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Auflistung nach Autor:in "Wolf, Marc-Andree"

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  • Konferenzbeitrag
    Concept and Implementation of the Internet Site on Life Cycle Assessment Tools, Databases and Services, and on Life Cycle Data in Support of the European Integrated Product Policy
    (Managing Environmental Knowledge, 2006) Düpmeier, Clemens; Stadtherr, Achim; Wolf, Marc-Andree; Kreißig, Johannes
    The “European Platform on Life Cycle Assessment (EP-LCA)” is a project of the European Commission established by DG Environment and DG Joint Research Centre (JRC). It has the main goal to support and promote the application of life cycle thinking among stakeholders in the development of goods and services, and in facilitation of a broad range of policies and strategies. The Internet site on Life Cycle Assessment tools, databases and services, and life cycle data, which is described in this paper, will be one of the main deliverables of the EP-LCA project. This web site will support and augment the activities of the EP-LCA by providing, in its first version, three main components: i) introductory information about LCA, ii) the Commission’s database driven repository of Life Cycle Inventory data sets and Life Cycle Impact Assessment factors (i.e. the European Reference Life Cycle Data System, ELCD), and iii) a database driven comprehensive directory of third party LCA tools, databases, services and service provider descriptions.
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    The International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Format – Basic Concepts and Implementation of Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) Method Data Sets
    (Innovations in Sharing Environmental Observations and Information, 2011) Wolf, Marc-Andree; Kusche, Oliver; Düpmeier, Clemens
    In the context of its efforts to facilitate environmental sustainability, the European Commission is promoting and supporting the use of life cycle data and tools through its European Platform on LCA. Objectives of this project are to develop the International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook as authoritative guidance on LCA, to contribute key European scope quality data sets via the European Reference Life Cycle Database (ELCD) as well as to implement the ILCD Data Network as infrastructure for LCA data, open to all data developers. Both the ELCD database and the ILCD Data Network rely on the ILCD data format as reference format and for data exchange. In the initial release of the ILCD data format, only a draft specification for LCIA method data sets had been included, which has been enhanced and finalized in the meantime, addressing feedback from an earlier public stakeholder consultation process and reflecting insights when documenting the ILCD-recommended LCIA methods. The finalized ILCD method dataset specification is now implemented in software and will enable tools to easily import and apply new LCIA methods documented in the ILCD data format. In this paper, the new LCIA method dataset specification and its corresponding software implementation are presented. The history and idea behind the data format is briefly addressed as well as how the adoption among tools and databases is progressing. The basic structure of the ILCD data format is presented, with the different data set types and their relationships to each other. Then, the structure of the LCIA method data set and its modeling capabilities are explained. Furthermore, technical considerations for tool integration are discussed. Briefly, an exemplary LCIA method instance data set of a draft recommended LCIA method for Europe, foreseen for release by the European Commission’s DG JRC, is presented to illustrate the use of the finalized dataset type implementation. Finally, an outlook on future developments is given.