Establishing common primary data for environmental overview of product life cycles. Users, perspectives, methods, data and information systems
Report, 2005
Chapter 2 contains a comprehensive (albeit not exhaustive) list of perspectives from which a stakeholder may environmentally view and assess products. A number of examples are given to describe reasons people have in practice for applying each perspective. The intention is to ensure that users find the methods and tools in chapter 3 to be truly relevant.
Chapter 3 lists and presents methods and tools for assessing environmental performance, for acquiring information about environmental impacts, and for providing information on environmental properties of products. Particular emphasis is placed on the different types of LCA that have been identified, how they differ, how to use them, and their differing data requirements.
Chapter 4 lists and presents the data and information that are used or produced by the methods and tools described in Chapter 3. This chapter includes discussion of data availability, data quality issues and data formatting.
Chapter 5 proposes an information system organisation and design taking into account all perspectives and practical needs as described in Chapter 2, as well as all information and data issues described in Chapter 4. Particular attention is paid to the need for compatibility with existing systems, the technical and economic feasibility of building small systems instead of large ones, and the necessity of a short payback time for all investments, particularly those in the private sector.
In chapter 6 the authors present outline recommendations for further work.
data management
Informationssystem
Life cycle management (LCM)
Life Cycle Assessment
Author
Raul Carlson
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Computing Science (Chalmers)
Maria Erixon
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Computing Science (Chalmers)
Markus Erlandsson
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Computing Science (Chalmers)
Karolina Flemström
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Computing Science (Chalmers)
Sandra Roos
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Computing Science (Chalmers)
Johan Tivander
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Computing Science (Chalmers)
Areas of Advance
Information and Communication Technology
Driving Forces
Sustainable development
Subject Categories
Other Environmental Engineering
Environmental Management
Environmental Analysis and Construction Information Technology
Communication Systems
ISBN
91-620-5523-2
Publisher
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency