TY - JOUR
T1 - Life cycle assessment
T2 - State of the art and future perspectives
AU - Shi, Junli
AU - Liu, Zhichao
AU - Zhang, Hongchao
AU - Jiang, Qiuhong
AU - Li, Tao
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Bentham Science Publishers.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a scientific assessment method to promote recourse saving and environmental protecting behavior. LCA has been applied extensively to investigate issues related to shortage of resources and environmental degradation. In order to specify the development and benefits of LCA in current and future industrial environment, this paper provides a systematic review by addressing recent patents using LCA to assess environmental impacts and scholarly articles on the issues of boundary identification, allocation problem, databases, approaches for compiling life cycle inventory, and life cycle impact assessment. With regard to the perspective section, key challenges in LCA scope expansion are explored: from environmental to social and economic issues and its integration with 3D design software. Then, the current limitations and weaknesses of LCA are discussed at the end of the paper.
AB - Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a scientific assessment method to promote recourse saving and environmental protecting behavior. LCA has been applied extensively to investigate issues related to shortage of resources and environmental degradation. In order to specify the development and benefits of LCA in current and future industrial environment, this paper provides a systematic review by addressing recent patents using LCA to assess environmental impacts and scholarly articles on the issues of boundary identification, allocation problem, databases, approaches for compiling life cycle inventory, and life cycle impact assessment. With regard to the perspective section, key challenges in LCA scope expansion are explored: from environmental to social and economic issues and its integration with 3D design software. Then, the current limitations and weaknesses of LCA are discussed at the end of the paper.
KW - Allocation
KW - Boundary identification
KW - LCA
KW - LCA integration
KW - Life cycle impact assessment
KW - Life cycle inventory compiling
KW - Life cycle sustainability assessment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84949771175&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2174/2212797608666150729231737
DO - 10.2174/2212797608666150729231737
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84949771175
SN - 2212-7976
VL - 8
SP - 211
EP - 221
JO - Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering
JF - Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering
IS - 3
ER -