title: The path exchange method for hybrid LCA.
abstract: Hybrid techniques for Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) provide a way of combining the accuracy of process analysis and the completeness of input-output analysis. A number of methods have been suggested to implement a hybrid LCA in practice, with the main challenge being the integration of specific process data with an overarching input-output system. In this work we present a new hybrid LCA method which works at the finest input-output level of detail: structural paths. This new Path Exchange method avoids double-counting and system disturbance just as previous hybrid LCA methods, but instead of a large LCA database it requires only a minimum of external information on those structural paths that are to be represented by process data.
authors.affiliation: ISA, School of Physics, A28, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. m.lenzen@physics.usyd.edu.au
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lenzen
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D008956:Models, Chemical
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants