Environmental impact and life cycle analysis of green nanomaterials

Basically each product or service has its own life cycle. Life Cycle Analysis Method can be used to assess the impact of an activity both production and service activities. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) or Analisis Mengenai Dampak Lingkungan (AMDAL) is one of the activities that must be fulfilled in order to obtain an environmental permit. EIA activities have a life cycle process that needs to be known and understood so that environmental permits can be obtained. Therefore this study aims to find out the use of the LCA method in EIA procedures. In addition, with the LCA method, EIA activities are expected to be well studied according to the function of this service. LCA can provide to reduce the least impact from environmental damage. This research will be useful for the development of environmental science, especially related to the study of environmental impacts, especially EIA. It is expected that the results of the study will provide a complete picture of the relevance of the LCA method with EIA and the benefits that can be taken. The results of this study will be an important recommendation for decision makers regarding the importance of EIA in development, especially sustainable development through the method used, namely LCA.

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Comparative Study on the Environmental Impact of Traditional Clay Bricks Mixed with Organic Waste Using Life Cycle Analysis

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10082917 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 2917 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

José Lozano-Miralles ◽

Manuel Hermoso-Orzáez ◽

Carmen Martínez-García ◽

José Rojas-Sola

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Comparative Study ◽

Environmental Impacts ◽

Life Cycle Analysis ◽

Organic Waste ◽

Organic Additives ◽

Promising Alternative ◽

Clay Bricks ◽

The Impact

The construction industry is responsible for 40–45% of primary energy consumption in Europe. Therefore, it is essential to find new materials with a lower environmental impact to achieve sustainable buildings. The objective of this study was to carry out the life cycle analysis (LCA) to evaluate the environmental impacts of baked clay bricks incorporating organic waste. The scope of this comparative study of LCA covers cradle to gate and involves the extraction of clay and organic waste from the brick, transport, crushing, modelling, drying and cooking. Local sustainability within a circular economy strategy is used as a laboratory test. The energy used during the cooking process of the bricks modified with organic waste, the gas emission concentrate and the emission factors are quantified experimentally in the laboratory. Potential environmental impacts are analysed and compared using the ReCiPe midpoint LCA method using SimaPro 8.0.5.13. These results achieved from this method are compared with those obtained with a second method—Impact 2002+ v2.12. The results of LCA show that the incorporation of organic waste in bricks is favourable from an environmental point of view and is a promising alternative approach in terms of environmental impacts, as it leads to a decrease of 15–20% in all the impact categories studied. Therefore, the suitability of the use of organic additives in clay bricks was confirmed, as this addition was shown to improve their efficiency and sustainability, thus reducing the environmental impact.

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Life Cycle Environmental Impacts and Energy Demand of Craft Mezcal in Mexico

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12198242 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (19) ◽

pp. 8242

Author(s):

Jazmín Maciel Martínez ◽

Eduardo Baltierra-Trejo ◽

Paul Taboada-González ◽

Quetzalli Aguilar-Virgen ◽

Liliana Marquez-Benavides

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Life Cycle Analysis ◽

Energy Demand ◽

Functional Unit ◽

Raw Materials ◽

White Wine ◽

Mexican Culture ◽

Analysis Methodology ◽

Potential Environmental Impact

Agave distillates, such as tequila and mezcal, are alcoholic spirits representative of Mexican culture. In recent years, the demand for mezcal has increased, and with it the requirement for raw materials, bringing with it a series of difficulties. The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential environmental impact and energy demand of the production of young craft mezcal from an endemic agave (Agave cupreata) found in the central and southern Pacific area of Mexico. The potential environmental impact of the mezcal studied was obtained through the life cycle analysis methodology using a midpoint approach by the ReCiPe method to calculate the potential environmental impact with SimaPro software (version 8.2.3.0., PRé Sustainability, Amersfoort, The Netherlands). The functional unit is a young craft mezcal bottle of 750 mL with 46% Vol. Alc. The stage of highest contribution to the environmental impact of mezcal was the manufacturing/processing, contributing 59.6% of them. The energy demand of the craft mezcal resulted in 163.8 MJ/bottle of 7.5 dl. The kg CO2eq in mezcal (1.7) is higher than beer (0.63) or white wine (1.01), but lower than whisky (2.25) or pisco (3.62). These findings could allow the search for alternatives for the development of sustainable production.

