Professional article on Life Cycle Assessment for wastewater treatment published in "bluefacts 2012"

Previously, the analysis of energy demand for wastewater treatment was often limited to one-dimensional analyses of electricity demand.

However, a comprehensive analysis requires the inclusion of all different contributions to energy demand. The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology defined in ISO 14040/44 is a suitable tool for this task.With it, all different primary and secondary energy demands can be quantified and assessed using consistent indicators, complemented by an assessment of other environmental impacts such as the carbon footprint.

Contact information	Dr.-Ing. Christian Remy, Dipl.-Ing. Boris Lesjean, Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Hartmann (Berlin Centre of Competence forWater gGmbH, Berlin) (email: christian.remy@kompetenz-wasser.de)
News type	Inbrief
File link	http://www.kompetenz-wasser.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/downloads/blue_2012_124-132_Remy.pdf
File link local	blue_2012_124-132_Remy.pdf (PDF, 1029 Kb)
Source of information	The Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin (KWB - Berlin Centre of Competence for Water)
Keyword(s)	wastewater treatment
Subject(s)	ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , WATER QUALITY
Geographical coverage	n/a
News date	10/05/2012
Working language(s)	ENGLISH