A Tool for Detailed Analysis and Ecological Assessment of the Use Phase

The use phase in Life Cycle Analysis is normally calculated considering both an average use and user. This limits the effectiveness of any strategy aimed at reducing the environmental impact of the product use. To tackle this problem, a tool to model use in detail by differentiating user and product contributions is proposed. It can be coupled coherently with existing environmental assessment approaches. Its application is illustrated with a case study (refrigerator). The proposed works is complementary calculation tool to improve the environmental assessment.