Abstract
Fire-LCA was invented in response to the need for a more holistic LCA of products containing flame retardants. This chapter describes how to conduct a Fire-LCA, illustrated using three product-based case studies: TV sets, furniture and cables. In the TV-set study a US TV was compared with a European TV, the furniture study compared a European sofa with a UK sofa, while two cables with similar fire performance were compared in the cable study. Finally future trends in holistic assessment of modern products are outlined, including a newly developed cost-benefit methodology.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Advances in Fire Retardant Materials |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Pages | 331-359 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781845692629 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 Sep |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
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Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Other Civil Engineering