CSA PLUS 1107 : 94(R2001)

Preface
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Brief Review of Existing Environmental Life Cycle
   Frameworks
   2.1 General
   2.2 EPA/SETAC Model
   2.3 Background
3 Practical Guidelines
   3.1 General
   3.2 Product/Service Life Cycle Research and Development
   3.3 Materials Consumption
   3.4 Basic Process Energy Data
   3.5 Energy and Water Consumption
   3.6 Emissions to Air and Water
   3.7 Solid Waste
   3.8 Other Burdens on the Environment
   3.9 An Aide-Memoire for the Step-by-Step Development of
        LCAs
4 Reporting the Results of the Inventory Phase
   4.1 General
   4.2 Independent Review
   4.3 Quality Assurance
   4.4 System Boundaries, Omissions, and Assumptions
   4.5 Formats and Level of Detail
   4.6 Sensitivity of the Results
   4.7 Conclusions and Implications for Analysis of Impact
        and Improvements Development
   4.8 A Reporting Checklist
Appendix A - Checklists/Proformas for Conducting an LCA and
              Reporting LCA Results

A user's guide that expands on the contents of CSA Guideline Z760, to provide practical guidance for conducting a conceptual life cycle inventory analysis (LCI). Deals mainly with Phase 1, initiation, and Phase 2, inventory, of the LCA method described in CSA Guideline Z760. Phase 3, impact, and Phase 4, improvement, are discussed as appropriate.