scholarly journals Implementing Groundwater Extraction in Life Cycle Impact Assessment: Characterization Factors Based on Plant Species Richness for the Netherlands

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 629-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalie van Zelm ◽  
Aafke M. Schipper ◽  
Michiel Rombouts ◽  
Judith Snepvangers ◽  
Mark A. J. Huijbregts
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Life Cycle Impact Assessment ◽  
Plant Species Richness ◽  
Groundwater Extraction ◽  
Characterization Factors ◽  
Life Cycle Impact

scholarly journals Measuring Product Material Footprint as New Life Cycle Impact Assessment Method: Indicators and Abiotic Characterization Factors

Resources ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostert ◽  
Bringezu
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle Impact Assessment ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Characterization Factors ◽  
Life Cycle Impact ◽  
Lcia Method

The global economy is using growing amounts of natural resources such as raw materials, water, and land by making and using goods, services, and infrastructure. Aspirations on international, regional, and national levels e.g., the Sustainable Development Goals, the EU flagship initiative Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe or the German Program for Resource Efficiency are showing an urgent need to bring the global raw material use down to sustainable levels. An essential prerequisite to identify resource efficient options and to implement resource efficiency measures and solutions is the ability to compare different products or services regarding their raw material use. Until today, there is no internationally standardized approach defined and no software supported calculation method including the necessary data basis available to measure the raw material intensity of products. A new life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) method Product Material Footprint PMF is described. Two indicators are used to quantify the PMF: the Raw Material Input RMI and the Total Material Requirement TMR. The calculation of global median values for the characterization factors CFRMI and CFTMR of abiotic materials was done based on different databases. This article presents the methodological approach of the PMF, the calculation results for CFRMI of 42 abiotic materials and CFTMR of 36 abiotic materials, and the implementation of the LCIA method into the software openLCA for use with the ecoinvent database.

Development of Chinese characterization factors for land use in life cycle impact assessment

2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 1483-1488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Liu ◽  
ZuoRen Nie ◽  
BoXue Sun ◽  
ZhiHong Wang ◽  
XianZheng Gong
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle Impact Assessment ◽  
Characterization Factors ◽  
Life Cycle Impact

European characterization factors for human health damage of PM10 and ozone in life cycle impact assessment

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 441-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalie van Zelm ◽  
Mark A.J. Huijbregts ◽  
Henri A. den Hollander ◽  
Hans A. van Jaarsveld ◽  
Ferd J. Sauter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Life Cycle Impact Assessment ◽  
Characterization Factors ◽  
Human Health Damage ◽  
Health Damage ◽  
Life Cycle Impact

scholarly journals European characterization factors for damage to natural vegetation by ozone in life cycle impact assessment

2013 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 318-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M.W. J. van Goethem ◽  
Philipp Preiss ◽  
Ligia. B. Azevedo ◽  
Joachim Roos ◽  
Rainer Friedrich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle Impact Assessment ◽  
Natural Vegetation ◽  
Characterization Factors ◽  
Life Cycle Impact
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