The LCIA midpoint-damage framework of the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative
Journal
The international journal of life cycle assessment (Int.J.LCA)
ISSN
0948-3349
ISSN-Digital
1614-7502
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2004-11-01
Author(s)
Jolliet, Olivier
;
Mueller-wenk, Ruedi
;
Bare, Jane
;
Brent, Alan
;
Goedkoop, Mark
;
Heijungs, Reinout
;
Itsubo, Norihiro
;
Peña, Claudia
;
Pennington, David
;
Potting, José
;
Rebitzer, Gerald
;
Stewart, Mary
;
de Haes, Helias Udo
;
Weidema, Bo
Abstract (De)
Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) methods can be grouped into two families: classical methods determining impact category indicators at an intermediate position of the impact pathways (e.g. ozone depletion potentials) and damage-oriented methods aiming at more easily interpretable results in the form of damage indicators at the level of the ultimate societal concern (e.g. human health damage). The Life Cycle Initiative, a joint project between UNEP1 and SETAC2, proposes a comprehensive LCA framework to combine these families of methods. The new framework takes a world-wide perspective, so that LCA will progress towards a tool meeting the needs of both developing and developed countries. By a more precise and broadly agreed description of main framework elements, the Life Cycle Initiative expects to provide a common basis for the further development of mutually consistent impact assessment methods.
Language
German
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
No
Publisher
Ecomed Publ.
Publisher place
Landsberg
Volume
9
Number
6
Start page
394
End page
404
Pages
11
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
5042