Many tools and concepts in the field of Industrial Ecology are developed in this context, e.g., Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA), streamlined LCA, Design for Environment (DfE), ecological footprint, factor x, environmental space as well as the environmental management systems ISO 14001, EMAS and BS 7750 (Vellinga et al. (1997) give a good overview of different tools). These methods do not necessaril...

Residential buildings consume significant amounts of energy and produce large amount of emissions and waste. However, there is a substantial potential for energy savings in this sector which needs to be evaluated over the life cycle of residential buildings. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology has been employed to study the primary energy uses and associated environmental impacts of differe...

Sustainable development requires methods and tools to measure and compare the environmental impacts of human activities for the provision of goods and services (both of which are summarized under the term "products"). Environmental impacts include those from emissions into the environment and through the consumption of resources, as well as other interventions (e.g., land use) associated with p...

The applications of and recent issues on life cycle assessment (LCA) for agriculture are reviewed in order to provide an integrated perspective on environmental and food safety issues. First, the relationship between the good agricultural practice (GAP) approach and LCA of agricultural production systems is discussed. Second, applications of LCA to agricultural production systems are surveyed m...

The use of recycled materials reduces the need for primary materials and it also minimizes the amount of waste in the production process. Therefore, by using recycled materials, the total material flow necessary for the production of a product can be reduced. Moreover, the total consumption of resources for the production of recycled material is, usually, remarkably inferior that in the product...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the flagship analytical tool in the Industrial Ecology “toolbox”, with a history of 30 years of practical application in both industry and government, and a global and growing body of practitioners in industry and academia. LCA points to opportunities for: a) consumers to select products which are “greener” (that is, less environmentally damaging from an overall p...

Abstract Cereals have been the basis of human and animal nutrition for centuries, according to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2020), between 1961-2019 their global production increased by +240%, reaching about 3 billion tons, accounting 18% climate-changing emissions from agro-food sector. Continued population growth will lead need produce more food, keep up it is estimated t...