A Methodology for Robust Comparative Life Cycle Assessments Incorporating Uncertainty

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 50; no. 12; pp. 6397 - 6405
• Main Authors: Gregory, Jeremy R, Noshadravan, Arash, Olivetti, Elsa A, Kirchain, Randolph E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 21.06.2016
• Subjects: Algorithms; Environment; Environmental impact; Life cycles; Risk assessment; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty

We propose a methodology for conducting robust comparative life cycle assessments (LCA) by leveraging uncertainty. The method evaluates a broad range of the possible scenario space in a probabilistic fashion while simultaneously considering uncertainty in input data. The method is intended to ascert...