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Zamagni, Alessandra. "Life cycle sustainability assessment." International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 17, no. 4 (February 22, 2012): 373–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11367-012-0389-8.

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Finkbeiner, Matthias, Erwin M. Schau, Annekatrin Lehmann, and Marzia Traverso. "Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment." Sustainability 2, no. 10 (October 22, 2010): 3309–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su2103309.

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Nikolić, Danijela, Saša Jovanović, Jasmina Skerlić, Jasmina Šušteršič, and Jasna Radulović. "METHODOLOGY OF LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT." Proceedings on Engineering Sciences 1, no. 2 (June 1, 2019): 793–800. http://dx.doi.org/10.24874/pes01.02.084.

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Kloepffer, Walter. "Life cycle sustainability assessment of products." International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 13, no. 2 (February 13, 2008): 89–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/lca2008.02.376.

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Zhou, Zupeng, Hua Jiang, and Liancheng Qin. "Life cycle sustainability assessment of fuels." Fuel 86, no. 1-2 (January 2007): 256–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2006.06.004.

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He, Bin, Ting Luo, and Shan Huang. "Product sustainability assessment for product life cycle." Journal of Cleaner Production 206 (January 2019): 238–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.09.097.

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Sadhukhan, Jhuma, Sohum Sen, and Siddharth Gadkari. "The Mathematics of life cycle sustainability assessment." Journal of Cleaner Production 309 (August 2021): 127457. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127457.

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Martínez-Blanco, Julia, Annekatrin Lehmann, Pere Muñoz, Assumpció Antón, Marzia Traverso, Joan Rieradevall, and Matthias Finkbeiner. "Application challenges for the social Life Cycle Assessment of fertilizers within life cycle sustainability assessment." Journal of Cleaner Production 69 (April 2014): 34–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.01.044.

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de Almeida Pais, José Edmundo, Hugo D. N. Raposo, José Torres Farinha, Antonio J. Marques Cardoso, and Pedro Alexandre Marques. "Optimizing the Life Cycle of Physical Assets through an Integrated Life Cycle Assessment Method." Energies 14, no. 19 (September 26, 2021): 6128. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14196128.

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The purpose of this study was to apply new methods of econometric models to the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of physical assets, by integrating investments such as maintenance, technology, sustainability, and technological upgrades, and to propose a means to evaluate the Life Cycle Investment (LCI), with emphasis on sustainability. Sustainability is a recurrent theme of existing studies and will be a concern in coming decades. As a result, equipment with a smaller environmental footprint is being continually developed. This paper presents a method to evaluate asset depreciation with an emphasis on the maintenance investment, technology depreciation, sustainability depreciation, and technological upgrade investment. To demonstrate the value added of the proposed model, it was compared with existing models that do not take the previously mentioned aspects into consideration. The econometric model is consistent with asset life cycle plans as part of the Strategic Asset Management Plan of the Asset Management System. It is clearly demonstrated that the proposed approach is new and the results are conclusive, as demonstrated by the presented models and their results. This research aims to introduce new methods that integrate the factors of technology upgrades and sustainability for the evaluation of assets’ LCA and replacement time. Despite the increase in investment in technology upgrades and sustainability, the results of the Integrated Life Cycle Assessment First Method (ILCAM1), which represents an improved approach for the analyzed data, show that the asset life is extended, thus increasing sustainability and promoting the circular economy. By comparison, the Integrated Life Cycle Investment Assessment Method (ILCIAM) shows improved results due to the investment in technology upgrades and sustainability. Therefore, this study presents an integrated approach that may offer a valid tool for decision makers.

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Ribeiro, Matos, Jacinto, Salman, Cardeal, Carvalho, Godina, and Peças. "Framework for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Additive Manufacturing." Sustainability 12, no. 3 (January 27, 2020): 929. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12030929.

