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In contradiction with the flow accuracy requirement of the classical LCA model, most LCA data cannot be represented by an accurate value because they loose realism in the process. It is particularly true with building products’ data. Intervals are introduced to model such data, thus allowing LCA calculations to get rid off flow accuracy. Thus, interval calculation techniques for LCA are developed and the benefits from a replacement of classical LCA algorithms with these techniques are analyzed.
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Chevalier, JL., Téno, JF.L. Life cycle analysis with ill-defined data and its application to building products. Int. J. LCA 1, 90–96 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02978652
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