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Life Cycle Analysis of a Game-Based Solution for Domestic Energy Saving

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12176699 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (17) ◽

pp. 6699

Author(s):

Marta Gangolells ◽

Miquel Casals ◽

Núria Forcada ◽

Marcel Macarulla

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Energy Saving ◽

Resource Availability ◽

Social Housing ◽

Life Cycle Analysis ◽

Comprehensive Analysis ◽

Horizon 2020 ◽

Domestic Energy ◽

The Eu

ICT-based solutions are seen to be almost totally environmentally friendly, but game-based solutions for energy saving have not been explored yet. This paper describes a comprehensive analysis and an in-depth interpretation of the life cycle environmental impact of a game-based solution for domestic energy saving, developed and validated within the EU-funded Horizon 2020 project EnerGAware—Energy Game for Awareness of energy efficiency in social housing communities. Life cycle impacts were calculated with SimaPRO 8.5.2.0 using the ReCiPe 2016 v1.02 midpoint and endpoint methods and information contained within the Ecoinvent v3.4 database. Although the pre-competitive solution, directly arising from the research project, was found to have a relatively high environmental impact, its future exploitation, which mostly relies on existing infrastructure, was found to be highly competitive from an environmental perspective. The game will help reduce the life cycle impact of domestic energy consumption on damage to human health (3.68%), ecosystem quality (3.87%), and resource availability (4.81%). Most of the environmental impact of the market solution was found in the manufacturing phase (77.96–80.12%). Transport (8.86–7.57%), use (3.86–5.82%), and maintenance (7.24–7.54%) phases were found to contribute little to environmental impact. This research provides a useful reference for decision-making as it contributes to the environmental benchmarking of competing energy-saving strategies.

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Environmental impact, life cycle analysis and battery performance of upcycled carbon anodes

Environmental Science Nano ◽

10.1039/c8en00196k ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (5) ◽

pp. 1237-1250 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Andrea L. Hicks ◽

Arthur D. Dysart ◽

Vilas G. Pol

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Lithium Ion Batteries ◽

Life Cycle Analysis ◽

Lithium Ion ◽

Environmental Costs ◽

Graphite Anodes ◽

Synthetic Graphite ◽

Carbon Anodes ◽

Natural And Synthetic

For rechargeable lithium ion batteries, natural and synthetic graphite anodes come with great economic and environmental costs.

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Life cycle analysis of mortars and its environmental impact

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-0895-g06-02 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 895 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Antonia Moropoulou ◽

Christopher Koroneos ◽

Maria Karoglou ◽

Eleni Aggelakopoulou ◽

Asterios Bakolas ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Life Cycle Assessment ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Life Cycle Analysis ◽

Considerable Research ◽

Cement Binder ◽

The Impact ◽

Selection Of ◽

Lca Results

AbstractOver the years considerable research has been conducted on masonry mortars regarding their compatibility with under restoration structures. The environmental dimension of these materials may sometimes be a prohibitive factor in the selection of these materials. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a tool that can be used to assess the environmental impact of the materials. LCA can be a very useful tool in the decision making for the selection of appropriate restoration structural material. In this work, a comparison between traditional type of mortars and modern ones (cement-based) is attempted. Two mortars of traditional type are investigated: with aerial lime binder, with aerial lime and artificial pozzolanic additive and one with cement binder. The LCA results indicate that the traditional types of mortars are more sustainable compared to cementbased mortars. For the impact assessment, the method used is Eco-indicator 95

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Eco-Audit and Environmental Impacts of Products

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.834.34 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 834 ◽

pp. 34-39

Author(s):

Cătălin Gheorghiță ◽

Vlad Gheorghiță

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Life Cycle Analysis ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Embodied Energy ◽

Water Usage ◽

Design Decisions ◽

Sustainability Criteria ◽

Life Cycle Stages

Eco-audit is a tool to find the environmental impact of the product across all life cycle stages and for identify the problems in all aspects of a supply chain, from extraction of raw materials to manufacturing, distribution, use and disposal. The purpose of an analysis of a product is to establish the embodied energy, water usage, annual CO2 to atmosphere, carbon foot print, recycle fraction in current supply, toxicity, approximate processing energy and sustainability criteria. Knowledges to guide design decisions are needed to minimize or eliminate adverse eco-impacts. In eco-audit analysis, will be created material charts, processes selection and life cycle analysis allowing alternative design choices to meet the engineering requirements and reduce the environmental impact. The application presented in this paper uses only environmentally friendly properties of Ashby's database.

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