Publications: Life Cycle Assessment Methodology
Some papers are by courtesy of Int J LCA, ecomed publishers (Verlagsgruppe Hüthig Jehle Rehm GmbH).
Meier M. S., Stoessel F., Jungbluth N., Juraske R., Schader C. and Stolze M. (2015) Environmental impacts of organic and conventional agricultural products - Are the differences captured by life cycle assessment? In: Journal of Environmental Management, 2015(149), pp. 193-208.
Jungbluth N. (2014) Dealing with different standards in practical work: examples on biofuels. In proceedings from: 56th LCA Discussion Forum (DF 56): Are Environmental Declarations of Products and Organisations the way to harmonise LCAs?, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 09. September 2014.
Niels Jungbluth, Sybille Büsser, Karin Flury, Rolf Frischknecht, Matthias Stucki (2012): Feasibility and Challenges for providing Environmental Product Information based on LCA. Presentation of the software and database platform MEANS, for multi-criteria assessment of agri-food systems. INRA UMR SAS, Rennes - 6 March 2012
Jungbluth N., Büsser S., Frischknecht R., Flury K. and Stucki M. (2011) Feasibility of environmental product information based on life cycle thinking and recommendations for Switzerland. In: Journal of Cleaner Production, doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.07.016, (download file accepted for publication).
Niels Jungbluth, Sybille Büsser, Rolf Frischknecht, Marianne Leuenberger, Matthias Stucki (2011) Feasibility study for environmental product information based on life cycle approaches. ESU-services Ltd. im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Umwelt (BAFU) (Zusammenfassung und Mediengespräch des BAFU).
Geneviève Doublet and Niels Jungbluth (2010): Environmental product information (EPI) and LCA, Ittingen-berne, Switzerland, June 22, 2010. Int J LCA, DOI 10.1007/s11367-010-0244-8
Frischknecht R. and Stucki M. (2010) Scope-dependent modelling of electricity supply in life cycle assessments. In:Int J LCA, 15(8), pp. 806-816, from DOI: 10.1007/s11367-010-0200-7.
Frischknecht R. (2010) LCI modelling approaches applied on recycling of materials in view of environmental sustainability, risk perception and eco-efficiency. In: Int J LCA, 15(7), pp. 666-671, from DOI: 10.1007/s11367-010-0201-6.
Jungbluth, N. 2010: Evaluating the importance of emissions and resource uses in the total environmental impacts caused by Swiss consumption. 40th LCA Discussion Forum: Developments in Impact Assessment Methods, with a Focus on 'Recipe' and on Abiotic Resources. April 2010, ETH Zürich
Jungbluth N., Büsser S., Leuenberger M., Stucki M., Frischknecht R. (2010), Feasibility of environmental product information based on life cycle thinking. lnternational Conference on LCA in the Agri-Food, Bari, Italy, 22 to 24 September 2010
Rolf Frischknecht, The ecoinvent database: a success story. 2nd international ecoinvent meeting, 14.3.2008, ETH Lausanne
Niels Jungbluth: "Calculation of CO2 reduction figures" and "How Much CO2 can be compensated?" Short presentations during the DF34 on March 13th in Lausanne download
Frischknecht R., Althaus H.-J., Bauer C., Doka G., Heck T., Jungbluth N., Kellenberger D. and Nemecek T. (2007)The Environmental Relevance of Capital Goods in Life Cycle Assessments of Products and Services. In: Int J LCA, pp., retrieved from: OnlineFirst.
Niels Jungbluth, Roland Steiner, Rolf Frischknecht (2007) Combining LCA, trade statistics and the national greenhouse gas inventory to determine the embodied emissions caused by international trade. erscp - European Roundtable on Sustainable consumption and production, Basel, 21. June, 2007
Jungbluth, N. & Frischknecht, R. 2006: "Life Cycle Inventory Analysis Applied to Renewable Resources." In Dewulf, J. & Van Langenhove, H., Renewables-Based Technology: Sustainability Assessment. Pages: 57-72, Wiley, West Sussex, UK.
Frischknecht, R., Jungbluth, N., Althaus, H.-J., Doka, G., Dones, R., Heck, T., Hellweg, S., Hischier, R., Nemecek, T., Rebitzer, G., Spielmann, M. 2004: "The ecoinvent Database: Overview and Methodological Framework." In Int J LCA Vol. 10 (1) https://dx.doi.org/10.1065/lca2004.10.181.1
Hellweg, S. & Frischknecht, R. 2004: "Evaluation of Long-Term Impacts in LCA." In Int J LCA Vol. 9 (5): 339-341.
