Environmental life cycle assessment
Evaluation of the cork sector’s environmental performance through life cycle assessment
... the environmental impacts associated with the production of expanded cork slab and granules used in construction for insulation are evaluated from a life cycle perspective with the aim of identifying ...
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF AN ETICS LAYER: A CASE OF STUDY WITH LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) FROM ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION (EPD) IN PORTUGAL
... Other authors, such as Michałowski et. al. (2020), have analyzed the behavior of the external layers of ETICS sys- tems. This research assumes special relevance for this paper. The Figure 2 shows ETICS system used on ...
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The value of manure - Manure as co-product in life cycle assessment
... We developed a relatively simple methodology that calculates the allocation of emissions from livestock production systems to manure and other animal products such as eggs, milk, or meat. As manure is often traded at a ...
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Life cycle assessment of three different management options for spent alkaline batteries
... The ERM study arose after the adoption by the EU Council of Ministers, of the proposed directive on batteries and accumulators. It was commissioned by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). ...
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Life cycle assessment of alternatives for recycling abroad alkaline batteries from Portugal
... To meet the defined objectives (Section 2.1), the interpretation includes the following: the analysis of the potential environ- mental impact of each system (i.e. each recycling alternative) with emphasis on the ...
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Life Cycle Assessment of Two Textile Products Wool and Cotton
... the life cycle stages associated with the processing wool and cotton are assessed based on real data obtained from some of the company ...impact assessment method and results are presented for the ...
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Life cycle assessment of energy production from forest residues
... an environmental perspective to support ...This assessment calls for a consequential LCA, which describes how environmental impacts change in response to potential decisions along a product’s ...
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Life cycle assessment and solid waste management: the systems
... The systems usually studied on solid waste management: incineration, landfilling, recycling and composting are presented as the environmental burdens, inputs and outputs that will compos[r] ...
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Comparison of life cycle assessment for different volume polypropylene jars
... the life cycle impacts on the environment, a relatively new method, called the product (packaging) life cycle assessment (LCA), was ...product life cycle includes ...
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Sustainable procurement & major events: life cycle assessment as a tool for consumer choices
... jor events, which move billions in the country’s economy, is matched by the potential social and environmental impacts of their execution tied to waste management, energy, and infrastructure, etc., and they have ...
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Environmental assessment of the integrated bio-combustion process: A life cycle energy balance / Avaliação ambiental do processo integrado de bio-combustão: balanço energético do ciclo de vida
... the environmental performance of the integrated bio-combustion ...potential environmental impacts of a system considering its entire life cycle following the guidelines established by the ...
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A Constructive Technology Assessment of Stationary Energy Storage Systems: prospective Life Cycle orientated Analysis
... Especially the fields covered by multi-criteria evaluation represent a potential claim as different factors have to be weighted. This represents a problem as far parameters have to be weighted regarding their relevance. ...
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Relevance of including capital goods in the life cycle assessment of construction products
... the environmental performance of products, the changes that can be done in capital goods are limited, as buildings and machinery are not easily modified or replaced due to required investments and long service ...
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Hazard assessment for Nickel nanoparticles in the soil: full life cycle test with Enchytraeus crypticus
... Nickel (Ni) is a metal of widespread distribution in the environment, being released through both natural (forest fires and vegetation, volcanic emissions and wind-blown dust) and anthropogenic sources, (burning of ...
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Life cycle assessment of soybean-sunflower production system in the Brazilian Cerrado. - Portal Embrapa
... The environmental performance of the cereal-legume system was always higher regardless of the allocation criterion adopted, although the comparative advantages of this system compared to cereal-cereal system have ...
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Decision Model for Life Cycle Assessment of Power Transformer during Load Violation
... their life cycle attaining their organizational strategic plan [1], ...losses, environmental and collateral ...insulation life [10]. Moreover, life cycle management of power ...
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LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT FOR OIL PALM BASED PLYWOOD: A GATE-TO-GATE CASE STUDY
... The oil palm industry is very important to the Malaysian economy. The export earnings from the export of palm products contributed about 5.9% of Malaysia’s Gross Domestic Product (BNM, 2011). As the world is demanding ...
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Modeling of pesticide emissions for life cycle assessment of agricultural products. - Portal Embrapa
... as Life Cycle Assessment ...the environmental impacts of two approaches to estimating the pesticide emissions of a major Brazilian agricultural product, sugarcane: 1) 100% emissions to soil, ...
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Life cycle impact assessment of cotton production in the Brazilian Savanna. - Portal Embrapa
... Cotton production is the process responsible for the main emissions and impacts among all processes considered in this study. An improvement in the environmental performance of cotton production depends on ...
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Integrating Life Cycle Assessment and Other Tools for Ex Ante Integrated Sustainability Assessment in the Minerals Industry
... Once a set of alternatives has been laid out, the social and environmental impacts of each are predicted, which implies that baseline system information will be collected and analyzed. This baseline can be thought ...
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