Research Towards Sustainable Parking Solutions

Abstract The aim of the article is to identify problems and public expectations regarding parking and the application of different parking solutions. Based on the results of a CAWI questionnaire survey, an evaluation of selected parking solutions is presented. Among others, vertical parking has been taken into account, the use of which is associated with a reduction in the area required for parking and an improvement in environmental performance characteristics at the use stage. This study is part of the search for sustainable solutions in city logistics. The results of the study serve as an initial insight into the opinions of one group of users in the life cycle of a car park. They can be used as an introduction to the eco-design of parking solutions and to compare different parking systems. The study was carried out as part of a project entitled: “Analysis of the environmental impact of a vertical parking solution using life cycle assessment at the design stage” carried out at the Silesian University of Technology.

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Toward LCA-lite: A Simplified Tool to Easily Apply LCA Logic at the Early Design Stage of Building in Australia

European Journal of Sustainable Development ◽

10.14207/ejsd.2019.v8n5p383 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 383 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Toktam B. Tabrizi ◽

Arianna Brambilla

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle Assessment ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Building Design ◽

Design Stage ◽

Effective Parameters ◽

Early Design ◽

Early Design Stage ◽

Knowledge Based

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), developed over 30 years ago, has been helpful in addressing a growing concern about the direct and indirect environmental impact of buildings over their lifetime. However, lack of reliable, available, comparable and consistent information on the life cycle environmental performance of buildings makes it very difficult for architects and engineers to apply this method in the early stages of building design when the most important decisions in relation to a building’s environmental impact are made. The LCA quantification method with need of employing complex tools and an enormous amount of data is unfeasible for small or individual building projects. This study discusses the possibility of the development of a tool that allows building designers to more easily apply the logic of LCA at the early design stage. Minimising data requirements and identifying the most effective parameters that promise to make the most difference, are the key points of simplification method. The conventional LCA framework and knowledge-based system are employed through the simplification process. Results of previous LCA studies in Australia are used as the specific knowledge that enable the system to generate outputs based on the user’s inputs.Keywords: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), early design stage, most effective parameters, life cycle environmental performance

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Improving the environmental performance of bedding products by using life cycle assessment at the design stage

Journal of Cleaner Production ◽

10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.03.013 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 52 ◽

pp. 155-164 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Thomas Lanoë ◽

Carla L. Simões ◽

Ricardo Simoes

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle Assessment ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Design Stage

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IDENTIFICATION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND PROCESSES TO ENHANCE THE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, OPERATION, AND END-OF-LIFE OF THE MOTOR YACHT ABOVE 24 METERS

10.3940/rina.smy.2019.18 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

M Liang ◽

R Birmingham

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Sustainability Assessment ◽

Value Added ◽

Design Stage ◽

Sustainable Solutions ◽

Sustainable Technologies ◽

Sustainable Performance ◽

Sustainable Value ◽

Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽

Enhance Efficiency

Sustainable development is a continuing concern in the Superyacht Industry due to the pressure on not only minimizing environmental impact but also considering economic viability and social acceptability. It is possible to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of resource use in manufacture, operation and recycle by identifying the sustainable technologies at the design stage. However, there is a lack of a holistic method to measure sustainable performance over the life cycle of the motor yacht during the technologies selection. A Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA)based Sustainable Value Added (SVA) method has been developed to measure the sustainable performance for each technology using on the motor yacht over 24 meters. It is a new approach using the financial measure to aggregate data with existing economic terms to communicate with the investor with one language. This paper presents a systematic method and process to guide designer and owners to select and invest relatively sustainable solutions for the motor Superyacht.

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Towards Parametric Environmental Profiles of Complex Industrial Systems in Preliminary Design Stage

Volume 5: 37th Design Automation Conference, Parts A and B ◽

10.1115/detc2011-47376 ◽

2011 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Franc¸ois Cluzel ◽

Bernard Yannou ◽

Yann Leroy ◽

Dominique Millet

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle Assessment ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Design Stage ◽

Preliminary Design ◽

Industrial Systems ◽

Preliminary Design Stage ◽

Data Granularity ◽

Design Factors ◽

Advanced Model

The eco-design of complex industrial systems becomes a major issue for the concerned companies. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in particular is more adapted to “classical” products such as consumer goods. Performing LCA of such systems requires some thoughts to ensure significant results, for example concerning data granularity and quality. This article proposes a Life Cycle Assessment of an Alstom Grid AC/DC conversion substation for the aluminium industry. This LCA integrates first answers to the previous limitations. Very interesting results permit to orient the eco-design strategy of the company. Moreover they lead to imagine original ways to configure the system. Thus a first and simple parametric LCA model is proposed: four different electrical sources are used to analyze the sensitivity of the design factors to the environmental impacts of the substation. Based on design of experiments, a more advanced model of such a tool would permit to identify the best configuration in terms of environmental performance, costs and reliability.

