Extended Abstract: How LCA is used in the Implementation of AB 32
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| Audience/Grade: | College Senior-Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering Green Design and Sustainable Engineering |
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Reference - Article/Document |
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Audio |
| Author(s): |
Audrey Barrett, Yifen Chen, Andrew Kosinski and Clara Nagy |
| Description: | Extended abstract by student project team in UC Berkeley's CEE 292A - Technologies for Sustainable Societies. The purpose of the project was to see how lawmakers and regulators are using life-cycle assessment(LCA) in their policy decisions. In particular, we it would be interesting to investigate the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB or ARB) claims that it used a life-cycle approach to calculate carbon intensities for fuels encompassed in the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). In order to provide context in our class presentation, our investigation focused on four main areas: an introduction to AB 32, and introduction to LCA, how the LCFS uses LCA and suggestions for how to improve the effectiveness of the LCA approach taken by ARB. |
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| Keywords: | life cycle assessment (LCA) Policy Decision-making |
| Is Component of: |
CEE 292A - Technologies for Sustainable Societies Extended Abstract: Human Interfaces with Energy Systems Presentation |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context (k) Use modern engineering tools in engineering practice |
| Use of Resource: |
Student project could be used as an example short project in sustainable engineering. |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
Very low |
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| Publication Date: | October 2009 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://best.berkeley.edu/~aagogino/EBS/Fall2009/Abstracts/7A.Abst |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
Engineering and Business for Sustainability
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