Purpose Good background data are an important requirement in LCA. Practitioners
generally make use of LCI databases for such data, and the ecoinvent database is the …

Sustainability decision making is a complex task for policy makers, considering the possible
unseen consequences it may entail. With a broader scope covering environmental …

To decrease the use of fossil fuels and face the energetic demand, the integration of
renewable energy is a necessary step. Part of this renewable energy can be supplied by the …

Carbon emissions of buildings in the life cycle are huge due to the high resource-intensive
and energy consumption of the buildings industry and its upstream industries. And for …

In the face of the burgeoning interests toward the utilization of nanomaterials in catalyzing
solar-aided chemical processes, the doubts upon the capability of these emerging low-TRL …

Life cycle assessments (LCAs) of electricity generation are increasingly incorporating more
granular spatial and temporal information, enhancing the accuracy of both inventories and …

Due to the complexity of power systems, tracking emissions attributable to a specific
electrical load is a daunting challenge but essential for many environmental impact studies …

Abstract Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an increasingly widespread method for the
environmental accounting of products and services. Since almost all production processes …

This paper presents the studies on the effect of three process parameters; temperature,
pressure and reaction time on the subcritical and supercritical hydrothermal liquefaction of …

Durable goods last for years, decades, or even centuries. The environmental implications of
the changing social, economic, and material conditions in which these goods are embedded …