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Giorgio Beccali
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Integrated approach to the assessment of waste management systems within the SEA framework
2007
This paper addresses the problem of evaluating the environmental performances of Urban Waste Systems. Specifically, the paper refers to the crucial problem of environmentally analysing the Urban Waste System Management Process. The application of the Dashboard of Sustainability has been deliberately suggested. The method has been selected because of its intrinsic simplicity and because it can provide the simultaneous evaluation of indicators which refer to different fields, such as the Environment, Economics and Quality in Institutional Services. The method has been applied to the city of Palermo. The results obtained have been compared to a couple of ideal scenarios.
Life cycle assessment of a solar thermal collector: sensitivity analysis, energy and environmental balances
2005
Abstract Starting from the results of a life cycle assessment of solar thermal collector for sanitary warm water, an energy balance between the employed energy during the collector life cycle and the energy saved thanks to the collector use has been investigated. A sensitivity analysis for estimating the effects of the chosen methods and data on the outcome of the study was carried out. Uncertainties due to the eco-profile of input materials and the initial assumptions have been analysed. Since the study is concerned with a renewable energy system, attention has been focused on the energy indexes and in particular the “global energy consumption”. Following the principles of Kyoto Protocol, …
New exergy criterion in the “multi-criteria” context: a life cycle assessment of two plaster products
2003
This paper deals with the exergy analysis (EXA) of plaster materials and ranks the environmental burdens due to the production of such materials. The calculation of the exergy loss during the whole examined process represents a relevant index, looking at the technology improvement of a process, as a suitable tool in aid of the trade-off of alternative materials in the decision making. A life cycle inventory is performed for building plaster products and the matrix method is used. The authors extend the application of EXA to life cycle assessment, conducting an exergetic life cycle assessment, and propose an exergetic index in the framework of multi-criteria decision making. An exergy balanc…
Application of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) to Natural Parks and reserves
2006
Natural parks and reserves have to face problems concerning the conservation of their natural resources. Citizens and firms often perceive the institution of new protected areas more as a bind or a restriction to their activities than an added value of the territory. Following the principles of sustainable development, it is necessary to integrate the environmental protection with the needs of neighbouring urban areas and production sites. The implementation of an Environmental Management System (EMS) according to international standards (ISO 14001, EMAS) can support the Park administration in their complex management activities. This paper analysed the criticisms related to the application…
POEMS: A Case Study of an Italian Wine-Producing Firm
2006
Over the last decade, researchers paid much attention to concepts such as Design for Environment, Extended Producer Responsibility, Responsible Chain Management, and Eco-design. Many management tools and standards (such as EMAS, ISO 14001, LCA, EPD, Ecolabel) have been developed to support companies in the evaluation and management of their environmental performance and to pursue continual environmental improvement. The more recent development of the aforesaid fields looks at interorganizational environmental management. Such an approach can complement the more traditional intraorganizational corporate environmental management approaches and tools. A typical example of this new trend is the…
Life cycle assessment of a solar thermal collector
2005
Abstract The renewable energy sources are often presented as ‘clean’ sources, not considering the environmental impacts related to their manufacture. The production of the renewable plants, like every production process, entails a consumption of energy and raw materials as well as the release of pollutants. Furthermore, the impacts related to some life cycle phases (as maintenance or installation) are sometimes neglected or not adequately investigated. The energy and the environmental performances of one of the most common renewable technologies have been studied: the solar thermal collector for sanitary warm water demand. A life cycle assessment (LCA) has been performed following the inter…
Hidden energy and environmental loads of solar thermal collectors: A case study.
2001
The general aim of this work was to investigate a solar thermal collector and the energetic and environmental impacts related to this renewable technology. It was realised an eco-profile of an exemplary equipment, calculating the Cumulative Energy Demand (CED) and the Cumulative Emissions related to the production and use of a collector and the energy (or emissions) saved employing the renewable technology.
