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Evaluating alternative environmental decision support matrices for future Higg MSI scenarios by Prado, Valentina, Daystar, Jesse, Wallace, Michele, Pires, Steven, Laurin, Lise

“…Purpose The Higg Materials Sustainability Index (MSI) consists of five life cycle indicators to help the apparel industry inform material selection at the…”
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Sensitivity to weighting in life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) by Prado, Valentina, Cinelli, Marco, Ter Haar, Sterre F., Ravikumar, Dwarakanath, Heijungs, Reinout, Guinée, Jeroen, Seager, Thomas P.

“…Purpose Weighting in life cycle assessment (LCA) incorporates stakeholder preferences in the decision-making process of comparative LCAs. Research efforts on…”
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LCIA framework and cross-cutting issues guidance within the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative by Verones, Francesca, Bare, Jane, Bulle, Cécile, Frischknecht, Rolf, Hauschild, Michael, Hellweg, Stefanie, Henderson, Andrew, Jolliet, Olivier, Laurent, Alexis, Liao, Xun, Lindner, Jan Paul, Maia de Souza, Danielle, Michelsen, Ottar, Patouillard, Laure, Pfister, Stephan, Posthuma, Leo, Prado, Valentina, Ridoutt, Brad, Rosenbaum, Ralph K., Sala, Serenella, Ugaya, Cassia, Vieira, Marisa, Fantke, Peter

“…Increasing needs for decision support and advances in scientific knowledge within life cycle assessment (LCA) led to substantial efforts to provide global…”
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Evaluation of water use in food SMEs: case study of a poultry processing plant in Colombia by Silva Vinasco, Juan Pablo, Prado López, Valentina, Manyoma, Pablo César, Zorrilla Ortega, Yelitza Angelica

“…Water resources and the food sector in developing countries are key elements in ensuring the goals of sustainable development. The challenge is even greater,…”
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Implementation of stochastic multi attribute analysis (SMAA) in comparative environmental assessments by Prado, Valentina, Heijungs, Reinout

“…The selection of an alternative based on the results of a comparative environmental assessment such as life cycle assessment (LCA), environmental input-output…”
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Tradeoff Evaluation Improves Comparative Life Cycle Assessment: A Photovoltaic Case Study by Prado-Lopez, Valentina, Wender, Ben A., Seager, Thomas P, Laurin, Lise, Chester, Mikhail, Arslan, Erdem

“…Summary Current life cycle assessment (LCA) interpretation practices typically emphasize hotspot identification and improvement assessment. However, these…”
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Challenges and risks when communicating comparative LCA results to management by Prado, Valentina, Seager, Thomas P., Guglielmi, Giovanni

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Anticipatory Life Cycle Assessment of sol-gel derived anti-reflective coating for greenhouse glass by Tsoy, Natalya, Prado, Valentina, Wypkema, Aike, Quist, Jaco, Mourad, Maurice

“…Environmental analysis should be performed early in the Research and Development (R&D) phases of new technologies to timely determine potential impact and,…”
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Energy apportionment approach to incentivize environmental improvement investments in the chemical industry by Prado, Valentina, Glaspie, Rebecca, Waymire, Randy, Laurin, Lise

“…Energy intensive processing industries, such as the chemical industry, face barriers when justifying clean energy investments because costs of implementation…”
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Novel Method of Sensitivity Analysis Improves the Prioritization of Research in Anticipatory Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging Technologies by Ravikumar, Dwarakanath, Seager, Thomas P, Cucurachi, Stefano, Prado, Valentina, Mutel, Christopher

“…It is now common practice in environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) to conduct sensitivity analyses to identify critical parameters and prioritize further…”
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Interpretation of comparative LCAs: external normalization and a method of mutual differences by Prado, Valentina, Wender, Ben A., Seager, Thomas P.

“…Purpose Identification of environmentally preferable alternatives in a comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) can be challenging in the presence of multiple…”
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Normalization in Comparative Life Cycle Assessment to Support Environmental Decision Making by Cucurachi, Stefano, Seager, Thomas P., Prado, Valentina

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Quantified Uncertainties in Comparative Life Cycle Assessment: What Can Be Concluded? by Mendoza Beltran, Angelica, Prado, Valentina, Font Vivanco, David, Henriksson, Patrik J. G, Guinée, Jeroen B, Heijungs, Reinout

“…Interpretation of comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) results can be challenging in the presence of uncertainty. To aid in interpreting such results under…”
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Sensitivity-based research prioritization through stochastic characterization modeling by Wender, Ben A., Prado, Valentina, Fantke, Peter, Ravikumar, Dwarakanath, Seager, Thomas P.

“…Purpose Product developers using life cycle toxicity characterization models to understand the potential impacts of chemical emissions face serious challenges…”
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Life cycle assessment and socioeconomic evaluation of the illicit crop substitution policy in Colombia by Barrera‐Ramírez, Juanita, Prado, Valentina, Solheim, Håvar

“…The peace treaty of Colombia contemplates a crop substitution policy seeking to replace coca crops with legal alternatives. Although crop substitution diverts…”
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Letter to the Editor on “Weighting and Aggregation in Life Cycle Assessment: Do Present Aggregated Single Scores Provide Correct Decision Support?” by Seager, Thomas P, Prado, Valentina

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Trastorno mental grave y común durante el confinamiento por COVID-19 by Garcia Blanco, Laura, Bejarano, Maria del Socorro, Cuervo Prado, Valentina, Guzmán Paz, Laura Valentina, Barrera Robledo, Maria Eugenia

“…Introducción: La pandemia por COVID-19 se consideró una emergencia de salud pública y ha generado cambios a nivel económico, político, psicológico y social. En…”
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Stochastic Multi Attribute Analysis for Comparative Life Cycle Assessment by Prado, Valentina

“…Comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) evaluates the relative performance of multiple products, services, or technologies with the purpose of selecting the…”
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Stochastic multi-attribute analysis (SMAA) as an interpretation method for comparative life-cycle assessment (LCA) by Prado-Lopez, Valentina, Seager, Thomas P, Chester, Mikhail, Laurin, Lise, Bernardo, Melissa, Tylock, Steven

“…PURPOSE: Comparative life-cycle assessments (LCAs) today lack robust methods of interpretation that help decision makers understand and identify tradeoffs in…”
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Illustrating Anticipatory Life Cycle Assessment for Emerging Photovoltaic Technologies by Wender, Ben A, Foley, Rider W, Prado-Lopez, Valentina, Ravikumar, Dwarakanath, Eisenberg, Daniel A, Hottle, Troy A, Sadowski, Jathan, Flanagan, William P, Fisher, Angela, Laurin, Lise, Bates, Matthew E, Linkov, Igor, Seager, Thomas P, Fraser, Matthew P, Guston, David H

“…Current research policy and strategy documents recommend applying life cycle assessment (LCA) early in research and development (R&D) to guide emerging…”
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