<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool for answering questions related to environmental impacts of products. It is a comprehensive tool, addressing the entire life cycle, and addressing the full spectrum of environmental impacts. There are two opposite movements occurring: LCA is getting smaller, and it is getting broader. This presentation presents the general framework for a broader life cycle sustainability analysis (LCSA), and shows how the practical work related to doing an LCA, a carbon footprint, or an analysis for ecodesign, can be seen as special cases.</p></abstract>

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool for answering questions related to environmental impacts of products. It is a comprehensive tool, addressing the entire life cycle, and addressing the full spectrum of environmental impacts. There are two opposite movements occurring: LCA is getting smaller, and it is getting broader. This presentation presents the general framework for a broader life cycle sustainability analysis (LCSA), and shows how the practical work related to doing an LCA, a carbon footprint, or an analysis for ecodesign, can be seen as special cases.

Ecodesign — Carbon Footprint — Life Cycle Assessment — Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis. A Flexible Framework for a Continuum of Tools

Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University

Environmental and Climate Technologies

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool for answering questions related to environmental impacts of products. It is a comprehensive tool, addressing the entire...

Ecodesign — Carbon Footprint — Life Cycle Assessment — Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis. A Flexible Framework for a Continuum of Tools

Published Online: Jan 17, 2011

Page range: 42 - 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10145-010-0016-5

Keywords
life cycle sustainability analysis, life cycle assessment, carbon footprint, ecodesign

This content is open access.

Ecodesign — Carbon Footprint — Life Cycle Assessment — Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis. A Flexible Framework for a Continuum of Tools

Published Online: Jan 17, 2011

Page range: 42 - 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10145-010-0016-5

Keywordslife cycle sustainability analysis, life cycle assessment, carbon footprint, ecodesign

This content is open access.

Keywords
life cycle sustainability analysis, life cycle assessment, carbon footprint, ecodesign