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Additive manufacturing (AM) is a group of technologies that create objects by adding material layer upon layer, in precise geometric shapes. They are amongst the most disruptive technologies nowadays, potentially changing value chains from the design process to the end-of-life, providing significant advantages over traditional manufacturing processes in terms of flexibility in design and production and waste minimization. Nevertheless, sustainability assessment should also be included in the research agenda as these technologies affect the People, the Planet and the Profit: the three-bottom line (3BL) assessment framework. Moreover, AM sustainability depends on each product and context that strengthens the need for its assessment through the 3BL framework. This paper explores the literature on AM sustainability, and the results are mapped in a framework aiming to support comprehensive assessments of the AM impacts in the 3BL dimensions by companies and researchers. To sustain the coherence of boundaries, three life cycle methods are proposed, each one for a specific dimension of the 3BL analysis, and two illustrative case studies are shown to exemplify the model.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Sustainability Life Cycle Assessment"

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Selmes, Derek G. "Towards sustainability : direction for life cycle assessment." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/1136.

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Dong, Yahong, and 董雅紅. "Life cycle sustainability assessment modeling of building construction." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206665.

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Building industry is one of the most influential economic sectors, which accounts for 10% of the gross domestic product (GDP) globally and 40% of the world energy consumption. To achieve the goal of sustainable development, it is necessary to understand the sustainability performance of building construction in the environmental, the economic and the social aspects. This study quantitatively evaluates impacts of building construction in the three aspects by using the recently developed life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) methodology, in which environmental life cycle assessment (ELCA), environmental life cycle costing (ELCC), and social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) are integrated. The scope of this research covers ‘cradle-to-site’ life cycle stages, from raw material extraction to on-site construction. Three life-cycle models are developed, namely the Environmental Model of Construction (EMoC), the Cost Model of Construction (CMoC), and the Social-impact Model of Construction (SMoC). EMoC is a comprehensive ELCA model that evaluates environmental impacts of building construction by considering eighteen impact categories. CMoC is an ELCC model that provides analyses on construction costs and externalities. SMoC is an innovative S-LCA model being able to quantify social impacts of building construction in thirteen social impact categories. The three models are then integrated into a newly proposed LCSA framework. In order to select an appropriate LCIA method for EMoC, the differences among existing life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) methods are investigated. It is found that LCIA methods are consistent in global impact categories, while inconsistent in regional impact categories. ‘ReCiPe’ is selected as the LCIA method to be used in EMoC. Midpoint and endpoint approaches of ‘ReCiPe’ can lead to different interpretations. Endpoint approach emphasizes on certain impact categories and can only be used when midpoint results are provided. A life cycle inventory is established for ready mixed concrete and precast concrete based on site-specific data from concrete batching plant and precast yard. EMoC is employed to compare environmental performance of precast and cast-in-situ construction methods. It is found that adoption of precast concrete can significantly improve environmental performance of building construction. SMoC suggests that adoption of precast concrete can have both negative and positive impacts on local employment. A case study is conducted to test the model performance. It demonstrates that environmental impacts of ‘cradle-to-site’ construction activities are mostly attributed to the material stage. The external cost due to carbon emission is about 2% of the total construction cost. Environmental-friendly on-site construction practices can significantly improve social performance of building construction. The major findings of this study are verified through interviews with the local experts in Hong Kong. These validation interviews confirm that the proposed LCSA framework and the developed models contribute to the building industry in Hong Kong. In particular, this study can be used as a supplementary to the building assessment scheme, HK BEAM Plus. Results from this study can improve the understanding of building sustainability.
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Amienyo, David. "Life cycle sustainability assessment in the UK beverage sector." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/life-cycle-sustainability-assessment-in-the-uk-beverage-sector(323dc8e7-5b69-4b63-a4b1-5134e1958d0a).html.

