Frank Werner

Ambiguities in Decision-oriented Life Cycle Inventories (eBook, PDF)

The Role of Mental Models and Values

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book shows for the first time how mental models and values influence conclusions in the life cycle inventory step of LCA. One key finding is that different management rules for a sustainable use of materials must be taken into account for the attribution of material and energy flows to a product. Includes case studies on the modelling of recycling and other end-of-life options of aluminium windows and beech wood railway sleepers in LCA.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781402032547
• Artikelnr.: 37353833

Autorenporträt

Frank Werner, Environment and Development, Zürich, Switzerland

Inhaltsangabe

Requirements of Product Systems and Their Life Cycle Inventories in Product-Related Decision-Making.- LCA as Method and its Modelling Characteristics.- Requirements of LCIs in Product Design-Related Decision-Making.- Mental Models and Value Choices in the Life Cycle Inventory Analysis.- Analysis of ISO 14041 for Mental Models and Values.- Allocation Procedures for Open-Loop Recycling.- The Decision-Maker's Mental Models and Values in Inventory Analysis.- Case Study I: Development of the Value-Corrected Substitution for Aluminium Windows.- Material and Market Characteristics of Aluminium.- Development of the Value-Corrected Substitution for Aluminium Windows.- Selected Allocation Procedures for Comparison.- Application in an LCA of Aluminium Windows.- Methodological Conclusions.- Case Study II: Modelling End-of-Life Options for Beech Wood Railway Sleepers.- Material and Market Characteristics of Wood.- Sustainable Wood Flow Management.- Wood Processing Chain and Attribution in LCA.- Modelling End-of-Life Options of Beech Wood Railway Sleepers.- Conclusions.- Conclusions and Outlook.- Review of the Theses.- Consequences for LCA as a Decision Support Tool.- Consequences for a Revision of ISO/EN 14041.- Toward a Group-Model Building Process in LCA.- Future Research Needs.