scholarly journals Hybridised sustainability metrics for use in life cycle assessment of bio-based products: resource efficiency and circularity

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 803-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kadambari Lokesh ◽  
Avtar S. Matharu ◽  
Ioannis K. Kookos ◽  
Dimitris Ladakis ◽  
Apostolis Koutinas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Sustainability Reporting ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Assessment Methodology ◽  
Sustainability Metrics

Demonstration of an innovative environmental assessment methodology that provides a unique dimension to sustainability reporting, focusing on circular bio-based value chains.

Resource efficiency analysis of lubricating strategies for machining processes using life cycle assessment methodology

2019 ◽  
Vol 222 ◽  
pp. 464-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessio Campitelli ◽  
Jorge Cristóbal ◽  
Julia Fischer ◽  
Beatrix Becker ◽  
Liselotte Schebek
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Efficiency Analysis ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
Assessment Methodology ◽  
Machining Processes ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment Methodology

scholarly journals Impact of Cycle Time and Payload of an Industrial Robot on Resource Efficiency

Robotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Florian Stuhlenmiller ◽  
Steffi Weyand ◽  
Jens Jungblut ◽  
Liselotte Schebek ◽  
Debora Clever ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
Life Cycle Costs ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Cycle Times ◽  
The Individual

Modern industry benefits from the automation capabilities and flexibility of robots. Consequently, the performance depends on the individual task, robot and trajectory, while application periods of several years lead to a significant impact of the use phase on the resource efficiency. In this work, simulation models predicting a robot’s energy consumption are extended by an estimation of the reliability, enabling the consideration of maintenance to enhance the assessment of the application’s life cycle costs. Furthermore, a life cycle assessment yields the greenhouse gas emissions for the individual application. Potential benefits of the combination of motion simulation and cost analysis are highlighted by the application to an exemplary system. For the selected application, the consumed energy has a distinct impact on greenhouse gas emissions, while acquisition costs govern life cycle costs. Low cycle times result in reduced costs per workpiece, however, for short cycle times and higher payloads, the probability of required spare parts distinctly increases for two critical robotic joints. Hence, the analysis of energy consumption and reliability, in combination with maintenance, life cycle costing and life cycle assessment, can provide additional information to improve the resource efficiency.

scholarly journals Environmental Assessment of Sewer Construction in Small to Medium Sized Cities Using Life Cycle Assessment

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 979-997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Petit-Boix ◽  
David Sanjuan-Delmás ◽  
Carles M. Gasol ◽  
Gara Villalba ◽  
María Eugenia Suárez-Ojeda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Assessment
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