Publications
Recent publications of general interest
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- B P Weidema (2011) · New paradigm or old distance to target? A reply to the viewpoint “Do we need a paradigm shift in life cycle impact assessment?” by Huijbregts, Hellweg & Hertwich. Environmental Science and Technology. (First 50 people using the link will have free access after registrering at ACS and reloading the page).
- G Sonnemann, B Vigon (eds.) (2011) · Global Guidance Principles for Life Cycle Assessment Databases. Paris/Pensacola: UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative.
- J H Schmidt, S Merciai, M Thrane and R Dalgaard (2011) · Inventory of country specific electricity in LCA – Consequential and attributional scenarios. Methodology report v2. 2.‐0 LCA consultants, Aalborg, Denmark
- S Merciai, J H Schmidt J H and R Dalgaard (2011) · Inventory of country specific electricity in LCA ‐ India. 2.‐0 LCA consultants, Aalborg, Denmark
- B P Weidema (2011) · Stepping Stones From Life Cycle Assessment to Adjacent Assessment Techniques. Journal of Industrial Ecology 15(5):658–661. Originally presented as "LCA based technology evaluation: Dead end alley or stepping stone?" in the Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Eco-Efficiency, Egmond aan Zee, 2010.06.9-11.
- J H Schmidt (2010) · Challenges relating to data and system delimitation in Life Cycle Assessments of food products. Pp. 83-97 in U Sonnesen, J Berlin and F. Ziegler (eds.): “Environmental assessment and management in the food industry: Life cycle assessment and related approaches”. Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition No. 194. ISBN 978-1-84569-552-1.
- B P Weidema (2010) · Environmental training for the food industry. Pp. 356-373 in U Sonnesen, J Berlin and F. Ziegler (eds.): “Environmental assessment and management in the food industry: Life cycle assessment and related approaches”. Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition No. 194. ISBN 978-1-84569-552-1.
- J Reinhard, B P Weidema, J H Schmidt (2010) · Identifying the marginal supply of pulp wood. 2.-0 LCA consultants, Aalborg, Denmark
- S Suh, B P Weidema, J H Schmidt, R Heijungs (2010) · Generalized Make and Use Framework for Allocation in Life Cycle Assessment. Journal of Industrial Ecology 14(2):335-353.
- B P Weidema, J H Schmidt (2010) · Avoiding allocation in life cycle assessment revisited. Column for Journal of Industrial Ecology 14(2):192-195.
- J H Schmidt (2010) · Comparative life cycle assessment of rapeseed oil and palm oil. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 15:183-197
- J H Schmidt (2010) · FORWAST: Documentation of the data consolidation, calibration, and scenario parameterisation. Deliverable 6-1 of the EU FP6-project FORWAST. http://forwast.brgm.fr/
- J H Schmidt (2010) · FORWAST: 25 year forecast of physical stocks, waste, and environmental impact of 9 scenarios. Deliverable 6-2 of the EU FP6-project FORWAST. http://forwast.brgm.fr/
- J H Schmidt (2010) · FORWAST: Contribution analysis, uncertainty assessment, and policy recommendation. Deliverable 6-3 of the EU FP6-project FORWAST. http://forwast.brgm.fr/
- J H Schmidt, B P Weidema and S Suh (2010) · FORWAST: Documentation of the final model used for the scenario analyses. Deliverable 6-4 of the EU FP6-project FORWAST. http://forwast.brgm.fr/
- H Lund, B V Mathiesen, P Christensen, J H Schmidt (2010) · Energy system analysis of marginal electricity supply in consequential LCA. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 15:260-271
- J H Schmidt, M Thrane (2009) · Life cycle assessment of aluminium production in new Alcoa smelter in Greenland. Government of Greenland
- J H Schmidt, B P Weidema (2009) · Response to the public consultation on a set of guidance documents of the International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook. 2.-0 LCA consultants
- Weidema B P, T Ekvall, R Heijungs (2009) · Guidelines for applications of deepened and broadened LCA. Deliverable D18 of work package 5 of the CALCAS project. The two chapters on Consequential LCA and Hybrid approaches combining IOA and LCA can also be downloaded separately.
- B P Weidema, J Hermansen, P Eder (2009) · Meat and milk products in Europe: Impacts and improvements. Pp. 295-305 in T Nemecek, G Gaillard (eds.): Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on LCA in the Agri-Food Sector
- B P Weidema (2009) · Avoiding or Ignoring Uncertainty. Column for Journal of Industrial Ecology 13(3):354-356.
- B P Weidema, S Suh, P Notten (2009) · Prioritizing within the Product-Oriented Environmental Policy - The Danish Perspectives. Pp. 397-415 in Suh S. (ed.): Handbook of Input-Output Economics in Industrial Ecology. Springer Netherlands
- E S Andrews, L-P Barthel, T Beck, C Benoît, A Ciroth, C Cucuzzella, C-O Gensch, A-L Methot, A Moberg, J Hébert, P Lesage, A Manhart, P Mazeau, B Mazijn, G Norris, J Parent, S Prakash, J-P Reveret, S Spillemaeckers, C Ugaya, L Maria, S Valdivia, B Weidema (2009) · Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products. United Nations Environment Programme.
- B P Weidema (2009) · Using the budget constraint to monetarise impact assessment results. Ecological Economics 68(6):1591-1598.
- J H Schmidt, P Christensen and T S Christensen (2009) · Assessing the land use implications of biodiesel use from an LCA perspective. Journal of Land Use Science Vol. 4, No. 1–2, March 2009, pp 35–52.
