Sentences with phrase «using life cycle impact»

Chiu, Y., Suh, S., Pfister, S., Hellweg, S., Koehler, A. 2012: Measuring ecological impact of water consumption by bioethanol using life cycle impact assessment.

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Life Cycle Assessments and Life Cycle Thinking applies not just to products and packages themselves, but to the whole life cycle, from cradle - to - grave or cradle - to - cradle and includes the impacts of raw material sourcing, manufacture, product production, packaging, transportation, distribution, retail, consumer use and then post-use recovery or dispoLife Cycle Assessments and Life Cycle Thinking applies not just to products and packages themselves, but to the whole life cycle, from cradle - to - grave or cradle - to - cradle and includes the impacts of raw material sourcing, manufacture, product production, packaging, transportation, distribution, retail, consumer use and then post-use recovery or dispCycle Assessments and Life Cycle Thinking applies not just to products and packages themselves, but to the whole life cycle, from cradle - to - grave or cradle - to - cradle and includes the impacts of raw material sourcing, manufacture, product production, packaging, transportation, distribution, retail, consumer use and then post-use recovery or dispoLife Cycle Thinking applies not just to products and packages themselves, but to the whole life cycle, from cradle - to - grave or cradle - to - cradle and includes the impacts of raw material sourcing, manufacture, product production, packaging, transportation, distribution, retail, consumer use and then post-use recovery or dispCycle Thinking applies not just to products and packages themselves, but to the whole life cycle, from cradle - to - grave or cradle - to - cradle and includes the impacts of raw material sourcing, manufacture, product production, packaging, transportation, distribution, retail, consumer use and then post-use recovery or dispolife cycle, from cradle - to - grave or cradle - to - cradle and includes the impacts of raw material sourcing, manufacture, product production, packaging, transportation, distribution, retail, consumer use and then post-use recovery or dispcycle, from cradle - to - grave or cradle - to - cradle and includes the impacts of raw material sourcing, manufacture, product production, packaging, transportation, distribution, retail, consumer use and then post-use recovery or disposal.

Released to the public in June 2017, the latest corrugated industry life cycle assessment (LCA) confirms continued environmental progress through increased efficiencies in mill energy systems, increased use of low - impact fossil fuels, and increased recovery for recycling.

The Food Recovery Challenge is part of the EPA's Sustainable Materials Management Program, which seeks to reduce the environmental impact of food and other widely - used everyday items through their entire life cycle, including how they are extracted, manufactured, distributed, used, reused, recycled, and disposed.

* Based on streamlined life cycle assessment (LCA) by Environmental Packaging International on various packaging options, using a web - based Packaging Impact Quick Evaluation Tool (PIQET).

The study used life cycle assessment (LCA) to estimate the impacts of microwave appliances, taking into account their manufacture, use and end - of - life waste management.

Depending on the category in which the product falls, there can be a high environmental impact during the manufacturing stage or use stage of a product's life cycle.

In Design for the Environment: Life - Cycle Approach Using a Newsvendor Model, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Gal Raz and research colleagues investigated which segments of a product's life cycle create the biggest environmental impacts and where firms should invest their resources in order to reduce those impaLife - Cycle Approach Using a Newsvendor Model, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Gal Raz and research colleagues investigated which segments of a product's life cycle create the biggest environmental impacts and where firms should invest their resources in order to reduce those impCycle Approach Using a Newsvendor Model, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Gal Raz and research colleagues investigated which segments of a product's life cycle create the biggest environmental impacts and where firms should invest their resources in order to reduce those impalife cycle create the biggest environmental impacts and where firms should invest their resources in order to reduce those impcycle create the biggest environmental impacts and where firms should invest their resources in order to reduce those impacts.

Environmental economists try to calculate the environmental impacts from making products by using tools called life - cycle assessments or «multi-regional input - output» models, abbreviated MRIO.

He is providing key pieces of the puzzle to help progress the development of electric cars, and shows in his thesis how life cycle assessment, LCA, can be used to minimise their environmental impact in the long term.

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a systems method that provides a holistic overview of a product's environmental impact over its life cycle from raw material extraction, through production processes and use, to waste management, including all transportation and energy consumption in the intermediate staLife cycle assessment (LCA) is a systems method that provides a holistic overview of a product's environmental impact over its life cycle from raw material extraction, through production processes and use, to waste management, including all transportation and energy consumption in the intermediate stalife cycle from raw material extraction, through production processes and use, to waste management, including all transportation and energy consumption in the intermediate stages.

