LCA 4.10.2018

Which mechanisms are used to overcome the limits of current LCA?

• Broaden the indicators by including social and economic indicators.

• Broaden the scope of analysis from product-level assessment to national and global levels.

• Deepen the assessment by inclusion of more mechanisms to account for interrelations among the system elements,

  uncertainty analysis, stakeholder involvement, etc.

• All of above.

A high number(40%) of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) studies are from _____________ discipline.

• Material science

• Engineering

• Environmental science

• Energy

Which of the options is NOT the top 3 intended application of LCA?

• Sustainable energy systems

• Air pollution

• Global climate change

• Water quality and/or scarcity

The goal of LCA is to assess the environmental impact of products from a system perspective and to identify possible improvement strategies, true or false?

• True

• False

The two major shortcomings of LCSA framework are:

• The vague definition of goal and scope

• Look at the Environmental LCA (E-LCA), Social LCA (S-LCA), and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) assessment results separately

• Lack of understanding the mutual dependencies and complex interactions among the sustainability indicators

• Lack of unified impact assessment criteria

Organizational LCA (OLCA) is a compilation and evaluation

of the inputs, outputs, and potential environmental impacts of the activities associated with the organization adopting a life cycle perspective, true or false?

• True

• False

Apart from the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative flagship project, two main other initiatives that exist on the development of this new approach are: _______________

• WRI

• ISO/TS 14072

• ISO 14040

• OEF Guide

The new UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative guidance document aims to be a publication accompanying

the __________.

• ISO 14072

• ISO 14040

• ISO 14044

• WBCSD