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The aim of this research has been to develop an integrated life cycle methodology and assess the sustainability in the UK beverage sector considering environmental, economic and social aspects. The environmental impacts include climate change, resource depletion and emissions to air, land and water. The economic aspects considered are life cycle costs and value added. Social issues include health, labour and human rights and intergenerational issues. The environmental impacts have been assessed using life cycle assessment; economic impacts have been assessed using life cycle costing and value added analysis while social aspects have been assessed using relevant social indicators and social hot-spots analysis. The sustainability of the following beverages has been assessed: carbonated soft drinks, beer (lager), wine (red), bottled water and Scotch whisky. The environmental and economic assessments have first been carried out at the level of individual supply chains. The results have then been extrapolated using a bottom-up approach to the level of their respective sub-sectors and then, combining these results, to the UK beverage sector. This has been followed by the social assessment at the sectoral level. The results of the assessment at the sectoral level show that UK consumption of the five beverages is responsible for over 3.5 million tonnes of CO2 eq. emissions annually, with the carbonated soft drinks and beer sub-sectors accounting for 42% and 40% of the total, respectively. Total annual life cycle costs and value added are estimated at £1.3 billion and £15.8 billion, respectively. Production of packaging and raw materials are the major hot spots in the life cycle of the beverage supply chain for environmental and economic impacts. Strategies such as technological improvements, packaging optimisation as well as organic agriculture would lead to improved environmental and economic performance. The social hot spot assessment shows that China, Colombia and India are the countries likely to pose highest social risks. The findings of this study could help the government and beverage manufacturers to formulate appropriate policies and robust strategies for improving the sustainability in the UK beverage sector. The results could also help consumers to make more informed choices that contribute to sustainable development.

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Cooper, Jasmin. "Life cycle sustainability assessment of shale gas in the UK." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2017. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/life-cycle-sustainability-assessment-of-shale-gas-in-the-uk(692252b3-faab-4428-899c-afbcdeec787a).html.

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This research assesses the impacts of developing shale gas in the UK, with the focus of determining whether or not it is possible to develop it sustainably and how it could affect the electricity and gas mix. There is much uncertainty on the impacts of developing shale gas in the UK, as the country is currently in the early stages of exploration drilling and the majority of studies which have been carried out to analyse the effects of shale gas development have been US specific. To address these questions, the environmental, economic and social sustainability have been assessed and the results integrated to evaluate the overall sustainability. The impacts of shale gas electricity have been assessed so that it can be compared with other electricity generation technologies (coal, nuclear, renewables etc.), to ascertain its impacts on the UK electricity mix. Life cycle assessment is used to evaluate the environmental sustainability of shale gas electricity (and other options), while life cycle costing and social sustainability assessment have been used to evaluate the economic and social sustainability. Multi-criteria decision analysis has been used to combine the results of three to evaluate the overall sustainability. The incorporation of shale gas into the UK electricity mix is modelled in two future scenarios for the year 2030. The scenarios compare different levels of shale gas penetration: low and high. The results show that shale gas will have little effect on improving the environmental sustainability and energy security of the UKâs electricity mix, but could help ease energy prices. In comparison with other options, shale gas is not a sustainable option, as it has higher environmental impacts than the non-fossil fuels and conventional gas and liquefied natural gas: 460 g CO2-Eq. is emitted from the shale gas electricity life cycle, while conventional gas emits 420 g CO2-Eq. and wind 12 g CO2-Eq. The power plant and drilling fluid are the main impact hot spots in the life cycle, while hydraulic fracturing contributes a small amount (5%). In addition to this, there are a number of social barriers which need to be addressed, notably: traffic volume and congestion could increase by up to 31%, public support is low and wastewater produced from hydraulic fracturing could put strain on wastewater treatment facilities. However, the results indicate that shale gas is economically viable, as the cost of electricity is cheaper than solar photovoltaic, biomass and hydroelectricity (9.59 p/kWh vs 16.90, 11.90 and 14.40 p/kWh, respectively). The results of this thesis show that there is a trade-off in the impacts, but because of its poor environmental and social ratings shale gas is not the best option for UK electricity. The results also identify areas for improvement which should be targeted, as well as policy recommendations for best practice and regulation if shale gas were to be developed in the UK.

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Kucukvar, Murat. "Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Framework for the U.S. Built Environment." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5965.

