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Costructal law, exergy analysis and life cycle energy sustainability assessment: an expanded framework applied to a boiler
2020
Purpose Life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) is one of the most relevant tools delving in sustainability science, based currently on the triple bottom line idea that is defined as the contemporary implementation of the three tools of life cycle assessment (LCA), life cycle costing (LCC) and social life cycle assessment (S-LCA). The methodology is currently being applied to a wide set of products and systems. However, as per in the large interest towards energy-related products, the sustainability assessment of energy systems—in particular those where fluid streams are used—could be more effective if some further stages could be included in the analysis, i.e. a process level analysis …
Investigating Tools for Sustainability Assessment of Road Pavements in Europe
2022
Sustainability assessment (SA) is a method to support decision making processes through the evaluation of system effectiveness, environmental integrity, economic valuation, and social implications [1]. SA can be carried out through the application of life-cycle-based techniques for quantitative assessment, or by performing a mainly qualitative approach via sustainability rating systems (SRS). In the field of civil engineering, many SRS have been proposed, all based on assigning point values to actions that are determined to contribute to the overall sustainability of the project. However, only few of these systems can be applied specifically to compare road pavement technologies and/or main…
Life cycle energy sustainability assessment: an expanded framework for energy technologies
2018
Life Cycle sustainability assessment is one of the most relevant tools delving in sustainability science, based currently on the triple bottom line idea, that is identified in the use of the three tools of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Costing (LCC) and Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA). The methodology is structured on international regulations and is currently being applied to a wide set of products and systems. However, when targeting specifically energy technologies with this methodology some specific issues need to be taken in consideration before applying tout court the standard LCSA methodology. Energy systems – in particular those where fluid streams are used – have an …
Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment al comparto edilizio – teoria e applicazioni pratiche.
2014
Un questionario per un’analisi di sostenibilità: il primo passo verso la Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment
2011
L’obiettivo principale di questo lavoro è la presentazione di un questionario, quale strumento d’indagine per la raccolta di dati primari per l’analisi delle prestazioni di sostenibilità di un prodotto edile. In particolare, tale questionario renderà più agevole la fase di raccolta dei dati finalizzati all’implementazione della Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) ai principali materiali utilizzati in edilizia. Il settore edile in Sicilia riveste un ruolo rilevante, nonostante la crisi, e questo lo rende un settore strategico per uno sviluppo di tipo sostenibile The main target of this work is the presentation of a questionnaire as a useful tool to collect primary data for a sustaina…