Life cycle assessment of emerging technologies: A review

• Autor: Moni, Sheikh Moniruzzaman ; Mahmud, Roksana ; High, Karen ; Carbajales‐Dale, Michael
• Assuntos: Decision analysis ; emerging technology ; Evaluation ; ex ante LCA ; industrial ecology ; Life cycle analysis ; Life cycle assessment ; life cycle assessment (LCA) ; Life cycles ; Literature reviews ; Multiple criterion ; New technology ; Performance enhancement ; Risk analysis ; technoeconomic analysis (TEA) ; Technology ; Technology assessment ; technology readiness level (TRL) ; Technology utilization ; Uncertainty
• É parte de: Journal of industrial ecology, 2020-02, Vol.24 (1), p.52-63
• Notas: Editor Managing Review: Valerie Thomas
  
• Descrição: In recent literature, prospective application of life cycle assessment (LCA) at low technology readiness levels (TRL) has gained immense interest for its potential to enable development of emerging technologies with improved environmental performances. However, limited data, uncertain functionality, scale up issues and uncertainties make it very challenging for the standard LCA guidelines to evaluate emerging technologies and requires methodological advances in the current LCA framework. In this paper, we review published literature to identify major methodological challenges and key research efforts to resolve these issues with a focus on recent developments in five major areas: cross‐study comparability, data availability and quality, scale‐up issues, uncertainty and uncertainty communication, and assessment time. We also provide a number of recommendations for future research to support the evaluation of emerging technologies at low technology readiness levels: (a) the development of a consistent framework and reporting methods for LCA of emerging technologies; (b) the integration of other tools with LCA, such as multicriteria decision analysis, risk analysis, technoeconomic analysis; and (c) the development of a data repository for emerging materials, processes, and technologies.
  
• Editor: New Haven: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
  
• Idioma: Inglês