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The overall goals of this dissertation are to investigate the sustainability of the built environment, holistically, by assessing its Triple Bottom Line (TBL): environmental, economic, and social impacts, as well as propose cost-effective, socially acceptable, and environmentally benign policies using several decision support models. This research is anticipated to transform life cycle assessment (LCA) of the built environment by using a TBL framework, integrated with economic input-output analysis, simulation, and multi-criteria optimization tools. The major objectives of the outlined research are to (1) build a system-based TBL sustainability assessment framework for the sustainable built environment, by (a) advancing a national TBL-LCA model which is not available for the United States of America; (b) extending the integrated sustainability framework through environmental, economic, and social sustainability indicators; and (2) develop a system-based analysis toolbox for sustainable decisions including Monte Carlo simulation and multi-criteria compromise programming. When analyzing the total sustainability impacts by each U.S. construction sector, “Residential Permanent Single and Multi-Family Structures" and "Other Non-residential Structures" are found to have the highest environmental, economic, and social impacts compared to other construction sectors. The analysis results also show that indirect suppliers of construction sectors have the largest sustainability impacts compared to on-site activities. For example, for all U.S. construction sectors, on-site construction processes are found to be responsible for less than 5 % of total water consumption, whereas about 95 % of total water use can be attributed to indirect suppliers. In addition, Scope 3 emissions are responsible for the highest carbon emissions compared to Scope 1 and 2. Therefore, using narrowly defined system boundaries by ignoring supply chain-related impacts can result in underestimation of TBL sustainability impacts of the U.S. construction industry. Residential buildings have higher shares in the most of the sustainability impact categories compared to other construction sectors. Analysis results revealed that construction phase, electricity use, and commuting played important role in much of the sustainability impact categories. Natural gas and electricity consumption accounted for 72% and 78% of the total energy consumed in the U.S. residential buildings. Also, the electricity use was the most dominant component of the environmental impacts with more than 50% of greenhouse gases emitted and energy used through all life stages. Furthermore, electricity generation was responsible for 60% of the total water withdrawal of residential buildings, which was even greater than the direct water consumption in residential buildings. In addition, construction phase had the largest share in income category with 60% of the total income generated through residential building's life cycle. Residential construction sector and its supply chain were responsible for 36% of the import, 40% of the gross operating surplus, and 50% of the gross domestic product. The most sensitive parameters were construction activities and its multiplier in most the sustainability impact categories. In addition, several emerging pavement types are analyzed using a hybrid TBL-LCA framework. Warm-mix Asphalts (WMAs) did not perform better in terms of environmental impacts compared to Hot-mix Asphalt (HMA). Asphamin&"174; WMA was found to have the highest environmental and socio-economic impacts compared to other pavement types. Material extractions and processing phase had the highest contribution to all environmental impact indicators that shows the importance of cleaner production strategies for pavement materials. Based on stochastic compromise programming results, in a balanced weighting situation, Sasobit&"174; WMA had the highest percentage of allocation (61%), while only socio-economic aspects matter, Asphamin&"174; WMA had the largest share (57%) among the WMA and HMA mixtures. The optimization results also supported the significance of an increased WMA use in the United States for sustainable pavement construction. Consequently, the outcomes of this dissertation will advance the state of the art in built environment sustainability research by investigating novel efficient methodologies capable of offering optimized policy recommendations by taking the TBL impacts of supply chain into account. It is expected that the results of this research would facilitate better sustainability decisions in the adoption of system-based TBL thinking in the construction field.
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Wu, You. "Enhancing product sustainability with Life Cycle Assessment and relevant technologies." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2017. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/33117/.

