Benefits of the implementation of reminder flows in LCA - illustration with energy flows

摘要

Benefits of the implementation of reminder flows in LCA - illustration with energy flows The large number of today's environmental declaration programs spreads complexity in the landscape of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) practices. The type III environmental declaration programs often require the calculation of specific reminder flows in addition to the Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) results. This is not a frequently addressed topic in the LCA literature since presenting results on reminder flows is often considered as a simplified LCA. However, reminder flows appear to display more readily understandable information for a non-expert, which was a forceful argument for a better communication and comprehension of LCA results. The objective of this paper is to present the benefit of the implementation of reminder flows in terms of LCA results.