| UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative |
To develop and disseminate practical tools for evaluating the opportunities,
risks, and trade-offs associated with products and services over their entire
life cycle to achieve sustainable development |
http://www.uneptie.org/pc/sustain/lcinitiative/home.htm |
| Whole Life Value Sustainability Search Engine |
An online search engine, developed by BRE, to look for resources that
deal with whole life value. WLV search engine enables designers and their
clients to take account of the most significant aspects of sustainability
and to predict the 'whole life value' of their projects. |
http://www.wlv.org.uk |
| An introduction to Life-Cycle Thinking and Management |
Environmental News No.68. Published by Danish Environmental Protection
Agency in 2003 This booklet describes how enterprises can begin developing
cleaner products based on a life-cycle perspective. It focuses on a simple
approach to preventive environmental initiatives The publication is available
to read in HTML. "An introduction
to Life-Cycle Thinking and Management". . http://www.mst.dk/udgiv/publications/2003/87 |
http://www.mst.dk/udgiv/publications/2003/87-7972-458-2/html/ |
| Life Cycle Assessment
(LCA) - A guide to approaches, experiences and information sources" |
Environmental issue report No 6. Published by EEA (European Environment
Agency) in 1999 |
This guide, together with the meta-database containing information sources,
is a simple and practical guide for businesses and industries. The text
describes the ground-rules for credible LCAs, explains the meaning of "benchmarking",
looks at the issues of Management Systems and environmental strategies,
as well as the impacts and outcomes of LCA. It also looks at the different
standards, the LCA's boundaries and the means to carry out simplified LCAs
http://reports.eea.eu.int/GH-07-97-595-EN-C/en/tab_content_RLR
(PDF, 533 KB). |
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