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Name: Life Cycle Assessment
ID: m38643
Language: English (en)
Summary: In this module, the following topics are covered: 1) problem solving in a systematic and holistic manner, 2) the basic elements of life cycle analysis, and 3) the available tools for conducting life cycle analysis.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Assessment (EIO-, Economic Input Output Life Cycle, Environmental Sustainability, Functional Unit, Inventory Allocation, LCA), Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Impact Analysis (LCIA), Life Cycle Inventory (LCI), Scoping
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Tom Theis (theist@uic.edu)
Copyright Holders: U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Maintainers: U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Latest version: 1.12 (history)
First publication date: Jul 11, 2011 6:42 pm -0500
Last revision to module: Apr 27, 2012 4:32 pm -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.12 Apr 27, 2012 4:32 pm -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
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1) Fix "After reading this section, students should be able to" 2) Fix capitalization of glossary terms 3) Fix link to see Water Pollution 4) Remove title of Table Waste-to-Product Ratios for Selected Industries AND Table Common Impact (MWL)
Version: 1.11 Jan 23, 2012 11:31 am -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
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1) Fix Headings 2) Capitalize & Bold Chapter, Figure, and Table titles 3) Add "module" in front of links to modules in content; 4) Fixed links to other chapters and modules (mwl)
Version: 1.10 Jan 18, 2012 9:51 am -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
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Added Google Analytics tracking code
Version: 1.9 Nov 18, 2011 9:32 am -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
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removed numerical label for Chapter Title (mwl)
Version: 1.8 Nov 18, 2011 9:30 am -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
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Convert Figure Labels from numerical to text and fixed links to other modules and chapters (mwl)
Version: 1.7 Jul 27, 2011 6:23 pm -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
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edited metadata (mwl)
Version: 1.6 Jul 22, 2011 12:49 pm -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
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updated module-id and edited links to other modules (mwl)
Version: 1.5 Jul 22, 2011 12:25 pm -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
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edited summary of module (mwl)
Version: 1.4 Jul 21, 2011 3:29 pm -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
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removed emphasis from inventory analysis (mwl)
Version: 1.3 Jul 21, 2011 2:51 pm -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
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added new figure, table, paragraph, resource, glossary term .  edited figure and table #s. (mwl)
Version: 1.2 Jul 19, 2011 5:51 pm -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
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Removed full display of URLs to external resources; replaced them with text that is hyperlinked to resources. (mwl)
Version: 1.1 Jul 13, 2011 5:14 pm -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
new version (mwl)

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