To Which Degree Does Sector Specific Standardization Make Life Cycle Assessments Comparable?—The Case of Global Warming Potential of Smartphones

To Which Degree Does Sector Specific Standardization Make Life Cycle Assessments Comparable?—The Case of Global Warming Potential of Smartphones

Here attributional life cycle assessments (LCAs) for the same smartphone model are presented by two different organizations (Orange, OGE and Huawei, HuW) and the effect of different modeling approach is analyzed. A difference of around 32% (29.6 kg and 39.2 kg) for CO2e baseline scores is found usin...

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Main Authors: Anders S. G. Andrae, Mikko Samuli Vaija
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-11-01
Series:Challenges
Subjects:
climate change
life cycle assessment
modeling
smartphone
standardization
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/5/2/409

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