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An energy and carbon life cycle assessment of industrial CHP (combined heat and power) in the context of a low carbon UK
The UK has targets to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050 compared to a 1990 baseline. The Transition Pathways research consortium has generated a set of three low carbon UK electrical futures, together with the...
Combined heat and power Industrial energy life cycle assessment Transition Pathways /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Sustainability and life cycle assessment (LCA) of macroalgae-derived single cell oils
Marine macroalgae (seaweed) has many advantages over terrestrial crops as a source of renewable biomass but is severely underutilised at present, especially within Europe. In particular, macroalgae has elevated poly- and...
Economic analysis life cycle assessment Oleaginous yeast Saccharina latissima Single cell oils /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2100/2105 name=Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2300 name=General Environmental Science /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1400/1408 name=Strategy and Management /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2209 name=Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water name=SDG 14 - Life Below Water
Understanding the greenhouse gas balances of bioenergy systems.
Paul Adams, Alice Bows, Paul Gilbert, Jim Hammond, David Howard, Rachel Lee, Niall McNamarra, Patricia Thornley, Carly Whittaker, Jeanette Whitaker
Sep 01, 2013
Bioenergy systems play a key role in the UK’s energy future because they offer the triple benefits of being renewable, sustainable and incurring lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than fossil fuels, such as coal, oil or...
Greenhouse gas Bioenergy Biomass energy crop carbon debt LCA life cycle assessment land use change GHG balance /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/zero_hunger name=SDG 2 - Zero Hunger /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land name=SDG 15 - Life on Land
Biomass sustainability criteria
Biomass sustainability criteria were introduced in the UK following the EU Renewable Energy Directive. Criteria are now applicable to solid biomass and biogas, however because it is not mandatory criteria can be adapted by...
Anaerobic digestion Biogas biomethane Greenhouse gas life cycle assessment sustainability criteria LCA Bioenergy sustainability /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
From private to social cost-benefit analysis
Cement production is linked to heavy environmental load with exigences for reduction and substitution of raw materials and energy demands/sources. Recently, with the potential commercial discovery of natural gas (NG) reserves in...
Cement decision-making life cycle assessment monetization ReCiPe2016 Stepwise2006 /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3305 name=Geography, Planning and Development /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2000/2002 name=Economics and Econometrics /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2308 name=Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Small-scale biomass gasification CHP utilisation in industry
Biomass gasification is regarded as a sustainable energy technology used for waste management and producing renewable fuel. Using the techniques of life cycle assessment (LCA) and net energy analysis this study quantifies the...
life cycle assessment LCA Bioenergy Gasification CHP industry /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Use of LCA as a development tool within early research
Purpose The aim of this paper is to highlight the challenges that face the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) for the development of emerging technologies. LCA has great potential for driving the development of products and...
Biofuel Emerging technologies food processing life cycle assessment Nanotechnology novel scale-up /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Use of LCA as a development tool within early research
Purpose The aim of this paper is to highlight the challenges that face the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) for the development of emerging technologies. LCA has great potential for driving the development of products and...
Biofuel Emerging technologies food processing life cycle assessment Nanotechnology novel scale-up /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Are eucalyptus harvest residues a truly burden-free biomass source for bioenergy? A deeper look into biorefinery process design and Life Cycle Assessment
Guilherme Pessoa Nogueira, Marcelle C. McManus, David J. Leak, Telma Teixeira Franco, Marina Oliveira de Souza Dias, Carla Kazue Nakao Cavaliero
May 25, 2021
With the advent of RenovaBio, Brazil has cast a new light towards the life cycle of cellulosic ethanol. Once considered a resource intensive alternative pathway to achieve the same biofuel, second-generation approaches can...
Biorefinery design Cellulosic ethanol Eucalyptus Harvest residues life cycle assessment /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2100/2105 name=Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2300 name=General Environmental Science /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1400/1408 name=Strategy and Management /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2209 name=Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Life cycle impacts of shower water waste heat recovery
Recovering heat from waste water discharged from showers to preheat the incoming cold water has been promoted as a cost-effective, energy-efficient, and low-carbon design option which has been included in the UK’s Standard...
Domestic hot water Showers Heat recovery Water heat exchange life cycle cost life cycle assessment Sport facilities /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2100/2105 name=Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2312 name=Water Science and Technology /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2215 name=Building and Construction /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2216 name=Architecture /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
An energy and carbon life cycle assessment of industrial CHP (combined heat and power) in the context of a low carbon UK
The UK has targets to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050 compared to a 1990 baseline. The Transition Pathways research consortium has generated a set of three low carbon UK electrical futures, together with the...
