Life Cycle Assessment
Not what you're looking for?
Locate and review a peer-reviewed article from a scholarly journal dealing with Life Cycle Assessment and then write an article review.
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary
This posting gives you a step-by-step explanation of life cycle assessment peer reviewed article. The response also contains the sources used.
Solution Preview
In accordance with BrainMass standards this is not a hand in ready review but only background help.
Step 1
The article says that life cycle assessment is an important tool used in pollution prevention and green design efforts. Selection of product design, materials, processes, reuse or recycle strategies can use life cycle assessment. Also final disposal options require careful examination of energy and resource consumptions as well as environmental discharges associated with prevention or design alternative. For this purpose life cycle assessment models have been developed and software is also available. According to the article there are two types of models, process models and product models that are used for life-cycle assessment. These assessments are made of environmental impacts of materials and products through different stages of fabrication, use, and end of life options. The article expresses these models ...
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Geography Points of Interest
Brief query of points of interest in the world. For example, choosing the largest body of water from 3 choices.
Structure of the Earth
Basic introduction to terms related to the structure of the Earth, including definitions and application of knowledge. This quiz focuses on the spheres.
Environment of the Earth
This quiz will focus on an introduction to basic Earth Science vocabulary. This info is important for an understanding of the principles involved with the study of the environment of the Earth.
"Tornadoes and Hurricanes" Vocabulary
Brief introduction to vocabulary terms related to the atmosphere. Definitions are related to conditions for tornadoes and hurricanes.
Basic Vocabulary - The Hydrosphere
This quiz reviews basic terms related to the Hydrosphere for Earth Science. Multiple choice is utilized to select the correct vocabulary word matched to the given definition.