LCA Questions with Correct Answers
What can flow diagrams tell you? 1) What inputs you need in order to find existing life
cycle inventories and if not available, what data collection you need to undertake?
2) What processes you need to model
3) Where waste/co-products might be generated
4) Where you may need to model transportation
LCIA Translates the LCI into meaningful metrics that tell us about a systems impact on
the environmental and human health
1)Classification
2) Characterization
3) Valuation
Classification Sorting all the substances from the LCI into classes according to how they
impact the environment
What can flow diagrams tell you? 1) What inputs you need in order to find existing life
cycle inventories and if not available, what data collection you need to undertake?
2) What processes you need to model
3) Where waste/co-products might be generated
4) Where you may need to model transportation
LCIA Translates the LCI into meaningful metrics that tell us about a systems impact on
the environmental and human health
1)Classification
2) Characterization
3) Valuation
Classification Sorting all the substances from the LCI into classes according to how they
impact the environment
