Useful Links

Useful Links for conducting Life Cycle Assessments

www.searates.com: port to port distances (in nautical miles)

http://www.csgnetwork.com/nsmilekmconverter.html: converter from nautical miles to kilometers

http://www.pre.nl/LCAsearch/default.htm: LCA Search engine

http://www.pre.nl/simapro/manuals/default.htm#database: link to manuals on various LCI libraries (databases), including ecoinvent

http://joshmadison.com/article/convert-for-windows/: A free conversion tool that converts lots of units

www.wikipedia.org: A source for many chemical synonyms and other useful information for life cycle assessments.

http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/municipal/pubs/msw07-rpt.pdf: EPA report on municipal solid waste in the US

http://www.lca-net.com/publications/critical_review/ : Guidelines for Critical Review of a Product LCA

http://www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/lcaccess/ : overview of an LCA and guide to LCI resources

http://www.leidenuniv.nl/cml/ssp/domains/lca.html : LCA research and Case studies

http://web.worldbank.org: environmental and social data on a global, regional, and country basis.

http://lca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/lcainfohub/dataset2.vm?id=1: The European ELCD database (System level processes only).

http://www.lcacenter.org/LCA9/presentations/224.pdf info to help decide which electricity mix to use under which circumstance; country grid vs. local grid vs. site specific mix

Other useful links:

Sylvatica - LCA & TCA consulting services

AIChE - Institute for Sustainability

PRé - Life Cycle Consultants

ifu - Providers of Umberto Software

Bridges to Sustainability - Sustainability Advisory Services

UNEP LCI - United Nations Environmental Program Life Cycle Initiative

Earthster - Sustainability Tools for Supply Chains

New Earth - A global resource for building a better world.