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Considerations and a report on the state of practice |
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| Authors: | Keith A Weitz Joel Ann Todd Mary Ann Curran Melissa J Malkin |
| Institution: | 1. Center for Environmental Analysis Research Triangle Institute, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, 27709, NC, USA 2. The Scientific Consulting Group, Inc., 656 Quince Orachard Road, Suite 210 Gaithersburg, 20878, Maryland, USA 3. National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (MS 466), 26 West Martin Luther King Drive,Cincinnati, 45268, Ohio, USA |
| Abstract: | Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an analytical tool to evaluate the environmental consequences of products and their production systems. A great deal of effort has been devoted to developing methodology and guidelines for conducting LCAs. However, many companies are devising shortcuts to the full LCA model. We conducted discussions with twenty-one LCA practitioners and researchers to investigate techniques being used to simplify or streamline the LCA methodology. We found a wide variety of approaches being used to accomplish the streamlining from convening informal in-house expert panels to identify life cycle issues to developing and applying formal, structured tools. |
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