Background on Environmental & Social Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) and Design
We would like to provide a video that introduces the concept of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and explains the Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment (EIO-LCA) method. The video delves into the EIO-LCA method, originally proposed by Wassily Leontief, explaining the fundamental equations and matrices used. We highlights how this method offers a comprehensive economy-wide assessment, including both direct and indirect environmental effects.
We outline the benefits and drawbacks of EIO-LCA and mentions that the next video will provide a detailed example of how to populate a demand vector in Matlab to analyze outputs and impacts.
For more information about standards of LCA and resources of LCA backgrounds, please refer to
ISO Standards for LCA:
ISO 14044:2006 Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements and guidelines
ISO 14040:2006 Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Principles and framework
More Background Videos and Excerices from VentureWell:
Measuring Sustainability – Life-Cycle Assessment
LCA Textbook: