ISO 14040 / 14044 Life Cycle Interpretation Phase

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Ready to expand your knowledge of product LCAs? Welcome to Part Two in our video series about life cycle assessments. Explore the Life Cycle Interpretation phase as outlined in ISO 14040 and 14044.

First, we will make some important observations about the interpretation phase, and ask what it means to interpret the results we’ve generated from previous phases. Important concepts are revisited or referenced, so that technical terms do not prevent us from exploring some topics in greater detail. Explore the major elements of the interpretation phase from a higher level before diving deeper into each one. Learn how to identify the most significant issues in your product system. Examine some practical examples of evaluation, and compare the three “checks” that are performed to ensure the validity of an LCA study and its results. Finally, determine appropriate conclusions you can draw and recommendations you can communicate to the parties involved with your product life cycle assessment.


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0:00 Video Introduction
1:22 Interpretation Phase: Overview
3:09 Interpretation Phase: Observations
5:20 Interpretation Phase: Elements Overview
8:15 Elements: Identifying Significant Issues
13:33 Elements: Evaluation
19:50 Conclusions, Limitations, Recommendations
21:24 Outro

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