This is the first comprehensive guide to green design using
economic input-output life cycle assessment (EIO-LCA) models. It is
a must-have for companies trying to improve the environmental
profile of their products and processes, for regulators attempting
to quantify life cycle implications of products and services, and
for students and scholars of green design.
Environmental life cycle assessment is often thought of as
"cradle to grave" and therefore as the most complete accounting of
the environmental costs and benefits of a product or service.
However, as anyone who has done an environmental life cycle
assessment knows, existing tools have many problems: data is
difficult to assemble and life cycle studies take months of effort.
A truly comprehensive analysis is prohibitive, so analysts are
often forced to simply ignore many facets of life cycle impacts.
But the focus on one aspect of a product or service can result in
misleading indications if that aspect is benign while other aspects
pollute or are otherwise unsustainable.
This book summarizes the EIO-LCA method, explains its use in
relation to other life cycle assessment models, and provides sample
applications and extensions of the model into novel areas. A final
chapter explains the free, easy-to-use software tool available on a
companion website. The software tool provides a wealth of data,
summarizing the current U.S. economy in 500 sectors with
information on energy and materials use, pollution and greenhouse
gas discharges, and other attributes like associated occupational
deaths and injuries.
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