1. President of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency

   • Andreas Troge

   Preface Pages: 1 - 2

2. Editorial

   • Walter Klöpffer

   EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 3

3. LCA — How it came about

   • Robert G. Hunt
   • William E. Franklin
   • R. G. Hunt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 4 - 7

4. Comparison between filament lamps and compact fluorescent lamps

   • Rolf P. Pfeifer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 8 - 14

5. Life cycle assessment as an engineering tool in the automotive industry

   • Konrad Saur
   • Johannes Gediga
   • Peter Eyerer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 21

6. Environmental and social compatible material development in the car industry

   • Jaqueline Hennig

   OriginalPaper Pages: 22 - 22

7. Functional unit for systems using natural raw materials

   • Günter Fleischer
   • Wulf-Peter Schmidt

   LCA Methodology Pages: 23 - 27

8. Allocation rule for open-loop recycling in life cycle assessment

   • Walter Klöpffer

   LCA Methodology Pages: 27 - 31

9. Evaluation and decision-making processes in life cycle assessment

   • Birgit Grahl
   • Eva Schmincke

   OriginalPaper Pages: 32 - 35

10. Directory of life-cycle inventory data sources

    News and Views Pages: 35 - 35

11. The valuation step within LCA

    • Stephan Volkwein
    • Walter Klöpffer

    Valuation Procedure Pages: 36 - 39

12. Canada’s life cycle activities and product policies

    • Kevin S. Brady
    • Lynne M. F. Patenaude

    OriginalPaper Pages: 40 - 42

13. The uses of life cycle assessment for European Legislation

    • Ursula Schleicher

    OriginalPaper Pages: 42 - 44

14. On the nordic guidelines for life cycle assessment

    • Göran Finnvedcn
    • Lars-Gunnar Lindfors

    LCA Policies and Legislation Pages: 45 - 48

15. Principles of Product-Related life cycle assessment

    • Harald Neitzel

    LCA Standardization Pages: 49 - 54

16. Ecological auditing for all branches through the Bavarian Technological Surveillance Group (TÜV Bavaria)

    • Peter Baruschke

    News & Views Pages: 54 - 54

17. SPOLD-society for the promotion of life cycle development

    • Peter Hindle
    • Nick Tieme de Oude

    Societies Pages: 55 - 56

18. Publications of the centro of enivronmental science, Leiden

    News and Views Pages: 56 - 56

19. Report from the EPA conference on streamlining LCA

    • Mary Ann Curran
    • Steven Young

    Conference Report Pages: 57 - 60

20. Environmental Accounting

    News and Views Pages: 60 - 60

21. Calender of EventS

    Events Pages: A3 - A4