Publications: Life Cycle Assessment Methodology

Some papers are by courtesy of Int J LCA, ecomed publishers (Verlagsgruppe Hüthig Jehle Rehm GmbH).

Niels Jungbluth, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Umweltinformation zu Produkten. EB-Info “Umweltbelastung und Ökoindikatoren” am 24.11.2011 in Zürich, ewz, Erneuerbare Energie und Energieeffizienz
Jungbluth N., Büsser S., Frischknecht R., Flury K. and Stucki M. (2011) Feasibility of environmental product information based on life cycle thinking and recommendations for Switzerland. In: Journal of Cleaner Production, doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.07.016, (download file accepted for publication).
Niels Jungbluth, Sybille Büsser, Rolf Frischknecht, Marianne Leuenberger, Matthias Stucki (2011) Feasibility study for environmental product information based on life cycle approaches. ESU-services Ltd. im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Umwelt (BAFU) (Zusammenfassung und Mediengespräch des BAFU).
Geneviève Doublet and Niels Jungbluth (2010): Environmental product information (EPI) and LCA, Ittingen-berne, Switzerland, June 22, 2010. Int J LCA, online first, DOI 10.1007/s11367-010-0244-8	International Journal of LCA
Frischknecht R. and Stucki M. (2010) Scope-dependent modelling of electricity supply in life cycle assessments. In: Int J LCA, 15(8), pp. 806-816, from DOI: 10.1007/s11367-010-0200-7.	International Journal of LCA
Frischknecht R. (2010) LCI modelling approaches applied on recycling of materials in view of environmental sustainability, risk perception and eco-efficiency. In: Int J LCA, 15(7), pp. 666-671, from DOI: 10.1007/s11367-010-0201-6.	International Journal of LCA
Jungbluth, N. 2010: Evaluating the importance of emissions and resource uses in the total environmental impacts caused by Swiss consumption. 40th LCA Discussion Forum: Developments in Impact Assessment Methods, with a Focus on 'Recipe' and on Abiotic Resources. April 2010, ETH Zürich
Jungbluth N., Büsser S., Leuenberger M., Stucki M., Frischknecht R. (2010), Feasibility of environmental product information based on life cycle thinking. lnternational Conference on LCA in the Agri-Food, Bari, Italy, 22 to 24 September 2010
Rolf Frischknecht, The ecoinvent database: a success story. 2nd international ecoinvent meeting, 14.3.2008, ETH Lausanne
Niels Jungbluth: "Calculation of CO2 reduction figures" and "How Much CO2 can be compensated?" Short presentations during the DF34 on March 13th in Lausanne	download
Frischknecht R., Althaus H.-J., Bauer C., Doka G., Heck T., Jungbluth N., Kellenberger D. and Nemecek T. (2007) The Environmental Relevance of Capital Goods in Life Cycle Assessments of Products and Services. In: Int J LCA, pp., retrieved from: OnlineFirst.
Jungbluth, N. & Frischknecht, R. 2006: "Life Cycle Inventory Analysis Applied to Renewable Resources." In Dewulf, J. & Van Langenhove, H., Renewables-Based Technology: Sustainability Assessment. Pages: 57-72, Wiley, West Sussex, UK.	Wiley
Frischknecht, R., Jungbluth, N., Althaus, H.-J., Doka, G., Dones, R., Heck, T., Hellweg, S., Hischier, R., Nemecek, T., Rebitzer, G., Spielmann, M. 2004: "The ecoinvent Database: Overview and Methodological Framework." In Int J LCA Vol. 10 (1) dx.doi.org/10.1065/lca2004.10.181.1
Hellweg, S. & Frischknecht, R. 2004: "Evaluation of Long-Term Impacts in LCA." In Int J LCA Vol. 9 (5): 339-341.
Frischknecht, R. 2004: "Transparency in LCA – a heretical request?" In Int J LCA Vol. 9 (4): 211-213.
Rebitzer, G., Ekvall, T., Frischknecht, R., Hunkeler, D., Norris, G., Rydberg, T., Schmidt, W.-P., Suh, S., Weidema, B. P., Pennington, D. W. 2004: "Life cycle assessment: Part 1: Framework, goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, and applications." In Environment International Vol. 30 (5): 701-720.	Environment International
Frischknecht, R. 2005: Methoden der Umweltbewertung technischer Systeme: Ökobilanzen. ETH Zürich Studiengang Umweltnaturwissenschaften.	download
Jungbluth, N. & Frischknecht, R. 2003: "Comparison of two approaches how to deal with cumulative LCI data in a unit process database." In Bauer, C., International Workshop on Quality of LCI Data. Pages: 55ff, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, DE.	download presentation
Frischknecht, R. & Jungbluth, N. 2003: "Allocation applied on Co-Production Processes in Large LCI Process Network Databases." In Bauer, C., International Workshop on Quality of LCI Data. Pages: 5ff, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, DE.	workshop
