Resources for environmental impacts and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

• Composting
• Concern for the environment is not a new phenomenon ...
• Ecoinvent environmental data
• LCA data for unsaturated polyester, vinyl ester resins (13 January 2025)
• transparency regarding ecoinvent users’ system model choices (Saade et al, 2019)
• Embodied energy
• calorific value of pyrolysis gas derived from various composite materials
• carbon prices required for profits to remain unchanged
• environmental impacts of various materials and processes
• unit energies for composites processing
• Environmental impact classification factors (Azapagic)
• Acidification Potential (AP)
• Aquatic Toxicity Potential (ATP)
• Eutrophication Potential (EP)
• Global Warming Potential (GWP)
• Human Toxicity Potential (HTP)
• Non-Renewable/Abiotic Resource Depletion (NRADP)
• Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP)
• Photochemical Oxidants Creation Potential (POCP)
• Environmental Impact Classification Factors for cork
• Life Cycle Assessment (review papers)
• Life Cycle Assessment/Analysis (LCA)
• Life Cycle Assessment allocation (Ekvall and Finnveden, 2001)
• allocation in LCA of flax fibres for the reinforcement of composites (Summerscales and Dissanayake, 2017)
• allocation in LCA of lignin  correction (Hermansson et al, 2020)
• axiomatic method for goal-dependent allocation in life cycle assessment (Schrijvers et al, 2021)
• critical review of guidelines ... consistency on allocation procedures for recycling in LCA (Schrijvers et al, 2016)
• co-product allocation for agricultural systems (Mackenzie et al, 2017)
• uncertainty due to allocation approaches and life cycle impact assessment methods (Cherubini et al, 2018)
• Life Cycle Assessment factsheet (InnProBio)
• Life Cycle Assessment for natural fibre composites and bio-based resins (resources)
• Life Cycle Assessment for Composites – a key tool for addressing sustainability issues (Composites UK webinar 1h 50m)
• Life Cycle Assessment impact categories
• Life Cycle Assessment quantified environmental impacts
• Table 1: Potential environmental impacts/kg associated with synthetic fibre reinforcement production
• Table 2: Potential environmental impacts/kg associated with natural fibre reinforcement production
• Table 3: Potential environmental impacts/(ton or tonne) associated with synthetic vinyl ester or bio-based epoxy resin production
• Table 4: Energy input, Global Warming Potential and ReCiPe points for polymers.
• Table 5: Potential environmental impacts/ton associated with composites
• Table 6: Environmental externalities associated with production of 1 ton of fibre
• Life Cycle Costing (LCC) (review papers)
• Life Cycle Costing factsheet (InnProBio)
• Natural Fibres - environmental, technical and economic issues
• Table 1: Some quantitative data for the environmental impacts of various materials and processes.
• Table 2: Unit energies for composites processing
• Table 3: Calorific value of pyrolysis gas derived from various composite materials
• Table 4: Carbon prices required for profits to remain unchanged
• SimaPro software
• LCA with Simapro 8: Tutorial 1 (5'01")
• LCA with Simapro 8: Tutorial 2 (6'06")
• LCA with Simapro 8: Tutorial 3 (5'45")
• LCA with Simapro 8: Tutorial 4 (6'23")
• Sustainability and the value of Eco-System Services
• Value of Eco-System Services

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Created by John Summerscales on 18-Feb-2022 and updated on 15-Jan-2025 15:52. Terms and conditions. Errors and omissions. Corrections.