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What is a life cycle analysis?

What is a life cycle analysis? . LCA is a technique to assess the environmental aspects and potential impacts associated with a product, process, or service, by: compiling an inventory of relevant energy and material inputs and environmental releases;

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What is a life cycle analysis?

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  1. What is a life cycle analysis? • LCA is a technique to assess the environmental aspects and potential impacts associated with a product, process, or service, by: • compiling an inventory of relevant energy and material inputs and environmental releases; • evaluating the potential environmental impacts associated with identified inputs and releases; • interpreting the results to help you make a more informed decision.

  2. Steps • 1) Raw Materials • 2) Extraction • 3) Processes • 4) Transportation • 5) Product

  3. What are Raw materials?

  4. What is Extraction? • Manual long harvesting/whole tree harvesting • Mechanical whole tree harvesting/log length

  5. What are processes? • http://science.discovery.com/videos/hot-videos-how-its-made/

  6. What is transportation?

  7. What is a product (use)?

  8. What are inputs and outputs? • Inputs = materials and energy used • Outputs = waste and pollution created

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