WorldAutoSteel announces the release of an updated model for vehicle life cycle assessment (LCA), the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) GHG Material Comparison Model-June 2010. The newly updated Excel-based model now includes steel emissions data from the 2010 World Steel Association’s (worldsteel) global steel Life Cycle Inventory(LCI) and the most recent (2005) dataset provided by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI).

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Using an LCA approach reveals that the lightest material is not necessarily the least carbon intensive. In this video, Dr. Geyer explains why.

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