Standardization of Environmental Life Cycle Assessments of Biofuels in the Pan America Region

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) provides a comprehensive analysis of potential environmental effects across the entire production and utilization chain, yet there are many challenges and a wide variability in methodology such as data quality, impact indicators, scale of production, system boundaries, co-product allocation, and other study features. This session seeks abstracts addressing the standardization of biofuel and bioenergy life cycle assessments in the Pan American region, how study assumptions affect study results, and importance of biofuel and bioenergy policy on LCA methodology.