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Special LCA edition
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Life Cycle Performance of Aluminium Applications Special Edition of The International Journal of LCA Volume 14 – Supplement 1 – May 2009 Through its focus on LCA development, the European Aluminum Association has become a true ‘centre of excellence’ for life cycle thinking. After more than 10 years of dedication, investment and research, the EAA comes up with state of the art validated methodologies, rigourously collected and thoroughly assessed data to show what resources are saved by using lightweight, corrosion resistant and strong aluminium in products such as cars, trucks, aircraft, food packaging, windows, façades, solar panels and other renewable energy equipment. In order to highlight such expertise and dedication, the European Aluminium Industry has recently published in cooperation with Springer publisher a special edition of the International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment which contains 11 papers from various experts from the Aluminium industry and LCA community. Among these 11 papers, the 3 first papers are freely downloadable from the Spinger website.In his foreword, Rudolph P. Huber, EAA Chairman, states: “We are proud that our industry can collaborate with the “International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment” to showcase the importance of life cycle thinking for the aluminium industry. |
Did you know that three quarters of all the aluminium ever produced since the 1880s are still in productive use? This stock has grown to about 600 million tonnes and is growing every year. As you can read in this special issue, our industry has for long recognised the value of tracking the material we produce and converting it into valuable products. And it is because of its high durability and easy recyclability that this resource can be used over and over again.
”The table of contents of this special edition is available here.