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Promoting sustainable products and resource efficiency have become two major policy objectives in Europe, and resource efficiency has become an important political objective on the agenda of the European Commission. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) acts as an efficient framework to evaluate product environmental performances and improve resource efficiency. An integrated approach implemented by three ICT systems are developed to support sustainable production. A sustainable production support toolbox has been developed that contains state-of-art tools regarding LCA software and database tools, environmental management schemes, the EU regulations and directives and stands associated with sustainable production. The applicable requirements, scope and advantages have been examined to develop the tools selection considerations. Compared with the existing toolbox, the distinguished novelty of the developed toolbox is that it can integrate into the product development process, the feasibility and utility of which has been demonstrated by reporting a sustainable flooring product development process. A framework for converting the existing ecoinvent database into a SQL supported database has also been developed, in order to use the ecoinvent database to serve web applications. The data format (i.e. EcoSpold) of the ecoinvent database is a custom XML format, and Python XML processing library has been applied to employ SAX approach to extract the massive data values and information from the EcoSpold files. The demonstrated framework iii and adopted approaches successfully convert the ecoinvent database into a SQL database management tool. Moreover, a Java GUI application has been developed to invoke the SQL based LCI database and the aggregated LCI datasets from the web-based product environmental assessment system. A web-based product environmental performance assessment system has been developed to achieve powerful, flexible and efficient online LCA calculations, by converting a desktop LCA software and applying a High-Performance Calculation Library. Moreover, a mobile client application has been developed to help consumers to evaluate purchased products sustainability performance and implement sustainable consumption. This developed tool is a novel web system that can perform powerful web and mobile based LCA calculations. The performance of the web system has been examined by applying a LCA on the shampoo product. A dedicated LCA on shampoo product has been conducted by using the SimaPro. The LCI datasets are provided by its manufacturer, a UK based company, and also fulfilled by applying ecoinvent database. This case study presents an in-depth modelling and analysis on shampoo product lifecycle with the aid of real manufacturing data. The analytical results also show that the lifecycle stage of major environmental impacts is in the shampoo utilisation stages.

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Du, Guangli. "Towards Sustainable Construction: Life Cycle Assessment of Railway Bridges." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Bro- och stålbyggnad, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-90077.

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Since last few decades, the increased pressure from the environmental issues of natural resource depletion, global warming and air pollution have posed a great challenge worldwide. Among all the industrial fields, bridge infrastructures and their belonged construction sector contribute to a wide range of energy and raw materials consumptions, which is responsible for the most significant pollutions. However, current bridges are mainly designed by the criterion of economic, technique, and safety standards, while their correlated environmental burdens have unfortunately rarely been considered. The life cycle assessment (LCA) method has been verified as a systematic tool, which enables the fully assessment and complete comparison for the environmental impact among different bridge options through a life cycle manner. The study presented in this thesis is focused on railway bridges, as the LCA implementation is under great expectations to set a new design criterion, to optimize the structural design towards the environmental sustainability, and to assist the decision-making among design proposals. This thesis consists of two parts: an extended summary and three appended papers. Part one gives an overview introduction that serves as a supplementary description for this research work. It outlines the background theory, current development status, the LCA implementation into the railway bridges, as well as the developed excel-based LCA tool. Part two, includes three appended papers which provides a more detailed theoretical review of the current literatures and knowledge associated with bridge LCA, by highlighting the great challenging issues. A systematic flowchart is presented both in Paper I and Paper II for how to model and assess the bridge life cycle, together by coping with the structural components and associated emissions. This flowchart is further illustrated on a case study of the Banafjäl Bridge in Sweden, which has been extensively analyzed by two LCA methods: CML 2001 method and streamlined quantitative approach. The obtained results can be contributed as an analytical reference for other similar bridges. Based on the theoretical review and analytical results from case studies, it has been found that the environmental profile of a bridge is dominated by the selected structural type, which affects the life cycle scenarios holistically and thus further influences the environmental performance. However, the environmental profile of the structure is though very case specific; one cannot draw a general conclusion for a certain type of bridge without performing the LCA study. The case study has found that the impact of material manufacture phase is mostly identified significant among the whole life cycle. The availability of the inventory data and project information are appeared as the major problem in the bridge LCA study. Moreover, lack of standardized guideline, criteria and input information is another key issue. A criterion is needed to illustrate what are the qualified limits of a bridge to fulfill the environmental requirements. Therefore, the development of LCA for railway bridges still needs further collaborative efforts from government, industry and research institutes.
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Abbasi, Salman Ali. "Exergetic Life Cycle Assessment of Electrospun Polyvinylidene Fluoride Nanofibers." Scholar Commons, 2014. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5346.

