A Review of Water-Related LCA Indicators

Athanasios Angelis-Dimakis; Victor Kouloumpis; Antonia Vyrkou; George Arampatzis

doi:10.4337/9781802202946.00008

A Review of Water-Related LCA Indicators

Athanasios Angelis-Dimakis, Victor Kouloumpis, Antonia Vyrkou, George Arampatzis

Technical University of Crete

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Abstract

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a systematic methodology that monitors, measures and evaluates the environmental performance of a system throughout its entire life cycle. This performance is quantitatively measured using midpoint (representing the impact on certain categories) or endpoint (representing the damage to human health, the ecosystem and resources) indicators.
For the standardization of the process, ISO 14040:2006 presented the framework that needs to be followed for LCA studies, while ISO 14046:2014 formalized the water footprint framework. Despite the introduction of the standards, the specific methods that need to be applied are not explained in detail, and, for that reason, LCA practitioners who focus on water use apply several methods and approaches to assess the water quantity consumed or the water/wastewater quality.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Elgar Encyclopedia of Water Policy, Economics and Management
Editors	Phoebe Koundouri, Angelos Alamanos
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Chapter	1
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781802202946
ISBN (Print)	9781802202939, 1802202935
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802202946.00008
Publication status	Published - 28 Jan 2024

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Name	Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

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A Review of Water-Related LCA Indicators. / Angelis-Dimakis, Athanasios; Kouloumpis, Victor; Vyrkou, Antonia et al.
Elgar Encyclopedia of Water Policy, Economics and Management. ed. / Phoebe Koundouri; Angelos Alamanos. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2024. p. 1-4 (Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences).

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