Jungbluth, N. & Frischknecht, R. 2003: "Land occupation and land transformation in life cycle inventories." In Halberg, N. & Weidema, B., Life cycle assessment in the Agri-food sector. Horsens, Denmark.	conference, download
Jungbluth, N., Frischknecht, R., Gilgen, P. W. 15.-17.4.2002: "Life cycle inventory modeling in the Swiss national LCI database ECOINVENT 2000." In Dubreuil, A., International Workshop on Life Cycle Assessment and Metals. Montreal.	download
Frischknecht, R. 12.10.2001: "Life cycle inventory modeling in the Swiss national database ECOINVENT 2000." In EMPA, Environmental Informatics 2001. Zürich.	download
Frischknecht, R., Gaillard, G., Hischier, R., Köllner, T., Lindeijer, E., Müller-Wenk, R., Richter, K., Spielmann, M. 2001: "Vorbereitende Unterlagen." In Jungbluth, N., 14. Diskussionsforum Ökobilanzen "Sachbilanzierung der Landnutzung im Hinblick auf aktuelle Bewertungsverfahren". Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich.	download
Hischier, R., Baitz, M., Bretz, R., Frischknecht, R., Jungbluth, N., Marheineke, T., McKeown, P., Oele, M., Osset, P., Renner, I., Skone, T., Wessman, H., de Beaufort, A. S. H. 2001: "Guidelines for Consistent Reporting of Exchanges from/to Nature Within Life Cycle Inventories (LCI)." In Int. J. LCA Vol. 6 (4): 192-198.
Frischknecht, R. 15.-18.4.2001: "Economic relationships and life cycle inventory process networks." In SETAC, 11th SETAC-Europe Annual Meeting. Pages: 20, SETAC, Madrid.
Maurice B., R. Frischknecht, V. Coelho-Schwirtz, K. Hungerbühler, 2000. Uncertainty Analysis in Life Cycle Inventory, Combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches illustrated by its application to the production of electricity with French coal power plants, paper accepted for publication in Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 8 No. 2, 2000
Frischknecht R., 2000. Allocation in Life Cycle Inventory Analysis for Joint Production, Int. J. LCA, Vol. 6 No. 2, 2000
Frischknecht R., P. Hofstetter, 1999. Ökobilanzen in der Kältetechnik, Stand heute und zukünftiges Potenzial, study commissioned by the Forschungsrat Kältetechnik e.V.(Research Council for Refrigeration Technology), Frankfurt.	Forschungsrat Kältetechnik
Frischknecht R., 1998. Der Einfluss des Strommodells auf die Umweltbilanz von Wärmepumpen, Bericht im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Energie, Bereich Umgebungswärme /WKK, Uster	BFE
Heijungs R., R. Frischknecht, 1998. On the nature of the allocation problem, in Int. J. LCA (3) No. 6, p. 321-332
Frischknecht R., 1998. Life Cycle Inventory Analysis for Decision-Making; Scope-dependent System Models and Context-specific Joint Product Allocation, ETH-Dissertation Nr. 12599, Zürich	ESU-services
Frischknecht R., 1998. Allokation in der Sachbilanz bei starrer Kuppelproduktion, in Frischknecht R., S. Hellweg (eds.), Ökobilanz-Allokationsmethoden; Modelle aus der Kosten- und Produktionstheorie sowie praktische Probleme in der Abfallwirtschaft, Unterlagen zum 7. Diskussionsforum Ökobilanzen vom 24. Juni 1998, 2. überarbeitete Auflage, ETH Zürich, p. 42-53	UNS-ETHZ
Frischknecht R., 1997. Goal and Scope Definition and Inventory Analysis, in H.a. Udo de Haes, N- Wrisberg (ed.), LCANET European Network for Strategic Life-Cycle Assessment Research and Development, LCA Documents Vol. 1, ecomed publishers Landsberg, p. 59-88	ecomed
Frischknecht R., P. Hofstetter, 1996. Electricity and Transportation in Ecolabelling, Appendix 3 in Udo de Haes H.A., R. Clift, R. Griesshammer, L. Grisel, A.A. Jensen, et al. 1996. Practical Guidelines for Life Cycle assessment for the EU eco-labelling programme, Final report of the third phase, Leiden
Frischknecht R., P. Hofstetter, I. Knoepfel, M. Ménard, 1995. Relevanz der Infrastruktur in Ökobilanzen - Untersuchung an Hand der Ökoinventare für Energiesysteme, Bericht im Auftrag der EMPA St. Gallen und des IVUK ETH Zürich, Laboratorium für Energiesysteme, ETH Zürich	UNS-ETHZ
Frischknecht R. P. Kolm, 1995. Modellansatz und Algorithmus zur Berechnung von Ökobilanzen im Rahmen der Datenbank ECOINVENT, in Schmidt M. and Achim Schorb, Stoffstromanalysen in Ökobilanzen und Ökoaudits, Springer Verlag Berlin/ Heidelberg, S. 79-95
Frischknecht R., 1994. Allocation - an Issue of Valuation?, in G. Huppes, F. Schneider (ed.), Proceedings of the European Workshop on Allcation in LCA, Feb. 24-25, Leiden 1994, SETAC-Europe, Brussels, p. 122-131