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Assessing the sustainability of nanomanufacturing products and processes has been difficult to achieve using conventional approaches mainly due to an inadequate inventory, large process-to-process variation, and a dearth of relevant toxicology data for nanomaterials. Since these issues are long term in nature, it is required to create hybrid methodologies that can work towards filling the existing gaps. Merging thermodynamic techniques such as the exergy analysis with environmental assessments can help make better, more informed choices while providing an opportunity for process improvement by enabling to correctly quantify efficiency loss through the waste stream, and by locating the exact areas for improvement. A preliminary technique that utilizes environmental assessment feedback during the process design along with an exergy analysis is presented. As a test case, an environmental assessment aided by an exergy analysis was carried out on the electrospinning process for producing polyvinylidene fluoride nanofibers. The areas of greatest concern, both from an environmental as well as a thermodynamic point of view, have been found to be the high energy consumption and the complete loss of solvent during the process of electrospinning. Interestingly, exergy consumption is significantly higher for fibers with a smaller (

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Falano, Temitope. "Sustainability assessment of integrated bio-refineries." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/sustainability-assessment-of-integrated-biorefineries(4a7bb9aa-44a8-4a33-887b-8cfced97d6fa).html.

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Integrated bio-refineries offer a potential for a more sustainable production of fuels and chemicals. However, the sustainability implications of integrated bio-refineries are still poorly understood. Therefore, this work aims to contribute towards a better understanding of the sustainability of these systems. For these purposes, a methodological framework has been developed to assess the sustainability of different 2nd generation feedstocks to produce bio-ethanol, energy, and platform chemicals using bio-chemical or thermo-chemical routes in an integrated bio-refinery.The methodology involves environmental, techno-economic, and social assessment of the bio-refinery supply chain. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is used for the environmental assessment. The economic assessment is carried out using life cycle costing (LCC) along side traditional economic indicators such as net present value and payback period. Social issues such as employment provision and health and safety are considered within the social sustainability assessment. The methodology has been applied to two case studies using the bio-chemical and the thermo-chemical conversion routes and four feedstocks: wheat straw, poplar, miscanthus and forest residue.For the conditions assumed in this work and per litre of ethanol produced, the LCA results indicate that the thermo-chemical conversion is more environmentally sustainable than the bio-chemical route for eight out of 11 environmental impacts considered. The LCA results also indicate that the main hot spot in the supply chain for both conversion routes is feedstock cultivation. The thermo-chemical route is economically more sustainable than the bio-chemical because of the lower capital and operating costs. From the social sustainability point of view, the results suggest that provision of employment would be higher in the bio-chemical route but so would the health and safety risks.

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Navarro, Rosa Jennifer. "Framework for sustainability assessment of industrial processes with multi-scale technology at design level: microcapsules production process." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/8572.

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In a world with limited resources and serious environmental, social and economical impacts, a more sustainable life style is everyday more important. Therefore, the general objective of this work is to develop a methodological procedure for eco-efficiency and sustainability assessment of industrial processes with multi-scale technology at design level. The methodology developed follows the ISO 14040 series for environmental LCA standard. To integrate the three pillars of sustainability the analytical hierarchical process was used. The results are represented in a triple bottom line framework. The methodology was applied to the case study "production of perfume-containing microcapsules" and different scenarios were assessed and compared. Several sustainability indicators were chosen to analyze the impacts. The results showed that this methodology can be used as a decision making tool for sustainability reporting. It can be applied to any process choosing in each case the corresponding set of inventory data and sustainability impact indicators.
En un mundo con recursos limitados y graves impactos ambientales, sociales y económicos, un estilo de vida más sostenible es cada día más importante. Debido a esto, el objetivo general de este trabajo es desarrollar un procedimiento metodológico para evaluar eco-eficiencia y sostenibilidad de procesos industriales con tecnología multi-escala a nivel de diseño. La metodología desarrollada sigue la serie ISO 14040 para el medio ambiente. Se utilizó el proceso analítico jerárquico para integrar los tres pilares de sostenibilidad. Los resultados se presentan en un balance triple. La metodología se aplicó al caso de estudio "producción de micro-cápsulas que contienen perfume" y se analizaron y compararon diferentes escenarios. Se seleccionaron diversos indicadores de sostenibilidad para analizar los impactos. Los resultados demostraron que esta metodología puede ser utilizada como herramienta de toma de decisiones y que puede aplicarse a cualquier proceso seleccionando, en cada caso, los datos del inventario y los indicadores.

