ILCD Handbook - General guide for Life Cycle Assessment - Detailed guidance
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Posting Date | 26 May 2010Publication Date | 2010
Country | EU Institutions
Geographic Coverage | International
Theme | Energy policies, Energy performance certification, Building envelope (walls, windows,...), Calculation, simulation, Environmental issues related to buildings, General
Type of publication | Guide
Publisher | Joint Research Center - European Commission
Number pages | 414
Source Languages | English
ILCD Handbook - General guide for Life Cycle Assessment - Detailed guidance
The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission has published this International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ICLD) Handbook, a handbook for businesses – Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) experts - and public authorities on how to conduct life cycle assessments to calculate a product's total environmental impact.
The International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook provides detailed guidance on how to conduct a Life Cycle Assessment to quantify the emissions, resources consumed and the pressures on the environment and human health that can be attributed to a product.
It has been developed by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre in cooperation with the Directorate-General for Environment. The ILCD Handbook is in line with international standards and has been established through a series of extensive public and stakeholder consultations.
This document is one part of the whole handbook, which is composed of 7 guides:
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