Chalmers Conferences, LCM 2013

LCADB.SUDOE: LIFE CYCLE INVENTORIES DATABASE OF THE SOUTHWEST OF EUROPE
Carles Gasol, Esther Sanyé, Joan Rieradevall, Anton Assumpcio, Cyril Arnoult, Veronique Bellon, Marylis Pradel, Laurent Lardon, Philippe Roux, Ana Dias, Luis Arroja, Miquel Rigola, Serni Morera, Joaquim Comas, Adriana Artola, Gara Villaba, Xavier Gabarrell

Last modified: 2014-09-11

Abstract


LCADB.sudoe (http://lcadb.sudoe.ecotech.cat/) is a database of life cycle inventories of the products and process of the productive sectors of the SUDOE area. The main aim is to share life cycle data with companies, administration, research institutions and in general LCA practitioners for improving the efficiency of the productive sectors. LCADB.sudoe tries to promote the inclusion of environmental information as a decisions factor in the design of products and process.

Keywords


Life cycle assessment; France; Spain; Portugal; datasets

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