Empirical Comparison of Process and Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment in Service Industries

摘要: The study fills a gap in existing literature by comparing process-based and EIO-based life cycle assessment (LCA) methods empirically service industries. Despite the numerous methodological differences, were found mostly to produce same environmentally significant processes for case organization:  use of electricity premises, construction business travel cars, heating flights. However, LCA could not be used assess environmental impacts purchased services properly. also recognized most theoretical differences listed literature, ones related cut-offs services, price inhomogeneity, industry-atypical production have greatest influence on results.