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Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan, ed. Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA). Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4562-4.

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Fröhling, Magnus, and Michael Hiete, eds. Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment in Industrial Biotechnology. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47066-1.

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Amani, Pegah. Regional Environmental Life Cycle Assessment for Improving Food Chain Sustainability. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-24009-7.

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Association, Canadian Standards. Life cycle assessment. Rexdale, Ont: Canadian Standards Association, 1994.

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Hauschild, Michael Z., Ralph K. Rosenbaum, and Stig Irving Olsen, eds. Life Cycle Assessment. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56475-3.

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Borrion, Aiduan, Mairi J. Black, and Onesmus Mwabonje, eds. Life Cycle Assessment. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781788016209.

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service), SpringerLink (Online, ed. Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Management. Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011.

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Finkbeiner, Matthias, ed. Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Management. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1899-9.

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Environmental life-cycle assessment. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.

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Foundation, World Resource. Life cycle analysis & assessment. Tonbridge, Kent: World Resource Foundation, 1995.

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Book chapters on the topic "Sustainability Life Cycle Assessment"

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Moltesen, Andreas, and Anders Bjørn. "LCA and Sustainability." In Life Cycle Assessment, 43–55. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56475-3_5.

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van der Meer, Yvonne. "Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment." In Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 1–13. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71058-7_18-1.

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van der Meer, Yvonne. "Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment." In Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 657–69. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95867-5_18.

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Verghese, Karli, and Andrew Carre. "Applying Life Cycle Assessment." In Packaging for Sustainability, 171–210. London: Springer London, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-988-8_5.

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Ciroth, Andreas, Jutta Hildenbrand, and Bengt Steen. "Life Cycle Costing." In Sustainability Assessment of Renewables-Based Products, 215–28. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118933916.ch14.

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Huang, Yue, and Tony Parry. "Pavement Life Cycle Assessment." In Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability and Pavements, 1–40. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44719-2_1.

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Zamagni, Alessandra, Pauline Feschet, Anna Irene De Luca, Nathalie Iofrida, and Patrizia Buttol. "Social Life Cycle Assessment." In Sustainability Assessment of Renewables-Based Products, 229–40. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118933916.ch15.

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Buonopane, Stephen. "Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)." In Sustainability Guidelines for the Structural Engineer, 117–31. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784411193.ch11.

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Mulligan, Catherine N. "Life Cycle Assessment for Sustainability." In Sustainable Engineering, 43–62. Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, a CRC title, part of the Taylor & Francis imprint, a member of the Taylor & Francis Group, the academic division of T&F Informa, plc, 2019.: CRC Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429027468-3.

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Ramjeawon, Toolseeram. "Fundamentals of Life Cycle Assessment." In Introduction to Sustainability for Engineers, 105–61. Names: Ramjeawon, Toolseeram, author. Title: Introduction to sustainability for engineers/Toolseeram Ramjeawon. Description: Boca Raton: CRC Press, [2020]: CRC Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429287855-4.

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Conference papers on the topic "Sustainability Life Cycle Assessment"

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"Life cycle assessment and sustainability." In The 10th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields (BCRRA 2017). Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300: CRC Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315100333-310.

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Clarke-Sather, Abigail R., Saleh Mamun, Daniel Nolan, Patrick Schoff, Matthew Aro, and Bridget Ulrich. "Towards Prospective Sustainability Life Cycle Assessment." In ASME 2020 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2020-22526.

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Abstract Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a well-established tool for measuring environmental effects of existing technology. While the most recent LCA research has focused on environmental impacts, in particular on the effects of climate change, there is growing interest in how LCA can be used prospectively. A 2019 workshop in Duluth, Minnesota sought to define the needs and priorities of prospective life cycle assessment from a perspective that considers diverse viewpoints. In that workshop, participants outlined frameworks for how sustainability impacts might figure into a prospective LCA tool focused on assessing technologies currently under development. Those frameworks included social and economic impacts, which were characterized alongside environmental impacts, with the goal of predicting potential impacts and developing recommendations for improving technologies. Cultural perspective, in particular the roots of the German circular economy, was explored and held up as a reminder that different communities are influenced by different sustainability concerns, leading to diverse policy and cultural prerogatives. The purpose of this paper is to catalyze conversation about how to frame methodologies of existing LCA tools that could be used in a prospective sustainability context.

