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 LCA or life cycle assessment is an essential tool to support sustainable development decision-making, as well as to assess the potential environmental impacts of a product, material, process or activity [(Laurent)].
-The following graphic illustrates the circular economy approach and the steps in an LCA in figure {{ref>fig:lca}}.
+The following graphic illustrates the circular economy approach and the steps in an LCA in Figure {{ref>fig:lca}}.
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-The table {{ref>tab:Co2}} presents the CO₂-equivalent emissions of the product across the different life cycle stages. The values should be understood as approximate screening results, as detailed primary data for all components were not available. Therefore, the electronic components were aggregated based on their total mass. For these components, as well as for the battery, datasets from the openLCA Nexus [(openLCA2026)] were used. In general, average datasets for electronic components and material production from publicly available LCA databases were scaled according to component mass, which represents a common approach in early-stage life cycle assessments.
+Table {{ref>tab:Co2}} presents the CO₂-equivalent emissions of the product across the different life cycle stages. The values should be understood as approximate screening results, as detailed primary data for all components were not available. Therefore, the electronic components were aggregated based on their total mass. For these components, as well as for the battery, datasets from the openLCA Nexus [(openLCA2026)] were used. In general, average datasets for electronic components and material production from publicly available LCA databases were scaled according to component mass, which represents a common approach in early-stage life cycle assessments.
 For the activated carbon filter, data from the EU Environmental Footprint Database provided by the European Commission Joint Research Centre were applied [(EUa2026)]. The values for the aluminium foil and the plastic bottle were taken from the German ÖKOBAUDAT database [(OkOBAUDAT2026)]. Furthermore, for the calculation of module C2 (transport), a transport distance of 1000 km by truck was assumed.
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-Following the breakdown of CO₂ equivalents, we now turn our attention to energy. Here, too, energy consumption is broken down by LCA phase, with the sources corresponding to those of the CO₂ equivalents. No distinction is made between renewable and non-renewable energy, as this is not done in all of the databases used. The table {{ref>tab:energy}} shows the energy consumption.
+Following the breakdown of CO₂ equivalents, we now turn our attention to energy. Here, too, energy consumption is broken down by LCA phase, with the sources corresponding to those of the CO₂ equivalents. No distinction is made between renewable and non-renewable energy, as this is not done in all of the databases used. Table {{ref>tab:energy}} shows the energy consumption.
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