Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Analysis in Tourism by Viachaslau Filimonau

Author:Viachaslau Filimonau
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

To aid consumers in reaching an informed decision about the carbon significance of the vehicle choice they make, automobile manufactures should employ life cycle thinking and, ideally, the method of LCA when conducting environmental impact appraisals of their vehicles. The outcome of automobile manufactures’ impact case studies should be made available in the public domain. Most importantly, in view of the recent (autumn 2015) VW emissions scandal, it is argued that LCA-based case studies should be carried out and their outcome published by industry independent experts, such as the representatives from academia and third sector organisations.

The Next Green Car project (http://​www.​nextgreencar.​com/​) represents a unique initiative in this respect as it has been purposefully developed to assist prospective consumers in finding, comparing and purchasing more economical, and ultimately more environmentally benign, models of cars. The project conducts an independent assessment of the environmental (carbon) performance attributed to all new vehicle models that are available in the UK market. The unique feature of this assessment is that it is LCA-based which suggests that it reports not only on the GHG emissions which arise when a car is in operation, but also accounts for those GHG emissions that occur in the phases of its manufacture, retail and end-of-life disposal (Next Green Car 2015). The outcome of LCA for the vehicles reviewed is presented in an appealing, easy-to-understand form; furthermore, vehicle ranking based on the LCA results is provided to facilitate consumer decision-making. The Next Green Car project represents a good example of how a feasible business model (i.e. an intention to sell a car) can integrate environmental thinking (i.e. adopting environmental impact appraisal as a tool to facilitate consumer choice) and be delivered to the custom with the help of modern technology (i.e. through an online database of the key vehicle models which contains explicit, easy-to-understand environmental ranking attached).

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