ENVS 102: Life Cycle Assessments: Background Information

Websites

• The Environmental Literacy Council. LIfe Cycle Analysis.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Design for the Environment Life-Cycle Assessments
• U.S. General Services Administration.  Life Cycle Assessment Overview
• U.N. Environmental Programme.  Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assesment of Products

Documents

• Scientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC). 2006. LIfe Cycle Assessment: Principles and Practice.
• Hendrickson, C.T., et al. 2006. Environmental life cycle assessment of goods and services: an input-output approach.  Washington D.C.: Resources for the Future.
• Rebitzer,G., et al.  2004.  Life cycle assessment: Part 1: Framework, goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, and applications.  Environment International, 30(5): 701-720.
• Pennington, D.W., et al. 2004. Life cycle assessment: Part 2: Current impact assessment practice.  Environment International, 30(5): 721-739.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory. 1993.  Life Cycle Assessment: Inventory Guidelines and Practice.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  Office of Air Quality.  1995.  Life-Cycle Impact Assessment: a conceptual framework, key issues, and summary of existing methods.

The International Standards Organization has published a series of standards aimed at creating a consistent framework for LCA/LCIA.  The UI Library does not have a copy of these standards.  However, they can be obtained via the ISO.

• ISO 14040: Environmental Management - Life cycle assessment - Principles and framework
• ISO 14041: Environmental Management - Life cycle assessment - Life cycle inventory analysis
• ISO 14042: Environmental Management - Life cycle assessment - Life cycle impact assessment
• ISO 14043: Environmental Management - Life cycle assessment - Life cycle interpretation