Dissanayake, N (2023) Guidelines and recommendations for data collection in Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) for composites. NPL Report. MAT 121

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Abstract

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a tool that can analyse and quantify environmental impacts associated with all stages of a product’s life cycle. While there is no legislation in place that requires LCAs to be conducted (yet), there is an increased need and demand for LCA implementation towards achieving net-zero targets in composite industry as well as in many other industries. Data quality and lack of specific guidance in conducting data collection specific to composites are significant issues for the development and confidence in using LCA as a decision support tool. The initial scoping study has identified the data quality and measurement gaps that exist within the LCA framework for composites. This study aims to provide step-by-step guidance in data collection, interpretation of measurements to LCI data and recommendations in data validation and data recording that can be used in LCI phase to improve data quality and accuracy when conducting a cradle-to-gate LCA study for composites.

Item Type:	Report/Guide (NPL Report)
NPL Report No.:	MAT 121
Keywords:	Life Cycle Assessment, LCA, Life Cycle Inventory, LCI, data quality, composites
Subjects:	Advanced Materials > Composites
Divisions:	Materials and Mechanical Metrology
Identification number/DOI:	10.47120/npl.MAT121
Last Modified:	05 Jul 2023 09:42
URI:	https://eprintspublications.npl.co.uk/id/eprint/9779