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Resources, 2019 In social life cycle assessment (S-LCA), the use of a participatory approach to define and select assessment criteria and indicators (C&Is) is recommended given the specificity of social issues, but it has been, for now, rarely implemented and ...
Solène Sureau +4 more
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Energy Conversion and Management: X, 2022 The National Biofuels Policy (RenovaBio) was launched in December 2017 with the aim of supporting the Brazilian Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)'s commitments under the Paris Agreement.
Carolina Grangeia +2 more
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Integrated sustainability assessment using BIM
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2022 The construction industry is responsible for 40 % of the energy consumption and 36 % of the CO2 emissions, and buildings are responsible for a significant part of energy consumption in Europe.Thus, a growing concern regarding environmental impacts in the
Maria Teresa Henriques Alves FERREIRA +2 more
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The Global Warming Potential of Building Materials: An Application of Life Cycle Analysis in Nepal [PDF]
, 2017 open6siThis paper analyzes the global-warming potential of materials used to construct the walls of 3 building types—traditional, semimodern, and modern—in Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone in Nepal, using the life-cycle assessment approach ...
Francesca Pierobon +5 more
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Life-cycle assessment of buildings: a Review [PDF]
, 2009 Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) is one of various management tools for evaluating environmental concerns. This paper reviews LCA from a buildings perspective.
Banfill, Phillip Frank Gower +2 more
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Toward an overall analytical framework for the integrated sustainability assessment of the production and supply of raw materials and primary energy carriers [PDF]
, 2015 The sustainable production and supply of raw materials (nonenergy raw materials) and primary energy carriers (energy raw materials) is a core element of many policies. The natural resource base for their production and supply, and the access thereto, are
Blengini, Gian Andrea +5 more
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PARC: Pesquisa em Arquitetura e Construção, 2017 Partitioning loads related to multifunctional processes, which generate more than one product or service (i.e. function), is a controversial issue within life cycle assessment (LCA). ISO 14044:2006 suggests a hierarchic stepwise procedure. The first step
Marcella Ruschi Mendes Saade +2 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 Bio-districts are a practical example of a sustainable food system, which uses agroecological principles as tools for rural development. This research aims to understand the role of bio-districts in sustainable development, particularly in relation to ...
Giacomo Packer, Cesare Zanasi
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A Regional Socio-Economic Life Cycle Assessment of a Bioeconomy Value Chain [PDF]
, 2020 A bioeconomy tackles sustainable development at both the global and regional levels, as it relies on the optimized use of renewable bio-based resources for the provisioning of food, materials, and energy to meet societal demands.
Bezama, Alberto +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Pathological gaming among adolescents has been reported to hamper the achievement of a balanced life and to threaten the development of social competencies.
Hyeon Gyu Jeon +3 more
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