NewsJanuary 17, 2012
Life Cycle Assessment ‘from cradle to grave’
 TRADA Technology has revised its Wood Information Sheet Life cycle assessment (LCA), a process of compilation and evaluation of inputs, outputs and potential environmental impacts of a product system throughout its lifecycle.
Many industries, rather than simply responding to increasingly stringent regulation, are now actively seeking to develop more environmentally benign products and processes. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is one of the best known tools for assessing the environmental impact of activities.
LCA accounts for material energy and waste flows associated with a product from ‘cradle to grave'. Assuming that high quality and representative data are fed into the model, LCA can offer a credible assessment of the burden placed on the environment.
This Wood Information Sheet describes the background and applications of LCA, its limitations and various methodologies and tools, both generic and construction-specific. It explains the role that carbon footprinting plays in demonstrating timber's outstanding carbon credentials.
TRADA members may download Life cycle assessment in PDF format from the TRADA bookshop free of charge - click here. The cost is £12.00 for non-members. To order click here.
- TRADA Technology stresses that Life Cycle Assessment is different to Life Cycle Costing (LCC), which is a financial decision-making technique that takes into account initial and future costs. A separate WIS 4-31 explains LCC in the context of timber components and complete buildings - click here.
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