Life Cycle Assessment as a decision-making tool: practitioner and managerial considerations

2021 ◽  
pp. 127344
Author(s):  
Jonathan Pryshlakivsky ◽  
Cory Searcy
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Decision Making Tool

Life cycle assessment as a decision-making tool for selecting building systems in heritage intervention: Case study of Roman Theatre in Itálica, Spain

2019 ◽  
Vol 206 ◽  
pp. 27-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Gómez de Cózar ◽  
Antonio García Martínez ◽  
Íñigo Ariza López ◽  
Marta Ruiz Alfonsea
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Building Systems ◽  
Decision Making Tool

Decision Making Tool in Life Cycle Assessment for Packaging Sustainability

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huihui Qi ◽  
Euihark Lee ◽  
Hae Chang Gea
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Pareto Front ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Active Set ◽  
Current State ◽  
Design Preference ◽  
Decision Making Tool ◽  
Lca Results

The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a method to measure the environmental impact of a product’s life stages from the cradle to the grave, and is widely used for packaging sustainability. Although many successful applications using LCA have been reported, the current state of LCA tools still has many limitations. For example, it is difficult to select the best design among the LCA results of design sets. Moreover, the LCA tool cannot implement a decision maker’s preference into the process easily. To overcome these limitations, we developed a decision making tool using LCA for packaging sustainability. First, Pareto Active Set Selection (PASS) method is proposed to find Pareto Front of packaging options. Additionally, Design Preference Function (DPF) is introduced to implement the designer’s preference for selecting the best packaging options. Case studies are presented to demonstrate this decision making tool.

Towards a green and fast production system: Integrating life cycle assessment and value stream mapping for decision making

2021 ◽  
Vol 87 ◽  
pp. 106519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Salvador ◽  
Murillo Vetroni Barros ◽  
Giovani Elias Tagliaferro dos Santos ◽  
Karen Godoi van Mierlo ◽  
Cassiano Moro Piekarski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Production System ◽  
Value Stream Mapping ◽  
Value Stream

scholarly journals Methodology for the quantification of concrete sustainability

2018 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 01006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Břetislav Teplý ◽  
Tomáš Vymazal ◽  
Pavla Rovnaníková
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Service Life ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Load Bearing Capacity ◽  
Sustainability Management

Efficient sustainability management requires the use of tools which allow material, technological and construction variants to be quantified, measured or compared. These tools can be used as a powerful marketing aid and as support for the transition to “circular economy”. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) procedures are also used, aside from other approaches. LCA is a method that evaluates the life cycle of a structure from the point of view of its impact on the environment. Consideration is given also to energy and raw material costs, as well as to environmental impact throughout the life cycle - e.g. due to emissions. The paper focuses on the quantification of sustainability connected with the use of various types of concrete with regard to their resistance to degradation. Sustainability coefficients are determined using information regarding service life and "eco-costs". The aim is to propose a suitable methodology which can simplify decision-making in the design and choice of concrete mixes from a wider perspective, i.e. not only with regard to load-bearing capacity or durability.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document