Goals and purpose
Four main phases
Goal and scope
Life cycle inventory
Life cycle impact assessment
Interpretation
Reference test
LCA uses
Data analysis
Variants
Cradle-to-grave
Cradle-to-gate
Cradle-to-cradle or closed loop production
Gate-to-gate
Well-to-wheel
Economic input–output life cycle assessment
Ecologically based LCA
Life cycle energy analysis
Energy production
Energy recovery
Criticism
Critiques
Streamline LCA