Quality Indicators for Life Cycle Inventory: Real Cases Exploratory Application

Abstract:

The life cycle inventory for the production of building materials made in Brazil do not follow standardizations regarding the choice and representation of data and are not eligible for other exchanges between Brazilian and European inventories. For this study inventories Brazilian and European production of ceramic bricks were analyzed on the basis of quality indicators recommended by ISO14040. The results confirmed that Brazilian studies show a high level of uncertainty and are incompatible with international inventories.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 431)
• Pages: 350-355
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.431.350
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Assed Naked Haddad, Karina Condeixa, Michele Sedrez, Ana Catarina Jorge Evangelista, Dieter Thomas Boer
• Keywords: Brazilian Inventories, Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Inventory (LCI), Quality Indicators

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