Uncertainty Analysis
Quantifying how uncertain the results are, given the uncertainty in the underlying data and models, often by running the model many times with values drawn from probability ranges (Monte Carlo…
Glossary Terms
Working definitions for the terms that recur across this project: the circular economy, water resource recovery and reuse, and the life cycle methods -- LCA, LCC and S-LCA -- that AWARE combines into one sustainability assessment. They are written for a general reader rather than for specialists.
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Unit Process
The smallest building block of a life cycle model: a single activity for which inputs and outputs are quantified, such as the aeration stage of a treatment plant or the…
Definitions are written for this site in plain language. The selection of terms was checked against the Life Cycle Initiative terminology (UNEP), the ILCA Common Glossary and the SimaPro LCA glossary, and against ISO 14040/14044, ISO 14046, ISO 14075 and the UNEP Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment (2020).
