2016
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12505
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Uncertainty Quantification in Life Cycle Assessments: Interindividual Variability and Sensitivity Analysis in LCA of Air‐Conditioning Systems

Abstract: Summary The life cycle environmental profile of energy‐consuming products, such as air conditioning, is dominated by the products’ use phase. Different user behavior patterns can therefore yield large differences in the results of a cradle‐to‐grave assessment. Although this variation and uncertainty is increasingly recognized, it remains often poorly characterized in life cycle assessment (LCA) studies. Today, pervasive sensing presents the opportunity to collect rich data sets and improve profiling of use‐pha… Show more

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“…LCA is a standardized method to quantify environmental impacts (Zamagni, Masoni, Buttol, Raggi, & Buonamici, 2012;Zhang et al, 2016), and this approach has been extensively applied on assessing the environmental performance of household appliances (Cullen & Allwood, 2009;Ross & Cheah, 2017;Tasaki, Motoshita, Uchida, & Suzuki, 2013). In this article, the LCA methodology is applied in accordance with the principles of the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) standards (ISO, 2006a(ISO, , 2006b.…”
Section: Methods and Datamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…LCA is a standardized method to quantify environmental impacts (Zamagni, Masoni, Buttol, Raggi, & Buonamici, 2012;Zhang et al, 2016), and this approach has been extensively applied on assessing the environmental performance of household appliances (Cullen & Allwood, 2009;Ross & Cheah, 2017;Tasaki, Motoshita, Uchida, & Suzuki, 2013). In this article, the LCA methodology is applied in accordance with the principles of the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) standards (ISO, 2006a(ISO, , 2006b.…”
Section: Methods and Datamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…uniform, normal) might be more representative for other inputs. In order to test the effect of choosing different distribution types, the simulations have been performed with various probability distributions (see also Muller, Mutel, Lesage, & Samson (2017) and Ross and Cheah (2018) for other examples of similar investigations).…”
Section: Monte Carlo Simulationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Life cycle assessment (LCA) is widely used as a tool for environmental footprinting of household activities, although behavioral variability is typically not addressed in these studies (Golsteijn et al., ; Koerner, Schulz, Powell, & Ercolani, ; Ross & Cheah, ; Yuan, Zhang, & Liu, ). Quantification of variability in the environmental footprints and calculating the contribution of different variables as well as different types of behavior to the overall variance provides a better understanding of the environmental footprints and their key drivers (Di Sorrentino, Woelbert, & Sala, ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%