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
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• 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.