Concentrating solar systems: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and environmental issues

Food Polymeric Packaging Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

  Food packaging is used to maintain the safety and quality of food during distribution and storage and to protect them from adverse internal and external conditions, such as water vapor, spoilage due to microorganisms, moisture, light, and dust. In this regard, lots of research studies have been done to increase shelf life, safety, and quality to create suitable physico...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in Forestry – State and Perspectives

Nacrtak Environmentally sound technologies are a key to reduce resource use and environmental impact. The paper reviews the state of knowledge of an analysis tool, life cycle assessment (LCA), by addressing three issues: 1) methodological foundations of LCA, 2) lifecycle inven­ tory modeling, and 3) environmental performance indicators for wood supply systems. The study results in the following...

Environmental Assessment of Solid Waste Landfilling in a Life Cycle Perspective (LCA model EASEWASTE)

Comparison of simplified environmental assessments versus full life cycle assessment (LCA) for the electronics designer

Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) are evolving as the most advanced method for comparing the environmental effects of products. In the complex field of electronic and microelectronic components a lot of effort has to be invested in data gathering, before serious assessments can be attempted. Today it is still not possible for an average company to include environmental optimization by LCA in the tim...

Use of the life-cycle assessment (LCA) toolbox for an environmental evaluation of production processes*

Green chemistry not only emphasizes the central production process of the “green” chemical, but it ultimately requires a life-cycle conceptual approach for each chemical product. A life-cycle conceptual approach comprises the consideration of all stages along the life cycle of a chemical (i.e., raw material extraction, pre-production, production, use, recycling, and disposal) as well as the con...