This report is a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), a methodology for assessing the full ‘cradle-to-grave’ environmental benefits of products and processes by assessing environmental flows (i.e. impacts) at each stage of the life cycle.
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LCA is a methodology for assessing the full ‘cradle-to-grave’ environmental benefits of products and processes by assessing environmental flows (i.e. impacts) at each stage of the life cycle. LCA aims to include all important environmental impacts for the product system being studied. In doing so, LCA seeks to avoid shifting impacts from one life cycle stage to another or from one environmental impact to another.
The method and guidance for undertaking LCAs of bioenergy products and projects developed by ARENA (Grant and Bengtsson 2016) requires LCAs to be undertaken using the framework, principles and specific requirements defined in both of the international standards, ISO 14040:2006 and ISO 14044:2006 (International Organization for Standardization 2006b).