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Life Cycle Assessment

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Life Cycle Assessment, from the basics to the advanced!

1) ISO Standards (13)

  • What is ISO 14020? Understanding Environmental Labels and Declaration Types
  • What is ISO 14021? Self-Declared Environmental Claims Explained
  • What is ISO 14024? Type I Environmental Labelling Explained
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2) Life Cycle Assessment (22)

  • Can I mix LCA databases?
  • Can LCAs be Manipulated?
  • How Reliable are LCA Results?
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3) Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) (16)

  • 1. What is an EPD? Environmental Product Declarations Explained
  • 2. Why Your Business Needs an EPD
  • 3. EPD vs Carbon Footprint vs LCA: What's the Difference?
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4) Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA) (3)

  • 1. What is a Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA)?
  • 2. What are the WLCA modules?
  • 3. How do you do a Whole Life Carbon Assessment?
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  • 1) ISO Standards
    • What is ISO 14020? Understanding Environmental Labels and Declaration Types
    • What is ISO 14021? Self-Declared Environmental Claims Explained
    • What is ISO 14024? Type I Environmental Labelling Explained
    • What is ISO 14025? The Framework Behind Type III Environmental Declarations
    • What are ISO 14040 and 14044? The Complete Guide to LCA Standards
    • What is ISO 14046? Water Footprint Assessment
    • What is ISO 14064? Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Verification
    • What are ISO 14065 and ISO 14066? Understanding Environmental Verification Standards
    • What is ISO 14067? Carbon Footprinting Without the Checks
    • What is ISO 21930? The International Standard for Construction EPDs
    • What is EN 15804? The Complete Guide to EN Construction EPD Standards
    • What is EN 16485? Understanding EPDs for Wood and Wood-Based Products
    • EN 15804 vs ISO 21930: What's the Difference?
  • 2) Life Cycle Assessment
    • Can I mix LCA databases?
    • Can LCAs be Manipulated?
    • How Reliable are LCA Results?
    • How to Conduct a Life Cycle Assessment?
    • What are Impact Categories in LCA?
    • What are System Boundaries in LCA?
    • What are the Four Phases of Life Cycle Assessment?
    • What are the Limitations of Life Cycle Assessment?
    • What Data Do I Need for an LCA?
    • What Does Cradle-to-Grave Mean?
    • What is a Functional Unit?
    • What is Allocation?
    • What is Attributional LCA?
    • What is Consequential LCA?
    • What is Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)?
    • What is openLCA?
    • What is Prospective LCA?
    • What is System Expansion?
    • What is the Cut-off Method?
    • What is the Difference Between Carbon Footprint and LCA?
    • What is the Purpose of an LCA?
    • Who Needs an LCA?
  • 3) Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)
    • 1. What is an EPD? Environmental Product Declarations Explained
    • 2. Why Your Business Needs an EPD
    • 3. EPD vs Carbon Footprint vs LCA: What's the Difference?
    • 4. How to Read an EPD
    • 5. EPD Modules Explained: What Do A1-A3, B, C, and D Mean?
    • 6. Understanding EPD Impact Categories (Beyond Carbon)
    • 7. What is Module D in an EPD?
    • 8. How to Get an EPD for Your Product: The Complete Process
    • 9. Choosing an EPD Programme Operator
    • 10. What are Product Category Rules (PCRs)?
    • 11. EPD Data Requirements: What You Need to Collect
    • 12. EPD Verification: What to Expect
    • 13. How to Spot a Quality EPD
    • 14. When Can You Compare EPDs? (And When You Can't)
    • 15. EPDs in LEED and BREEAM: How They Work
    • 16. How Much Does an EPD Cost?
  • 4) Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA)
    • 1. What is a Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA)?
    • 2. What are the WLCA modules?
    • 3. How do you do a Whole Life Carbon Assessment?
  • 6) Below280
    • About Below280's LCA Work
    • Articles, Book Chapters and Conferences

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