Rolf Frischknecht, Niels Jungbluth (2004) LCA experiences in APEC countries. The 4th AIST Workshop on LCA for APEC Member Economies. Tsukuba, Japan
Frischknecht, R. 2004: "Transparency in LCA – a heretical request?" In Int J LCA Vol. 9 (4): 211-213.
Rebitzer, G., Ekvall, T., Frischknecht, R., Hunkeler, D., Norris, G., Rydberg, T., Schmidt, W.-P., Suh, S., Weidema, B. P., Pennington, D. W. 2004: "Life cycle assessment: Part 1: Framework, goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, and applications." In Environment International, Vol. 30 (5): 701-720.
Frischknecht, R. 2005: Methoden der Umweltbewertung technischer Systeme: Ökobilanzen. ETH Zürich Studiengang Umweltnaturwissenschaften. download
Jungbluth, N. & Frischknecht, R. 2003: "Comparison of two approaches how to deal with cumulative LCI data in a unit process database." In Bauer, C., International Workshop on Quality of LCI Data. Pages: 55ff, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, DE. download presentation
Frischknecht, R. & Jungbluth, N. 2003: "Allocation applied on Co-Production Processes in Large LCI Process Network Databases." In Bauer, C., International Workshop on Quality of LCI Data. Pages: 5ff, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, DE.
Jungbluth, N. & Frischknecht, R. 2003: "Land occupation and land transformation in life cycle inventories." In Halberg, N. & Weidema, B., Life cycle assessment in the Agri-food sector. Horsens, Denmark. conference,download
Jungbluth, N., Frischknecht, R., Gilgen, P. W. 15.-17.4.2002: "Life cycle inventory modeling in the Swiss national LCI database ECOINVENT 2000." In Dubreuil, A., International Workshop on Life Cycle Assessment and Metals. Montreal. download
Frischknecht, R. 12.10.2001: "Life cycle inventory modeling in the Swiss national database ECOINVENT 2000." In EMPA, Environmental Informatics 2001. Zürich. download
Hischier, R., Baitz, M., Bretz, R., Frischknecht, R., Jungbluth, N., Marheineke, T., McKeown, P., Oele, M., Osset, P., Renner, I., Skone, T., Wessman, H., de Beaufort, A. S. H. 2001: "Guidelines for Consistent Reporting of Exchanges from/to Nature Within Life Cycle Inventories (LCI)." In Int. J. LCA Vol. 6 (4): 192-198.
Frischknecht, R. 15.-18.4.2001: "Economic relationships and life cycle inventory process networks." In SETAC, 11th SETAC-Europe Annual Meeting. Pages: 20, SETAC, Madrid.
Maurice B., R. Frischknecht, V. Coelho-Schwirtz, K. Hungerbühler, 2000. Uncertainty Analysis in Life Cycle Inventory, Combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches illustrated by its application to the production of electricity with French coal power plants, paper accepted for publication in Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 8 No. 2, 2000
Frischknecht R., 2000. Allocation in Life Cycle Inventory Analysis for Joint Production, Int. J. LCA, Vol. 6 No. 2,2000
Frischknecht R., P. Hofstetter, 1999. Ökobilanzen in der Kältetechnik, Stand heute und zukünftiges Potenzial, study commissioned by the Forschungsrat Kältetechnik e.V.(Research Council for Refrigeration Technology), Frankfurt.
Frischknecht R., 1998. Der Einfluss des Strommodells auf die Umweltbilanz von Wärmepumpen, Bericht im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Energie BFE, Bereich Umgebungswärme /WKK, Uster
Heijungs R., R. Frischknecht, 1998. On the nature of the allocation problem, in Int. J. LCA (3) No. 6, p. 321-332
Frischknecht R., 1998. Life Cycle Inventory Analysis for Decision-Making; Scope-dependent System Models and Context-specific Joint Product Allocation, ETH-Dissertation Nr. 12599, Zürich
Frischknecht R., 1997. Goal and Scope Definition and Inventory Analysis, in H.a. Udo de Haes, N- Wrisberg (ed.),LCANET European Network for Strategic Life-Cycle Assessment Research and Development, LCA Documents Vol. 1,ecomed publishers Landsberg, p. 59-88
Frischknecht R., P. Hofstetter, 1996. Electricity and Transportation in Ecolabelling, Appendix 3 in Udo de Haes H.A., R. Clift, R. Griesshammer, L. Grisel, A.A. Jensen, et al. 1996. Practical Guidelines for Life Cycle assessment for the EU eco-labelling programme, Final report of the third phase, Leiden
Frischknecht R., 1994. Allocation - an Issue of Valuation?, in G. Huppes, F. Schneider (ed.), Proceedings of the European Workshop on Allcation in LCA, Feb. 24-25, Leiden 1994, SETAC-Europe, Brussels, p. 122-131