… Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has experienced a strong … Today LCA is defined as “a tool to
assess the potential … In this chapter, we present a brief account of the history of LCA in terms of …

… time, this paper only addresses the development of LCA in the USA This is a personal reflection
… and very little written about LCA. Since 1990, the history of LCA is very well documented …

… 190 articles in Social Life Cycle Assessment, for describing the historical evolution of the …
in Social life cycle assessment are the most applied type of study. Considering the historical …

… on typical LCA methods, dynamic LCA methods, expanding LCA into multidimensional …
of the LCA methodological framework, this study outlines future research directions for LCA. It …

… instead that LCA history in … "LCA community" to some of the conditions of their own making
and development 'This study was undertaken between May and August 1997 within the "LCA …

… This article attempts to give an overview of the integration of LCA methodology in the
context of industrial ecology, and focuses on the use of this methodology for environmental …

… We start by describing the historical development of LCA and then proceed to discuss the
developments of the past decade up to where we are now. We end by presenting results from …

… Recently, I had occasion to be in a meeting where it was stated in all seriousness that the
energy to produce a material should not depend upon its previous history but should be a …

… Historical LCA has many similarities with prospective (future) LCA, providing inspiration to
the … We further suggest that historical LCA, in tandem with prospective LCA, can provide …

… and SETAC-Europe shaped the development of LCA in a series of important workshops …
may follow LCA but is not part of the true analysis. The components of an LCA are described …