scholarly journals Building Circular Economy: a Case Study Designed and Built Following a BIM-Based Life Cycle Assessment Approach

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Manca ◽  
Z. Prochazkova ◽  
U. Berardi ◽  
L. Alfaro ◽  
F. Pich-Aguilera
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 6671
Author(s):  
Diana Reinales ◽  
David Zambrana-Vasquez ◽  
Aitana Saez-De-Guinoa

Environmental and economic impact assessment of products have a long record, while social performance analysis of products have less references in the scientific literature due its particularities and the adaptations needed for the features of the studied subject. In addition, there is a lack of a methodological framework of its application in the analysis of value chains, with the aim of estimating the impacts of technical innovations from the social point of view. This paper describes the theoretical framework and impact assessment approach for the Social Life Cycle Assessment of product value chains under a circular economy approach by applying a scoring system in different subcategories and indicators, considering the plastic packaging sector as a case study. Twelve subcategories have been chosen, because of their relevance to the case study, related to the impacts on the labor conditions, consumers’ well-being, end-of-life of the product, local community conditions, technology and suppliers, among others. The validation of the methodology in the plastic packaging sector is done by considering the main stakeholders involved in the value chain and the particularities of the sector.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-111
Author(s):  
Marcell Mariano Corrêa Maceno ◽  
Thaísa Lana Pilz ◽  
Daniel Rodrigues Oliveira

2016 ◽  
Vol 562 ◽  
pp. 614-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahin Rafiee ◽  
Benyamin Khoshnevisan ◽  
Issa Mohammadi ◽  
Mortaza Aghbashlo ◽  
Hossein mousazadeh ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-257
Author(s):  
Maria G. Lucchetti ◽  
Luisa Paolotti ◽  
Lucia Rocchi ◽  
Antonio Boggia

Abstract The present work aims to analyse the environmental advantages of a production process that applies circular economy. The study examines a product that is generated through the use of a certain percentage of recovered secondary materials, thus helping to avoid impacts related to the disposal of these materials and preserving the ecosystems from indiscriminate excessive natural resources extraction. The product analysed is an ecological detergent (“Ri-Detersivo” – Re-Detergent), produced by the company Tea Natura, mainly composed of regenerated vegetable oils coming from food industry. The methodology used in this paper is Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). A partial LCA will be carried out here, arriving at the saponification phase, and comparing the environmental impacts deriving from the Re-Detergent production process with those of a traditional soap, comparable to that studied in terms of function. The analysis of the case study found that the use of regenerated vegetable oils for the production of soap allows to significantly reduce the environmental impacts compared to the use of coconut oil imported from third countries.


2016 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 316-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Tecchio ◽  
Pierluigi Freni ◽  
Bruno De Benedetti ◽  
Françoise Fenouillot

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