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Excellent environmental performance of beet sugar production in the Netherlands

Sugar Industry ◽

10.36961/si24156 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 161-165

Author(s):

Bertram de Crom ◽

Jasper Scholten ◽

Janjoris van Diepen

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Land Use ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Water Consumption ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Cane Sugar ◽

Sugar Production ◽

Beet Sugar ◽

Glucose Syrup

To get more insight in the environmental performance of the Suiker Unie beet sugar, Blonk Consultants performed a comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on beet sugar, cane sugar and glucose syrup. The system boundaries of the sugar life cycle are set from cradle to regional storage at the Dutch market. For this study 8 different scenarios were evaluated. The first scenario is the actual sugar production at Suiker Unie. Scenario 2 until 7 are different cane sugar scenarios (different countries of origin, surplus electricity production and pre-harvest burning of leaves are considered). Scenario 8 concerns the glucose syrup scenario. An important factor in the environmental impact of 1kg of sugar is the sugar yield per ha. Total sugar yield per ha differs from 9t/ha sugar for sugarcane to 15t/ha sugar for sugar beet (in 2017). Main conclusion is that the production of beet sugar at Suiker Unie has in general a lower impact on climate change, fine particulate matter, land use and water consumption, compared to cane sugar production (in Brazil and India) and glucose syrup. The impact of cane sugar production on climate change and water consumption is highly dependent on the country of origin, especially when land use change is taken into account. The environmental impact of sugar production is highly dependent on the co-production of bioenergy, both for beet and cane sugar.

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ECO-DESIGN ACTIONS TO IMPROVE LIFE CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF FACE MASKS IN THE PANDEMIC ERA

Proceedings of the Design Society ◽

10.1017/pds.2021.133 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 1333-1342

Author(s):

Núria Boix Rodríguez ◽

Marco Marconi ◽

Claudio Favi ◽

Giovanni Formentini

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Climate Changes ◽

Environmental Problem ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Design Guidelines ◽

Protective Equipment ◽

Single Use ◽

Near Future

AbstractFace masks are currently considered essential devices that people must wear today and in the near future, until the COVID-19 pandemic will be completely defeated through specific medicines and vaccines. Such devices are generally made of thermoplastic polymers, as polypropylene and polyethylene and are single use products. Even if in this period the sanitary emergency must have the maximum priority, the world society should not completely forget the environmental problem that are causing more and more obvious climate changes with correlated damages to ecosystems and human health. Despite the well-known correlation among anti-COVID protective equipment (or more generally medical devices) and environmental issues, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and eco-design-based studies in this field is very scarce. The present study aims to derive the most important environmental criticalities of such products, by using LCA and product circularity indicators of five different common masks. The final aim is to provide eco-design guidelines, useful to design new face masks by preventing negative impact on the environment.

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Modelling Sustainable Industrial Symbiosis

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14041172 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 1172

Author(s):

Hafiz Haq ◽

Petri Välisuo ◽

Seppo Niemi

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Waste Management ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Life Cycle Cost ◽

Economic Assessment ◽

Environmental Benefits ◽

Industrial Symbiosis ◽

Comprehensive Model ◽

Network Connections

Industrial symbiosis networks conventionally provide economic and environmental benefits to participating industries. However, most studies have failed to quantify waste management solutions and identify network connections in addition to methodological variation of assessments. This study provides a comprehensive model to conduct sustainable study of industrial symbiosis, which includes identification of network connections, life cycle assessment of materials, economic assessment, and environmental performance using standard guidelines from the literature. Additionally, a case study of industrial symbiosis network from Sodankylä region of Finland is implemented. Results projected an estimated life cycle cost of €115.20 million. The symbiotic environment would save €6.42 million in waste management cost to the business participants in addition to the projected environmental impact of 0.95 million tonne of CO2, 339.80 tonne of CH4, and 18.20 tonne of N2O. The potential of further cost saving with presented optimal assessment in the current architecture is forecast at €0.63 million every year.

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