Recent Publication on Hybrid LCA

Dear EEIOers,

Happy New Year!

An article on hybrid LCA has been published recently:

Yu, M. & Wiedmann, T. Implementing hybrid LCA routines in an input–output virtual laboratory. Economic Structures (2018) 7: 33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40008-018-0131-1

This study endeavors to expand the accessibility of hybrid LCA from specialists to practitioners by developing a streamlined and semi-automated hybrid LCA data compilation routine in an input–output virtual laboratory. Data from the Australian Life Cycle Inventory Database (AusLCI) and the Australian Industrial Ecology Virtual Laboratory are used to demonstrate this routine. A hybridized AusLCI database is generated and used to calculate the hybrid carbon footprint intensities (CFIs) of all AusLCI processes.  Although the data are Australian specific, the underlying procedure is applicable to any country as long as suitable data are available.

The article is part of the Special Topic collection “Method development in EEIOA” in the Journal of Economic Structures, see: https://link.springer.com/journal/40008/topicalCollection/AC_18e984f79e227f24102bdf623828af8e.

All articles in the Journal of Economic Structures are free open access. 

Please feel free to check it out and exchange your ideas.

Best regards,

Mandy