Entries for Dr. Atsushi Inaba

Academic degree:

Dr.

Last name:

Inaba

First name:

Atsushi

Responsible for:

Organization/Institute:

Research Center for Life Cycle Assessment

Department:

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Position:

Director

Street, Number, POB:

16-1 Onogawa

Postal code, City:

305-8569 Tsukuba, Ibaraki

State:

Country:

Japan

Phone:

Fax:

E-mail address:

a-inaba@aist.go.jp

Url:

http://www.aist.go.jp/index_en.html

Curriculum vitae:

http://unit.aist.go.jp/lca-center/English/home.htm

Date of Birth: July 24, 1952
Nationality: Japan
EDUCATION:
B.S., The University of Tokyo (1976)
M. S., Chemical Engineering, The University of Tokyo (1978)
PhD, Chemical Engineering, The University of Tokyo Chemical Engineering (1981)

EXPERIENCE:
2001.4 to present: Director, Research Center for Life Cycle Assessment
1999.11. - 2001.3: Director of Research Planning Office
1994.12 - 1999.11: Chief, Energy Analysis Div., Energy Resource Dept.
1981.4 - 1994.12: Researcher, AIST
1984.5 - 1986.3: Guest Researcher National Bureau of Standards, Dept. of Commerce, MD
1990.12 – 1992.3: Science Researcher, Int. Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, Austria

AWARDS for innovative research of the Japan Petroleum Institute (1992)
AWARDS of the Japan Institute of Energy (1994)
AWARD of the director general of the Science and Technology Agency (1998).

Since 2002: Member of the International Life Cycle Panel, UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative

Areas of interest:

life cycle costing

LCIA

energy analysis

industrial science

chemical engineering

Articles:

12 LCA (6) 353-364 (2007), Development of the Interregional I/O based LCA Method Considering Region-Specifics of Indirect Effects in Regional Evaluation (12 pp)
12 LCA (3) 205-206 (2007), 5th AIST Workshop on LCA for Asia Pacific Region: LCA of Global Supply Chains – From Production Through to End of Life Management
11 LCA (2) 80-85 (2006), The New International Standards for Life Cycle Assessment: ISO 14040 and ISO 14044
10 LCA (2) 159-162 (2005), The Sixth International Conference on Ecobalances - Development and Systematizing of EcoBalance Tools Based on Life-Cycle-Thinking - 25–27 October 2004, Tsukuba, Japan
11 LCA (3) 150-161 (2006), Expanded Damage Function of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion to Cover Major Endpoints Regarding Life Cycle Impact Assessment (12 pp)
9 LCA (3) 196-205 (2004), Weighting Across Safeguard Subjects for LCIA through the Application of Conjoint Analysis (10 pp)
9 LCA (1) 13-22 (2004), Development of Damage Function of Acidification for Terrestrial Ecosystems Based on the Effect of Aluminum Toxicity on Net Primary Production (10 pp)
8 LCA (5) 305 (2003), A New LCIA Method: LIME has been completed
8 LCA (1) 55-58 (2003), Environmental Performance Indicators and Application of Life Cycle Thinking to Product Development and Corporate Management - A Detailed LCM-Related Excerpt of The Fifth International Conference on Ecobalances; November 6-8, 2002, Tsukuba, Japan
8 LCA (1) 1-5 (2003), The Fifth International Conference on Ecobalances - Practical Tools and Thougthful Principles for Sustainability. 6-8 November 2002, Tsukuba, Japan
8 LCA (2) 62 (2003), AIST Workshop ´Gateway to Life Cycle Impact Assessment for APEC Member Economies´
7 LCA (3) 186-187 (2002), LCA Case Studies to Compile Background Database
7 LCA (3) 180 (2002), Activities on LCA in APEC Region
7 LCA (5) 277-282 (2002), Life Cycle Inventory Analysis of CO2 Emissions
5 LCA (5) 255-260 (2000), Recent Progress of LCA Activities in Japan
5 LCA (1) 5-11 (2000), Current Status of Weighting Methodologies in Japan
4 LCA (3) 127-132 (1999), Analysis of the Potential for a Comprehensive Approach Towards LCA and EMS in Japan
5 LCA (5) 265-272 (2000), Development of Damage Function for Stratospheric Ozone Layer Depletion

Development: Enterprise Technologies