NR 314 Midterm SG – Questions With Applicable
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Terms in this set (67)
Impacts = Population (# people) X Affluence
I= PAT Equation (consumption per capita) X Technology (Impact per
consumption)
Understand energy and material flows in industries,
Industrial Ecology Define industrial society as an ecosystem, An
operational approach to sustainability
Service provided by the earth; wastes and
Sink
pollutants
Provider Service provided by the earth; services, resources
Where the rates at which the two primary services
Carrying Capacity (provision, sink) of the earth can be supplied are
limited. Ex: atmospheric CO2 concentration
A method to assess the environmental impacts
of a product, process, or service. Important to
remember this process does not always declare a
Life-Cycle Assessment winner, results should be supplemented by other
tools in decision making; a tool find an eco-efficient
way to deliver a service among all alternatives, but
not to answer which one is more important
Improves communication by bridging science and
policy, provides quantitative information to
Methodological elaborate the key environmental context of a
Characteristics of LCA production system, can be attributional or
consequential, steady state (not dynamic), global
rather than local, no pass/fail criteria
, Methodology of LCA was relatively immature while
ISO standardization took place, focus on framework,
ISO (1990s)
state fundamental principles of LCA, left
methodological choices open (ambiguities)
ISO-Based, integrate data and methodology, aim to
ILCD (Mid-2000,
prove consistency (reproducible results), improve
International Life Cycle
comparability of results published by
Data System)
different practitioners
Established in 1947 to "facilitate the international
coordination and unification of industrial standards,"
ISO Standard a non-government federation of national standards
bodies from around 150 countries, US member
body: American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
A second set of managerial standards (reference is
ISO 1400 Series to ISO 9000) that will lead to improving
environmental performance of business.
Basic yet essential form of LCA, states that LCA is a
technique for assessing the environmental
aspects and potential impacts associated with a
ISO 14040 product, three major components: Compilation of
inventory of inputs and outputs, evaluation of the
inventory regarding their environmental
impacts, and interpreting the results
Opportunities to improve environmental aspects of
products; strategic planning, priority setting,
Use of LCA in identifying products or process design; environmental claim,
eco-labelling scheme or environmental
declaration
Product Goods or services
any of two or more products coming from the same
Co-product
unit process or product system
quantified performance of a product system for use
as a reference unit; consider unit, duration,
Functional Unit
magnitude, and quality; a quantifiable characteristic
of a function
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Terms in this set (67)
Impacts = Population (# people) X Affluence
I= PAT Equation (consumption per capita) X Technology (Impact per
consumption)
Understand energy and material flows in industries,
Industrial Ecology Define industrial society as an ecosystem, An
operational approach to sustainability
Service provided by the earth; wastes and
Sink
pollutants
Provider Service provided by the earth; services, resources
Where the rates at which the two primary services
Carrying Capacity (provision, sink) of the earth can be supplied are
limited. Ex: atmospheric CO2 concentration
A method to assess the environmental impacts
of a product, process, or service. Important to
remember this process does not always declare a
Life-Cycle Assessment winner, results should be supplemented by other
tools in decision making; a tool find an eco-efficient
way to deliver a service among all alternatives, but
not to answer which one is more important
Improves communication by bridging science and
policy, provides quantitative information to
Methodological elaborate the key environmental context of a
Characteristics of LCA production system, can be attributional or
consequential, steady state (not dynamic), global
rather than local, no pass/fail criteria
, Methodology of LCA was relatively immature while
ISO standardization took place, focus on framework,
ISO (1990s)
state fundamental principles of LCA, left
methodological choices open (ambiguities)
ISO-Based, integrate data and methodology, aim to
ILCD (Mid-2000,
prove consistency (reproducible results), improve
International Life Cycle
comparability of results published by
Data System)
different practitioners
Established in 1947 to "facilitate the international
coordination and unification of industrial standards,"
ISO Standard a non-government federation of national standards
bodies from around 150 countries, US member
body: American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
A second set of managerial standards (reference is
ISO 1400 Series to ISO 9000) that will lead to improving
environmental performance of business.
Basic yet essential form of LCA, states that LCA is a
technique for assessing the environmental
aspects and potential impacts associated with a
ISO 14040 product, three major components: Compilation of
inventory of inputs and outputs, evaluation of the
inventory regarding their environmental
impacts, and interpreting the results
Opportunities to improve environmental aspects of
products; strategic planning, priority setting,
Use of LCA in identifying products or process design; environmental claim,
eco-labelling scheme or environmental
declaration
Product Goods or services
any of two or more products coming from the same
Co-product
unit process or product system
quantified performance of a product system for use
as a reference unit; consider unit, duration,
Functional Unit
magnitude, and quality; a quantifiable characteristic
of a function
