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Summary
Summary
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has developed in Australia over the past 16 years in a fragmented way with many different people and organizations contributing to the area at different times, and largely through informal or unpublished work. This publication will legitimize and document LCA research and methodology development to act as a record of what has happened and a basis for future development and application of the tool. The Centre for Design at RMIT has been a leading research center in Australia through its work on data collection, methodology development and contribution to knowledge through undertaking LCA studies for leading companies and government departments ranging from products, packaging, buildings, water management and waste management. This work, in addition to key work undertaken by other researchers, will be presented. The book will become a bridge between LCA implementation and life cycle management (LCM) and provide discussion on how LCA development will be in the future and how it integrates with available software tools.
Table of Contents
| Foreword |
| Acknowledgements |
| Introduction |
| 1 Life Cycle Assessment: Origins, Principles and ContextRalph E. Horne |
| 2 The Development of Life cycle Assessment Methods and ApplicationsKarli L. Verghese and Tim Grant and Ralph E. Horne |
| 3 Life Cycle Assessment in PracticeTim Grant |
| 4 Life Cycle Assessment as Decision Support: A Systemic Critique |
| 5 The Australian Environment: Impact Assessment in a Sunburnt CountryTim Grant |
| 6 Lice Cycle Assessment and Waste ManagementKarli L. Verghese |
| 7 Life cycle Assessment: Applications in the Built EnvironmentRalph E. Horne |
| 8 Will the Well Run Dry? Developments in Water Resource Planning and Impact AssessmentAndrew S. Carre and Ralph E. Horne |
| 9 Life Cycle Assessment and Agriculture: Challenges and ProspectsRalph E. Horne and Tim Grant |
| 10 Climate Change Responses: Carbon Offsets, Biofeuls and the Life cycle Assessment ContributionScott McAlister and Ralph E. Horne |
| 11 Accelerating Life Cycle Assessment Uptake: Life Cycle Management and `QuickâÇÖ LCA ToolsRalph E. Horne and Karli L. Verghese |
| 12 Prospects for Life cycle Assessment Development and Practice in the Quest for Sustainable ConsumptionRalph E. Horne and Tim Grant and Karli L. Verghese |
| Index |
