scholarly journals Environmental product declaration (EPD) for the TensoSky©-ETFE-System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Moritz ◽  
S. Danusso
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Product Declaration

scholarly journals Research in Sustainability of Chain Conveyor Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 83-94
Author(s):  
Lynn Lüdemann ◽  
Jens Sumpf ◽  
Markus Golder ◽  
Marcus Bona
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Economic Welfare ◽  
Environmental Product Declaration ◽  
Materials Handling ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
Plastic Components ◽  
Plastic Parts ◽  
Whole Life Cycle ◽  
Chain Conveyor

Climate Change is a crucial challenge of today. The main reason is increased man-made emissions of climate gases, like CO2, into the atmosphere. In every part of our life, these emissions have to be reduced. Transport of goods, called intra- or extralogistics, is necessary for economic welfare. Intralogistics means the transport of goods in distribution centres or manufacturing spaces, e. g. between machines. For continuous transport processes chain conveyor systems (CCS) are state of the art. The research group “Plastic Components and Tribology” at professorship of Conveying Engineering and Materials Handling focus on impacts of their whole life cycle, from design over use until end-of-life, on the environment. Another focus is the development of Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for chain conveyor systems. They are useful to promote environmentally-friendly products and to push eco-design activities. But also, activities of circular economy such as recycling of the plastic parts from conveyor chains are examined. The article gives an overview of the goals achieved and the challenges ahead. Some of the achieved results will be presented.

Life cycle assessment of the food waste management with a focus on the collection bag

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
pp. 1317-1327
Author(s):  
Giovanni Dolci ◽  
Lucia Rigamonti ◽  
Mario Grosso
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Environmental Product Declaration ◽  
Product Environmental Footprint ◽  
Weight Losses ◽  
Alternative Systems ◽  
Two Systems

The organic fraction (mainly food waste) is typically the most abundant of the separately collected waste streams. The research aims at investigating the influence of different types of collection bag on the environmental performances of the food waste management chain in Italy. A comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) between two alternative systems based on paper or bioplastic collection bags was carried out. It included the collection bags manufacturing and distribution, their use at the household, the transportation of collected food waste and its subsequent anaerobic digestion, including the valorisation of useful outputs and the management of residues. The two systems were modelled mainly with primary data related to the current management system and to tests performed on bags. The LCA was performed with two different modelling approaches applied in the environmental product declaration (EPD) system and in the product environmental footprint (PEF) studies, respectively. In the scenario representing the average conditions, higher environmental impacts are shown by the use of bioplastic bags compared to paper ones with the EPD approach (+257%/+576%). With the PEF approach, the differences between the two systems are lower (−55%/+133%). Moreover, paper bags could allow for further impact reductions assuming a decrease of the food waste collection frequency, allowed by higher weight losses and a lower generation of leachate and odour during the household storage.

Environmental Product Declaration

Sustainaspeak ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 106-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Product Declaration

Using environmental product declaration as source of data for life cycle assessment: a case study

2016 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 333-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Strazza ◽  
A. Del Borghi ◽  
F. Magrassi ◽  
M. Gallo
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Product Declaration

scholarly journals Enviromental impact comparative tool based on life cycle assesment = Herramienta comparativa de impacto ambiental basada en método de análisis de ciclo de vida

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Clara Jiménez Gámez
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Communication ◽  
Focal Points ◽  
Environmental Product Declaration ◽  
Life Cycle Assesment ◽  
Precise Evaluation ◽  
Data Collection Process ◽  
Decision Making Tool ◽  
Specific Impact

The Life Cycle Assesment LCA is a method used to quantify the environmental impact of a product or service along their life cycle. The tool offered is based on the LCA and will provide an easier and a visual comparative report to assess the impacts generated by two different facade's construction solutions. The source of the results are feed from a database composed of data from the Environmental Product Declaration which is a mechanism used for environmental communication. The Environmental Product Declaration is the most prestigious and well recognized mechanism due to the objectivity incurred on the data collection process. The tool enables selecting various facade's configurations through the combination of different layers. It was decided not to evaluate the actual environmental impacts with the aim of building a decision making tool where the technician will be able to go in depth for the specific impact of each material and identify and approach the important focal points using the comparative report. The LCA simplified tools represent a compromise for a precise evaluation, but it will be necessary to be realistic and transparent about their limits as stated at the end of the paper.ResumenEl Análisis de Ciclo de Vida (ACV) es un método que sirve para cuantificar el impacto ambiental de un producto o servicio durante su ciclo de vida. La herramienta que se presenta pretende, basándose en este método, proporcionar de forma simplificada y visual un informe comparativo de los impactos que generan dos soluciones constructivas de fachadas. Los resultados se nutren de una base de datos formada por datos de Declaraciones Ambientales de Producto, mecanismo de comunicación ambiental que goza actualmente de mayor prestigio debido a la objetividad en el proceso de obtención. La herramienta permite seleccionar distintas configuraciones de fachada mediante la combinación de diferentes capas. Se ha decidido no ponderar los impactos con el fin de la herramienta sea un asistente de decisión, donde el técnico pueda profundizar hasta el impacto específico de cada material para poder identificar los focos graves de impacto y actuar en consecuencia, teniendo siempre como referencia el carácter comparativo del informe. Las herramientas de ACV simplificadas representan un compromiso en la precisión de la evaluación, pero es necesario sean realistas y transparentes respecto a sus límites, que se presentan al final del escrito.

scholarly journals Life Cycle Assessment of Electricity Generation from an Array of Subsea Tidal Kite Prototypes

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Kaddoura ◽  
Johan Tivander ◽  
Sverker Molander
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Tidal Energy ◽  
Environmental Product Declaration ◽  
Renewable Energy Systems ◽  
Lunar Cycles ◽  
Offshore Power Generation ◽  
Deep Green

Tidal current technologies have the potential to provide highly predictable energy, since tides are driven by lunar cycles. However, before implementing such technologies on a large scale, their environmental performance should be assessed. In this study, a prospective life cycle assessment (LCA) was performed on a 12 MW tidal energy converter array of Minesto Deep Green 500 (DG500) prototypes, closely following the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) standards, but including scenarios to cover various design possibilities. The global warming potential (GWP) of the prototype array was in the range of 18.4–26.3 gCO2-eq/kWhe. This is comparable with other renewable energy systems, such as wind power. Material production processes have the largest impact, but are largely offset by recycling at the end of life. Operation and maintenance processes, including the production of replacement parts, also provide major contributions to environmental impacts. Comparisons with other technologies are limited by the lack of a standardized way of performing LCA on offshore power generation technologies.

Environmental product declaration promotion in Brazil: SWOT analysis and strategies

2019 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 1061-1072
Author(s):  
Marina Santa Rosa Rocha ◽  
Armando Caldeira-Pires
Keyword(s):  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Environmental Product Declaration
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