5. Life-cycle assessment (LCA) and eco-design
1. Introduction
2. The Integrated Product Policy (IPP)
3. Ecological economics
4. Industrial ecology
5. Life-cycle assessment (LCA) and eco-design
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Life-cycle assessment and eco-design: common foundations
5.2.1. Product life-cycle
5.2.2. Product sustainability indicators
5.3. Life-cycle assessment (LCA)
5.3.1. Functional thinking
5.3.2. LCA procedure
5.3.3. Applications of LCA
5.3.4. Limitations and potential for improvement
5.4. Eco-design
5.4.1. Eco-design procedure
5.4.2. Applications of eco-design
5.4.3. Example – design for durability
5.4.4. Limitations and potential for improvement
5.5. Further applications
5.5.1. Product-service systems (PSS) and similar strategies
5.5.2. Marketing eco-designed products
5.6. Summary and conclusions
6. Input-output analysis
7. Policy analysis illustrated with case studies
8. Conclusions