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Life-Cycle Assessment Including Fires (Fire-LCA)

Andersson, P. LU ; Simonson, M. LU and Stripple, H. (2007) In Springer Series in Materials Science 97. p.191-213
Abstract

Traditional life-cycle assessments (LCAs) of consumer products such as computers, furniture, etc. do not consider the environmental impact of fires involving such products. In so doing, LCA practitioners ignore any benefit from increased resistance to fire through the use of additives as a potential counter-weight to environmental costs of including said chemical. Conventional LCA models include additives and more complex production processes in consumer products only as a cost, i.e. the environmental benefit of the additive is not taken into account. Recently a Fire-LCA model was developed that also includes fires and their impact on the environment. This chapter describes how to perform a Fire-LCA.

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keywords
Functional Unit, Inventory Analysis, Life Cycle Assessment, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocar, Waste Handling
host publication
Springer Series in Materials Science
series title
Springer Series in Materials Science
volume
97
pages
23 pages
publisher
Springer
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  • scopus:84896660087
ISSN
2196-2812
0933-033X
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-71920-5_11
language
English
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no
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Publisher Copyright: © 2007, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Copyright: Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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  author       = {{Andersson, P. and Simonson, M. and Stripple, H.}},
  booktitle    = {{Springer Series in Materials Science}},
  issn         = {{2196-2812}},
  keywords     = {{Functional Unit; Inventory Analysis; Life Cycle Assessment; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocar; Waste Handling}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{191--213}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Springer Series in Materials Science}},
  title        = {{Life-Cycle Assessment Including Fires (Fire-LCA)}},
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  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-540-71920-5_11}},
  volume       = {{97}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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