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Environmental life cycle assessment using economic input-output analysis

Summarizes the EIO-LCA method, explains its use in relation to other life cycle assessment models, and provides sample applications and extensions of the model into novel areas. This book is suitable for research, industry, and those in economics, engineering, or interdisciplinary classes in green design.
Print Book, English, 2006
Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C., 2006
viii, 262 pages ; 24 cm
9781933115238, 9781933115245, 1933115238, 1933115246
1013379072
Preface Section I: Introduction Preface Exploring Environmental Impacts and Sustainability Through Life Cycle Assessment Hybrid LCA Analysis: Combining the EIO-LCA Approach with Other Models Environmental Valuation for Life Cycle Assessment Uncertainty in Estimating Effects Using the Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment Software Section II: Example Applications Preface A Life Cycle Analysis of a Midsize Passenger Car Comparison of Steel and Plastic Fuel Tank Systems for Automobiles Effects of Using Nanotechnology to Stabilize Platinum Group Metal Particles in Automotive Catalysts E-Commerce, Book Publishing and Retail Logistics Construction Materials for Roads and Bridges Environmental Impacts of Services Life-cycle Assessment of Electricity Generation Comparison of Energy Transportation Modes: Coal by Rail and Electricity Transmission Life Cycle Assessment of Residential Buildings in the United States Section III: Further Developments in the EIO-LCA Method Preface Occupational Safety Risks in an Input-Output Framework Development of Regional Economic Input-Output Life-cycle Assessment Models Canadian Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment Model Enterprise and Materials Flow Input-Output Analysis References Appendices: I: Sectors and Outputs in the 1997 US Benchmark EIO-LCA II: Some Alternative Model Forms for EIO-LCA III: Disaggregation Options for Conducting Hybrid Life Cycle Assessments IV: Uncertainty in Leontief Input-Output Equations: Some Numerical Examples V. Potential Compliance of an LCA Study Conducted Using the EIO-LCA Model with the Requirements of ISO 14040, 14041, 14042 and 14043 Standards