Towards a Sustainable Future - Life Cycle Management : : Challenges and Prospects.

• Author: Klos, Zbigniew Stanislaw.
• TeilnehmendeR: Kalkowska, Joanna.; Kasprzak, Jędrzej.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2021.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (317 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Sustainable Products -- Ecodesign as a New Lever to Enhance the Global Value Proposition: From Space to Corporate -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Principles of Responsibility Driving Stronger Environmental Commitments -- 1.2 From a Commitment to an Effective Implementation? -- 1.3 Challenges Related to Constrained Engineering Environments -- 2 Retrospective Analysis of the GreenSat Project -- 2.1 Objective and Methodological Approach -- 2.2 Introduction to the GreenSat Project -- 2.3 Retrospective Analysis from a Product Strategy Perspective -- 3 A Transposable and Replicable Resulting Methodology -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- The "Environmental Activation Energy" of Modularity and Conditions for an Environmental Payback -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Life Cycle Assessment of Modularity -- 2.1 Smartphone Modularity -- 2.2 Digital Voice Recorder Concept DPM D4R -- 2.3 Embedding of Components for a Modular Printed Circuit Board Assembly -- 3 Design Rules for Modularity -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Quantitative Environmental Impact Assessment for Agricultural Products Caused by Exposure of Artificial Light at Night -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 2.1 Development of a Method for Assessing Light Pollution Impact on Rice Cultivation -- 2.1.1 Procedures for Assessing the Impact of Light Pollution on Rice Cultivation -- 2.1.2 Effect Analysis -- 2.1.3 Damage Analysis -- 2.2 Case Study Using One Unit of Outdoor Lighting -- 2.2.1 Assessment Method -- 2.2.2 Inventory Analysis -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Development of Impact Assessment Methods -- 3.1.1 Correlation Between Illuminance and Heading Delay -- 3.1.2 Correlation Between Heading Delay and Yield -- 3.2 Damage Factor Results -- 3.2.1 Correlation Between Illuminance and Yield.

3.3 Case Study Results by One Outdoor Lighting Unit -- 3.3.1 Illumination Distribution in the Paddy Field -- 3.3.2 Endpoint Calculation Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- City Air Management: LCA-Based Decision Support Model to Improve Air Quality -- 1 Introduction -- 2 City Air Management: Solution and Methodology -- 3 Results and Discussion -- References -- Is Environmental Efficiency Compatible with Economic Competitiveness in Dairy Farming? A Case Study of 80 Luxembourgish Farms -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Material and Methods -- 2.1 The Investigated Farms and the Protein Autarky -- 2.2 The LCA Methodology Applied and Economic Indicators Used -- 2.3 The Principle of Farm Segregation and Statistics Analysis -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Main Conclusions -- References -- Dynamic and Localized LCA Information Supports the Transition of Complex Systems to a More Sustainable Manner Such as Energy and Transport Systems -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Four Applications -- 3 Smart Charging for Bus Depots -- 3.1 Method -- 3.2 Results -- 3.3 Interpretation -- 4 Smart Cooling -- 4.1 Methodology -- 4.2 Results -- 4.3 Interpretation -- 5 Smart Chemistry, Methanol from Steel Mill Gases -- 5.1 Methodology -- 5.2 Results -- 5.3 Interpretation -- 6 City Air Management -- 6.1 Methodology -- 6.2 Results -- 6.3 Interpretation -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Applying the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to Estimate the Environmental Impact of Selected Phases of a Production Process of Forming Bottles for Beverages -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Research Methodology -- 2.2 Determination of Goal and Scope -- 2.3 System Boundary and Functional Unit -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Sustainable Technologies.

