Article | REF: TRP901 V1

LCA: the Environmental Decision-Support Tool for Transportation

Author: Anne DE BORTOLI

Publication date: December 10, 2020

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6. Glossary

The following definitions are given by the author, or taken with or without modification from Jolliet et al. or from the standard. NF EN ISO 14050 .

ACV; LCA

A multi-criteria, multi-stage environmental assessment methodology used to calculate the environmental impact of a product, project, service or process, based on a battery of selected criteria. As the name suggests, this calculation covers the entire "life cycle", i.e. "from cradle to grave": extraction of raw materials, construction, use, maintenance and end-of-life. Compilation...

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