ABSTRACT
Typical goals and applications of LCA study include but are not limited to (Barnthouse et al., 1997; SETAC, 1999) [4]: • Education and effective communication. • Product design (design for the environment). • Product development and improvement. • Pollution prevention and control. • Assessment and reduction of potential liability. • Strategic planning. • Assessing and improving environmental programs. • Development of policy and regulations. • Individual and organizational purchasing/procurement. • Environmental labeling. • Development of market strategies such as development of prod-
uct certification program to guide consumer purchasing. • Environmental management systems/environmental perfor-
mance evaluation. (b) The product or system to be studied is selected. (c) To accomplish LCI, a suitable modeling software and materials
life cycle database are selected. Some of the current LCI software such as EIOLCA, ECO-IT, TEAM, EIME SimaPro, and EcoManager have their own materials database. LCI seeks to account for all inputs (raw materials and energy) and outputs such as emissions into air, water, land, etc, associated with a given product or system under study. According to a study of more than 10 LCA software packages [4] by Xerox Corp., Tools for Environmental Analysis Management (TEAM) by Ecobilan Corp., a subsidiary of PricewaterhouseCoopers appears to be the choice LCA software. Reasons cited include
• Capability of modeling and sensitivity analysis • Scenario evaluation, large database • Excellent technical support
Based on these reasons, the software ECO-IT, EIOLCA, and others have been found to be very suitable. The URL: https://www.eiolca.
