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“Life cycle assessment provides the conceptual framework to quantify and compare the environmental performances of different products on a leveled playing field,” he explained.
Although it’s a fairly theory-driven field, life cycle assessment has immediate, practical applications. Indeed, Suh has worked to make his models and methodology accessible to industries by to incorporating them into software tools and databases.
Suh has received recognition from his peers for his pioneering work in this field, accepting the the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment in September 2020. He also was named among the most influential scientists in his field, according to Clarivate Analytics’ (formerly Thomson Reuters) 2020 Highly Cited Researchers.