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.