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Optimizing biomass use for carbon storage and land use with the OptiBiU model

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract Optimal biomass use in a circular bioeconomy requires a system perspective to guide decision‐making. The Optimizing Biomass Use (OptiBiU) model was developed for this purpose. The model distinguishes among primary biomass production, intermediate products, and biobased products, and incorporates recycling.
Pim M. Post, Heleen Ballemans, Argyris Kanellopoulos, Iris Vural Gürsel, Berien Elbersen, Steven Hoek, Remco Kranendonk, Wolter Elbersen, Sjaak Conijn   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Life Cycle Assessment of Sustainable Materials: A Comprehensive Analysis of Methodological Asymmetries and Environmental Trade-Offs

Buildings
Comparative Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) of bio-based materials are highly influenced by methodological choices, so the term “bio-based” does not necessarily imply a low environmental impact.
Makram El Bachawati, Yassine Elias Belarbi, Henri El Zakhem, Rafik Belarbi   +3 more
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Transportation Life Cycle Assessment Synthesis: Life Cycle Assessment Learning Module Series [PDF]

, 2015
The Life Cycle Assessment Learning Module Series is a set of narrated, self-advancing slideshows on various topics related to environmental life cycle assessment (LCA).
Haselbach, Liv, Langfitt, Quinn
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Inventory analysis of the timber industry in Ghana [PDF]

, 2010
Background, aim, and scope The timber sector, i.e., forestry and timber industry, plays an important role in the socioeconomic development of Ghana through timber products export.
Eshun, J.F., Leemans, R., Potting, J.
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Life cycle assessment of biodiesel synthesis from waste cooking oil using bifunctional heterogeneous catalyst

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract The development of renewable energy sources is important in order to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Waste cooking oil (WCO) is a promising feedstock for biodiesel production through transesterification. Heterogeneous bifunctional catalysts offer a sustainable alternative to conventional homogeneous bases such ...
Frederick Jit Fook Phang, Jocelyn Ling Hui Jong, Michael Toh Yang Wong, Jiuan Jing Chew, Lusi Ernawati, Diah Agustina Puspitasari, Fuping Li, Yen San Chan, Basil T. Wong, Jaka Sunarso   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guidelines on the selection and inventory of social life cycle assessment indicators: a case study on flexible plastic packaging in the European circular economy

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Emerging technologies are addressing current challenges to shift from a linear to a circular economy. However, the consideration of social aspects in this context is limited, and the prioritization of indicators appears arbitrary in the absence of clear ...
Anna-Sophie Haslinger, S. Huysveld, Erasmo Cadena, Jo Dewulf   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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, Michela Zanetti, Paola Gatto, Raffaele Cavalli, Ramesh Kumar Maskey, Silu Bhochhibhoya   +5 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

Advancing urban water autonomy: A Social Life Cycle Assessment of rainwater harvesting systems in Mexico City

Cleaner Environmental Systems
This study conducts a Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) of Rainwater Harvesting Systems (RWHS) in Mexico City to evaluate their social performance. Given the city's pressing water scarcity, RWHS have become critical for promoting water autonomy and ...
Raúl Castelán-Cabañas, Alejandro Padilla-Rivera, Carlos Muñoz-Villarreal, Leonor Patricia Güereca-Hernández   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social life cycle assessment in current and future Norwegian livestock production

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
This study is a social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) of per capita consumption of animal protein in Norway in 2019. The animal protein consisted of milk, beef, pork, poultry and egg.
H. Møller, L. Rydhmer, T. Christensen, Lasse Krogh Poulsen, Hanne Fjerdingby Olsen   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source