Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Goods and Services

Preface
Section I: Introduction
Preface
Exploring Environmental Impacts and Sustainability Through Life Cycle Assessment
Hybrid LCA Analysis: Combining the EIO-LCA Approach with Other Models
Environmental Valuation for Life Cycle Assessment
Uncertainty in Estimating Effects
Using the Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment Software
Section II: Example Applications
Preface
A Life Cycle Analysis of a Midsize Passenger Car
Comparison of Steel and Plastic Fuel Tank Systems for Automobiles
Effects of Using Nanotechnology to Stabilize Platinum Group Metal Particles in Automotive Catalysts
E-Commerce, Book Publishing and Retail Logistics
Construction Materials for Roads and Bridges
Environmental Impacts of Services
Life-cycle Assessment of Electricity Generation
Comparison of Energy Transportation Modes: Coal by Rail and Electricity Transmission
Life Cycle Assessment of Residential Buildings in the United States
Section III: Further Developments in the EIO-LCA Method
Preface
Occupational Safety Risks in an Input-Output Framework
Development of Regional Economic Input-Output Life-cycle Assessment Models
Canadian Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment Model
Enterprise and Materials Flow Input-Output Analysis
References
Appendices:
I: Sectors and Outputs in the 1997 US Benchmark EIO-LCA
II: Some Alternative Model Forms for EIO-LCA
III: Disaggregation Options for Conducting Hybrid Life Cycle Assessments
IV: Uncertainty in Leontief Input-Output Equations: Some Numerical Examples
V. Potential Compliance of an LCA Study Conducted Using the EIO-LCA Model with the Requirements of ISO 14040, 14041, 14042 and 14043 Standards