Towards application of life cycle sustainability analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. van der Giesen ◽  
R. Kleijn ◽  
G.J. Kramer ◽  
J. Guinée
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Sustainability Analysis

Sustainability analysis on polymers using life cycle assessment tool (OPENLCA)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ganeshan Gujilva Natarajan ◽  
R. Kamalakannan ◽  
R. Vijayakumar
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Sustainability Analysis

Terephthalic acid from renewable sources: early-stage sustainability analysis of a bio-PET precursor

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 885-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Volanti ◽  
D. Cespi ◽  
F. Passarini ◽  
E. Neri ◽  
F. Cavani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Terephthalic Acid ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Renewable Sources ◽  
Sustainability Analysis ◽  
Life Cycle Perspective

The present work compares, from a life cycle perspective, four different ways for the production of terephthalic acid.

scholarly journals Ecodesign — Carbon Footprint — Life Cycle Assessment — Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis. A Flexible Framework for a Continuum of Tools

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (-1) ◽  
pp. 42-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reinout Heijungs
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Full Spectrum ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Sustainability Analysis ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Flexible Framework ◽  
Answering Questions

Ecodesign — Carbon Footprint — Life Cycle Assessment — Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis. A Flexible Framework for a Continuum of Tools Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool for answering questions related to environmental impacts of products. It is a comprehensive tool, addressing the entire life cycle, and addressing the full spectrum of environmental impacts. There are two opposite movements occurring: LCA is getting smaller, and it is getting broader. This presentation presents the general framework for a broader life cycle sustainability analysis (LCSA), and shows how the practical work related to doing an LCA, a carbon footprint, or an analysis for ecodesign, can be seen as special cases.

scholarly journals Total Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis of Additively Manufactured Products

Procedia CIRP ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 376-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Buddhika Hapuwatte ◽  
K. Daniel Seevers ◽  
Fazleena Badurdeen ◽  
I.S. Jawahir
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Sustainability Analysis ◽  
Manufactured Products ◽  
Total Life

scholarly journals Integrating BIM-Based LCA and Building Sustainability Assessment

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7468
Author(s):  
José Pedro Carvalho ◽  
Ismael Alecrim ◽  
Luís Bragança ◽  
Ricardo Mateus
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Sustainability Criteria ◽  
Sustainability Analysis ◽  
Life Cycle Stages ◽  
Building Information

With the increasing concerns about building environmental impacts, building information modelling (BIM) has been used to perform different kinds of sustainability analysis. Among the most popular are the life cycle assessment (LCA) and building sustainability assessment (BSA). However, the integration of BIM-based LCA in BSA methods has not been adequately explored yet. This study addresses the relation between LCA and BSA within the BIM context for the Portuguese context. By performing an LCA for a Portuguese case study, a set of sustainability criteria from SBTool were simultaneous assessed during the process. The possibility of integrating BIM-based LCA into BSA methods can include more life cycle stages in the sustainability assessment and allow for normalising and producing more comparable results. BIM automates and connects different stages of the design process and provides information for multi-disciplinary data storage. However, there are still some constraints, such as different BSA/LCA databases and the necessity to manually introduce the embodied life cycle impacts of building materials. The scope of the BSA analysis can be expanded by integrating a complete LCA and be fostered by the support of BIM, effectively improving building sustainability according to local standards.

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