DocumentCode
1581381
Title
"The most of the most"-study on a new LCA method
Author
Lei, Liu ; Zhifeng, Liu ; Fung, Richard
Author_Institution
Sch. of Mech. & Automotive Eng., Hefei Univ. of Technol., China
fYear
2003
Firstpage
177
Lastpage
182
Abstract
LCA (life cycle assessment) is a quantitative method to evaluate the environmental impacts involved with a certain product over its whole life cycle by calculating the inputs and outputs of the system. However, it has some limitations: unavoidable hypothesis, incomplete data, weak adaptability and high cost etc. Consequently, several simple LCA methods came into being. In order to make the LCA method more practical, a new evaluation method named "the most of the most" is introduced in this paper, and the feasibility of it is demonstrated through case studies comparing with the traditional method.
Keywords
environmental factors; lead acid batteries; environmental impacts; high cost; incomplete data; lead acid battery; life cycle; life cycle assessment; quantitative method; the most of the most evaluation method; unavoidable hypothesis; weak adaptability; Battery charge measurement; Costs; Engineering management; Inventory management; Manufacturing; Packaging machines; Phase measurement; Refrigerators; Standards development; Technology management;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electronics and the Environment, 2003. IEEE International Symposium on
ISSN
1095-2020
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7743-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISEE.2003.1208070
Filename
1208070
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