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The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Ausgabe 1/2013

Inhalt (28 Artikel)

Open Access EDITORIAL

LCA’s theory and practice: like ebony and ivory living in perfect harmony?

Martin Baitz, Stefan Albrecht, Eloise Brauner, Clare Broadbent, Guy Castellan, Pierre Conrath, James Fava, Matthias Finkbeiner, Matthias Fischer, Pere Fullana i Palmer, Stephan Krinke, Christian Leroy, Oliver Loebel, Phil McKeown, Ivo Mersiowsky, Bernhard Möginger, Marcus Pfaadt, Gerald Rebitzer, Elmar Rother, Klaus Ruhland, Aafko Schanssema, Ladji Tikana

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Comment on the editorial note by Baitz et XXI aliis

Walter Klöpffer

LCA FOR AGRICULTURE

Using a crop model to account for the effects of local factors on the LCA of sugar beet ethanol in Picardy region, France

Cécile Bessou, Simon Lehuger, Benoît Gabrielle, Bruno Mary

LCA FOR ENERGY SYSTEMS AND FOOD PRODUCTS

Environmental life cycle assessment for rapeseed-derived biodiesel

Sara González-García, Daniel García-Rey, Almudena Hospido

LCA FOR FOOD PRODUCTS

Life cycle environmental impacts of carbonated soft drinks

David Amienyo, Haruna Gujba, Heinz Stichnothe, Adisa Azapagic

LCA IN TRANSPORTATION

Sensitivity analysis of methodological choices in road pavement LCA

Yue Huang, Alan Spray, Tony Parry

LCA OF WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Life cycle assessment of a waste lubricant oil management system

Ana Pires, Graça Martinho

SOCIETAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Potential hotspots identified by social LCA—part 1: a case study of a laptop computer

Elisabeth Ekener-Petersen, Göran Finnveden

SOCIETAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Potential hotspots identified by social LCA–Part 2: Reflections on a study of a complex product

Elisabeth Ekener-Petersen, Åsa Moberg

SOCIETAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Designing the social life cycle of products from the systematic competitive model

Vincent Lagarde, Catherine Macombe

UNCERTAINTIES IN LCA

Sampling error in US field crop unit process data for life cycle assessment

Joyce Smith Cooper, Ezra Kahn, Robert Ebel

Open Access WATER USE IN LCA

Assessing environmental impacts associated with freshwater consumption along the life cycle of animal products: the case of Dutch milk production in Noord-Brabant

Imke J. M. De Boer, Idse E. Hoving, Theun V. Vellinga, Gerrie W. J. Van de Ven, Peter A. Leffelaar, Pierre J. Gerber

CARBON FOOTPRINTING

Energy from waste: carbon footprint of incineration and landfill biogas in the UK

Harish K. Jeswani, Rachelle W. Smith, Adisa Azapagic

CARBON FOOTPRINTING

Key issues and options in accounting for carbon sequestration and temporary storage in life cycle assessment and carbon footprinting

Miguel Brandão, Annie Levasseur, Miko U. F. Kirschbaum, Bo P. Weidema, Annette L. Cowie, Susanne Vedel Jørgensen, Michael Z. Hauschild, David W. Pennington, Kirana Chomkhamsri

DATA AVAILABILITY, DATA QUALITY IN LCA

Comparison of two versions of an EPD, using generic and specific data for the foreground system, and some methodological implications

Ingunn Saur Modahl, Cecilia Askham, Kari-Anne Lyng, Camilla Skjerve-Nielssen, Guro Nereng

NON-TOXIC IMPACT CATEGORIES ASSOCIATED WITH EMISSIONS TO AIR, WATER, SOIL

Accounting for greenhouse gas emissions from the degradation of chemicals in the environment

Ivan Muñoz, Giles Rigarlsford, Llorenç Milà i Canals, Henry King

POLICY CORNER

The enhanced LCA Resources Directory: a tool aimed at improving Life Cycle Thinking practices

Javier Sanfélix, Fabrice Mathieux, Cristina de la Rúa, Marc-Andree Wolf, Kirana Chomkhamsri

LCA IN JAPAN

LCA in Japan in the twenty-first century

Yasunari Matsuno, Norihiro Itsubo, Hiroki Hondo, Katsuyuki Nakano