Enhancing the Application Efficiency of Life Cycle Assessment for Industrial Uses

摘要: Sustainable development is an issue that gaining more and relevance in all areas of society, though specifically industry. In order to move towards the goal sustainability, life cycle thinking essential element. For implementation industry management (LCM) has been proposed as general concept. However, assessment environmental impacts with method assessment, which essentially only tool available for this purpose, limited industrial practice due involved complexity resulting necessary effort know-how. Therefore, thesis improved methods enhance application efficiency LCA uses. After a short introduction Chapter 1, new developments efficient assessments are presented 2 – both situations where pre-existing data studies, no or very information unit processes elementary flows exist. This concerns modeling based on reusable elements well limiting system boundaries by recommended cut-offs. Specific easy apply recommendations using cut-off rules proposed. 3 explores another path, namely usage models costing. A consistent framework economic sustainable tested. Essentially, one can conclude deployment systems approach underlying model extremely useful also conducting analyses, while causing little additional efforts. 4 elaborates case automotive component, service waste water treatment. Detailed results discussed, aforementioned regards "from scratch" relating costing tested demonstrated. The concludes some concise future research activities relation better related approaches.