Life-Cycle Assessment Including Fires (Fire-LCA)

P. Andersson; M. Simonson; H. Stripple

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-71920-5_11

Life-Cycle Assessment Including Fires (Fire-LCA)

P. Andersson, M. Simonson, H. Stripple

SP Swedish National Testing and Research Institute

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Abstract

Traditional life-cycle assessments (LCAs) of consumer products such as computers, furniture, etc. do not consider the environmental impact of fires involving such products. In so doing, LCA practitioners ignore any benefit from increased resistance to fire through the use of additives as a potential counter-weight to environmental costs of including said chemical. Conventional LCA models include additives and more complex production processes in consumer products only as a cost, i.e. the environmental benefit of the additive is not taken into account. Recently a Fire-LCA model was developed that also includes fires and their impact on the environment. This chapter describes how to perform a Fire-LCA.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Springer Series in Materials Science
Publisher	Springer
Pages	191-213
Number of pages	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71920-5_11
Publication status	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Springer Series in Materials Science
Volume	97
ISSN (Print)	0933-033X
ISSN (Electronic)	2196-2812

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© 2007, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

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Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Other Civil Engineering

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Functional Unit
Inventory Analysis
Life Cycle Assessment
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocar
Waste Handling

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Life-Cycle Assessment Including Fires (Fire-LCA)

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