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fair and automatable sustainability assessments and comparisons of design concepts is desired. This paper aims to provide a harmonized method for life cycle sustainability assessment and comparison of design concepts which can be applied by using open-access Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and life cycle assessment (LCA) data.
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Sustainability Assessment of Sugarcane Industry Using Life Cycle Assessment. Journal of Engineering and Management in Industrial System 8(2) p. 56-66 Paper accepted October 10 2020 Paper published November 14th 2020
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Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) has developed fast over the last three decades. Whereas LCA developed from merely energy analysis to a comprehensive environmental burden analysis in the 1970s full-fledged life cycle impact assessment and life cycle costing models were introduced in the 1980s and 1990s and social-LCA and particularly consequential LCA gained ground in the first
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This study evaluates the efficacy of green design principles such as the "12 Principles of Green Chemistry " and the "12 Principles of Green Engineering" with respect to environmental impacts found using life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. A case study of 12 polymers is presented seven derived from petroleum four derived from biological sources and one derived from both. The
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Though life cycle assessment (LCA) is a universally chosen approach to fulfil this purpose the nature of data required and the depth of analysis lead to complex interpretations of the findings.
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Different sustainability assessment tools have been proposed in sustainability science 2 6 . Among these tools life cycle thinking (LCT) takes a systemic perspective which makes it a
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Such a life cycle assessment is crucial before any valid claims of "greenness" or environmental viability of one material over the other can be made and is the focus of this paper. Against this backdrop a methodologically robust life cycle supply chain assessment based on integrated hybrid life cycle framework is undertaken within the
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4.5. Life cycle sustainability assessment 31 4.5.1. Environmental sustainability assessment 31 4.5.2. Economic sustainability assessment 33 4.5.3. Social sustainability assessment 34 4.5.4. Multi-criteria decision analysis 36 4.5.5. Data quality assessment 36 4.6. Conclusions and recommendations 37 References 39
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Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) has developed fast over the last three decades. The first studies that are now recognised as (partial) LCAs date from the late 1960s and early 1970s a period in which environmental issues like resource and energy efficiency pollution control and solid waste became issues of broad public concern.
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fair and automatable sustainability assessments and comparisons of design concepts is desired. This paper aims to provide a harmonized method for life cycle sustainability assessment and comparison of design concepts which can be applied by using open-access Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and life cycle assessment (LCA) data.
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Although this may seem counterintuitive it aligns nicely with a sustainable-architecture approach of less is more. Moreover in a shift from exclusively considering first costs for a project the AEC industry seems to be moving in the direction of life-cycle cost considerations furthering the opportunity for a more sustainable built environment.
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Among these Process Mass Intensity (PMI) was selected by the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable as the key parameter to express sustainability. However researchers were concerned that these metrics could miss relevant factors that would be addressed by a more comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
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REVIEW Biobased Products and Life Cycle Assessment in the Context of Circular Economy and Sustainability Shikha Dahiya1 2 Ranaprathap Katakojwala1 2 Seeram Ramakrishna3 S. Venkata Mohan1 2 Received 30 June 2020 /Revised 9 August 2020 /Accepted 11 August 2020
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The technologies and practices that have enabled the recent boom in shale gas production have also brought attention to the environmental impacts of its use. It has been debated whether the fugitive methane emissions during natural gas production and transmission outweigh the lower carbon dioxide emissions during combustion when compared to coal and petroleum. Using the current state of
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assessment (LCSA) which considers all three aspects of sustainability during the entire life cycle of fuel is a very useful tool for making realistic decisions 5 .
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LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT IN THE UK BEVERAGE SECTOR A thesis submitted to the University of Manchester for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science 2012 DAVID AMIENYO SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND ANALYTICAL SCIENCE . 2
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) aims to track these impacts and assess them from a systems perspective identifying strategies for improvement without burden shifting.
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Abstract Standardized and transparent life cycle sustainability performance assessment methods are essential for improving the sustainability of civil engineering works. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the potential of using a life cycle sustainability assessment method in
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In 1996 UNEP published Life Cycle Assessment What it is and How to do it to provide background information on the LCA concept and examples of current practice. In 1999 UNEP published Towards the Global Use of Life Cycle Assessment connected to the workshop held in
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This book deals with the application of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology to sustainable energy systems and technologies. It reviews the state-of-the-art of the Italian experiences on the LCA applied to energy and the most recent results from research in this field with a particular focus on renewables bio-energy and sustainable solutions.
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Though life cycle assessment (LCA) is a universally chosen approach to fulfil this purpose the nature of data required and the depth of analysis lead to complex interpretations of the findings.
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The current dependency on steel within modern society causes major environmental pollution a result of the product s life cycle phases. Unfortunately very little data regarding single steel production processes have been found in literature. Therefore a detailed analysis of impacts categorized in terms of relevance cannot be conducted. In this study a complete life cycle assessment of
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The Handbook of sustainable textile production is a compilation of technical economical and environmental data from the various processes in this chain. This authoritative reference work provides a detailed study of the sustainable development of textiles.
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Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) has developed fast over the last three decades. Whereas LCA developed from merely energy analysis to a comprehensive environmental burden analysis in the 1970s full-fledged life cycle impact assessment and life cycle costing models were introduced in the 1980s and 1990s and social-LCA and particularly consequential LCA gained ground in the first
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This book deals with the application of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology to sustainable energy systems and technologies. It reviews the state-of-the-art of the Italian experiences on the LCA applied to energy and the most recent results from research in this field with a particular focus on renewables bio-energy and sustainable solutions.
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REVIEW Biobased Products and Life Cycle Assessment in the Context of Circular Economy and Sustainability Shikha Dahiya1 2 Ranaprathap Katakojwala1 2 Seeram Ramakrishna3 S. Venkata Mohan1 2 Received 30 June 2020 /Revised 9 August 2020 /Accepted 11 August 2020
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