scholarly journals Analysis of the Belgian electricity mix used in environmental life cycle assessment studies: how reliable is the ecoinvent 3.1 mix?

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1105-1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Buyle ◽  
Joke Anthonissen ◽  
Wim Van den Bergh ◽  
Johan Braet ◽  
Amaryllis Audenaert
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Electricity Mix

scholarly journals Case study of a water bioengineering construction site in Austria. Ecological aspects and application of an environmental life cycle assessment model

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. von der Thannen ◽  
S. Hoerbinger ◽  
C. Muellebner ◽  
H. Biber ◽  
H. P. Rauch
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Soil And Water

AbstractRecently, applications of soil and water bioengineering constructions using living plants and supplementary materials have become increasingly popular. Besides technical effects, soil and water bioengineering has the advantage of additionally taking into consideration ecological values and the values of landscape aesthetics. When implementing soil and water bioengineering structures, suitable plants must be selected, and the structures must be given a dimension taking into account potential impact loads. A consideration of energy flows and the potential negative impact of construction in terms of energy and greenhouse gas balance has been neglected until now. The current study closes this gap of knowledge by introducing a method for detecting the possible negative effects of installing soil and water bioengineering measures. For this purpose, an environmental life cycle assessment model has been applied. The impact categories global warming potential and cumulative energy demand are used in this paper to describe the type of impacts which a bioengineering construction site causes. Additionally, the water bioengineering measure is contrasted with a conventional civil engineering structure. The results determine that the bioengineering alternative performs slightly better, in terms of energy demand and global warming potential, than the conventional measure. The most relevant factor is shown to be the impact of the running machines at the water bioengineering construction site. Finally, an integral ecological assessment model for applications of soil and water bioengineering structures should point out the potential negative effects caused during installation and, furthermore, integrate the assessment of potential positive effects due to the development of living plants in the use stage of the structures.

scholarly journals Environmental life cycle assessment of the incorporation of recycled high-density polyethylene to polyethylene pipe grade resins

2021 ◽  
pp. 128580
Author(s):  
Ioan-Robert Istrate ◽  
Rafael Juan ◽  
Mario Martin-Gamboa ◽  
Carlos Domínguez ◽  
Rafael A. García-Muñoz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
High Density Polyethylene ◽  
High Density ◽  
Polyethylene Pipe ◽  
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment

scholarly journals Are Renewables as Friendly to Humans as to the Environment?: A Social Life Cycle Assessment of Renewable Electricity

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shutaro Takeda ◽  
Alexander Keeley ◽  
Shigeki Sakurai ◽  
Shunsuke Managi ◽  
Catherine Norris
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Social Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Electricity Mix ◽  
The Impact

The adoption of renewable energy technologies in developing nations is recognized to have positive environmental impacts; however, what are their effects on the electricity supply chain workers? This article provides a quantitative analysis on this question through a relatively new framework called social life cycle assessment, taking Malaysia as a case example. Impact assessments by the authors show that electricity from renewables has greater adverse impacts on supply chain workers than the conventional electricity mix: Electricity production with biomass requires 127% longer labor hours per unit-electricity under the risk of human rights violations, while the solar photovoltaic requires 95% longer labor hours per unit-electricity. However, our assessment also indicates that renewables have less impacts per dollar-spent. In fact, the impact of solar photovoltaic would be 60% less than the conventional mix when it attains grid parity. The answer of “are renewables as friendly to humans as to the environment?” is “not-yet, but eventually.”

Environmental life cycle assessment of alternative fuels for city buses: A case study in Oujda city, Morocco

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faissal Jelti ◽  
Amine Allouhi ◽  
Sami G. Al-Ghamdi ◽  
Rachid Saadani ◽  
Abdelmajid Jamil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment

scholarly journals Environmental Life cycle assessment of linoleum

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 238-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Gorree ◽  
J. B. Guinée ◽  
G. Huppes ◽  
L. van Oers
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment

scholarly journals Environmental life cycle assessment of producing willow, alfalfa and straw from spring barley as feedstocks for bioenergy or biorefinery systems

2017 ◽  
Vol 586 ◽  
pp. 226-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranjan Parajuli ◽  
Marie Trydeman Knudsen ◽  
Sylvestre Njakou Djomo ◽  
Andrea Corona ◽  
Morten Birkved ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Spring Barley ◽  
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment

Comparative environmental life cycle assessment of conventional vehicles with different fuel options, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles for a sustainable transportation system in Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 444-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidiane La Picirelli de Souza ◽  
Electo Eduardo Silva Lora ◽  
José Carlos Escobar Palacio ◽  
Mateus Henrique Rocha ◽  
Maria Luiza Grillo Renó ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Transportation System ◽  
Sustainable Transportation ◽  
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment
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