Reading Course

LCA: Quantitative Approaches for Decisions That Matter

Finnveden, G. et al. (2009). Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment. Journal of Environmental Management 91(1), 1–21.

Reap, J.; Roman, F.; Duncan, S.; Bras, B. (2008). A survey of unresolved problems in life cycle assessment, Parts 1 and 2. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 13, 290–300 and 374–388.

Rebitzer, G. et al. (2004). Life cycle assessment, Part 1: Framework, goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, and applications. Environment International 30(5), 701–720.

Montalbo, T.; Gregory, J.; Kirchain, R. (2011). Life Cycle Assessment of Hand Drying Systems. MIT Materials Systems Laboratory, 51 pp. (Required case study.)

Ny, H. et al. (2006). Sustainability Constraints as System Boundaries: An Approach to Making Life-Cycle Management Strategic. Journal of Industrial Ecology 10(1–2), 61–77.

Sim, S.; King, H.; Price, E. (2016). The Role of Science in Shaping Sustainable Business: Unilever Case Study. In Taking Stock of Industrial Ecology, chapter 15.