The application of life cycle assessment to design

This paper explores the practical application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to product system development. While life cycle assessment methods have been studied and demonstrated extensively over the last two decades, their application to product design and development has not been critically addressed. Many organizational and operational factors limit the integration of the three LCA components (inventory analysis, impact assessment and improvement assessment) with product development. Design of the product system can be considered a synthesis of individual decisions and choices made by the design team, which ultimately shape the system's environmental profile. The environmental goal of life cycle design is to minimize the aggregate environmental impacts associated with the product system. Appropriate environmental information must be supplied to decision makers throughout each stage of the development process to achieve this goal. LCA can serve as a source of this information, but informational requirements can vary as the design moves from its conceptual phase, where many design choices are possible, to its detailed design and implementation. Streamlined approaches and other tools, such as design checklists, are essential. The practical use of this tool in product development also depends on the nature and complexity of the product system (e.g. new vs. established), the product development cycle (time-to-market constraints), availability of technical and financial resources, and the design approach (integrated vs. serial). These factors will influence the role and scope of LCA in product development. Effective communication and evaluation of environmental information and the integration of this information with cost, performance, cultural and legal criteria will also be critical to the success of design initiatives based on the life cycle framework. An overview of several of these design initiatives will be presented.     

应用地球物理方法研究撞击坑

陨石的撞击作用使靶岩形成一个特殊的地球物理场，具有低密度、低电阻率、低速度、磁力异常等不同于周边的岩性。因此，可利用重力、电法、磁法、地震等地球物理方法探测撞击坑的形态特征和寻找新的冲击构造。     

浅谈沈阳市在可持续发展方面存在的问题及对策

提出了沈阳市在可持续发展方面存在的一些问题，针对性地提出搞好环境保护是实施可持续发展的关键，并论证了应当采取的对策．     

长江口岛屿湿地的底栖动物资源研究

调查了长江口3个岛屿湿地的底栖动物资源及其生态特征和环境功能。经鉴定底栖无脊椎动物有41种,优势种为河蚬(Corbiculafluminea)、焦河蓝蛤(Potamocorbulaustulata)、缢蛏(Sinonovaculaconstricta)、麂眼螺(Rissoinasp.)、光滑狭口螺(Stenothyraglabra)、谭氏泥蟹(Ilyrplaxdeschampsi)、无齿相手蟹(Sesarmadenaani)和天津厚蟹(Helicetridenstientsinensis)。讨论了底栖动物资源的主要生态学特征及其环境功能,提出了对底栖动物资源合理利用与保护的建议。     

生态农业是可持续发展的必然选择

通过对三明市发展生态农业的实践回顾、现状调查及其影响因素的分析，提出相应的对策。     

气相色谱法测定二硫化碳和甲硫醚

利用气相色谱(配火焰光度检测器,采用3mxφ2mm玻璃填充柱分离)对CS2和甲硫醚(DMS)两种含硫化合物进行了分离检测。该方法具有较高的灵敏度和良好的线性关系。结果表明:该分析对含硫气体的最小检测浓度在mg/m3级,在柱温为70℃,检测器温度为180℃,气化室温度为150℃,氮气流速为50mL/min时,CS2的回收率为98.66%,变异系数为2.12%;甲硫醚的回收率为98.66%,变异系数为1.56%。     

脉冲电晕等离子体脱硫脱氮与除尘技术

脉冲电晕放电是产生等离子体的方法之一，目前已达到工业性试验阶段，该文对脉冲电晕等离子脱硫脱氮与除尘技术的形成过程进行了回顾，对其理论作了分析，并简介了工艺流程，还指出了目前存在的主要问题和需研究的关键技术。     

不可再生资源利用率度量指标研究

通过分析指出不可再生资源利用率是度量可持续发展的一个重要尺度。从产值与不可再生资源消耗相比较的角度出发 ,设置了不可再生资源利用率的度量指标 :单位工业增加值不可再生资源消耗 ,并以中国为例 ,分别以重量与能值为尺度 ,计算以上所设置指标的指标值 ,并对计算结果进行分析与思考。     

Developing Canada's National Forest Carbon Monitoring, Accounting and Reporting System to Meet the Reporting Requirements of the Kyoto Protocol

The rate of carbon accumulation in the atmosphere can be reduced by decreasing emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and by increasing the net uptake (or reducing the net loss) of carbon in terrestrial (and aquatic) ecosystems. The Kyoto Protocol addresses both the release and uptake of carbon. Canada is developing a National Forest Carbon Monitoring, Accounting and Reporting System in support of its international obligations to report greenhouse gas sources and sinks. This system employs forest-inventory data, growth and yield information, and statistics on natural disturbances, management actions and land-use change to estimate forest carbon stocks, changes in carbon stocks, and emissions of non-CO₂ greenhouse gases. A key component of the system is the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector (CBM-CFS). The model is undergoing extensive revisions to enable analyses at four spatial scales (national, provincial, forest management unit and stand) and in annual time steps. The model and the supporting databases can be used to assess carbon-stock changes between 1990 and the present, and to predict future carbon-stock changes based on scenarios of future disturbance rates and management actions.     

葫芦岛市可持续发展能力评价

为实现葫芦岛市社会、经济和环境的可持续发展，将可持续发展变成现实的可操作的管理模式．运用层次分析方法对葫芦岛可持续发展能力进行研究，评价葫芦岛市现有可持续发展水平，分析影响可持续发展的原因并提出相应的解决方法。