- B P Weidema, M Wesnæs, J Hermansen, T Kristensen, N Halberg, P Eder, L Delgado (2008) · Environmental improvement potentials of meat and dairy products. Sevilla: Institute for Prospective Technological Studies. (EUR 23491 EN).
- M Zackrisson, C Rocha, K Christiansen, A Jarnehammar (2008) · Stepwise environmental product declarations: ten SME case studies. Journal of Cleaner Production 16(17):1872-1886.
- J H Schmidt (2008) · System delimitation in agricultural consequential LCA - Outline of methodology and illustrative case study of wheat in Denmark. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 13(4):350-365.
- B P Weidema (2008) · Rebound effects of sustainable production. Presentation to the "Sustainable Consumption and Production" session of the conference "Bridging the Gap; Responding to Environmental Change - From Words to Deeds", Portorož, Slovenia, 2008.05.14-16. (Also presented to LCAVIII, Seattle, 2008.09.30).
- J H Schmidt (2008) · Development of LCIA characterisation factors for land use impacts on biodiversity. Journal of Cleaner Production 16 (2008):1929-1942.
- R Dalgaard, J H Schmidt, N Halberg, P Christensen, M Thrane, W A Pengue (2008) · LCA of soybean meal. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 13 LCA (3):240-254
- J Thiesen, T S Christensen, T G Kristensen, R D Andersen, B Brunoe, T K Gregersen, M Thrane, B P Weidema (2008)· Rebound Effects of Price Differences. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 13(2):104-114.
- J H Schmidt, B P Weidema (2007) · Shift in the Marginal Supply of Vegetable Oil. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 13(3):235-239.
- B P Weidema, M Z Hauschild, O Jolliet (2007) · Preparing characterisation methods for endpoint impact assessment. Manuscript submitted to International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. Also published as Annex II of the above report: "Environmental improvement potentials of meat and dairy products". Together with the above publication "Using the budget constraint to monetarise impact assessment results", this publication provides a complete presentation of our Stepwise2006 impact assessment method. The zip-file contains pre-prints of both articles and a CSV-file for direct import of the method into the SimaPro LCA software.
- B P Weidema et. al. (2007) · Allocation in Recycling. Excerts from an Online LCA Forum discussion.
- B Hornblow, B P Weidema (2007) · Review of recent macro-economic scenarios. Deliverable 5-1 of the FORWAST project.
- B P Weidema, M Thrane (2007) · Comments on the development of harmonized method for Sustainability Assessment of Technologies (SAT).
- M Wesnæs, B P Weidema (2007) · NAMEA-based normalisation reference for Europe year 2000 (zip-file). Hørsholm: 2.-0 LCA consultants.
- J H Schmidt, P Holm, A Merrild, P Christensen (2007) · Life cycle assessment of the waste hierarchy – A Danish case study on waste paper. Waste Management 27(2007):1519-1530
- M Thrane, J H Schmidt (2007) · Life Cycle Assessment. P. 204-239 in L Kørnøv, M Thrane, A Remmen and H Lund (eds.): “Tools for Sustainable Development”. Aalborg: Aalborg Universitetsforlag. ISBN 978-87-7307-797-9.
- J H Schmidt, M Thrane (2007) · LCA case study of pickled herring. P. 241-266 in: L Kørnøv, M Thrane, A Remmen and H Lund (eds.): “Tools for Sustainable Development”. Aalborg: Aalborg Universitetsforlag. ISBN 978-87-7307-797-9.
- R Dalgaard, N Halberg, I S Kristensen, I Larsen (2006) · Modelling representative and coherent Danish farm types based on farm accountancy data for use in environmental assessments. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 117(4):223-237.
- M Wesnæs, B Weidema (2006) · Long-term market reactions to changes in demand for NaOH. Study for Novozymes. Copenhagen: 2.-0 LCA consultants.
- B P Weidema, M Wesnæs, K Christiansen, K Koneczny (2006) · Life-cycle based cost-benefit assessment of waste management options. Presentation for ISWA Annual Congress 2006, Copenhagen, 2006.10.1-5. The full report from this study has been edited and published by the EU Commission.
- T Coakley, E O'Leary, H Wejdling, K Christiansen (2006) · The HAZTRAIN Hazardous Waste Identification Tool (HWIT). Presentation for ISWA Annual Congress 2006, Copenhagen, 2006.10.1-5.
- B P Weidema, S Suh, P Notten (2006) · Setting Priorities within Product-Oriented Environmental Policy: The Danish Perspectives. Journal of Industrial Ecology 10(3):73-87.
- B P Weidema (2006) · Social impact categories, indicators, characterisation and damage modelling. Presentation for the 29th Swiss LCA Discussion Forum, 2006-06-15.
- M Finkbeiner, A Inaba, R Tan, K Christiansen, H-J Klüppel (2006) · The New International Standards for Life Cycle Assessment: ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 11(2):80-85.
- B P Weidema (2006) · The Integration of Economic and Social Aspects in Life Cycle Impact Assessment. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 11(1):89-96.
- G A Norris (2006) · Social Impacts in Product Life Cycles - Towards Life Cycle Attribute Assessment. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 11(1):97-104.
- R Grießhammer, C Benoît, L C Dreyer, A Flysjö, A Manhart, B Mazijn, A-L Méthot, B Weidema (2006) · Feasibility Study: Integration of social aspects into LCA. Prepared for the UNEP Life Cycle Initiative. Freiburg: Eco-Institute.
- K Christiansen, M Wesnæs, B P Weidema (2006) · Consumer demands on Type III environmental declarations. Report commissioned by ANEC - the consumer voice in standardisation.