Thanks, Ms. Myrup. This looks like good stuff.
Jim Peters
Quoting Cheryl Myrup <cheryl.my...@yale.edu>:
The Journal of Industrial Ecology has published a special issue,
"Meta-Analysis of Life Cycle Assessments." Articles in the special
issue are free on the Web at
<http://jie.yale.edu/LCA-meta-analysis>http://jie.yale.edu/LCA-meta-analysis.
The application of meta-analysis -- a set of techniques widely used
in medical research to synthesize results from a body of previous
research -- to LCA can help decision makers and researchers trying
to make sense of multiple and competing studies.
The special issue includes 6 studies from the LCA Harmonization
Project of the U.S. Dept of Energy's National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL). The NREL project screened, reviewed and adjusted
estimates to produce consistent methods and assumptions in thousands
of LCAs on electricity-generating technologies. In addition to the
harmonization studies, critical reviews were contributed by research
teams from across the globe. The result is reviews of
* Utility-scale wind power
* Thin-film photovoltaics (PV)
* Crystalline silicon photovoltaics (PV)
* Concentrating solar power (CSP)
* Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
* Nuclear power
* Coal
* Desktop computers
* Printers
* Biobased materials
The Journal of Industrial Ecology (
www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/jie) is a peer-reviewed,
international bimonthly journal that examines the relationship
between industry and the environment from the perspective of the
growing field of industrial ecology. It is owned by Yale
University, headquartered at the <http://environment.yale.edu>Yale
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and published by
Wiley-Blackwell.
Please excuse any cross-posting
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Cheryl W. Myrup School of Forestry & Env. Studies
Assistant Editor Yale University
Journal of Industrial Ecology 195 Prospect Street
cheryl.my...@yale.edu New Haven, CT 06511-2189 USA
www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/jie
