BEAsT: a decision-support tool for assessing the environmental benefits and the economic attractiveness of best available techniques in industry

Georgopoulou, E.; Hontou, V.; Gakis, N.; Sarafidis, Y.; Mirasgedis, S.; Lalas, D. P.; Loukatos, A.; Gargoulas, N.; Mentzis, A.; Economidis, D.; Triantafilopoulos, T.; Korizi, K.

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.12.002

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“…This flexibility leads to inequalities in implementation between EU member states and within these states. Figure 1 positions the characteristics of some identified assessment methodologies (MIOW + model in (Derden et al, 2002), BEAsT (Georgopoulou et al, 2008), the PNUE methodology (PNUE, 2004), VITO (Dijkmans, 2000), etc.). They were developed under the IPPC directive in relation to their level of application, that is to say, whether they are adapted for local use (industries) or for a higher level in the selection of BAT for BREFs (administration).…”

Section: 3are There Any Bat Assessment Methodologies?mentioning

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“…Nevertheless, Geldermann (2004) bases his methodology on the LCA framework and promotes its use. Indeed, some authors suggest the possibility of combining the LCA with BAT existing qualitative assessment methodologies in order to improve the environmental impact assessment and the crossmedia effect evaluation (Silvo et al, 2009;Geldermann and Rentz, 2004;Georgopoulou et al, 2008;Nieminem et al, 2007). For instance, according to Silvo et al (2009), an LCA-based method would provide further information on the intensity of the impact of various emissions and consumptions within the impact categories, but would not resolve the importance of the various types of impact.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Using BAT performance as an evaluation method of techniques

Cikankowitz

Laforest

2013

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Abstract:The European Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) directive compels the more polluting industries to apply Best Available Techniques (BAT) in order to reach an adequate level of environmental protection. In Europe, despite the difficulty of implementing the IPPC directive, there is nowadays an increasing endeavour to develop methodologies for quantitative integrated assessments of pollution, improve the understanding and application of BAT at the installation stage and facilitate their selection for European Reference Documents. The methodology proposed in this article aims at helping stakeholders (industrialists, authorities) deal with the update of their exploitation licence (i.e. in this case, the French technical report). Taking into account the local context of the studied companies, the methodology focuses on the evaluation of existing BAT techniques and provides a general framework for the assessment of production units and management processes. The methodology is carried out as a four-step procedure involving an environmental and risk performance assessment tool and an evaluation grid for the production unit. Each production unit is rated through an evaluation grid made of six levels of compliance with the performance of BAT. The aggregation of these marks allows the comparison to the IPPC objectives. Finally, the applicability of this qualitative assessment has been validated through several metal finishing facilities.

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Section: 3are There Any Bat Assessment Methodologies?mentioning

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Section: 3are There Any Bat Assessment Methodologies?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Using BAT performance as an evaluation method of techniques

Cikankowitz

Laforest

2013

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Scenario S3 was the most innovative one. Except of elements from other scenarios, it included a new investment, which was incineration plant with possibility of energy and heat recovery, a solution not commonly used in Poland [1,3,4].…”

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“…In the first line, all the criteria are equivalent, in second one, the first group has assigned weight equals 5 while the others 1 and so on. The analysis results are shown in Table 2 [3,[5][6][7].…”

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Considering Risk Associated with the Realization of Waste Management Investment Plans in Cracow

Hajduga

Generowicz

2017

E3S Web Conf.

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Abstract.To fulfill obligations to the European Union on waste management, the authorities of the city of Cracow, decided to build a waste incineration plant. Such investment involves considerable risks, not only financial but also social. The paper conducted a risk analysis based on the index net present value, identifies factors which are particularly exposed, and proposes solutions for reducing its level.

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“…So far, the multi-criteria analysis has been applied e.g. in studies (Brechet and Tulkens 2009, Generowicz et al 2011a, Generowicz et al 2011b, Georgopoulou et al 2008.…”

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The use of multi-criteria analysis for selection of technology for a household WWTP compatible with sustainable development / Zastosowanie analizy wielokryterialnej do wyboru rozwiązania technologicznego przydomowej oczyszczalni ścieków zgodnego z ideą zrównoważonego rozwoju

Jóźwiakowski¹,

Mucha²,

Generowicz³

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Archives of Environmental Protection

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IntroductionAccording to the Polish Standard PN-EN 12566, household wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are defi ned as those serving up to 50 inhabitants. According to the Water Law (Prawo wodne 2001), the maximum throughput of objects of the type is 5 m 3 ·day -1 , and according to the Building Law (Prawo budowlane 2003) -7.5 m 3 ·day -1 . Objects of this type, in Poland and worldwide, are installed primarily in areas with scattered housing, where the construction of a sewerage system and a collective wastewater treatment plant is not economically viable.Data from the Central Statistical Offi ce (GUS 2014) indicate that by the year 2013 in Poland 154,944 household wastewater treatment plants were built. Current estimates and projections (Jóźwiakowski 2012a) indicate that in the coming years over 555 thousand new household wastewater treatment plants can be built in Poland. In the case of building such a great number of objects it is necessary to use technologies that have been tested in practice and that are characterised by a high effi ciency of operation, and that are easy to build and to operate.Household wastewater treatment plants are characterised by specifi c features that set them apart from large collective wastewater treatment plants (Lundin et al. 1999, Mucha and Mikosz 2009, Roeleveld et al. 1997 Abstract: This paper presents the use of multi-criteria analysis as a tool that helps choosing an adequate technology for a household wastewater treatment plant. In the process of selection the criteria of sustainable development were taken into account. Five municipal mechanical-biological treatment plants were chosen for the comparative multi--criteria analysis. Different treatment technologies, such as sand fi lter, activated sludge, trickling fi lter, a hybrid system -activated sludge/trickling fi lter and a hybrid constructed wetland system VF-HF type (vertical and horizontal fl ow) were taken into account. The plants' capacities were 1 m 3 •d -1 (PE=8) and they all meet the environmental regulations. Additionally, a solution with a drainage system was included into the analysis. On the basis of multi-criteria analysis it was found that the preferred wastewater treatment technologies, consistent with the principles of sustainable development, were a sand fi lter and a hybrid constructed wetland type VF-HF. A drainage system was chosen as the best solution due to the economic criteria, however, taking into consideration the primary (ecological) criterion, employment of such systems on a larger scale disagree with the principles of sustainable development. It was found that activated sludge is the least favourable technology. The analysis showed that this technology is not compatible with the principles of sustainable development, due to a lack of proper technological stability and low reliability.

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BEAsT: a decision-support tool for assessing the environmental benefits and the economic attractiveness of best available techniques in industry

Cited by 38 publications

References 4 publications

Using BAT performance as an evaluation method of techniques

Using BAT performance as an evaluation method of techniques

Considering Risk Associated with the Realization of Waste Management Investment Plans in Cracow

The use of multi-criteria analysis for selection of technology for a household WWTP compatible with sustainable development / Zastosowanie analizy wielokryterialnej do wyboru rozwiązania technologicznego przydomowej oczyszczalni ścieków zgodnego z ideą zrównoważonego rozwoju

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