Case Studies
Advanced LCA Course
Thursday 22, October 2009
This two-day life cycle assessment course is aimed at participants who already have some knowledge of LCA, and would like […]
Tenon Mouldings Plant Carbon Footprint
Thursday 22, October 2009
This project assessed the global warming potential of the product range manufactured at the Tenon mouldings plant in Taupo. Life […]
New Zealand Forestry Carbon Footprint
Thursday 22, October 2009
This project assessed the global warming potential of one average cubic metre of Radiata pine produced in New Zealand using […]
Commercial Furniture LCA: a case study of the Formway LIFE chair
Thursday 22, October 2009
The purpose of this study was to develop an in-depth understanding of the life cycle environmental impacts associated with the […]
Life Cycle Assessment of the Australian/New Zealand plasterboard industry
Thursday 22, October 2009
This report documents the environmental impacts of plasterboard in Australia and New Zealand over its whole life cycle and can […]
Waitakere NOW Home
Thursday 22, October 2009
This project used Life Cycle Assessment to assess the environmental performance of the Waitakere NOW Home over its 100-year lifespan. […]
Environmental Impacts of Multi-Storey Buildings Using Different Construction Materials
Thursday 22, October 2009
The study investigated the energy use and climate change impacts related to a six-storey building made of different construction materials […]
Exemplar House
Thursday 22, October 2009
The Exemplar house is a basic two storey design of a house, with a building system typical for New Zealand […]
NZ Fuel and Electricity Energy & Life Cycle Emission Factors
Thursday 22, October 2009
This paper describes the results and methodology used for determining the primary energy, carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emission factors […]
Carbon Footprints of Wind Farm
Thursday 22, October 2009
Life-cycle energy and global warming potentials of specific New Zealand wind farms have been assessed for Contact Energy and Trust […]