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Background Systems

Background Systems is a subsystem within life cycle assessment that encompasses the upstream and downstream processes providing the necessary inputs and services to the foreground system, distinguished by its role in representing indirect environmental impacts associated with the production and delivery of resources and energy.

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2017–2026

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Making the use of scenarios in LCA easier: the superstructure approach

Bernhard Steubing, Daniel de Koning · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment · 2021 · 108 citations · Full text

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Temporal differentiation of background systems in LCA: relevance of adding temporal information in LCI databases

Ariane Pinsonnault, Pascal Lesage, Annie Levasseur et al. · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment · 2014 · 70 citations

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Comparison of two versions of an EPD, using generic and specific data for the foreground system, and some methodological implications

Ingunn Saur Modahl, Cecilia Askham, Kari-Anne Lyng et al. · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment · 2012 · 44 citations

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Life cycle assessment of prospective trajectories: A parametric approach for tailor‐made inventories and its computational implementation

Mélanie Douziech, Romain Besseau, Raphaël Jolivet et al. · Journal of Industrial Ecology · 2023 · 17 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. IS
    Ingunn Saur Modahl

    Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research, Norway

    1 publications · 44 citations

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  2. DD
    Daniel de Koning

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    1 publications · 108 citations

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  3. GN
    Guro Nereng

    Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research, Norway

    1 publications · 44 citations

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  4. KL
    Kari-Anne Lyng

    Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research, Norway

    1 publications · 44 citations

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  5. AP
    Ariane Pinsonnault

    Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

    1 publications · 70 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research

    Kråkerøy, Norway

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    220 citations

  2. Polytechnique Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    280 citations

  3. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    216 citations

  4. Centre Observation, Impacts, Énergie

    Sophia Antipolis, France

    1 publications

    17 citations

  5. Université Paris Sciences et Lettres

    Paris, France

    1 publications

    17 citations

  6. École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris

    Paris, France

    1 publications

    17 citations

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Venues

  1. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

    LCA · 3 publications · 222 citations

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  2. Journal of Industrial Ecology

    1 publications · 17 citations

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