Structural LCA as a Tool to Environmental Neutralizability of Products and Services

Environmental neutralizability is a recently introduced concept to study the reduction of the environmental impact of products and services on their production costs. In this paper, we combine the ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 based LCA and cost price models, highlighting the similarities between both models and the processes of their development. The combination of these models provides information on the environmental neutralizability of products and services. Crucial to understanding environmental neutralizability of a given product is structural LCA, which distinguishes between fixed and recurrent emissions. We demonstrate the applicability of the introduced models and concepts on data obtained for the German transportation sector.