What Users Want and May Need: Insights from a Survey of Users of a Life-Cycle Tool.

The writers present the results of a survey of users of a life-cycle assessment tool, the Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability 2.0, to highlight the needs of different user groups, the weighting factors used by the respondents, and the comprehension of the weighted indicators. The...

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Published in:Journal of Industrial Ecology Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 79 - 102
Main Authors: Hofstetter, Patrick, Mettier, Thomas M.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Spring 2003
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Summary:The writers present the results of a survey of users of a life-cycle assessment tool, the Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability 2.0, to highlight the needs of different user groups, the weighting factors used by the respondents, and the comprehension of the weighted indicators. They contend that their findings not only help method and tool developers to review some previous assumptions but also suggest several research questions that may need to be considered in a more focused analysis.