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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): A Guide to Best Practice

Walter Klöpffer and Birgit Grahl Book reviewer: David Hunkeler

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  1. The “Code of Practice” was intended as guidance for all individuals who commission, carry out, review, or use the results of an LCA, and should be used to enhance the quality, transparency, and credibility of such studies. For the first time, the “Code of Practice” recommended and described a peer-review process to be a key feature in the advancement of LCAs.

  2. The German version presents the beginning of LCA and its further development. From there, the updated English version focuses on the current development.

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Publisher: Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 1st edn. April 2014, 89.00 Euro, 440 pages, 40 tables, Hardcover, ISBN 978-3-527-32986-1

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Hunkeler, D. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): A Guide to Best Practice. Int J Life Cycle Assess 21, 1063–1066 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-016-1083-z

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