations

EUROPEAN METHODS

METHODS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

LIST OF METHODS

NORTH AMERICA

METHODS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

BEES+ 4.09 (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability, NIST)

GLOBAL

METHODS

METHODS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (E)

IMPACT World+ Endpoint

EU ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHOD:

EF 3.0 normalization and weighting set:

IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHOD DEVELOPED AT THE INITIATIVE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION. STANDARIZATION AND WEIGHTING FACTORS WERE PUBLISHED IN 2019.

COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION OF 9 APRIL 2013 ON THE USE OF COMMON METHODS TO MEASURE AND COMMUNICATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF PRODUCTS AND ORGANISATIONS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE CYCLE

CATEGORY IMPACTS EF 3.0

CLIMATE CHANGE

OZONE DEPLETION

IONISING RADIATION

PHOTOCHEMICAL OZONE FORMATION

PARTICULATE MATTER

HUMAN TOXICITY, NON CANCER

HUMAN TOXICITY, CANCER

ACIDIFICATION

EUTROPHICATION FRESHWATER

EUTROPHICATION MARINE

EUTROPHICATION TERRESTRIAL

ECOTOXICITY FRESWATER

LAND USE

WATER USE

RESOURCE USE, ENERGY CARRIERS

RESOURCE USE, MINERAL AND METALS

INDICATOR	UNITS
GWP100	KG CO2 (eq)

INDICATOR	UNITS
GWP100	KG CO2 (eq)

INDICATOR	UNITS
ODP100	KG CFC11 (eq)

INDICATOR	UNITS
Disease incidence due to kg of PM2,5 emitted	disease inc

INDICATOR	UNITS
POCP	KG NMVOC (eq)

INDICATOR	UNITS
IRP	KBq U235 (eq)

INDICATOR	UNITS
CTUh	CTUh

INDICATOR	UNITS
CTUh	CTUh

INDICATOR	UNITS
AE	MOL H+ (eq)

INIDICATOR	UNITS
PHOSPHORUS EQUIVALENTS	KG P (eq)

INDICATOR	UNITS
NITROGEN EQUIVALENTS	KG N (eq)

INDICATOR	UNITS
AE	MOL H+ (eq)

INDICATOR	UNITS
CTUe	CTUe

INDICATOR	UNITS
Soil quality index	Pt

INDICATOR	UNITS
AWARE	M3 depriv

Indicator	UNITS
ADP-fossil	MJ

INDICATOR	UNITS
ADP-ultimate reserve	KG Sb (eq)

(EN)-LCA

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