Carbon and other environmental tool calculator- PVC LCA software tool freely available.
http://www.ccalc.org.uk/pvcsustainability.php
Final report Life Cycle Assessment of PVC and of principal competing materials carried out for the EC.
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/chemicals/sustdev/pvc-final_report_lca.pdf
and Extended Summary
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/chemicals/sustdev/pvc-extended_summary_lca.pdf
The application of LCA in a policy context: A case study of PVC http://www.wrap.org.uk/document.rm?id=3417
Plastics Eco-profiles for the production of polymers and intermediates.
http://lca.plasticseurope.org/main2.htm
UK BRE Green Guide, Environmental Profile – The environmental information presented in The Green Guide is for building specifications commonly assessed on the basis of a per m2 functional unit over a 60 year study period. This context provides the basic boundary to the Life Cycle Assessment models from which the environmental impact ratings and summary ratings have been determined.
http://www.thegreenguide.org.uk/page.jsp?id=17