Collectively, they are working towards increasing awareness about the issue of embodied carbon,
developing Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for building products, and using this information to make informed, low - carbon -LSB-...]
The data analysed in the study was processed using an advanced
life -
cycle assessment tool — SCEnAT —
developed by Professor Lenny Koh, Director of the Advanced Resource Efficiency Centre at the University's Management School and co-author of the paper.
She calculated a levelized cost of energy (LCOE) obtained from a PA Consulting
assessment of project costs for «a combination of plants that have been
developed across the U.S.,» a turbine
life cycle of twenty years, and a variety of developers» expenses, including a $ 2,000 - per - kilowatt capital cost, O&M expenses, a 38 percent capacity factor and estimated returns.