Is the transfer function method reliable in a European building context? A theoretical analysis and a case study in the South of Italy
2005
Abstract The available tools for dynamic simulation of the buildings thermal behaviour are manifold, and the most modern ones, known as TRNSYS, are founded upon the use of the Z-transform (ZT) set also called transfer function method (TFM). The transfer function method (TFM), recommended by American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), is one of the most modern tools available to solve heat transfer problems in building envelopes and environments. TFM utilises Z-transforms to solve the equation system that describes the heat transfer in a multi-layered wall. Due to an analogy with an electric circuit, it is possible to write the equation system in a mat…
A web-based autonomous weather monitoring system of the town of Palermo and its utilization for temperature nowcasting
2008
Weather data are crucial to correctly design buildings and their heating and cooling systems and to assess their energy performances. In the intensely urbanized towns the effect of climatic parameters is further emphasized by the "urban heat island" phenomenon, known as the increase in the air temperature of urban areas, compared to the conditions measured in the extra-urban areas. The analysis of the heat island needs detailed local climate data which can be collected only by a dedicated weather monitoring system. The Department of Energy and Environmental Researches of the University of Palermo has built up a weather monitoring system that works 24 hours per day and makes data available i…
Eco-sustainable energy and environmental strategies in design for recycling: the software “ENDLESS”
2003
Abstract This paper describes a model, named “ENDLESS”, useful to address the design process towards more eco-compatible solutions. In particular, this tool can support the designer in the choice of the product with an higher recyclability potential from a set of different alternatives. The model takes into consideration a Multi-Attribute Decision-Making method and allows calculating a “Global Recycling Index” (GRI) starting from a set of energy, environmental, technical and economic indicators. A weight is assigned to each parameter following the experience of the designer; a sensitivity analysis is then performed to state how the different assumptions can affect the final results. The mod…
Transferability to LDC of Some European standards concerning the environmental certification of products and services
2002
Goal and Scope. Western developed countries (DC) are currently involved in an important process of releasing new rules and standards devoted to the environmental certifications of urban systems, in order of accomplishing the requirements established by the international protocols (Kyoto, among them), aimed at the reduction of greenhouse gases emitted in the atmosphere and at the limitation of the environmental impact as well. Within this frame, the European Union is giving a rising importance to the so-called 'Integrated Product Policy' (IPP), that is an integrated approach of the environmental policy, aiming to an improvement of the environmental performance of products and services during…
Single thermal zone balance solved by Transfer Function Method
2005
We present an algorithm that uses the Z-transform operator to face the problem of heat transmission in a single thermal zone composed by multilayered walls. The method is very flexible and could be adopted to calculate the transfer function coefficients able to simulate the thermal behaviour of a room in free floating. Knowing the transfer function coefficients, it is possible to simulate the dynamic profile of each inner surfaces temperature and furthermore of the inner air temperature. The proposed algorithm is fully described granting maximum clarity. The explicitness of all steps of the calculus make possible the definition of a method that is able to vary all of the calculus parameters…
A decision support system to compare different strategies for achieving the Italian Kyoto Protocol commitment
2008
Abstract: In order to meet the Italian Kyoto Protocol commitment, in 2002 the Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning (CIPE) approved the national allocation plan for the reduction of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs), envisioning various alternative scenarios. In this paper an extended impact assessment of the plan is accomplished and some further options are conceived and analysed in order to find an optimal trade-off among the different economic, environmental and social items at stake. After the selection of a set of independent indicators, nine different scenarios for the GHG reductions were evaluated and they were sorted according to the principles of the multicriteria analysis. The re…
Environmental effects of the Sicilian Energy Policy
2005
MESSA A PUNTO DI UN SISTEMA SOLARE FOTOVOLTAICO-TERMICO PVT A BASSA CONCENTRAZIONE
2009
Lo sfruttamento intensivo della risorsa solare può contribuire sensibilmente alla riduzione delle emissioni di gas clima alteranti. La crescita e la diffusione di impianti solari dipendono anche dalla capacità dell'industria di costruire e mettere in commercio collettori solari di nuova concezione ad alta efficienza energetica. Il presente lavoro descrive la realizzazione e la messa a punto di un circuito di prove sperimentali, presso il Dipartimento di Ricerche Energetiche ed Ambientali dell'Università di Palermo, relativo ad un impianto solare costituito da collettori solari parabolici lineari a debole concentrazione caratterizzati dal fatto di riunire in un’unica tecnologia chiamata CPVT…
Dichiarazione Ambientale di Prodotto applicata ai Materiali Bioedili
2005
Studio per la redazione del Piano Energetico della Regione Siciliana, Rapporto di Terza fase, bozze dei piani di Azione
2004
Usi energetici dei residui agricoli della coltivazione cerealicola in associazione con colture no food di rotazione: un caso studio nel Comprensorio …
2008
Parametri di traffico urbano nella raccolta differenziata dei rifiuti solidi urbani
1996
A LCA study for citrus products in the Italian context
2009
A LCA study for citrus products in the Italian context
Il tecnico di fronte alla sostenibilità ambientale degli edifici
2007
Forecasting household electricity consumption with a neural network-based approach
2007
Un approccio neural kriging per la stima spaziale dei campi di vento in Sicilia
2008
Applicazione del metodo GBTool ad edifici dell’area mediterranea
2004
Studio per la redazione del Piano Energetico della Regione Siciliana, Rapporto di Seconda Fase
2004
A Web-based Weather Monitoring Network in the city of Palermo
2008
Application of Sustainable building indexes in the Mediterranean Constructions
2004
Strumenti per la valutazione ambientale degli edifici
2007
The influence of air conditioning systems on the residential electricity consumptions: a neural network application
2006
Energy and Environmental Analysis of an Italian Wind Farm
2006
Schema del Piano Energetico Regionale della Regione Siciliana, Rapporto di Terza Fase
2006
Eco-profilo di un laterizio porizzato: confronto con altri manufatti surrogabili
2009
L'ANALISI DEL CICLO DI VITA APPLICATA AGLI EDIFICI RESIDENZIALI: IL CASO STUDIO DI UN EDIFICIO MONOFAMILIARE
2009
Studio per la redazione del Piano Energetico della Regione Siciliana, Casi studio – Risparmio energetico nella rigassificazione del GNL
2005
Schema del Piano Energetico Regionale della Regione Siciliana, Rapporto Finale
2007
Efficienza energetica ed ambientale delle aree industriali- un caso studio di simbiosi industriale nella provincia di Palermo
2007
Determinazione del quadro complessivo relativo alla utilizzazione del Gas Naturale nel territorio della Regione Siciliana. Relazione di sintesi
2005
La Metodologia dell'Analisi del Ciclo di Vita (LCA) Applicata alle Tecnologie per le Energie Rinnovabili
2006
Sustainable Strategies and Industrial Ecology: a new Approach for the Environmental Management
2006
A neural classifier for the optimal selection of conduction transfer functions
2008
Sistema di rilevazione e pubblicazione dati meteo per la città di Palermo.
