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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141520603321

Titolo

Life cycle assessment handbook [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for environmentally sustainable products / / edited by Mary Ann Curran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Salem, Mass., : Scrivener

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012

ISBN

1-118-52827-1

1-118-52837-9

1-283-71521-X

1-118-52841-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (636 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CurranMary Ann

Disciplina

333.7

658.5/6

Soggetti

Sustainable design

Industrial ecology

Material accountability

Materials management

Green design

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Life Cycle Assessment Handbook: A Guide for Environmentally Sustainable Products; Contents; Preface; 1 Environmental Life Cycle Assessment: Background and Perspective; 2 An Overview of the Life Cycle Assessment Method - Past, Present, and Future; 3 Life Cycle Inventory Modeling in Practice; 4 Life Cycle Impact Assessment; 5 Sourcing Life Cycle Inventory Data.

Sommario/riassunto

The first book of its kind, the LCA Handbook will become an invaluable resource for environmentally progressive manufacturers and suppliers, product and process designers, executives and managers, and government officials who want to learn about this essential component of environmental sustainability.