Interesting presentation by Bresseler company in how they do quick versions of life cycle analysis in an iterative process in doing product design: http://www.bresslergroup.com/webinar/cut-the-crap/video.php I don’t know the company, but I like their way of thinking. This is not unlike the product stewardship processes I’ve long supported. See my paper on Product Development with Life [...]
Posts Tagged ‘LCA’
Product Stewardship: Design with LC Thinking
Posted in Product Stewardship, tagged EHS Strategies Inc., LCA, life cycle thinking, Product Stewardship, Sustainability on September 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
LCA and Sustainability
Posted in Sustainability, tagged EHS Strategies Inc., LCA, life cycle thinking, Product Stewardship, Sustainability on August 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I agree with the article by Mark McElroy “Do LCAs Measure Up To Sustainability?” He says they do not, because they are too narrowly focused on eco-efficiency only and ignore context. As I’ve blogged before, sustainability should be about how we do what we do and not a collation of LCA’s. At best LCA’s help [...]
Life Cycle Assessment
Posted in Sustainability, tagged EHS Strategies Inc., LCA on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Deloitte just published a white paper on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Some content I particularly like: LCA is hard to do and hard to compare across companies. It’s data intensive and relies on a large number of assumptions that you can spend forever arguing about. It’s best use is for priority setting within a company [...]
