The Working Environment in LCA

Contents



Introduction to the series

Preface

Summary and conclusions

1 Introduction
   1.1 Overview of the content

2 The new method
   2.1 The data format
   2.2 A short description of the method
   2.3 The impact categories
      2.3.1 The statistical background
      2.3.2 The content of the statistics
   2.4 Advantages and disadvantages of the method
      2.4.1 The advantages
      2.4.2 The disadvantages
   2.5 The limitations of the method
      2.5.1 Danish statistics
      2.5.2 Supplementary data
      2.5.3 Nickel production as an example of calculations on the company
   2.6 The uncertainties of the method
      2.6.1 The level of detail for certain sectors
      2.6.2 Produced amounts in the sectors
   2.7 The sensitivity of the method
      2.7.1 Production of raw materials
      2.7.2 Impacts in single companies and on individuals

3 Application of the method
   3.1 Inventory
      3.1.1 Inventory procedure
      3.1.2 Matching the inventory and the database
   3.2 Impact assessment
      3.2.1 Normalisation
      3.2.2 Weighting
   3.3 Interpretation
      3.3.1 Interpretation following inventory
      3.3.2 Interpretation after normalisation
   3.4 The method applied on a case
      3.4.1 Making a flowchart
      3.4.2 Aggregation from the component list
      3.4.3 Energy and transportation
      3.4.4 Matching the aggregated information with the database
      3.4.5 The calculations
      3.4.6 Creating a better overview
      3.4.7 Creating the graphic overview
      3.4.8 Normalisation

  4 Historical background and the future for working environmental LCA
   4.1 Early Danish screening methods
   4.2 EDIP
   4.3 The first phase of the subproject
   4.4 The second phase of the subproject
   4.5 Future developments in WE-LCA
      4.5.1 The short perspective
      4.5.2 The longer perspective
      4.5.3 The long perspective

5 References

Appendix 1: The database

Explantory notes

 



Version 1.0 December 2004, © Danish Environmental Protection Agency