Accounting for the Temporal Fluctuation of Wind Power Production When Assessing Their Environmental Impacts with LCA: Combining Wind Power with Power-to-Gas in Denmark -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Material and Methods -- 2.1 Environmental Impacts of the Wind Turbine -- 2.2 Environmental Impacts of the P2G Systems -- 2.3 Assessment of the Need and Use of Storage -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Power-to-Methane Scenario -- 3.2 Power-to-Hydrogen Scenario -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: Hydrogen Production as a Showcase for an Emerging Methodology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Sustainable Development Goals and LCSA Indicators -- 2.2 Multi-criteria Decision Analysis -- 2.3 Equal Weighting of SDGs -- 3 Case Study -- 4 Discussion and Results -- 4.1 SDG-Guided Indicator Weights -- 4.2 PROMETHEE Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Role of Stochastic Approach Applied to Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) from Secondary Sources Case Studies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Uncertainty Analysis of LCI -- 3 LCI Data Quality and Collection -- 4 Simulation Model: Model Assumptions -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 5.1 Covas (Portugal) Old Tungsten Mine Case Study -- 5.2 New Kankberg (Sweden) Old Gold Mine Case Study -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Extending LCA Methodology for Assessing Liquid Biofuels by Phosphate Resource Depletion and Attributional Land Use/Land Use Change -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Attributional Land Use and Land Use Change -- 2.1 Background -- 2.2 Approach -- 2.3 Application Example: GHG Emissions Including aLULUC of European Rapeseed Biodiesel -- 3 Phosphate Rock Demand -- 3.1 Background -- 3.2 Approach -- 3.3 Application Example: Phosphate Rock Demand of Different Biofuels -- 4 Conclusions -- References.

The Environmental Assessment of Biomass Waste Conversion to Sustainable Energy in the Agricultural Biogas Plant -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Life Cycle Assessment Benchmark for Wooden Buildings in Europe -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data and Method -- 2.1 Background Data for a Typical (European Average) Wooden Single-Family House -- 2.2 Design of a Typical (European Average) Wooden Single-Family House -- 3 Life Cycle Assessment of a Typical (European Average) Wooden Single-Family House -- 3.1 Goal and scope -- 3.2 Life Cycle Inventory -- 4 Results -- 5 Discussion, Outlook, and Conclusion -- References -- Importance of Building Energy Efficiency Towards National and Regional Energy Targets -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Turkey's Total and Sectoral Energy Demand -- 2.1 Energy Consumption Per Capita -- 2.2 Factors that Contribute to Total and Building Energy Consumption -- 3 Role of Building Energy Efficiency Targets Towards National Goals -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Part III: Sustainable Organisations -- Enhancing Social-Environmental-Economical Systemic Vision: Applying OLCA in a NGO -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Goal and Scope -- 3.2 Inventory Analysis -- 3.3 Impact Assessment -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- LCA in the Field of Safety at Work: A New Engineering Study Subject -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Setting Internal Price of Environmental Criteria, the Good Way to Transform Organization? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Method -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Height: Carbon Price Level -- 3.2 Width: Emissions Coverage -- 3.3 Depth: Business Influence -- 3.3.1 Assessing the Environmental P&amp -- L -- 3.3.2 Including the Cost of Externalities in the TCO -- 3.3.3 Including a Shadow Price in the NPV.

3.3.4 Integrating the External Costs in the Portfolio Strategy -- 3.4 Time -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Sustainable Markets and Policy -- Metal and Plastic Recycling Flows in a Circular Value Chain -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research Methodology -- 3 Empirical Findings and Discussions -- 3.1 Metal Flow -- 3.2 Plastic Flow -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Social Life Cycle Indicators Towards a Sustainability Label of a Natural Stone for Coverings -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Aims of the Study and Assumptions -- 3 Weaknesses of Natural Stone Sector -- 4 Outcomes -- 5 Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- A Life Cycle-Based Scenario Analysis Framework for Municipal Solid Waste Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Framework Description -- 2.1 Scope and System Boundaries -- 2.2 Modular Modeling -- 2.3 Scenario Analysis Modeling -- 3 Illustrative Scenario Analysis Case Study -- 4 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- The Life Cycle Sustainability Indicators for Electricity Generation in Chile: Challenges in the Use of Primary Information -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Goal and Scope -- 3 Methodological Procedure -- 3.1 Definition of Environmental, Economic and Social Indicators -- 3.2 Data Sources, Quality and Assumptions -- 3.3 Variation on Indicator Values -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 4.1 Analysis of Data Quality and Sources -- 4.2 Environmental Indicators -- 4.3 Economic Indicators -- 4.4 Social Indicators -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Translating LCA Evidence into Performance-Based Policy Criteria for the Photovoltaic Product Group -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Policy Requirements Proposal: Mandatory Instruments -- 3.1.1 Recommendation 1: Ecodesign Minimum Mandatory Requirements for Modules and Inverters -- 3.1.2 Recommendation 2: Energy Label for Residential Systems.

3.2 Policy Requirements Proposal: Voluntary Instruments.