LCA for Cities
Introduction	The Five stages of LCA
Why LCA and Local Governments? Adoption of the LCA concept by firms and industry players has been slow, with little enthusiasm in understanding the links between production and manufacturing, and their impacts on the environment. Local governments have certain carrots and sticks that it can use; it is at the level that is closest to where firms and industry operate, and has an obligation to manage the micro and local environment on behalf of, and in partnership with, the citizens and communities. The info sheets presented here are one page documents that briefly contextualizes the LCA concept within a city, focusing on local governments, and other local stakeholders. Coming soon ... Why LCA and local governments? Life cycle thinking as a way of life ... LCA in the EMS toolbox LCA and consumption patterns Footprint analysis for LCA Carrots and sticks in LCA adoption The final God: Citizens Public-Private Partnerships and LCA	1. Planning Statement of objectives Definition of the product and its alternatives Choice of system boundaries Choice of environmental parameters Choice of aggregation and evaluation method Strategy for data collection 2. Screening Preliminary execution of the LCA Adjustment of plan 3. Data collection and data treatment Measurements, interviews, literature search, theoretical calculations, database search, qualified guessing Computation of the inventory table. 4. Evaluation Classification of the inventory table into impact categories Aggregation within the category (characterization) Normalization Weighting of different categories (valuation) 5. Improvement assessment Sensitivity analysis Improvement priority and feasibility assessment

Documents and Reports

ISO 14040:2006 The ISO 14040 standard covers the topic of "Environmental management � Life cycle assessment � Principles and framework"

Organizations, Networks and Initiatives

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