I am working on LCA for transport infrastructure, railway in particular. I already assessed GHG emissions and energy demand associated to production, construction and operation of railway infrastructure - paper will hopefully be available soon.
Currently, I am conducting a literature review to find out which other impact categories and gases I should include in a next step. What is your approach on that?
Also, I want to monetize the environmental impacts afterwards. This is already possible for GHG emissions. Does some of you have a viable approach for other impact categories?
I am looking forward to an interesting and helpful discussion!
Thanks,
Matthias
In Dublin, Ireland, the Light Rail Transit called LUAS, the Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) methodology was used in the phase of LCA study during which the environmental impacts of the products are assessed and evaluated. Also, the impact assessment consists of many steps, among other classification, characterization and weighing, and also to develop Environmental Performance Declaration (EPD) for the LAUS Lines.
Felix Uhlmann
thanks a lot for your answer, I already came across this method which sounds really promising. Do you have by any chance more detailed information on the shadow-price method which used to come up with the cost factors? Are these cost factor determined by the company or is this based on available and objective figures and/or research?
Hazael Brown thank you very much. Can you share some details and results on the EPD from the LAUS lines?
In Europe, EPD must conform to the European Standard. Click www.igbc.ie
Matthias Landgraf That's really a great question and a difficult one. I usually look at all 16 impact categories unless I am performing a comparison with a previously published report. You can make spider plots and normalize LCIA numbers to see your most affected categories. It also depends on who you report to and the technology you are studying. Are researchers in your field concerned about a specific impact of your technology? Most readers love to read about climate change and human health others are more concerned with depletion, land and water usage. In any case, good luck.
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