Publications: Life Cycle Assessment Methodology

Niels Jungbluth, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Umweltinformation zu Produkten. EB-Info “Umweltbelastung und Ökoindikatoren” am 24.11.2011 in Zürich, ewz, Erneuerbare Energie und Energieeffizienz

Jungbluth N., Büsser S., Frischknecht R., Flury K. and Stucki M. (2011) Feasibility of environmental product information based on life cycle thinking and recommendations for Switzerland. In: Journal of Cleaner Production, doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.07.016, (download file accepted for publication).

Niels Jungbluth, Sybille Büsser, Rolf Frischknecht, Marianne Leuenberger, Matthias Stucki (2011) Feasibility study for environmental product information based on life cycle approaches. ESU-services Ltd. im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Umwelt (BAFU) (Zusammenfassung und Mediengespräch des BAFU).

Geneviève Doublet and Niels Jungbluth (2010): Environmental product information (EPI) and LCA, Ittingen-berne, Switzerland, June 22, 2010. Int J LCA, online first, DOI 10.1007/s11367-010-0244-8

Frischknecht R. and Stucki M. (2010) Scope-dependent modelling of electricity supply in life cycle assessments. In: Int J LCA, 15(8), pp. 806-816, from DOI: 10.1007/s11367-010-0200-7.

Frischknecht R. (2010) LCI modelling approaches applied on recycling of materials in view of environmental sustainability, risk perception and eco-efficiency. In: Int J LCA, 15(7), pp. 666-671, from DOI: 10.1007/s11367-010-0201-6.

Jungbluth, N. 2010: Evaluating the importance of emissions and resource uses in the total environmental impacts caused by Swiss consumption. 40th LCA Discussion Forum: Developments in Impact Assessment Methods, with a Focus on 'Recipe' and on Abiotic Resources. April 2010, ETH Zürich

Jungbluth N., Büsser S., Leuenberger M., Stucki M., Frischknecht R. (2010), Feasibility of environmental product information based on life cycle thinking. lnternational Conference on LCA in the Agri-Food, Bari, Italy, 22 to 24 September 2010

Rolf Frischknecht, The ecoinvent database: a success story. 2nd international ecoinvent meeting, 14.3.2008, ETH Lausanne

Niels Jungbluth: "Calculation of CO2 reduction figures" and "How Much CO2 can be compensated?" Short presentations during the DF34 on March 13th in Lausanne

Frischknecht R., Althaus H.-J., Bauer C., Doka G., Heck T., Jungbluth N., Kellenberger D. and Nemecek T. (2007) The Environmental Relevance of Capital Goods in Life Cycle Assessments of Products and Services. In: Int J LCA, pp., retrieved from: OnlineFirst.

Jungbluth, N. & Frischknecht, R. 2006: "Life Cycle Inventory Analysis Applied to Renewable Resources." In Dewulf, J. & Van Langenhove, H., Renewables-Based Technology: Sustainability Assessment. Pages: 57-72, Wiley, West Sussex, UK.

