Indicator Development and Analysis of Correlations between Simplified and Complete LCIA Methods
In collaboration with other universities we have developed and translated resource-based assessment indicators to the LCA methodology, e.g. cumulative exergy demand. Moreover, we have compared the outcome of analyses with such simplified indicators to the results of complete LCIA methods, to examine the usefulness of these indicators. For this we have done a statisitcal analysis of several hundred product and process Life Cycle Assessments.
Cooperation with
Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
Ghent University, Belgium
Duration
2006-2011
- Boesch, M. E.; Hellweg, S.; Huijbregts, M. A. J.; Frischknecht, R., Applying cumulative exergy demand (CExD) indicators to the ecoinvent database, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 12 (3), 181-190, 2007
- Huijbregt MAJ, Hellweg S, Frischknecht R, Hendriks HWM, Hungerbühler K, HendriksAJ, Cumulative energy demand as predictor for the environmental burden of commodity production, Environmental Science and Technology 44, 2189-2196, 2010
- Huijbregts MAJ, Hellweg S, Frischknecht R, Hungerbühler K, Hendriks AJ: Ecological Footprint Accounting in the Life Cycle Assessment of Products, Ecological Economics, 64, 798-807, 2008
- Huijbregts MAJ, Rombouts LJA, Hellweg S, Frischknecht R, Dik van de Meent JH, Ragas AMJ, Reijnders L, Struijs J: Is Cumulative Fossil Energy Demand a Useful Indicator for the Environmental Performance of Products?, Environmental Science and Technology, 40 (3), 641-648, 2006