PMID- 25209330
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151116
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1520-5851 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 48
IP  - 19
DP  - 2014 Oct 7
TI  - Benefits and risks of emerging technologies: integrating life cycle assessment 
      and decision analysis to assess lumber treatment alternatives.
PG  - 11543-50
LID - 10.1021/es501996s [doi]
AB  - Assessing the best options among emerging technologies (e.g., new chemicals, 
      nanotechnologies) is complicated because of trade-offs across benefits and risks 
      that are difficult to quantify given limited and fragmented availability of 
      information. This study demonstrates the integration of multicriteria decision 
      analysis (MCDA) and life cycle assessment (LCA) to address technology alternative 
      selection decisions. As a case study, prioritization of six lumber treatment 
      alternatives [micronized copper quaternary (MCQ); alkaline copper quaternary 
      (ACQ); water-borne copper naphthenate (CN); oil-borne copper naphthenate (CNo); 
      water-borne copper quinolate (CQ); and water-borne zinc naphthenate (ZN)] for 
      military use are considered. Multiattribute value theory (MAVT) is used to derive 
      risk and benefit scores. Risk scores are calculated using a cradle-to-gate LCA. 
      Benefit scores are calculated by scoring of cost, durability, and corrosiveness 
      criteria. Three weighting schemes are used, representing Environmental, Military 
      and Balanced stakeholder perspectives. Aggregated scores from all three 
      perspectives show CQ to be the least favorable alterative. MCQ is identified as 
      the most favorable alternative from the Environmental stakeholder perspective. 
      From the Military stakeholder perspective, ZN is determined to be the most 
      favorable alternative, followed closely by MCQ. This type of scoring and ranking 
      of multiple heterogeneous criteria in a systematic and transparent way 
      facilitates better justification of technology selection and regulation.
FAU - Tsang, Michael P
AU  - Tsang MP
AD  - Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center , 
      696 Virginia Road, Concord, Massachusetts 01742, United States.
FAU - Bates, Matthew E
AU  - Bates ME
FAU - Madison, Marcus
AU  - Madison M
FAU - Linkov, Igor
AU  - Linkov I
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
DEP - 20140911
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 0 (Fossil Fuels)
SB  - IM
MH  - Algorithms
MH  - Corrosion
MH  - Costs and Cost Analysis
MH  - *Decision Support Techniques
MH  - Environment
MH  - Fossil Fuels/analysis
MH  - Risk Assessment/economics/*methods
MH  - United States
MH  - United States Environmental Protection Agency
MH  - Wood
EDAT- 2014/09/12 06:00
MHDA- 2015/11/17 06:00
CRDT- 2014/09/12 06:00
PHST- 2014/09/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/09/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/11/17 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1021/es501996s [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2014 Oct 7;48(19):11543-50. doi: 10.1021/es501996s. Epub 
      2014 Sep 11.