LCA Checklist: a tool to improve the communication of the environmental sustainability of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking projects - v.1
In the context of research projects, the Life Cycle Assessment of the technologies under investigation is often required as a tool for considering their environmental performance. Regarding the emerging hydrogen sector, the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking supervises several research projects whose partners are moving the first steps towards LCA, or that have a basic expertise in LCA. Hence, when producing the LCA deliverable, it is essential for the practitioners to understand what are the information that needs to be reported. This simple checklist is intended for ensuring a minimal level of completeness and documentation of LCA studies of hydrogen-related projects, with provision of examples referred to a hydrogen case study. It references the existing LCA standards that the practitioners are required to consult to fulfill the methodological recommendations. The definition of the basic LCA requirements in this document is based on the ISO 14040 and ISO 14044, which provide the generic guidance for conducting an LCA. Additional recommendations are taken from the ILCD Handbook and the SH2E guidelines which integrate the ISO standards with more detailed specifications on the methodological choices and the case studies of hydrogen systems, respectively. It also provides optional recommendations based on the Environmental Footprint methodology, which is the methodology currently recommended by the European Commission to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations.
SANTUCCI Vincenzo;
EYNARD Umberto;
ARRIGONI Alessandro;
WEIDNER Eveline;
MATHIEUX Fabrice;
2024-09-23
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC136429
978-92-68-12868-8 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31853 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-853-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC136429,
10.2760/529754 (online),
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