Illuminating sustainability: a comprehensive review of the environmental life cycle and exergetic impacts of solar systems on the agri-food sector

B Hamidinasab, H Javadikia, F Hosseini-Fashami… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The develo** agri-food sector significantly boosts food production and plays a crucial role
in resolving the global food crisis. This development is valuable when accompanied by …

Recent developments in life cycle assessment

G Finnveden, MZ Hauschild, T Ekvall, J Guinée… - Journal of environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
Life Cycle Assessment is a tool to assess the environmental impacts and resources used
throughout a product's life cycle, ie, from raw material acquisition, via production and use …

Performance indicators for a circular economy: A case study on post-industrial plastic waste

S Huysman, J De Schaepmeester, K Ragaert… - Resources, conservation …, 2017 - Elsevier
A linear economy approach results in many environmental challenges: resources become
depleted and end up as waste and emissions. One of the key strategies to overcome these …

[BOOK][B] Life cycle assessment (LCA): a guide to best practice

W Klöpffer, B Grahl - 2014 - books.google.com
This first hands-on guide to ISO-compliant Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) makes this powerful
tool immediately accessible to both professionals and students. Following a general …

Cumulative energy demand in LCA: the energy harvested approach

R Frischknecht, F Wyss, S Büsser Knöpfel… - … International Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) is today an important methodology to
quantify the life cycle based environmental impacts of products, services or organisations …

Energy-Life cycle assessment on applying solar technologies for greenhouse strawberry production

F Hosseini-Fashami, A Motevali… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change impacts, limited fossil fuel resources and escalating energy demand result
in the use of clean and renewable energies such as solar thermal energy for sustainable …

Mineral resources in life cycle impact assessment—part I: a critical review of existing methods

T Sonderegger, M Berger, R Alvarenga, V Bach… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The safeguard subject of the Area of Protection “natural Resources,” particularly
regarding mineral resources, has long been debated. Consequently, a variety of life cycle …

Integration of artificial intelligence methods and life cycle assessment to predict energy output and environmental impacts of paddy production

A Nabavi-Pelesaraei, S Rafiee, SS Mohtasebi… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Prediction of agricultural energy output and environmental impacts play important role in
energy management and conservation of environment as it can help us to evaluate …

Comparative life cycle assessment of reactive MgO and Portland cement production

S Ruan, C Unluer - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
Reactive magnesia (MgO) cements are proposed as a potentially sustainable binder due to
their lower production temperatures (∼ 800 vs. 1450° C) than Portland cement (PC) and …

Comparative environmental impacts of additive and subtractive manufacturing technologies

H Paris, H Mokhtarian, E Coatanéa, M Museau… - Cirp Annals, 2016 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing technologies are opening new opportunities in term of production
paradigm and manufacturing possibilities. Nevertheless, in term of environmental impact …