2. Life cycle assessment, an ecodesign tool – definitions and concepts
2.1 Ecodesign: a few definitions
The production of goods and services is now subject to increased constraints. It's no longer enough to meet technical specifications within budget; it's now imperative to integrate respect for people and the environment. This means reducing consumption of fossil resources, limiting greenhouse gas emissions and complying with environmental constraints, which in turn means minimizing environmental impact.
Taking into account all environmental impacts throughout the manufacturing process, and not just measuring carbon footprints or CO2 emissions, requires the integration of ecodesign into traditional design processes, as well as the innovation process. The latter is thus undergoing major changes: we no longer simply expect a rapid response from...
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Life cycle assessment, an ecodesign tool – definitions and concepts
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Bibliography
- (1) - LIANG (C.), GRACIDA-ALVAREZ (U.R.), HAWKINS (T.R.), DUNN (J.B.) - Life-Cycle Assessment of Biochemicals with Clear Near-Term Market Potential. - ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 11, 7, p. 2773-2783 (2023).
- (2) - ARYAPRATAMA (R.), JANSSEN (M.) - Prospective life cycle assessment of bio-based adipic acid production from forest...
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Ecoinvent data v2.2: life cycle inventory database (August 2010) from Ecoinvent Centre (competence center of ETH Zurich, EPF Lausanne, Paul Scherrer Institute, Empa and the Swiss Federal Research Station Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon).
TEAM™ 4.0: Ecobilan's product lifecycle analysis software.
...Standards and norms
- Environmental management – Lifecycle analysis – Principles and framework. - ISO 14040 - 2006
- Environmental management – Lifecycle analysis – Requirements and guidelines. - ISO 14044 - 2006
- Environmental labels and declarations – Type III environmental declarations – Principles and operating procedures. - ISO 14025 - 2006
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