DocumentCode
1976723
Title
Comparative assessment of environmental life-cycle-based tools: An application to particleboard
Author
Garcia, Rita ; Freire, Fausto
Author_Institution
Fundacao para a Cienc. e a Tecnol., Portugal
fYear
2011
fDate
16-18 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
Industry is being pressurized to improve the environmental performance of products and to communicate the environmental information along the supply chain. In order to fulfill those objectives, various environmental life-cycle-based tools can be used, (e.g. ISO-LCA, Environmental Product Declarations (EPD), and “Carbon Footprint”). However, the difference between the tools available is not obvious, nor is it clear if the environmental information obtained from them leads to the same or conflicting results.
Keywords
air pollution; product life cycle management; supply chain management; wood processing; wood products; ISO-LCA; carbon footprint; comparative assessment; environmental information; environmental life-cycle-based tool; environmental performance; environmental product declaration; particleboard; supply chain; Carbon; Companies; Global warming; IEEE Potentials; ISO standards; Resource management;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Chicago, IL
ISSN
2157-524X
Print_ISBN
978-1-61284-394-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936915
Filename
5936915
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