Combined heat and power Industrial energy life cycle assessment Transition Pathways /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Attributional life cycle assessment of mounted 1.8 kWp monocrystalline photovoltaic system with batteries and comparison with fossil energy production system
The use of renewable technologies will increase with the requirement to meet carbon reduction targets. However, this must be done in a sustainable manner. This paper compares the impact of the current Lebanese electricity system...
Energy production systems Environmental impact Lead-acid batteries life cycle assessment photovoltaic /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Are eucalyptus harvest residues a truly burden-free biomass source for bioenergy? A deeper look into biorefinery process design and Life Cycle Assessment
Guilherme Pessoa Nogueira, Marcelle C. McManus, David J. Leak, Telma Teixeira Franco, Marina Oliveira de Souza Dias, Carla Kazue Nakao Cavaliero
May 25, 2021
With the advent of RenovaBio, Brazil has cast a new light towards the life cycle of cellulosic ethanol. Once considered a resource intensive alternative pathway to achieve the same biofuel, second-generation approaches can...
Biorefinery design Cellulosic ethanol Eucalyptus Harvest residues life cycle assessment /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2100/2105 name=Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2300 name=General Environmental Science /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1400/1408 name=Strategy and Management /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2209 name=Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Embodied carbon assessment using a dynamic climate model
The enormous environmental impact of construction is becoming increasingly apparent and unacceptable to many structural engineers, whose designs typically account for the majority of a building's embodied carbon. It is timely...
life cycle assessment Building design Embodied carbon Timber Climate Emergency /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action
Integration of life cycle assessments (LCA) in circular bio-based wall panel design
Valeria Cascione, Matt Roberts, Stephen Allen, Barrie Dams, Dan Maskell, Andrew Shea, Pete Walker, Stephen Emmitt
Apr 10, 2022
To assess the potential benefits and impacts of circular bio-based buildings, life cycle assessment (LCA) is a valuable method to identify systems or elements that have negative effects on the environment during the whole...
Bio-based circularity construction life cycle assessment sustainability /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2100/2105 name=Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2300 name=General Environmental Science /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1400/1408 name=Strategy and Management /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2209 name=Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
From private to social cost-benefit analysis
Cement production is linked to heavy environmental load with exigences for reduction and substitution of raw materials and energy demands/sources. Recently, with the potential commercial discovery of natural gas (NG) reserves in...
Cement decision-making life cycle assessment monetization ReCiPe2016 Stepwise2006 /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3305 name=Geography, Planning and Development /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2000/2002 name=Economics and Econometrics /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2308 name=Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Understanding the greenhouse gas balances of bioenergy systems.
Paul Adams, Alice Bows, Paul Gilbert, Jim Hammond, David Howard, Rachel Lee, Niall McNamarra, Patricia Thornley, Carly Whittaker, Jeanette Whitaker
Sep 01, 2013
Bioenergy systems play a key role in the UK’s energy future because they offer the triple benefits of being renewable, sustainable and incurring lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than fossil fuels, such as coal, oil or...
Greenhouse gas Bioenergy Biomass energy crop carbon debt LCA life cycle assessment land use change GHG balance /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/zero_hunger name=SDG 2 - Zero Hunger /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land name=SDG 15 - Life on Land
Comparative cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment of wood pellet production with torrefaction
Torrefaction is a thermal pre-treatment process for upgrading raw biomass into a more energy dense fuel. Torrefied biomass is combined with a densification process to increase its bulk density similar to conventional...
life cycle assessment torrefaction wood pellets LCA Bioenergy torrefied pellets /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action
Embodied carbon assessment using a dynamic climate model
The enormous environmental impact of construction is becoming increasingly apparent and unacceptable to many structural engineers, whose designs typically account for the majority of a building's embodied carbon. It is timely...
life cycle assessment Building design Embodied carbon Timber Climate Emergency /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action
Small-scale biomass gasification CHP utilisation in industry
Biomass gasification is regarded as a sustainable energy technology used for waste management and producing renewable fuel. Using the techniques of life cycle assessment (LCA) and net energy analysis this study quantifies the...
life cycle assessment LCA Bioenergy Gasification CHP industry /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Biomass sustainability criteria
Biomass sustainability criteria were introduced in the UK following the EU Renewable Energy Directive. Criteria are now applicable to solid biomass and biogas, however because it is not mandatory criteria can be adapted by...
Anaerobic digestion Biogas biomethane Greenhouse gas life cycle assessment sustainability criteria LCA Bioenergy sustainability /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
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