Chapter 4 - Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA)

A life cycle assessment (LCA) is the only method that evaluates the environmental impact of a product over its entire life cycle. This chapter discusses the history and basic principles of LCA, measurement methods and models for LCA and the standards governing an LCA study. It also discusses the key challenges of conducting an LCA study. Table of content: 1) Definition 00:29 2) Basic Principle of Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) 00:43 3) Why is an impact assessment necessary for a full LCA? 01:19 4) Life cycle impact assessment LCIA 02:13 5) Example Potential Environmental Impact 02:40 6) Structure of Impact Assessment according to ISO 14040 and 14044 03:31 7) Classification 04:10 8) Characterization is the core item of LCIA 04:36 9) Optional Elements of LCIA: Normalization 05:25 10) Grouping 06:50 11) Weighting 08:48 12) Additional Analysis of Data Quality 09:37