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2015 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
5. Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to Assess Actual Environmental Burdens Driven by PEBs
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Abstract
As discussed in Chap. 1, an accurate evaluation of each behavior’s environmental footprint is not always necessary. However, if we discuss which behavior is more environment friendly, scientific background data can help us. The quantitatively calculated data can be persuasive, especially when we conduct environmental education programs. For that purpose, life cycle assessment (LCA) can be a powerful tool to assess the total environmental footprint derived from a target behavior.
In this chapter, we provide an overview of LCA using specific topics relating to the application and evaluation of behaviors.
In the first Sect. (5.1), the history and outline of LCA are shown. In Sect. 5.2, the important features to determine the LCA results, such as functional unit and system boundary, are explained. Then in the following Sects. 5.3 and 5.4, the details of life cycle inventory analysis (LCI) and life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) are shown, respectively. LCI is the process of gathering input data on the processes of interest, such as energy and resources, and the output data, such as products and environmental loadings, to create an input–output table. When it comes to LCIA, the impacts derived from the emitted environmental loadings are evaluated. In these sections, the indexes used in the analyses are also explained. I will show a rough example of LCA procedure in Sect. 5.5 and case study about selection of drink containers in Sect. 5.7. These sections can help readers understand the specific procedures of LCA and get output image of LCA results.