Cleaner Production and LCA as Complementary Tools in Environmental Assessment: Discussing Tradeoffs Assessment in a Case of Study within the Wood Sector in Brazil

Panameño, Ronald; Gutiérrez-Aguilar, Carlos Mario; Angel, B. E.; Fábio-César, Sandro; Kiperstok, Asher

doi:10.3390/su11185026

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“…The purpose of this study is to obtain the amount of equivalent CO 2 emissions produced by the 120Wp HPS rural concession in San Martin region. Therefore, the global warning potential (GWP) category must be used, according to the ILCD midpoint 2011 method [23]. The pollutants associated to the entire process can be represented quantitatively in units corresponding to the studied impact category, i.e., kg CO 2 eq [24], of so-called Carbon Footprint (CF), see Table 13.…”

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Carbon and Water Footprint Evaluation of 120Wp Rural Household Photovoltaic System: Case Study

Tama¹,

Vicente²

2023

SGRE

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This study uses the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to evaluate the magnitude of the environmental impact, in terms of global warming potential, and water footprint throughout the 20 years of useful life of a rural electrical energy concession comprised of 120Wp Households photovoltaic systems (HPS) in the isolated communities of San Martin, in the Peruvian Amazon region. On the other hand, due to the particular conditions of the system (installation, operation, maintenance, monthly tariff collection), it is necessary to know its real impact and sustainability; not only through the aforementioned environmental impact indicators, but also by energy intensity values required by the system throughout its life cycle. Therefore, this paper used the Cumulative energy demand (CED) method to determine the amount of energy taken from natural resources for each process involved in the LCA and calculated with this, i.e., the Energy Payback Time (EPBT) of the whole system. Likewise, the HPS has been environmentally compared to other case studies and the Peruvian Energy Mix, revealing a lower impact in the latter case and results within the range for stand-alone systems. Besides, the HPS shows a strong relation between energy production and O&M condition. Additionally, this study allows a further promotion of the use of this type of system in isolated areas, as well as the diversification of electricity generation in Peru.

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Carbon and Water Footprint Evaluation of 120Wp Rural Household Photovoltaic System: Case Study

Tama¹,

Vicente²

2023

SGRE

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“…Economic barriers hamper the implementation of CP in SMEs in the furniture manufacturing sector, especially throughout Latin America. Nevertheless, the application of CP enables continuous improvement, sustainable business strategies with low complexity parameters and small financial investment [22,44].…”

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(Re)layout as a Strategy for Implementing Cleaner Production: Proposal for a Furniture Industry Company

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This article includes the proposal of a (re)layout project as a strategy to implement Cleaner Production (CP) practices, with a furniture manufacturing company in the Brazilian municipality of Palhoça (Santa Catarina, Brazil) as a case study. This work is characterized as applied research, using a multi-methodological approach, being subdivided into two different steps: literature review and case study. The (re)layout project led to an increase of the administrative area by 25.18%, having had a positive impact on the management areas, aiming towards the integration of Environmental Management, ecodesign, Production Planning and Control sectors. The project led to a decrease of the total stock area of raw materials/storage by 70.01 m2, representing a reduction of 25.59% when compared to the previous area. The project resulted in an increase of the plant production capacity, increasing the production area by 33.33%, thus optimizing areas and sectors, combining those which are inter-related. The byproducts also stood out in the layout mapping, with the areas allocated to byproducts being reduced by 51.69%. Therefore, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) were fulfilled. The removal of physical waste and production losses can be achieved from a (re)layout project integrated with CP by optimizing, areas, sectors, flows and processes.

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“…These tools are techniques or methods that allow to exercise control in determining the current environmental status of a process or service, in order to strategically support the use of resources, thus generating a preventive proposal that includes actions aimed at support the processes, re-evaluate the objectives, goals, verify and exercise control in environmental management, in addition to providing valuable information for decision-making, thus generating an impact on the environment with less risk and generating an integration of the processes that would lead to the reduction of waste and emissions. What is simply summarized in social, environmental and economic benefits (Panameño et al, 2019;Pereira et al, 2018;Koroljova & Voronova, 2007).…”

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Ecomap or Ecomapping in the productive sector: Practical tool for the diagnosis of the environmental situation

Sierra¹,

Ahumada-Villafañe²

2021

IPSA Scientia rev. cient. multidiscip.

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The organizations are aware of the need to insert them in this international market, which has as a mandatory requirement to demonstrate a solid environmental performance in correspondence with the expectations of the interested parties and the transparency of their information. The application of environmental management tools constitutes a fundamental element within modern business strategies, since they allow improving the environmental performance of a company, without affecting its profitability and even increasing it, since its adoption implies concepts of quality and technical efficiency. The Ecomaps allow analyzing, managing and communicating on the management of resources, water, energy, materials and supplies, as well as the management of waste, emissions, discharges and risks in a productive or functional activity, in environmental matters. The main objective of this review article is to qualitatively analyze the scientific literature available in the Science Direct, Scielo, Redalyc databases and official Web pages, using as search words: environment, industrial, ecomap, company, sustainability. Relevant information related to the proposed objective was obtained, which is presented in 3 sections: Diagnosis of the environmental situation in companies, Ecomap or Ecomapping, Types of Ecomaps. Ecomapping is a step-by-step process to collect useful information and trigger immediate environmental actions. The ecomaps verify the processes and behaviors of the collaborators and induce immediate improvements.

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Cleaner Production and LCA as Complementary Tools in Environmental Assessment: Discussing Tradeoffs Assessment in a Case of Study within the Wood Sector in Brazil

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

Carbon and Water Footprint Evaluation of 120Wp Rural Household Photovoltaic System: Case Study

Carbon and Water Footprint Evaluation of 120Wp Rural Household Photovoltaic System: Case Study

(Re)layout as a Strategy for Implementing Cleaner Production: Proposal for a Furniture Industry Company

Ecomap or Ecomapping in the productive sector: Practical tool for the diagnosis of the environmental situation

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