Frischknecht, R., Jungbluth, N., Althaus, H.-J., Doka, G., Dones, R., Heck, T., Hellweg, S., Hischier, R., Nemecek, T., Rebitzer, G., Spielmann, M. 2004: "The ecoinvent Database: Overview and Methodological Framework." In Int J LCA Vol. 10 (1) dx.doi.org/10.1065/lca2004.10.181.1

Hellweg, S. & Frischknecht, R. 2004: "Evaluation of Long-Term Impacts in LCA." In Int J LCA Vol. 9 (5): 339-341.

Frischknecht, R. 2004: "Transparency in LCA – a heretical request?" In Int J LCA Vol. 9 (4): 211-213.

Frischknecht, R. 2005: Methoden der Umweltbewertung technischer Systeme: Ökobilanzen. ETH Zürich Studiengang Umweltnaturwissenschaften.

Jungbluth, N. & Frischknecht, R. 2003: "Comparison of two approaches how to deal with cumulative LCI data in a unit process database." In Bauer, C., International Workshop on Quality of LCI Data. Pages: 55ff, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, DE.

Frischknecht, R. & Jungbluth, N. 2003: "Allocation applied on Co-Production Processes in Large LCI Process Network Databases." In Bauer, C., International Workshop on Quality of LCI Data. Pages: 5ff, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, DE.

Jungbluth, N. & Frischknecht, R. 2003: "Land occupation and land transformation in life cycle inventories." In Halberg, N. & Weidema, B., Life cycle assessment in the Agri-food sector. Horsens, Denmark.

conference, download

Jungbluth, N., Frischknecht, R., Gilgen, P. W. 15.-17.4.2002: "Life cycle inventory modeling in the Swiss national LCI database ECOINVENT 2000." In Dubreuil, A., International Workshop on Life Cycle Assessment and Metals. Montreal.

Frischknecht, R. 12.10.2001: "Life cycle inventory modeling in the Swiss national database ECOINVENT 2000." In EMPA, Environmental Informatics 2001. Zürich.

Frischknecht, R. 15.-18.4.2001: "Economic relationships and life cycle inventory process networks." In SETAC, 11th SETAC-Europe Annual Meeting. Pages: 20, SETAC, Madrid.

Frischknecht R., 2000. Allocation in Life Cycle Inventory Analysis for Joint Production, Int. J. LCA, Vol. 6 No. 2, 2000

Frischknecht R., P. Hofstetter, 1999. Ökobilanzen in der Kältetechnik, Stand heute und zukünftiges Potenzial, study commissioned by the Forschungsrat Kältetechnik e.V.(Research Council for Refrigeration Technology), Frankfurt.

Frischknecht R., 1998. Der Einfluss des Strommodells auf die Umweltbilanz von Wärmepumpen, Bericht im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Energie, Bereich Umgebungswärme /WKK, Uster

Heijungs R., R. Frischknecht, 1998. On the nature of the allocation problem, in Int. J. LCA (3) No. 6, p. 321-332

Frischknecht R., 1998. Life Cycle Inventory Analysis for Decision-Making; Scope-dependent System Models and Context-specific Joint Product Allocation, ETH-Dissertation Nr. 12599, Zürich

Frischknecht R., 1997. Goal and Scope Definition and Inventory Analysis, in H.a. Udo de Haes, N- Wrisberg (ed.), LCANET European Network for Strategic Life-Cycle Assessment Research and Development, LCA Documents Vol. 1, ecomed publishers Landsberg, p. 59-88

Frischknecht R., P. Hofstetter, I. Knoepfel, M. Ménard, 1995. Relevanz der Infrastruktur in Ökobilanzen - Untersuchung an Hand der Ökoinventare für Energiesysteme, Bericht im Auftrag der EMPA St. Gallen und des IVUK ETH Zürich, Laboratorium für Energiesysteme, ETH Zürich

Frischknecht R. P. Kolm, 1995. Modellansatz und Algorithmus zur Berechnung von Ökobilanzen im Rahmen der Datenbank ECOINVENT, in Schmidt M. and Achim Schorb, Stoffstromanalysen in Ökobilanzen und Ökoaudits, Springer Verlag Berlin/ Heidelberg, S. 79-95

Frischknecht R., 1994. Allocation - an Issue of Valuation?, in G. Huppes, F. Schneider (ed.), Proceedings of the European Workshop on Allcation in LCA, Feb. 24-25, Leiden 1994, SETAC-Europe, Brussels, p. 122-131