CSA Z760 : 94(R2001)

Technical Committee on Life Cycle Assessment
Preface
Foreword
1 Scope
   1.1 General
   1.2 Objectives
   1.3 Applicability
   1.4 Defined Terms
   1.5 Metric Units
2 Reference Publications
3 Definitions
4 Life Cycle Assessment and its Components
   4.1 Life Cycle Assessment Phases
   4.2 Life Cycle Assessment Conceptual Framework
5 Initiation Phase-Getting Started
   5.1 General
   5.2 Define Purpose and Scope
   5.3 Define Data Categories and Collection Templates
   5.4 Define the Overall System Boundary
   5.5 Establish the Study Review Process
   5.6 Institute a Study Review Process
6 Inventory Phase-Gather, Integrate, and Report
   Inventory Data
   6.1 General
   6.2 Gathering the Data
   6.3 Develop the Computational Model
   6.4 Present the Results
7 Phase 3: Impact Assessment
   7.1 General
   7.2 Conceptual Framework
   7.3 Impact Assessment Models
   7.4 Evaluation of Impact Assessment Techniques
   7.5 Summary and Presentation of Results
8 Phase 4: Improvement Assessment
   8.1 General
   8.2 Conceptual Framework
Appendices
A - Canadian Solid Waste Legislation
B - Bibliography

Establishes guidelines for conducting environmental life cycle analysis and assessment. It guides industry formulation of product life cycle process stages, stage screening and problem definition, inventory analysis, and evaluation of environmental burdens for possible improvements.