Comparative evaluation of life cycle impact assessment software tools through a wind turbine case study

Martínez, E.; Blanco‐Fernández, Julio; Jiménez, E.; Sáenz-Díez, J.C.; Sanz, F.

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2014.08.004

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“…At present, a variety of LCA evaluation methods (such as tools for the reduction and assessment of chemical and other environmental impacts (TRACI) [41], the environmental design of industrial products (EDIP) [42], and Recipe [43]) have been widely used to evaluate the environmental impact of different products and different processes of production. This paper used Recipe to evaluate the environmental impact of the process of land resource-asset-capitalization.…”

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Empirical Research on the Process of Land Resource-Asset-Capitalization—A Case Study of Yanba, Jiangjin District, Chongqing

Fan

Chen

et al. 2020

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As an effective land policy that can invigorate rural construction areas and balance urban and rural development, land tickets not only concretely embody the land resource-asset-capitalization process, but also bring economic benefits to the farmers concerned. However, from the perspective of resource-asset-capitalization, the specific environmental impacts and economic costs of the process in land tickets and the changes in the values of ecosystem services need to be considered. This paper uses land tickets in Yanba, Jiangjin, Chongqing as an example, combined with life cycle assessment (LCA), life cycle cost assessment (LCC), and methods for the evaluation of ecosystem services to quantify the environmental load, economic costs, and changes in the value of ecosystem services in the process of land resource-asset-capitalization. Moreover, through this analysis, we attempted to determine the contributions of different environmental indicators and the key links restricting the whole process of land resource-asset-capitalization. On this basis, through a sensitivity analysis, we explored the possibility of reducing environmental impact during the whole process of land resource-asset-capitalization. Through this research, we sought to explore the realization process of land tickets and to enrich the empirical research on land resource-asset-capitalization.Sustainability 2020, 12, 1236 2 of 23 very limited due to the uneven development of its economy, the uneven distribution of its resources, and its large population base. At the same time, with the adjustment of China's macroeconomic policies and the changes in personal development intentions, increasingly more rural people have begun to leave the countryside for better development opportunities in cities [7][8][9][10]. However, due to limited land resources, a large amount of cultivated, high-quality land will inevitably be occupied to meet the needs of the increasing urban population in the process of China's urbanization. If a series of compensation measures are not taken, the ultimate result of this development model is likely to endanger China's red line of 120 million hectares of arable land and aggravate the contradiction between humans and the land. Taking China's land resources as an example, it is necessary to explore the future of China's land resources under the background of economic development.In order to develop and utilize land resources rationally, the Chinese government began to attach importance to the capitalization construction of natural resources. The "resource-asset-capital" trinity of land resource management idea, put forward by the Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China, is the most prominent of these measures. The Ministry of Natural Resources noted that natural resources should be managed gradually according to the "trinity" relationship of resources to assets and assets to capital, to revitalize existing limited natural resources and to help utilize idle natural resources to the greatest extent. The operation a...

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Section: Impact Categories and Impact Assessment Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Empirical Research on the Process of Land Resource-Asset-Capitalization—A Case Study of Yanba, Jiangjin District, Chongqing

Fan

Chen

et al. 2020

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“…External costs or costs not directly incurred by the producer are not considered. For the determination of the E-LCC, the EPS calculation model was used (Martínez et al 2015), which estimates the economic cost of polluting emissions based on the willingness to pay (WTP) of the responsible company, to avoid a worsening of the situation created or to remedy a damage caused, attributing an economic value to the damage. The model identifies four main categories of damage: Human Health, Ecosystem Production Capacity, Abiotic Stock Resource, Biodiversity.…”

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The Paradigms of Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy as Enabling Drivers for the Competitiveness of Businesses and Territories: The Case of an Italian Ceramic Tiles Manufacturing Company

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Sustainable development and the circular economy are two important issues for the future and the competitiveness of businesses. The programs for the integration of sustainability into industrial activities include the reconfiguration of production processes with a view to reducing their impact on the natural system, the development of new eco-sustainable products and the redesign of the business model. This paradigm shift requires the participation and commitment of different stakeholder groups and industry can completely redesign supply chains, aiming at resource efficiency and circularity. Developments in key ICT technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), help this systemic transition. This paper explores the phases of the transition from a linear to a circular economy and proposes a procedure for introducing the principles of sustainability (environmental, economic and social) in a manufacturing environment, through the design of a new Circular Business Model (CBM). The new procedure has been tested and validated in an Italian company producing ceramic tiles, using the digitalization of the production processes of the Industry 4.0 environment, to implement the impact assessment tools (LCA—Life Cycle Assessment, LCC—Life Cycle Costing and S-LCA—Social Life Cycle Assessment) and the business intelligence systems to provide appropriate sustainability performance indicators essential for the definition of the new CBM.

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“…Currently, evaluation frameworks such as the tool for the reduction and assessment of chemical and other environmental impacts (TRACI) [33] and the environmental design of industrial products (EDIP) [34] are widely used to evaluate the impact of different products and processes on the environmental burden. This paper uses CML to evaluate the environmental impact of the pig farming industry-dragon fruit planting-forage planting-fishery industry-mushroom planting-biogas generation-organic fertilizer production circular agriculture model.…”

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Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment of Circular Agriculture: A Case Study in Fuqing, China

Fan

Zhang

et al. 2018

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The process for reasonably evaluating the potential impacts of circular agriculture on the environment has become a key issue in the sustainable development of circular agriculture. Based on this consideration, by using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and focusing on the circular agriculture industry company of Xingyuan, Fuqing, this paper evaluates the potential impacts of the pig farming industry-dragon fruit planting-forage planting-fishery industry-mushroom planting-biogas generating-organic fertilizer production circular agriculture model compared to a main agriculture industrial model, the pig farming industry, from environmental and environmental-economic perspectives. Moreover, this paper determines key elements that restrict the development of circular agriculture through a sensitivity analysis. The results show that if we simply consider the potential environmental impacts, circular agriculture does not produce better results than those of the main agricultural production model. In addition, if we consider reducing the potential environmental impact as well as improving the economic benefits from the perspective of a "reduction ring", we should consider removing mushroom planting and organic fertilizer from the circular agriculture framework. Moreover, if we want to reduce the potential environmental impact without changing the current recycling model, we should focus on the premix components, especially the three main components of corn, soybean meal, and whey protein concentrate.

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Comparative evaluation of life cycle impact assessment software tools through a wind turbine case study

Cited by 33 publications

References 42 publications

Empirical Research on the Process of Land Resource-Asset-Capitalization—A Case Study of Yanba, Jiangjin District, Chongqing

Empirical Research on the Process of Land Resource-Asset-Capitalization—A Case Study of Yanba, Jiangjin District, Chongqing

The Paradigms of Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy as Enabling Drivers for the Competitiveness of Businesses and Territories: The Case of an Italian Ceramic Tiles Manufacturing Company

Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment of Circular Agriculture: A Case Study in Fuqing, China

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