Examples of using Normalisation references in English and their translations into Danish
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Application of normalisation references and weighting factors.
Chapter 4 to 10 deals with the impact categories for which updated normalisation references are developed.
Normalisation references and weighting factors, in particular toxicity.
Table 6.1 presents the figures for normalisation references and weighting factors.
Normalisation references for all relevant regions in the World, can be reached.
In this case, use of Danish normalisation references and weighting factors is recommended.
Normalisation references are established for Denmark, Europe(EU-15), and worldwide.
Applying a sensitivity analysis by using other normalisation references is discussed where found appropriate.
Table 11.7 Normalisation references and weighting factors for nutrient enrichment. Nutrient enrichment.
These new possibilities give occasion for choosing, the main question being when andhow to apply specific normalisation references.
By applying Danish normalisation references and weighting factors.
Environmental News, 78- Impact categories, normalisation andweighting in LCA- 3. Application of normalisation references and weighting factors.
At the same time, the normalisation references and weighting factors for Denmark have been updated.
As can be deduced from Table 7.1 andseen in Figure 7.1, the normalised result can vary with about 25%, depending on which normalisation references are chosen.
The updated and extended normalisation references and weighting factors are presented in Table 3.1.
The recommendations are a modification of earlier recommendations for EDIP97,where Danish normalisation references were recommended for regional and local impacts.
Table 7.1 Normalisation references and weighting factors for acidification Hoffmann 2001; Busch 2001.
The guideline includes a common example on how to apply normalisation references and weighting factor for the included impact categories.
Table 8.1 Normalisation references and weighting factors for nutrient enrichment Larsen 2005; Busch 2005.
Detailed information on the methodology and data sources used in the calculation of normalisation references and weighting factors can be found in Tørsløv(2005) and Busch 2005.
For acidification, normalisation references are provided for EU-15 as well as for the individual countries within EU-15.
This finding calls for a more detailed sensitivity analysis examining the reason for the differences in more detail,e.g. by applying Danish normalisation references and weighting factors.
Instead, EDIP use Danish normalisation references as default values for regional and local impacts.
In addition to the presented normalisation reference and weighting factors, the guideline presents recommendations regarding choice of impact categories and choice of normalisation references.
For use of the updated EDIP97 normalisation references, the following recommendations are given for normalisation of the LCA results.
The normalisation references are calculated by dividing the total EU-15 impacts for 1994 by the total population in the EU15 countries in 1994.
Ecotoxicity is considered as a local(especially acute ecotoxicity in water) andregional impact and the EU-15 normalisation references and weighting factor are recommended for impact potentials located in Denmark and Europe.
Details on determining normalisation references and weighting factors can be found in Christensen and Hoffmann(2003) and Busch(2003) respectively.
Chapter 3 presents the updated and extended normalisation references and it deals with the application of these normalisation references.
Table 9.1 Normalisation references and weighting factors for human toxicity(exposure via air, water and soil) Christensen& Hoffmann 2003; Busch 2003.