Study supports combining LCA and QRA
Yumi Kobayashi (formerly at UNSW) finished her doctoral thesis with a paper building on the foundation of a detailed, quantitative risk...
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National Dairy FARM Program Releases Environmental Stewardship Reference Manual
To celebrate Earth Day 2017, the National Dairy FARM Program has released a manual that features a detailed explanation of the FARM...
Life-cycle study backs PVC pipe
The first comprehensive environmental review of underground piping systems in North America finds that PVC pipes has the environmental...
Seaweed biomethane delivers 60% carbon savings vs fossil fuel.
A study finds that seaweed biomethane can deliver over 60% carbon savings as compared to fossil fuel. The focus of the study is to assess...
New forum setting benchmarks for greener construction
The Carbon Leadership Forum, a collaborative group of academics and industry professionals, published the results of its Embodied Carbon...
Natural Capital Project finds a better way to predict the environmental impacts of agricultural prod
A team of researchers from Stanford University and the University of Minnesota, along with researchers from Unilever’s Safety and...
New LCIA needed for natural resources
A new paper concludes that a new LCIA method is needed, one that consistently addresses all natural resource categories to avoid burden...
NSDO Standards for Building Products
National Standards Development Organisation now has standards available for both masonry and roofing products. These standards have been...
First ALCAS Student webinar - 7 April
Defining functional units Tim Grant Date: Friday 7 April 2017 Time: 2pm-3:30pm AEST The definition of the functional unit is one of the...
Developing guidelines for input-output and hybrid inventories.
ALCAS has recently begun to explore the use of input-output and hybrid data in LCA. Using process data, as in AusLCI or ecoinvent, is the...
ALCAS Webinar Series Launches in April
ALCAS will present a series of webinars this year, getting experts to talk about recent developments in LCA and related fields. Please...
Dutch LCA Sheds Light on Preferred Waste Treatment Method
Fossil oil production can result in large amounts of excess water, with a wide range of geological elements, acids and salts as well as...
thinkstep announces upgrade to GaBi LCI
In February, thinkstep announced the availability of its GaBi Databases 2017 Edition, the latest update to the world's leading Life Cycle...
LCANZ One-Day Industry Symposium: 31 March
LCANZ in collaboration with the New Zealand Life Cycle Management Centre is facilitating a one-day industry focused symposium, hosted by...
Global Guidance for Life Cycle Impact Assessment Indicators: Volume 1 launched
The UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiatives flagship has published the “Global Guidance for Life Cycle Impact Assessment Indicators Volume 1”...
Call for ideas to update Standards
The two fundamental standards that underpin life cycle assessment (14040 and 14044) have recently undergone a Systematic Review and both...
CSIRO Leads Move to Develop LCI for Mineral Industry
CSIRO will be leading a move to develop the life cycle inventory database for the mineral industry (AusMinLCI) under the larger scheme of...
New Service Promises to Improve Green Star Rating
In January, Australian consultants Edge Environment and Sustainable Future Group announced a joint service offering they claim guarantees...
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