http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/09/climatepulse-take-a-life-cycle-perspective/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/09/climatepulse-take-a-life-cycle-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-11495 Mario Vellandi Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:03:14 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/09/climatepulse-take-a-life-cycle-perspective/#comment-11495 A comprehensive LCA takes into account energy, water, toxicity, design for disassembly & recyclability, fair trade, workers health conditions, and more. It then gives a weighted rating for these attributes, and adds them up in a scorecard manner. Single attribute examination and improvement is of course very helpful and is one step toward greener products. Let's just not forget the complexity here though; two similar products with practically an equal score may have entirely different means of addressing sustainability. A comprehensive LCA takes into account energy, water, toxicity, design for disassembly & recyclability, fair trade, workers health conditions, and more. It then gives a weighted rating for these attributes, and adds them up in a scorecard manner.
Single attribute examination and improvement is of course very helpful and is one step toward greener products. Let’s just not forget the complexity here though; two similar products with practically an equal score may have entirely different means of addressing sustainability.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/09/climatepulse-take-a-life-cycle-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-11494 Kristi Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:20:42 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/09/climatepulse-take-a-life-cycle-perspective/#comment-11494 Please provide advice of how to know life cycle harm of purchasing iPod compared to CD player. Or laptop compared to desk top. How does one know which is better or which is worse? Please provide advice of how to know life cycle harm of purchasing iPod compared to CD player. Or laptop compared to desk top. How does one know which is better or which is worse?

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