Review of methods addressing freshwater use in life cycle inventory and impact assessment
Journal article, 2013
The project “review of methods addressing water” aims at reviewing and performing a systematic qualitative review of
existing methods (environmental models, characterization methods, and life cycle impact assessment methods) linked to the assessment of water use. This work looks at similarities and differences between the characterization methods, identifies the key elements to be considered when modeling the cause effect chains in water assessment and provides indications for deriving operational characterization methods and factors to assess water use in LCA.
Scientific recommendations as well as industrial interim recommendations on inventory modeling, midpoint and impact
assessment methods are formulated to support practitioners in their short term application.
human health
resources
method review
ecosystem quality
Life cycle assessment
freshwater use
Author
Anna Kounina
Quantis
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
M Margni
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Quantis
J-B Bayart
Quantis
Veolia Group
A-M Boulay
École Polytechnique de Montréal
M Berger
Technische Universität Berlin
C Bulle
École Polytechnique de Montréal
R Frischknecht
ESU-services Ltd.
A Koehler
PE International
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
L Mila-i-Canals
Unilever
M Motoshita
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
M Núñez
INRA-LBE
Gregory Peters
Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemical Environmental Science
S Pfister
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
University of California
Aveny GmbH
B Ridoutt
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
R Van Zelm
Radboud University
F Verones
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
S Humbert
Quantis
International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
0948-3349 (ISSN) 1614-7502 (eISSN)
Vol. 18 3 707-721Driving Forces
Sustainable development
Subject Categories
Environmental Management
Environmental Sciences
DOI
10.1007/s11367-012-0519-3