Life - cycle engineering, of which Frangopol is a recognized pioneer, is an approach to assess the environmental impacts in conjunction with economic impacts that includes a structure's life cycle from its production to its use and its Life - cycle engineering, of which Frangopol is a recognized pioneer, is an approach to assess the environmental impacts in conjunction with economic impacts that includes a structure's life cycle from its production to its use and its life cycle from its production to its use and its end.

Geyer and Zinc are experts in life - cycle assessment (LCA), which quantifies the environmental impacts of products and services throughout their life cycle, from resource extraction through use and end of life.

In order to study the different configurations of RWH, the following methodologies were used: exergy analysis and exergetic efficiency analysis to determine resource consumption and efficiency; life cycle assessment (LCA) to identify environmental impacts; life cycle costing (LCC) to find economic feasibility, and data envelopment analysis (DEA) to identify the frontiers of best - practice towards sustainability.

One limitation to all studies that aim to quantify the environmental impacts of human diets is that many of the life - cycle analyses used by researchers are conducted in other countries.

Oxford, 04 April 2018 — Oxford PV — The Perovskite Company, the leader in the field of perovskite solar cells, today announced that its perovskite - on - silicon tandem solar cells, currently being used to conduct a life - cycle environmental impact study, have shown positive first results.

The slides analyse the role of the product life cycle and the Boston matrix and evaluate the impact of extension strategies on a business and how the Boston matrix can be used in the management of a firm's product portfolio.

Focusing the LCA on three key impacts — direct land use, life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and fossil fuel requirements — the researchers identified PV electricity for battery electric vehicles as the superior sun - to - wheels conversion method.

Geyer R, Stoms D, Lindner J, Davis F, Wittstock B (2010) Coupling LCA and GIS for biodiversity assessments of land use: Part 2 — Impact assessment, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 15 (7), 692 - 703.

By understanding the complete life cycle of plastic products we use every day, we can begin to understand the impacts those products have on our climate, our environment, and our bodies.

For new technologies the ETA team often starts with a life - cycle energy, water, or materials analysis to understand the technology's impacts when scaled up, and then uses other models as needed, such as an atmospheric chemistry model or energy system model.

Both the type of feedstock and the manner in which it is developed and harvested significantly affect land use and life - cycle global warming emissions impacts of producing power from biomass.

Earlier this year a team of University of Minnesota researchers looked at the life - cycle air quality impacts of alternatives to conventional gasoline vehicles and found that powering vehicles with corn ethanol or with coal - based or grid electricity increases «monetized environmental health impacts by 80 % or more relative to using conventional gasoline.»

Geyer and Zink are experts in life - cycle assessment (LCA), which quantifies the environmental impacts of products and services throughout their life cycle, from resource extraction through use and end of life.

A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an evaluation of the ecological impact of a product over its expected life: including the life stages of raw material extraction, manufacture, transportation, product use, and / or dispoLife Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an evaluation of the ecological impact of a product over its expected life: including the life stages of raw material extraction, manufacture, transportation, product use, and / or dispolife: including the life stages of raw material extraction, manufacture, transportation, product use, and / or dispolife stages of raw material extraction, manufacture, transportation, product use, and / or disposal.

Studying the tax code's impact on GHG emissions the panel will necessarily focus heavily on energy, both the life cycles of different energy sources and their uses in different sectors such as electricity generation, transportation, industrial processes, and consumer uses (including in households).

Looking at ways to measure and reduce our day to day impact on the environment, Life Cycle Analysis and ecological footprint calculations have been used to measure to what level our lifestyles affect the planet and the environment we live in.

There is a wide range in the estimated heat - trapping emissions and other environmental impacts from each biofuel over its life cycle (i.e., from farm to finished fuel to use in the vehicle), depending on the feedstock, production process, and model inputs and assumptions.

Reuse - We're examining materials and manufacturing processes that allow for materials used in the zero impact boot to be repurposed at the end of their life cycle.

«More and more Quebecers are becoming aware of the environmental impact of buildings and their use, so they're looking for sustainable homes that have a much lower environmental and economical impact over their life cycle,» says Nicolas Ayotte, president and CEO of Via Capitale.

Environmental impact is measured over the life cycle of a building, from the manufacture of the materials to construction, use by occupants, maintenance, repairs and renovations and finally the end - of - life phase.