A framework for modelling indirect land use changes in Life Cycle Assessment

Schmidt, Jannick Højrup; Weidema, Bo Pedersen; Brandão, Miguel

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.03.013

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“…In order to quantify this effect for chitosan production, we have applied the model for indirect land use changes (iLUCs) developed by Schmidt et al (2015).…”

Section: Land Use Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Life cycle assessment of chitosan production in India and Europe

Muñoz

Rodríguez²,

Gillet³

et al. 2017

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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“…In order to quantify this effect for chitosan production, we have applied the model for indirect land use changes (iLUCs) developed by Schmidt et al (2015).…”

Section: Land Use Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Life cycle assessment of chitosan production in India and Europe

Muñoz

Rodríguez²,

Gillet³

et al. 2017

Int J Life Cycle Assess

107

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“…As a conservative value, we applied the former factor to the gross value of land cultivated with hemp in a separate examination. We did not assign such factors to the system analyses in general because such iLUC is still marked by high uncertainties [45][46][47]. Table 3.…”

Section: Land Use Change Effectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resource Usage Strategies and Trade-Offs between Cropland Demand, Fossil Fuel Consumption, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions—Building Insulation as an Example

2016

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Bioresources are used in different production systems as materials as well as energy carriers. The same is true for fossil fuel resources. This study explored whether preferential resource usages exist, using a building insulation system as an example, with regard to the following sustainability criteria: climate impact, land, and fossil fuel demand. We considered the complete life cycle in a life cycle assessment-based approach. The criteria were compared for two strategies: one used natural fibers as material and generated production energies from fossil fuels; the other generated production energies from bioenergy carriers and transformed fossil resources into the insulation material. Both strategies finally yielded the same insulation effect. Hence, the energy demand for heating the building was ignored. None of the strategies operated best in all three criteria: While cropland demand was lower in the bioenergy than in the biomaterial system, its fossil fuel demand was higher. Net contribution to climate change was in the same range for both strategies if we considered no indirect changes in land use. Provided that effective recycling concepts for fossil-derived insulations are in place, using bioresources for energy generation was identified as a promising way to mitigate climate change along with efficient resource use.

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“…Schmidt (2015) states that in the Agri-food industry there is a lesser quantity and quality of environmental studies than in other industrial sectors, as for example in automotive and construction industries. So, despite its quest for sustainability (Bremmers et al, 2007), the Agri-food sector needs to enhance the credibility and quality of the provided information (Simnett et.…”

Section: -Discussion On the Information Quality And Quantity Of Assesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Proposal for a LCA improvement roadmap in the Agri-food sector based on information exchange requirements and the enclosed data in recent LCAs works

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A framework for modelling indirect land use changes in Life Cycle Assessment

Cited by 155 publications

References 12 publications

Life cycle assessment of chitosan production in India and Europe

Life cycle assessment of chitosan production in India and Europe

Resource Usage Strategies and Trade-Offs between Cropland Demand, Fossil Fuel Consumption, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions—Building Insulation as an Example

Proposal for a LCA improvement roadmap in the Agri-food sector based on information exchange requirements and the enclosed data in recent LCAs works

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