2008
Life Cycle Assessment of a building insulating biomaterials. A case study on the Kenaf-fibre thermo insulating board
2006
Requisiti di qualità dei dati negli studi di Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) e nelle Dichiarazioni Ambientali di Prodotto (DAP)
2008
The product oriented environmental Management Systems (POEMS): an experience in the Sicilian agricultural and food context
2005
Data Least Squares solution of the inventory problem in Life Cycle Assessment
2008
Life cycle assessment of building materials: A comparison by electre methodology
1996
There is a growing awareness that in selection of building materials the designer must also consider environmnental impacts, either in global and local scale. Unfortunately, design community has an inadequate knowledge about the factors that affects environmental consequences of producing and operating buidings. To increase understanding on selection criteria and comparison of building alternatives in an “energy and environmental point of view”, is a significant goal for restraining gloabl enevironmental degradation. An interesting approach for assessing comparable products is the so called “multicriteria decision making”, but there is much debate about aggregation of criteria and weights a…
Sintesi dello Studio del TEAM del PER per il forum con le parti sociali e Bozza dei Piani d’Azione
2005
Energy and environmental analysis of a mono-familiar Mediterranean house
2008
Studio per l’istituzione di un centro di competenza per la sostenibilità ambientale e le fonti rinnovabili e valutazione dei percorsi per la diffusio…
2008
A Decision Support System applied to the Italian national allocation plan for the reduction of the GHGs emissions
2007
Analisi del regime anemometrico a scala urbana della città di Palermo
2010
Allo scopo di valutare la possibilità di sfruttare l’energia eolica anche in zone fortemente urbanizzate recentemente la Comunità Europea ha posto tra le sue priorità scientifiche la redazione di atlanti eolici a piccola scala. Al fine di fornire dati che possano condurre ad una corretta valutazione eolica di centri urbani, nel seguente lavoro vengono analizzate le caratteristiche del regime anemometrico dell'area urbana di Palermo, registrate da un rete di monitoraggio automatica afferente al Dipartimento di Ricerche Energetiche ed Ambientali (DREAM) e composta da quattro stazioni meteo. Dopo un esame statistico preliminare, in cui le serie temporali della velocità del vento sono state div…
Usi energetici dei residui agricoli della coltivazione cerealicola in associazione con colture no food di rotazione: Studio nel Comprensorio Madonita…
2008
Studio per la redazione del Piano Energetico della Regione Siciliana, Sintesi del Rapporto di Seconda e Terza Fase Rapporto di Terza fase e bozze dei…
2004
Life cycle assessment of a solar thermal collector
2005
Effetti energetico-ambientali di interventi di retrofit su un edificio residenziale monofamiliare in area mediterranea.
2010
La rilevanza dei consumi di energia primaria nel settore civile d’utenza impone la necessità di definire strategie progettuali orientate al risparmio energetico, quali l’impiego di tecnologie alimentate da fonti rinnovabili, di materiali a basso impatto ambientale e di tecnologie energeticamente efficienti, in tutte le fasi di ciclo di vita dell’edificio. La durata della vita utile di un edificio, il tasso di sostituzione annuale del patrimonio edilizio e il tasso ancora minore delle demolizioni sono fattori peculiari degli edifici, per i quali gli interventi di riqualificazione energetica (retrofit) sugli edifici esistenti costituiscono soluzioni progettuali fondamentali al fine di ridurre…