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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Light-Weight Eco-composites

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In the current study, an attributional LCA approach was applied. As indicated in the introduction, LCA is a systems analysis approach, assessing the environmental aspects and impacts of product or service systems over their whole life cycle in accordance with the stated goal and scope of the study. Definition of the goal and scope is therefore the basis for all LCAs. In this chapter, the goal and scope for the LCA models presented in this thesis are set out together with discussion of specific aspects of the data development undertaken in order to address the study scope. In the current research, the LCA models were developed using primary inventory collected from industrial sources combined with new data derived from laboratory experiments and computer simulations supplemented with secondary data from publicly available sources. This chapter presents the general materials and methodologies (including modelling and experimental methodologies) adopted throughout the research.

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Guo, M. (2012). Materials and Methods. In: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Light-Weight Eco-composites. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35037-5_2

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