Life Cycle Assessment Course

Background reading material

                         Course worksheets and tools

• LCA workbook
• Business card example
• Step by step project on coffee cups
• SimaPro cheat sheet
• LCA process questionnaire
• Uncertainty estimator tool.

                                Life Cycle Assessment

• Short introduction to LCA
• LCA what it is and how to do it - UNEP Guide
• LCA of Flooring
• LCA of Vinyl
• EcoIndicator methodology report
• EcoIndicator manual for designers
• LCA data sources
• Athena
• Allocation approach - via system boundary expansion - paper by Bo Weidema
• Value based allocation approach for recycling - by Tomas Ekvall

CML Guide to LCA

Reports

Paper and Packaging Waste Management LCA report - Victoria 2000 - Main report

Paper and Packaging Waste Management LCA report - Victoria 2000 - Appendices

Paper and Packaging Waste Management LCA report - NSW 2001 - Main report

Paper and Packaging Waste Management LCA report - NSW 2001 - Appendices

Waste Management Option (including energy from waste) LCA for EcoRecycle Victoria (Executive Summary)

Alternative Fuels for Heavy Vehicles -  LCA report  including Appendices

                        Life Cycle Costing

• Feasibility Study of Wall and Floor Coverings for EU Eco-labelling
• ESD, LCC and the Quantity Surveyor
• Comparitive Life Cycle Costs for New Steel Portal Frame Building Systems
• Plant and Equipment Acquisition: A Life Cycle Costing Case Study
• LCC Methodology
• LCC Workshop for Energy Conservation in Buildings: Student Manual

                        Life Cycle Assessment & Life Cycle Costing

• Integrating Economic and Environmental Performance Measurements Using Activity-based LCA
• Better IAQ through Integrating Design Tools for the HVAC Industry
• Integrating LCC Analysis and LCA
• Economic Allocation in LCA: A Case Study about Aluminium Window Frames
• Unlocking the Value in Sustainable Buildings