Blog archive: September 2018

LCA and economic tools

September 6, 2018 by ILCA

As of today we still have places on the course in January 14- January 16, 2019:

Economic tools in LCA – Life cycle costing, external costs and cost-benefit analysis

In brief what you will learn: An introduction to the technique of life cycle costing (LCC). The objective and scope of LCC are illustrated with case studies. Macroeconomic concepts with relevance for LCA. The distinction between biophysical, economic and social externalities and their consistent treatment in LCA and Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA). Different procedures for monetary valuation. Socio-economic classes and distributional analysis. The rationale and procedure for discounting. The ISO standardisation of LCC, CBA, and monetary valuation.