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Preferred Term:
life cycle assessment
Definition:
A technique to assess the environmental aspects and potential impacts associated with a product, process, or service, by: compiling an inventory of relevant energy and material inputs and environmental releases [outputs]; evaluating the potential environmental impacts associated with identified inputs and releases [outputs]; interpreting the results to help you make a more informed decision.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
NALT Full
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
Narrower Concepts:
- goal and scope (LCA)
- co-product allocation
- cradle-to-grave
- life cycle interpretation
- intermediate flow
- attributional life cycle assessment
- product flow
- cradle-to-gate
- LCA foreground system
- consequential life cycle assessment
- functional unit (life cycle assessment)
- LCA background system
- marginal technology
- reference flow (life cycle assessment)
- intermediate product
- product system
- system boundary
- quantitative reference (life cycle assessment)
- life cycle impact assessment
- cradle-to-cradle
- gate-to-gate
- cut-off criteria (life cycle assessment)
- reference product (life cycle assessment)
- life cycle inventory
- elementary flow
Entry Terms:
- life-cycle assessment
- LCA (life cycle analysis)
- ecobalance
- LCA (life cycle assessment)
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/135257
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