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impact indicators = inventory data x characterization factor (or impact
factor)
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1 characterization equation 2 impact category
water use impact ecosystem
3 normalization equation 4
damage indicator equation
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Impacts = Population (# people) X Affluence
I=PAT (consumption per capita)X Technology (Impact per
consumption)
, achieving a sustainable decrease impact, increase functionality
society
• Understand energy and material flows in industries
industrial ecology • Define industrial society as an ecosystem
• An operational approach to sustainability
main method of industrial Life Cycle Analysis
ecology
life-cycle thinking A holistic view over a product system
Services provided by mass (natural resources), energy
earth: Provider
Services provided by wastes and pollutants
earth: sink
A method to assess the environmental impacts of
Life Cycle Assessment
aproduct, process, or service.
Silent spring (carson 1962)- Concerns over limited
resources
1963: Harold Smith presented in World Energy
Conference on energy requirement for producing
chemical products using a LCA-oriented method
LCA: 1960s
1969: Harry Teasley (Coca Cola) compared
beverage packaging
The US referred similar studies as REPA
In Europe, similar ideas were developed (namely
Ecobalance)
Attempt to develop methodological protocol
Shift focus from postconsumer waste to total solid
waste
US EPA published a LCA study "REPA of Nine
LCA 1970-1980 Beverage Container Alternatives"
Experience computation difficulty, lack of
standardization
The Limits to Growth (Meadows et al, 1972)A
Blueprint for Survival (Goldsmith et al, 1972)