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ILCD Handbook: Framework and requirements for LCIA models and indicators First edition The mission of the JRC-IES is to provide scientific-technical support to the European Union’s Policies for the protection and sustainable development of the European and global environment. European Commission - Joint Research Centre - Institute for Environment and Sustainability: International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook - Framework and Requirements for Life Cycle Impact Assessment Models and Indicators. First edition March 2010. EUR 24586 EN. Luxembourg. Publications Office of the European Union; 2010 European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability Contact information Address: Via E. Fermi, 2749 – 21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy E-mail: lca@jrc.ec.europa.eu Fax: +39-0332-786645 http://lct.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ http://www.jrc.europa.eu/ Legal Notice Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of this publication. Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union Freephone number (*): 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00 800 numbers or these calls may be billed. A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server http://europa.eu/ JRC 48211 EUR 24586 EN ISBN 978-92-79-17539-8 ISSN 1018-5593 doi:10.2788/38719 Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union © European Union, 2010 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged Printed in Italy i
ILCD Handbook: Framework and requirements for LCIA models and indicators First edition Preface To achieve more sustainable production and consumption patterns, we must consider the environmental implications of the whole supply-chain of products, both goods and services, their use, and waste management, i.e. their entire life cycle from ―cradle to grave‖. In the Communication on Integrated Product Policy (IPP), the European Commission committed to produce a handbook on best practice in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Action Plan confirmed that “(…) consistent and reliable data and methods are required to asses the overall environmental performance of products (…)”. The International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook provides governments and businesses with a basis for assuring quality and consistency of life cycle data, methods and assessments. This guidance document provides a framework and requirements for the models that are used to analyse the emissions into air, water and soil, as well as the resources consumed in terms of their contributions to different impacts on human health, natural environment, and natural resources. It supports the calculation of indicators for different impact categories such as climate change or acid rain in a Life Cycle Assessment. ii
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