Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Management

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Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Integrating Sustainability Considerations into Product Development: A Practical Tool for Prioritising Social Sustainability Indicators and Experiences from Real Case Application....Pages 3-14
A Life Cycle Stakeholder Management Framework for Enhanced Collaboration Between Stakeholders with Competing Interests....Pages 15-26
Stakeholder Consultation: What do Decision Makers in Public Policy and Industry Want to Know Regarding Abiotic Resource Use?....Pages 27-34
Life Cycle Management Capability: An Alternative Approach to Sustainability Assessment....Pages 35-42
The Sustainability Consortium: A Stakeholder Approach to Improve Consumer Product Sustainability....Pages 43-52
A Social Hotspot Database for Acquiring Greater Visibility in Product Supply Chains: Overview and Application to Orange Juice....Pages 53-62
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A Novel Weighting Method in LCIA and its Application in Chinese Policy Context....Pages 65-72
The Usefulness of an Actor’s Perspective in LCA....Pages 73-83
Review on Land Use Considerations in Life Cycle Assessment: Methodological Perspectives for Marine Ecosystems....Pages 85-96
Visual Accounting....Pages 97-106
International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook: Review Schemes for Life Cycle Assessment....Pages 107-117
Time and Life Cycle Assessment: How to Take Time into Account in the Inventory Step?....Pages 119-130
A Method of Prospective Technological Assessment of Nanotechnological Techniques....Pages 131-140
State of the Art Study - How is Environmental Performance Measured for Buildings/Constructions?....Pages 141-152
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Comparison of Water Footprint for Industrial Products in Japan, China and USA....Pages 155-160
Assessment of the Water Footprint of Wheat in Mexico....Pages 161-170
Water Footprints in Four Selected Breweries in Nigeria....Pages 171-181
Development and Application of a Water Footprint Metric for Agricultural Products and the Food Industry....Pages 183-192
LCA Characterisation of Freshwater Use on Human Health and Through Compensation....Pages 193-204
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How to Measure and Manage the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Impact of a Global Multinational Company....Pages 207-215
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Best Practice Application of LCM by Retailers to Improve Product Supply Chain Sustainability....Pages 217-228
Life Cycle Management Approach to the Design of Large-Scale Resorts....Pages 229-238
Greening Events: Waste Reduction Through the Integration of Life Cycle Management into Event Organisation at ESCi....Pages 239-245
Challenges for LCAs of Complex Systems: The Case of a Large-Scale Precious Metal Refinery Plant....Pages 247-258
Life Cycle Inventory of Pine and Eucalyptus Cellulose Production in Chile: Effect of Process Modifications....Pages 259-266
Life Cycle Assessment of Integrated Solid Waste Management System of Delhi....Pages 267-276
LCM of Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Emerging Neighbourhoods in Colombia....Pages 277-288
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Environmental Profiles of Farm Types in Switzerland Based on LCA....Pages 291-300
The Use of Models to Account for the Variability of Agricultural Data....Pages 301-308
Modular Extrapolation Approach for Crop LCA MEXALCA: Global Warming Potential of Different Crops and its Relationship to the Yield....Pages 309-317
Regional Assessment of Waste Flow Eco-Synergy in Food Production: Using Compost and Polluted Ground Water in Mediterranean Horticulture Crops....Pages 319-330
Assessing Management Influence on Environmental Impacts Under Uncertainty: A Case Study of Paddy Rice Production in Japan....Pages 331-340
Assessing Environmental Sustainability of Different Apple Supply Chains in Northern Italy....Pages 341-348
The Effect of CO2 Information Labelling for the Pork Produced with Feed Made from Food Residuals....Pages 349-356
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Role of Packaging in LCA of Food Products....Pages 359-370
Packaging Legislation and Unintended Consequences: A Case Study on the Necessity of Life Cycle Management....Pages 371-380
Carbon Footprint of Beverage Packaging in the United Kingdom....Pages 381-390
Enhanced Resource Efficiency with Packaging Steel....Pages 391-397
Damage Assessment Model for Freshwater Consumption and a Case Study on PET Bottle Production Applied New Technology for Water Footprint Reduction....Pages 399-410
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Sustainability Assessment of Biomass Utilisation in East Asian Countries....Pages 413-424
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Life Cycle Inventory of Physic Nut Biodiesel: Comparison Between the Manual and Mechanised Agricultural Production Systems Practiced in Brazil....Pages 425-436
Life Cycle Assessment of Biodiesel Production from Microalgae Oil: Effect of Algae Species and Cultivation System....Pages 437-442
Modelling the Inventory of Hydropower Plants....Pages 443-450
Life Cycle Carbon Dioxide Emission and Stock of Domestic Wood Resources using Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment....Pages 451-458
Analysis on Correlation Relationship Between Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emission and Life Cycle Cost of Electricity Generation System for Energy Resources....Pages 459-468
Development and Application of a LCA Model for Coal Conversion Products (Coal to Y)....Pages 469-480
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European LCA Standardisation of ICT: Equipment, Networks, and Services....Pages 483-493
Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Assessment of a Dell OptiPlex 780 Desktop – Results and Recommendations....Pages 495-500
The Concept of Monitoring of LCM Results Based on Refrigerators Case Study....Pages 501-512
Life Cycle Management of F-Gas-Free Refrigeration Technology: The Case of F-Gases-Free Frozen Dessert Equipment....Pages 513-522
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Assessment of the Environmental Impacts of Electric Vehicle Concepts....Pages 533-533
A Consistency Analysis of LCA Based Communication and Stakeholders Needs to Improve the Dialogue on New Electric Vehicle....Pages 535-546
Design for Environment and Environmental Certificate at Mercedes-Benz Cars....Pages 547-555
Implementing Life Cycle Engineering Efficiently into Automotive Industry Processes....Pages 557-566
Environmental Product Declaration of a Commuter Train....Pages 567-578
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