A Cradle-to-Grave Life Cycle Assessment of a Graphene-based Supercapacitor
Recent energy crises are mainly connected to the present geopolitical panorama, as well as to depletion of non-renewable resources and environmental degradation, posing the global energy supply chain under pressure. According to some observers, this...
A Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Framework for Co-processing Construction and Demolition Waste in Cement Production in Mexico
The construction sector represents a fundamental pillar of global economic and urban development, yet it is one of the major contributors to environmental impact. Concrete, the most widely used construction material worldwide, carries significant environmental...
Advancing Circularity and Sustainability in Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Thermal (BIPVT) Systems: A Material Flow and Lifecycle Assessment Framework
Abstract Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Thermal (BIPVT) systems offer significant potential for renewable energy generation, yet their circularity and environmental performance across the full life cycle remain insufficiently understood. This study introduces a comprehensive assessment framework that...
Application of a harmonised LCA tool to establish a national food loss and waste baseline for Australia
Australia’s commitment to halving food loss and waste (FLW) by 2030 needs a robust life cycle assessment (LCA) tool to evaluate the environmental performance of diverse reduction strategies within a circular economy context, including prevention,...
Circular thinking for product design and business practices in the context of LCA
In the landscape of sustainable development, Circular Economy proposes a critical paradigm shift, challenging traditional linear models and paving the way for a regenerative and restorative approach. This presentation highlights the need of the application...
Circularity for product design and business practices through a practical LCA-Based roadmap
To achieve the goals of the European Green Deal, it is necessary to make products circular. This presentation explores circular economy (CE) strategies and how they can actively support businesses in meeting their current sustainability...
Consequential life cycle assessment of wood cascading: exemplified for the German waste wood market
Session 13: Waste Management from a Life Cycle Perspective
Its contribution to the bioeconomy and to climate change mitigation is likely to increase the future demand for wood. In this context, wood cascading represents a promising concept to increase the efficiency of wood utilization....
Critical assessment of the scope and practical applicability of circularity indicators for sustainable wind turbine blade life cycle management
The installation of wind turbines (WT) has increased in recent years to support the achievement of the climate neutrality targets worldwide. With a lifetime of 20-25 years, old WTs are reaching their end-of-life and the...
Enabling a circular economy for plastics: Life Cycle Assessment of Chemically Recycled Polyamide Multi-layer Packaging
Recycling technologies should aim to retain as much value in the material as possible, in line with the principles of the circular economy. Chemical recycling represents a technology with high potential to contribute to solving...
Fast, transparent, and ex ante: an LCA-based micro–meso tool for prioritizing environmental actions, demonstrated on a soil treatment company and an electronics company.
Industrial emissions remain at record highs, and operational decisions at company and industrial-park levels have immediate environmental consequences (IEA, 2025; World Bank, 2021). Yet, many life-cycle-based tools for circular economy (CE) planning are retrospective and...
How LCA can support the development of circular economy assessment tool? A proposition at product level
Session 16: Applying Systems Thinking to guide the transition towards a regenerative Circular Economy (2)
While publications on circular economy (CE) indicators have increased over the past four years, they tend to be scattered sporadically among the field of knowledge on environmental sustainability. It is time for current developments in...
Improving innovative production paths of waste wood through uncertainty analysis in LCA
Within our project (REGULUS ISAR) we are looking into reducing the amounts of waste wood being incinerated and increasing the amount of wood used for material utilization by researching innovative production pathways. Herein, we strive...
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