ISO 14044:2006

Environmental management -- Life cycle assessment -- Requirements and guidelines

Note: This standard is also included in the ISO 14000, Environmental management CD-ROM.

General information

Number of Pages: 46

Edition: 1 (Monolingual)	ICS: 13.020.10; 13.020.60
Status: Published	Stage: 90.60 (2009-09-17)
TC/SC: TC 207/SC 5

Abstract

ISO 14044:2006 specifies requirements and provides guidelines for life cycle assessment (LCA) including: definition of the goal and scope of the LCA, the life cycle inventory analysis (LCI) phase, the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) phase, the life cycle interpretation phase, reporting and critical review of the LCA, limitations of the LCA, relationship between the LCA phases, and conditions for use of value choices and optional elements.

ISO 14044:2006 covers life cycle assessment (LCA) studies and life cycle inventory (LCI) studies.

Revision information

Revises: ISO 14040:1997

Revises: ISO 14041:1998

Revises: ISO 14042:2000

Revises: ISO 14043:2000

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