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LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT [4 records]

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Record 1 2024-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
DEF

The analysis of the environmental impact of a product during the entirety of its life-cycle, from resource extraction to post-consumer waste disposal.

Key term(s)
  • life-cycle assessment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Études et analyses environnementales
DEF

Évaluation des effets directs ou indirects d'un produit sur l'environnement, depuis l'extraction des matières premières qui entrent dans sa composition jusqu'à son élimination.

OBS

analyse du cycle de vie; ACV; analyse du cycle de vie d'un produit : désignations et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 4 février 2010.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
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Record 2 2023-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Renewable Energy
OBS

... a tool to calculate the life cycle carbon intensity (CI) of fuels and energy sources used and produced in Canada.

Key term(s)
  • Fuel Lifecycle Assessment Model

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Énergies renouvelables
OBS

[...] un outil pour calculer l'intensité en carbone (IC) du cycle de vie de combustibles et de sources d'énergie utilisés et produits au Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inventory and Material Management
  • Sociology
DEF

A method that can be used to assess the social and sociological aspects of products, their actual and potential positive as well as negative impacts along the life cycle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
  • Sociologie
CONT

L'analyse environnementale du cycle de vie et l'analyse sociale du cycle de vie sont des techniques complémentaires offrant chacune une perspective propre à l'égard des incidences du cycle de vie des produits.

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
OBS

Part of the TC 207 Environmental management, a Technical Committee of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Key term(s)
  • Sub-Committee on Life Cycle Assessment
  • Subcommittee on Life Cycle Assessment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
OBS

Fait partie du TC 207 Management environnemental, un comité technique de l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Key term(s)
  • Sous-comité de l'analyse du cycle de vie

Spanish

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