4 Conclusions and Perspectives
The combination of life cycle approaches such as LCA with other life cycle (e.g.,
LCC and SLCA) or non-life cycle (e.g., techno-economic assessment, DEA,
interdisciplinary policy assessment, etc.) approaches offers singular advantages for
the multi-dimensional assessment of product systems. The enrichment of
decision-making processes and the enhancement of the discussion, interpretation
and communication of the results arise as key strengths of these hybrid methods.
Nevertheless, further efforts are still required in order to guarantee the consistency
of the results through methodological harmonisation, as well as to involve stakeholders and achieve an extended use of these approaches.
References
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Life cycle assessment: past, present, and future, Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 45,
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coupled with data envelopment analysis within multi-criteria decision analysis for sustainability assessment of energy systems, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 150, 2017, 164–
174.
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The combination of life cycle approaches such as LCA with other life cycle (e.g.,
LCC and SLCA) or non-life cycle (e.g., techno-economic assessment, DEA,
interdisciplinary policy assessment, etc.) approaches offers singular advantages for
the multi-dimensional assessment of product systems. The enrichment of
decision-making processes and the enhancement of the discussion, interpretation
and communication of the results arise as key strengths of these hybrid methods.
Nevertheless, further efforts are still required in order to guarantee the consistency
of the results through methodological harmonisation, as well as to involve stakeholders and achieve an extended use of these approaches.
References
1. Guinée J.B, Heijungs R, Huppes G, Zamagni A, Masoni P, Buonamici R, Ekvall T, Rydberg T,
Life cycle assessment: past, present, and future, Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 45,
2011, pp. 90–96.
2. Jeswani H.K, Azapagic A, Schepelmann P, Ritthoff M, Options for broadening and deepening
the LCA approaches, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 18, 2010, pp. 120–127.
3. Martín-Gamboa M, Iribarren D, García-Gusano D, Dufour J, A review of life-cycle approaches
coupled with data envelopment analysis within multi-criteria decision analysis for sustainability assessment of energy systems, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 150, 2017, 164–
174.
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing,
adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate
credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and
indicate if changes were made.
The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter’s Creative
Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not
included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by
statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from
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