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08.06.2018 | COMMENTARY AND DISCUSSION ARTICLE

A discussion on the availability of life-cycle assessment studies in New Zealand

verfasst von: Shaun Engelbrecht, A. O. Ladenika, O. S. MacGregor, Mpho Maepa, Michael O. Bodunrin, Nicholas W. Burman, Joel Croft, Taahira Goga, Kevin G. Harding

Erschienen in: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment | Ausgabe 8/2018

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Abstract

Purpose

In order to understand the environmental impacts of various products, processes, or services, it should be possible to obtain life-cycle assessment (LCA) reports quickly and easily without having to delve into restricted access or hidden databases. The aim of this study is to assess the availability of environmental LCAs, water footprinting, and carbon footprinting studies conducted in New Zealand.

Methods

To review the quantitative availability of life-cycle assessment studies for New Zealand, simple online searches were performed using the Google and Google Scholar search engines. Additionally, ScienceDirect and Scopus were used to determine the availability of other peer-reviewed LCA-related reports.

Results and discussion

For the period under review, 20 documents were publicly available. Additionally, other searches conducted via ScienceDirect, Scopus and Google Scholar yielded a further 15 restricted documents. The results included data carbon- and water footprinting studies. The number of LCAs and carbon footprinting reports both exceeded those of water footprinting.

Conclusions

Over 35 studies were available through Internet searches. This number excludes wool which had six results (Scopus only) and many more through Google. These were not included due to possible repetition and miscounting of results.

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Titel: A discussion on the availability of life-cycle assessment studies in New Zealand
verfasst von: Shaun Engelbrecht
A. O. Ladenika
O. S. MacGregor
Mpho Maepa
Michael O. Bodunrin
Nicholas W. Burman
Joel Croft
Taahira Goga
Kevin G. Harding
Publikationsdatum: 08.06.2018
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment / Ausgabe 8/2018
Print ISSN: 0948-3349
Elektronische ISSN: 1614-7502
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-018-1485-1

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