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Life cycle assessment (LCA) : a guide to best practice /
This first hands-on guide to ISO-compliant Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) makes this powerful tool immediately accessible to both professionals and students. Following a general introduction on the philosophy and purpose of LCA, the reader is taken through all the stages of a complete LCA analysis, wit...
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| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany :
Wiley-VCH,
2014.
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| Online Access: |
Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Summary: | This first hands-on guide to ISO-compliant Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) makes this powerful tool immediately accessible to both professionals and students. Following a general introduction on the philosophy and purpose of LCA, the reader is taken through all the stages of a complete LCA analysis, with each step exemplified by real-life data from a major LCA project on beverage packaging. Measures as carbon and water footprint, based on the most recent international standards and definitions, are addressed. Written by two pioneers of LCA, this practical volume is targeted at first-time LC. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (412 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783527655656 3527655654 9783527655625 352765562X 3527655646 9783527655649 3527655638 9783527655632 9781306550475 1306550475 9781523115464 1523115467 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (Wiley, viewed June 2, 2014). |