Werner, Frank
Ambiguities in Decision-oriented Life Cycle Inventories
I. Introduction
1. Introduction
II. Requirements of Product Systems and Their Life Cycle Inventories in Product-Related Decision-Making
2. LCA as Method and its Modelling Characteristics
3. Requirements of LCIs in Product Design-Related Decision-Making
III. Mental Models and Value Choices in the Life Cycle Inventory Analysis
4. Introduction
5. Analysis of ISO 14041 for Mental Models and Values
6. Allocation Procedures for Open-Loop Recycling
7. The Decision-Maker’s Mental Models and Values in Inventory Analysis
IV. Case Study I: Development of the Value-Corrected Substitution for Aluminium Windows
8. Introduction
9. Material and Market Characteristics of Aluminium
10. Development of the Value-Corrected Substitution for Aluminium Windows
11. Selected Allocation Procedures for Comparison
12. Application in an LCA of Aluminium Windows
13. Methodological Conclusions
V. Case Study II: Modelling End-of-Life Options for Beech Wood Railway Sleepers
14. Introduction
15. Material and Market Characteristics of Wood
16. Sustainable Wood Flow Management
17. Wood Processing Chain and Attribution in LCA
18. Modelling End-of-Life Options of Beech Wood Railway Sleepers
19. Conclusions
VI. Conclusions and Outlook
20. Review of the Theses
21. Consequences for LCA as a Decision Support Tool
22. Consequences for a Revision of ISO/EN 14041
23. Toward a Group-Model Building Process in LCA
24. Future Research Needs
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Keywords: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science BUS042000
- Author(s)
- Werner, Frank
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2005
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Economy
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781402032547