Reinout Heijungs
VU University Amsterdam
286 Papers
2.1K Citations
Reinout Heijungs is an academic researcher from VU University Amsterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Life-cycle assessment & Computer science. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 250 publications. Previous affiliations of Reinout Heijungs include University of Amsterdam & Tinbergen Institute.
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Papers
Moving from completing system boundaries to more realistic modeling of the economy in life cycle assessment
TL;DR: It is shown that pursuing a more complete system boundary by covering Chinese stuffed animal production does not make the LCA results more accurate or relevant for determining if corn ethanol in the US should be promoted, and suggests future studies shifting focus from “completing” system boundary within the conventional supply chain and linear framework towards more realistic modeling of the authors' complicated human-environment system.
Quantitative life cycle assessment of products 2. Classification, valuation and improvement analysis
TL;DR: In this article, a methodological framework for life cycle assessment (LCA) was proposed and two components of this framework were discussed in more detail: the goal definition and the inventory, and two complementary techniques for the identification of the potential options for the redesign of a product were discussed.
Representing statistical distributions for uncertain parameters in LCA. Relationships between mathematical forms, their representation in EcoSpold, and their representation in CMLCA
TL;DR: Which ambiguities exist for specifying statistical distributions, and which complications can arise when uncertainty information is transferred from a database to an LCA program, are shown.
The pattern of virtual water transfer in China: From the perspective of the virtual water hypothesis
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors discussed the virtual water transfer pattern and water resources stress in China from the VWH perspective, and they pointed out that the possibility of water-rich regions as virtual water exporters is the key to alleviating the North-South water resource imbalance in China with VWH theory.