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Ercan, Mine, Jens Malmodin, Pernilla Bergmark, Emma Kimfalk, and Ellinor Nilsson. "Life Cycle Assessment of a Smartphone." In ICT for Sustainability 2016. Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/ict4s-16.2016.15.

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Andersen, Otto, John Hille, Geoffrey Gilpin, and Anders S. G. Andrae. "Life Cycle Assessment of electronics." In 2014 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech). IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/sustech.2014.7046212.

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Stephens, Robert D., Candace S. Wheeler, and Maria Pryor. "Life Cycle Assessment of Aluminum Casting Processes." In 2001 Environmental Sustainability Conference & Exhibition. 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA, United States: SAE International, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-3726.

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Schöch, Hartmut, Harald Florin, and Michael Betz. "Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in Strategic Risk Management." In 2001 Environmental Sustainability Conference & Exhibition. 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA, United States: SAE International, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-3776.

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Canal Marques, André. "Sustainability in Design Education: Introduction of Life Cycle Assessment." In The 3rd World Sustainability Forum. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/wsf3-a009.

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Zhang, Cheng, Chengtao Wang, John Sullivan, Weijian Han, and Dennis Schuetzle. "Life Cycle Assessment of Electric Bike Application in Shanghai." In 2001 Environmental Sustainability Conference & Exhibition. 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA, United States: SAE International, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-3727.

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Gibson, Thomas L., Sudarshan Kumar, and Candace S. Wheeler. "Evaluation of Life Cycle Assessment Software for Automotive Applications." In 2001 Environmental Sustainability Conference & Exhibition. 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA, United States: SAE International, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-3732.

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Li, Tianqi, Yaodong Wang, and Anthony Paul Roskilly. "Measuring sustainability: Life cycle approach to regional sustainability assessment on electricity options." In 2016 International Conference for Students on Applied Engineering (ICSAE). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icsae.2016.7810206.

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Reports on the topic "Sustainability Life Cycle Assessment"

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Herceg, Sina, Monique Dick, Estelle Gervais, and Karl-Anders Weiß. Conceptualized Data Structure for Sustainability Assessment of Energy and Material Flows: Example of aPV Life Cycle. University of Limerick, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31880/10344/10208.

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Sullivan, J. L., E. D. Frank, J. Han, A. Elgowainy, and M. Q. Wang. Geothermal life cycle assessment - part 3. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), November 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1118131.

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Collins, LaShaun M., Seoha Min, and Jennifer Yurchisin. Sustainability of African-Americans' HMD clothing within the Clothing Life Cycle. Ames: Iowa State University, Digital Repository, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/itaa_proceedings-180814-1854.

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Fox-Lent, Cate, Matthew Bates, and Margaret Kurth. Basics of life-cycle assessment for navigation. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), December 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/34856.

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Mann, M. K., and P. L. Spath. Life cycle assessment of a biomass gasification combined-cycle power system. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/10106791.

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Mann, M. K., and P. L. Spath. Life cycle assessment of a biomass gasification combined-cycle power system. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/567454.

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Spath, P. L., M. K. Mann, and D. R. Kerr. Life Cycle Assessment of Coal-fired Power Production. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), September 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/12100.

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Spath, P. L., and M. K. Mann. Life Cycle Assessment of a Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Generation System. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/776930.

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Zimmerman, Arno, Johannes Wunderlich, Georg Buchner, Leonard Müller, Katy Armstrong, Stavros Michailos, Annika Marxen, et al. Techno-Economic Assessment & Life-Cycle Assessment Guidelines for CO2 Utilization. Global CO2 Initiative, University of Michigan, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/2027.42/145436.

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Tews, Iva J., Yunhua Zhu, Corinne Drennan, Douglas C. Elliott, Lesley J. Snowden-Swan, Kristin Onarheim, Yrjo Solantausta, and David Beckman. Biomass Direct Liquefaction Options. TechnoEconomic and Life Cycle Assessment. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), July 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1184983.

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