LC‐IMPACT: A regionalized life cycle damage assessment method
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Verones, Francesca
Hellweg, Stefanie
Antón, Assumpció
Azevedo, Ligia B.
Chaudhary, Abhishek
Cosme, Nuno
Cucurachi, Stefano
de Baan, Laura
Dong, Yan
Fantke, Peter
Golsteijn, Laura
Hauschild, Michael
Heijungs, Reinout
Jolliet, Olivier
Juraske, Ronnie
Larsen, Henrik
Laurent, Alexis
Mute, Christopher L.
Margni, Manuele
Núñez, Montserrat
Owsianiak, Mikolaj
Pfister, Stephan
Ponsioen, Tommie
Preiss, Philipp
Rosenbaum, Ralph K.
Roy, Pierre-Olivier
Sala, Serenella
Steinmann, Zoran
van Zelm, Rosalie
Van Dingenen, Rita
Vieira, Marisa
Huijbregts, Mark A. J.
Data de publicació
2020-05-31ISSN
1088-1980
Resum
Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) is a lively field of research, and data and models are continuously improved in terms of impact pathways covered, reliability, and spatial detail. However, many of these advancements are scattered throughout the scientific literature, making it difficult for practitioners to apply the new models. Here, we present the LC‐IMPACT method that provides characterization factors at the damage level for 11 impact categories related to three areas of protection (human health, ecosystem quality, natural resources). Human health damage is quantified as disability adjusted life years, damage to ecosystem quality as global species extinction equivalents (based on potentially disappeared fraction of species), and damage to mineral resources as kilogram of extra ore extracted. Seven of the impact categories include spatial differentiation at various levels of spatial scale. The influence of value choices related to the time horizon and the level of scientific evidence of the impacts considered is quantified with four distinct sets of characterization factors. We demonstrate the applicability of the proposed method with an illustrative life cycle assessment example of different fuel options in Europe (petrol or biofuel). Differences between generic and regionalized impacts vary up to two orders of magnitude for some of the selected impact categories, highlighting the importance of spatial detail in LCIA. This article met the requirements for a gold – gold JIE data openness badge described at http://jie.click/badges.
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Article
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Versió publicada
Llengua
English
Matèries (CDU)
502 - Natura. Estudi, conservació i protecció de la natura
504 - Ciències del medi ambient
Pàgines
19
Publicat per
Wiley
Publicat a
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Citació
Verones, Francesca, Stefanie Hellweg, Assumpció Antón, Ligia B. Azevedo, Abhishek Chaudhary, Nuno Cosme, and Stefano Cucurachi et al. 2020. "LC‐IMPACT: A Regionalized Life Cycle Damage Assessment Method ". Journal Of Industrial Ecology. doi:10.1111/jiec.13018.
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Sostenibilitat en Biosistemes
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