Life cycle analysis (LCA) is a means of quantifying how much Energy and raw Material are used and how much (solid, liquid, and gaseous) Waste is generated at each stage of a product’s life. Ideally an LCA would include quantification of material and energy needed for[1]:
- raw material extraction,
- manufacturing of all components,
- use requirements,
- generation (if any -- e.g. Photovoltaics),
- end of use (disposal or recycling),
- and the distribution/transportation in between each stage.
- There are also theories for expanded versions of analysis where you include minor details like the factories and warehouses electricity/energy use, what type of method all the employees use for trips to and from work and so on. But this is normally regarded as too much work to investigate in.
Resources
- An excellent free site for doing Life Cycle Analyses
- Life Cycle Assessment Training Kit
- Many carbon footprint resources at http://ecofx.org/
References
- ↑ J. Pearce and A. Lau, "Net Energy Analysis For Sustainable Energy Production From Silicon Based Solar Cells", Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineers Solar 2002: Sunrise on the Reliable Energy Economy, editor R. Cambell-Howe, 2002.
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Pages in category "Life cycle analysis"
The following 109 pages are in this category, out of 109 total.
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- Energy and carbon analysis of upcycled pint glasses
- Engr 308 CPH 3 MW CO2 comparison
- Engr 308 CPH 3 MW CO2 comparison/es
- Environmental impacts of distributed manufacturing from 3-D printing of polymer components and products
- Environmental impacts of distributed manufacturing from 3-D printing of polymer components and products/pt
- Environmental life cycle analysis of distributed 3-D printing and conventional manufacturing of polymer products
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- LCA of cell phones
- LCA of cell phones/es
- LCA of cell phones/ja
- LCA of cell phones/ml
- LCA of cell phones/zh
- LCA of cement
- LCA of cement/fa
- LCA of CFLs
- LCA of coffee
- LCA of coffee/id
- LCA of coffee/it
- LCA of coffee/ro
- LCA of coffee/sv
- LCA of coffee/th
- LCA of coffee/zh
- LCA of Pig Farming
- Life cycle analyses of energy technologies Literature review
- Life cycle analysis of semiconductor recycling in thin film photovoltaic manufacturing methods
- Life cycle analysis of silane recycling in amorphous silicon-based solar photovoltaic manufacturing
- Life cycle analysis of wind mills
- Life cycle analysis of wind mills/ru
- Life cycle analysis tools
- Life cycle assessment of food
- Life cycle assessment of food/ru
- Life cycle assessment of food/zh
- Life cycle carbon emissions
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- Open Source Waste Plastic Granulator
- Open Source Waste Plastic Granulator/ar
- Open Source Waste Plastic Granulator/hu
- Open Source Waste Plastic Granulator/tr
- Open-Source Grinding Machine for Compression Screw Manufacturing
- Open-Source Grinding Machine for Compression Screw Manufacturing/de
- Open-Source Grinding Machine for Compression Screw Manufacturing/fr
- Open-Source Grinding Machine for Compression Screw Manufacturing/ru
- Open-Source Grinding Machine for Compression Screw Manufacturing/tr
- Open-Source Grinding Machine for Compression Screw Manufacturing/vi
- OpenLCA: FAST
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- Paper versus plastic bags
- Paper versus plastic bags/es
- Paper versus plastic bags/it
- Paper versus plastic bags/ja
- Paper versus plastic bags/ko
- Paper versus plastic bags/th
- Paper versus plastic bags/zh
- Pearce publications in life cycle analysis and net energy
- Pearce publications in life cycle analysis and net energy/zh
- Printer specific energy protocol:MOST
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- RepRapable Recyclebot: Open source 3-D printable extruder for converting plastic to 3-D printing filament
- RepRapable Recyclebot: Open source 3-D printable extruder for converting plastic to 3-D printing filament/ar
- RepRapable Recyclebot: Open source 3-D printable extruder for converting plastic to 3-D printing filament/cs
- RepRapable Recyclebot: Open source 3-D printable extruder for converting plastic to 3-D printing filament/es
- RepRapable Recyclebot: Open source 3-D printable extruder for converting plastic to 3-D printing filament/fr
- RepRapable Recyclebot: Open source 3-D printable extruder for converting plastic to 3-D printing filament/it
- RepRapable Recyclebot: Open source 3-D printable extruder for converting plastic to 3-D printing filament/ja
- RepRapable Recyclebot: Open source 3-D printable extruder for converting plastic to 3-D printing filament/pl
- RepRapable Recyclebot: Open source 3-D printable extruder for converting plastic to 3-D printing filament/pt
- RepRapable Recyclebot: Open source 3-D printable extruder for converting plastic to 3-D printing filament/ro
- RepRapable Recyclebot: Open source 3-D printable extruder for converting plastic to 3-D printing filament/ru
- RepRapable Recyclebot: Open source 3-D printable extruder for converting plastic to 3-D printing filament/tr
- RepRapable Recyclebot: Open source 3-D printable extruder for converting plastic to 3-D printing filament/uk
- RepRapable Recyclebot: Open source 3-D printable extruder for converting plastic to 3-D printing filament/zh
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