24 research outputs found
Natural resources as an area of protection in LCA - outcomes of the discussion by the working group on resources within the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative
Towards Prospective Life Cycle Assessment: How to Identify Key Parameters Inducing Most Uncertainties in the Future? Application to Photovoltaic Systems Installed in Spain
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09150-1_51International audienceProspective Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a relevant approach to assess the environmental performance of future energy pathways. Amongst different types of prospective scenarios, cornerstone scenarios meant for complex systems and long-term approaches, are of interest to assess such performance. They rely on different types of long-term projections, such as projections of technological evolutions and of energy resources. In most studies, scenarios are defined with single values for each parameter, and environmental impacts are assessed in a deterministic way. Inherent uncertainties related to these prospective assumptions are not considered and prospective LCA uncertainties are thus not addressed. In this paper we describe a methodology to account for these uncertainties and to identify the parameters inducing most of the uncertainties in the prospective LCA results. We apply this approach to prospective LCAs of photovoltaic-based electricity generation systems
Environmental Impact of the Use of Natural Resources.
Abstract not availableJRC.J-Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (Seville
Cradle-to-gate environmental assessment of enzyme products produced industrially in Denmark by Novozymes A/S
Procedural guideline for collection, treatment, and quality documentation of LCA data
CASCADE Project supported by funding under the European Commission's Fifth Framework 'Growth' ProgrammeConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Biblioteca Centrale - P.le Aldo Moro, 7 , Rome / CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle RichercheSIGLEITItal