Environmental Assessment of Products: Volume 2: Scientific Background

ISBN-13: 9780412808104 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 566 str.

Michael Hauschild;Wenzel; Henrik Wenzel

Opis

This major two volume work presents a new decision making tool which enables manufacturers and scientists to undertake life cycle assessment (LCA) of new products from the design and development stages. The methodology allows the environmental consequences of a product to enter into decision making in the same way as traditional commercial parameters such as price, quality etc. Significantly, it is in accordance with international consensus, as defined by SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) and ISO (International Organization for Standardization). Moreover, the individual steps have been made operational through the creation of a collection of tools for assessment. The books are derived from the Environmental Design of Industrial Products (EDIP) programme organized by the Technical University of Denmark and five leading Danish companies. The project was sponsored by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Confederation of Danish Industries.

Spis treści

Foreword. Introduction. 1. Global warming as a criterion in the environmental assessment of products; M. Hauschild, H. Wenzel. 2. Stratospheric ozone depletion as criterion in the environmental assessment of products; M. Hauschild, H. Wenzel. 3. Photochemical ozone formation as a criterion in the environmental assessment of products; M. Hauschild, H. Wenzel. 4. Acidification as a criterion in the environmental assessment of products; M. Hauschild, H. Wenzel. 5. Nutrient enrichment as a criterion in the assessment of products; M. Hauschild, H. Wenzel. 6. Ecotoxicity as a criterion in the environmental assessment of products; M. Hauschild, H. Wenzel, A. Damborg, J. Tørsløv. 7. Human toxicity as a criterion in the environmental assessment of products; M. Hauschild, S.I. Olsen, H. Wenzel. 8. Resource consumption as a criterion in the environmental assessment of products; R. Nedermark, H. Wenzel, N. Caspersen. 9. The working environment as a criterion in the environmental assessment of products; E. Rasmussen. 10. Normalization and weighting in the environmental assessment of products; M. Hauschild, H. Wenzel. 11. Basis of the EDIP method's allocation model; H. Wenzel.