Applying the handprint approach to assess the air pollutant reduction potential of paraffinic renewable diesel fuel in the car fleet of the city of Helsinki

Lakanen, Laura; Grönman, Kaisa; Väisänen, Sanni; Kasurinen, Heli; Soininen, Asta; Soukka, Risto

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.125786

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“…The environmental handprint approach presented in this paper, aims to respond to the need for specific guidelines to assess positive impacts of products, services, organizations, and projects for several environmental impact categories including climate change, air quality along with nutrient, water, and resource use. The environmental handprint approach from the air quality perspective recently presented by Lakanen et al [9] is another example for an environmental handprint besides the handprint presented in this present article.…”

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confidence: 90%

Approach for assessing environmental handprints

Lakanen

Grönman²,

Kasurinen³

et al. 2022

E3S Web Conf.

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The need to reveal positive environmental consequences of offerings has risen as urgent climate actions are needed from companies. The environmental handprint approach was developed to indicate the positive environmental impacts of a solution offered to a client. The environmental handprint approach builds upon the previously published carbon handprint approach. The approach follows the guidelines of ISO standards on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) but complements them with instructions for calculating positive environmental impacts. The environmental handprint framework allows consideration of several different environmental impacts including climate impacts, air quality, and utilization of nutrients, water and resources, and it can be applied to products, services, organisations and projects. The framework consists of four main stages: 1. Handprint requirements, 2. Additional LCA requirements, 3. Quantification, 4. Communication. The handprint approach provides an important addition to life cycle studies. Handprints can be used by organizations to communicate the environmental benefits of their products, services, and technologies. They also serve as an aid to identify improvement potential throughout the life cycle of an offering, thus supporting product development and decision making. Case studies supported the methodology development. A case related to water handprint in water treatment in the mining industry is presented in this paper.

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Section: Figmentioning

confidence: 90%

Approach for assessing environmental handprints

Lakanen

Grönman²,

Kasurinen³

et al. 2022

E3S Web Conf.

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“…The carbon handprint approach has been modified recently to cover other elements besides products and services, such as projects and organisations through their product portfolios as well as other environmental categories beyond climate change [27]. In Lakanen et al, the carbon handprint was applied in the context of air quality [28].…”

Section: Methodology Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Carbon Handprint Approach for Cities and Regions: A Framework to Reveal and Assess the Potential of Cities in Climate Change Mitigation

Lakanen

Kumpulainen²,

Helppi

et al. 2022

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Cities play a pivotal role in climate change mitigation; however, the methodology to quantify actual emission reduction potential of climate interventions implemented by cities and regions has been lacking. The aim of this study is to create a framework to assess positive climate impacts of cities and regions by modifying the life-cycle assessment (LCA)-based carbon handprint framework. Additionally, a step-by-step guidance to perform calculations is presented. A case study of the Finnish city of Espoo is used to further develop and test the regional handprint approach both qualitatively and quantitatively. According to our research, a city′s carbon handprint can be determined through the three main mechanism categories of ownership, operating environment and projects. In the case of Espoo, the carbon handprint of building public electric vehicle charging stations on city-owned land from the mechanism category of ownership showed to be up to 110 tCO2eq/a for 18 charging stations. However, the overall handprint of a city consists of several actions, to be calculated separately. The regional carbon handprint approach provides a useful instrument to reliable quantify and communicate the innovative climate actions implemented by a city and it can be used in cities′ climate work as well as in marketing and branding purposes. Handprint turns the focus on possibilities for increasing a city vitality. As a provider of climate solutions, a city can attract new taxpayers and by focusing efforts to a certain sector, a city can help companies to reach synergies in fields essential from the climate point of view.

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“…For example, the EP is used as an additional confirmation that the offered system does not adversely affect the environment; it is not used as a component of the N handprint. The N handprint is, thus, in line with the air quality handprint, which only considers changes in the mass balance of air pollutants and not, for example, midpoint environmental impacts or endpoint health impacts of air pollutants (Lakanen et al, 2021).…”

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“…To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to assess positive impacts on nutrient cycles by applying the handprint methodology. Previously, the handprint approach has been modified to quantify an air quality handprint (Lakanen et al, 2021) and for the use of cities and regions to quantify their positive climate actions (Lakanen et al, 2022). This study was conducted as a part of the Environmental Handprint Project by the research institution VTT and LUT University during the years 2018-2021 (Vatanen et al, 2021), and it constitutes an essential part of the extensive methodological entity of the environmental handprint introduced by Pajula et al (2021) and Lakanen et al (2022a).…”

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confidence: 99%