Other resources
International Organization for Standardization ISO 14040:2006 Environmental management -- Life cycle assessment - Principles and framework
ISO charges for this standard, but access may be available with a Google search.
- U.S. Life Cycle Inventory Database (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
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"This database provides individual gate-to-gate, cradle-to-gate and cradle-to-grave accounting of the energy and material flows into and out of the environment that are associated with producing a material, component, or assembly in the U.S."
- KnovelOver 800 full-text engineering and scientific reference works, handbooks, encyclopedias, reference books, and standards in engineering and chemistry.
LCA Software
Both software tools model life cycle analysis of raw materials and processes in every step of manufacture, use, and end of life.
