life cycle assessment

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003755",
  "term": "life cycle assessment",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A technique to assess the environmental aspects and potential impacts associated with a product, process, or service, by: compiling an inventory of relevant energy and material inputs and environmental releases [outputs]; evaluating the potential environmental impacts associated with identified inputs and releases [outputs]; interpreting the results to help you make a more informed decision.",
  "abbreviation": "LCA",
  "synonyms": [
    "LCA (life cycle assessment)",
    "ecobalance",
    "life-cycle assessment"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "industrial ecology",
    "environmental impact",
    "product life cycle",
    "materials life cycle",
    "farm to fork",
    "eco-efficiency",
    "ecological footprint",
    "environmental product declaration",
    "life cycle costing",
    "life cycle thinking",
    "input output analysis",
    "product improvement",
    "systems analysis",
    "product evaluation",
    "life cycle inventory",
    "life cycle impact assessment",
    "life cycle interpretation",
    "product system",
    "elementary flow",
    "reference flow (life cycle assessment)",
    "system boundary",
    "functional unit (life cycle assessment)",
    "product flow",
    "intermediate flow",
    "cradle-to-grave",
    "cradle-to-cradle",
    "gate-to-gate",
    "goal and scope (LCA)",
    "attributional life cycle assessment",
    "consequential life cycle assessment",
    "co-product allocation",
    "cradle-to-gate",
    "intermediate product",
    "marginal technology",
    "LCA foreground system",
    "LCA background system",
    "quantitative reference (life cycle assessment)",
    "reference product (life cycle assessment)",
    "cut-off criteria (life cycle assessment)"
  ],
  "references": [
    "US Environmental Protection Agency",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "evaluación del ciclo de vida"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/life-cycle-assessment/"
}