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LCAccess
Making Life Cycle Data Available via the Internet
Description:
The lack of readily available, quality environmental life cycle inventory (LCI) data is often a barrier to manufacturers, among others, for incorporating life cycle considerations into their decision-making process. While much progress has been made on standardizing and improving the uniformity of the Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology, less success has been achieved in increasing the availability of quality life cycle inventory data. Three specific areas of improvement exist to promote the use of LCA in decision-making by U.S. industry, government, and LCI practitioners.
- Increase awareness of existing LCI data sets and other data sources applicable to U.S. products, processes, and activities >
- Provide direction on how and where to access these LCI data sources
- Document the quality of each accessible LCI data source
This project was initiated to create an Internet site, called LCAccess, to provide better awareness of and access to life cycle inventory data sources along with a more comprehensive understanding of their overall quality.
Status: Initiated July 1999. SAIC completed Phase 1: Literature Review and Website Design. Phase 2: LCAccess Implementation is starting in March 2000.
Estimated Completion Date: October 2000
Pending Publications:
- S. Rolander, T. Skone, and M.A. Curran, "LCAccess - A US EPA-Sponsored Website for Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Information," presentation at the 26th NDIA Environmental Symposium, "Sustaining DoD Readiness," Long Beach, CA, March 30, 2000.
- T. Skone and M.A. Curran, "Making LCA Data Available via the Internet: LCAccess," presentation at the International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment (InLCA), Washington, DC, April 27, 2000.
Available Publications:
EPA, "Making Life Cycle Inventory Data Available and Accessible over the Internet: Phase I Study results," prepared by SAIC, (draft report) September 1999.
Mary Ann Curran
curran.maryann@epa.gov