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Integrating Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Life Cycle Assessment: Methodological Proposals for New Challenges

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2014
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a method used to quantify potential environmental impacts in the entire life cycle of a product or service, starting at raw material acquisition, production, use, and eventually its disposal.
R.F.M. Teixeira
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A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Aluminum Production Process

, 2014
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Alaa Al Hawari, Mohammad Khader, Wael El Hasan, Mahmoud Alijla, Ammar Manawi, Abdelbaki Benamour   +5 more
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Enhanced Structure Path Analysis: A New Method to Create Spatiotemporally Defined Life Cycle Inventory

, 2011
Available on: http://milano.setac.eu/milano/scientific_programme/downloads/?contentid=429International audienceRefinements to the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology are required to obtain realistic and scientifically sound LCA results. We propose to
Beloin-Saint-Pierre, Didier, Blanc, Isabelle   +1 more
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Water Footprint and Life Cycle Assessment as approaches to assess potential impacts of products on water consumption: Key learning points from pilot studies on tea and margarine [PDF]

, 2012
Water accounting and environmental impact assessment across the product's life cycle is gaining prominence. This paper presents two case studies of applying the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Water Footprint (WF) approaches to tea and margarine. The WF,
Aldaya, M.M., Ercin, A.E., Hodges, J., Hoekstra, A.Y., Jefferies, D., King, V.J., Milá i Canals, L., Muñoz, I.   +7 more
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Simulating competition in the US bioeconomy to produce hard‐to‐electrify transportation fuels using limited biomass resources

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract This study presents a novel bioeconomy optimization framework, BiOpt, designed to address critical questions regarding the strategic use of limited US biomass resources for biofuel production. By integrating detailed techno‐economic analyses, life cycle assessments, and resource assessment data, BiOpt optimizes resource distributions across ...
Nicholas A. Carlson, Emily K. Newes, Kristen Lu, Eric C. D. Tan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Sustainable Hybrid Formwork Systems Using Life Cycle Assessment and the Wear-Out Coefficient—A Case Study

Buildings
The construction sector is swiftly evolving toward more sustainable practices. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is essential for assessing the environmental impact of construction materials.
Dheepika Baskaran, Umarani Chockkalingam, Renuka Senthil Muthalvan   +2 more
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Life cycle assessment analysis of kenaf cultivation in bonorowo land, laren, lamongan

Jurnal Sistem dan Manajemen Industri, 2019
The largest kenaf culture in Indonesia is in Laren, Lamongan. Kenaf plants are suitable to be planted in the Bonorowo field. The less potential land conditions make the cultivation of kenaf plants must use chemicals.
Desrina Yusi Irawati, Lusi Mei Cahya Wulandari   +1 more
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Assessment of the life cycle-based environmental impacts of New Zealand electricity : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Environmental Management at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2015
The life cycle-based environmental impacts of New Zealand electricity arise from the different energy generation systems used to provide electricity to the national grid, and construction, maintenance and operation of the national electricity ...
Sacayon Madrigal, Edgar Eduardo
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Operationalizing BioSSbD: A safe‐and‐sustainable‐by‐design framework for biorefineries

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract Biorefineries are central to the transition toward a circular bioeconomy; however, their increasing scale and technological heterogeneity, and the integration of biological, chemical, and thermochemical processes introduce complex challenges related to safety, sustainability, and operational reliability. Existing Safe‐and‐Sustainable‐by‐Design
Fernando Ramonet
wiley   +1 more source

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Fundamental Principles

Abstract This second chapter systematically acquaints the reader with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), meticulously defining its primary objectives, scope, and application in the construction sector. This chapter also delineates the normative framework governing Life Cycle Assessment, accompanied by an exploration of its specific terminology.
Conradi Galnares, Esperanza, Blandón González, Begoña, Marrero Meléndez, Madelyn   +2 more
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