Presentation file

• Powerpoint file [PDF]
• Example of LCA using SimaPro version 8.0: Wind Turbine V.S. Photovoltaic System [PDF]
  

• AIA, 2010. AIA Guide to Building Life Cycle Assessment in Practice, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Washington, DC. [http://www.aia.org/practicing/akr/AIAB089185]
  
• ISO 14040:2006 Environmental Management -- Life Cycle Assessment -- Principles and Framework [British standards online (via HKU Library)]
• ISO 14044:2006 Environmental Management -- Life Cycle Assessment -- Requirements and Guidelines [British standards online (via HKU Library)]

• Green building rating systems:
• LEED Green Building Rating System http://www.usgbc.org/leed
• LEED BD+C: New Construction | v4: Whole building life cycle assessment
  
• Green Star - Green Building Council of Australia, http://www.gbca.org.au/green-star/
• Discussion Paper: Life Cycle Assessment in Green Star
  
• LCA software tools:
• Athena Impact Estimator for Buildings, http://www.athenasmi.org/
• ATHENA Impact Estimator for Buildings
• ATHENA EcoCalculator for Building Assemblies
• Life Cycle Assessment Software, http://calculatelca.com/
• BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) Online version (USA) www.bfrl.nist.gov/oae/software/bees/
• GaBi, http://www.gabi-software.com
• Life Cycle Assessment Software GaBi 5 in five minutes (5:12), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFMeSp33Drk
• SimaPro, http://www.pre-sustainability.com/simapro-lca-software
• SimaPro Life Cycle Assessment Software (3:57), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kboD7r8jbU0
• LCA databases:
• EcoInvent Database http://www.ecoinvent.ch/
• U.S. Life Cycle Inventory Database, http://www.nrel.gov/lci/