Integrated life cycle sustainability assessment – A practical approach applied to biorefineries

Keller, H.; Rettenmaier, Nils; Reinhardt, Guido A.

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.095

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“…The most common indicators in the LCSA studies reflected different aspects of accidents/safety risks, economic development, and education. Keller et al [44] also accounted for impacts on a higher systems level through the indicator "socio-economic repercussions". Furthermore, Santoyo-Castelazo and Azapagic [35] used qualitative indicators such as public acceptability and diversity of supply.…”

Section: Indicators Present In Life Cycle Sustainability Assessmentsmentioning

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“…The six LCSA articles found in the literature review [34,35,[43][44][45][46] each applied in total between eight and 29 indicators in the assessment of environmental, economic, and social sustainability. A total of eight environmental impact categories were included in the studies reviewed: climate change, energy use, acidification, eutrophication, abiotic depletion, photochemical oxidant creation, toxicity, and particulate emissions.…”

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Life Cycle Sustainability Evaluations of Bio-based Value Chains: Reviewing the Indicators from a Swedish Perspective

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Abstract:Policymakers worldwide are promoting the use of bio-based products as part of sustainable development. Nonetheless, there are concerns that the bio-based economy may undermine the sustainability of the transition, e.g., from the overexploitation of biomass resources and indirect impacts of land use. Adequate assessment methods with a broad systems perspective are thus required in order to ensure a transition to a sustainable, bio-based economy. We review the scientifically published life cycle studies of bio-based products in order to investigate the extent to which they include important sustainability indicators. To define which indicators are important, we refer to established frameworks for sustainability assessment, and include an Open Space workshop with academics and industrial experts. The results suggest that there is a discrepancy between the indicators that we found to be important, and the indicators that are frequently included in the studies. This indicates a need for the development and dissemination of improved methods in order to model several important environmental impacts, such as: water depletion, indirect land use change, and impacts on ecosystem quality and biological diversity. The small number of published social life cycle assessments (SLCAs) and life cycle sustainability assessments (LCSAs) indicate that these are still immature tools; as such, there is a need for improved methods and more case studies.

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Section: Indicators Present In Life Cycle Sustainability Assessmentsmentioning

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Life Cycle Sustainability Evaluations of Bio-based Value Chains: Reviewing the Indicators from a Swedish Perspective

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“…An extension to the LCSA framework was introduced by Keller et al [37]. In order to take barriers to implementation into account, thus providing a better basis for decision support, they proposed four elements of evaluation: technology, environment, economy, and social, with only the environmental indicators derived from a clearly life cycle based tool (LCA).…”

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“…Other prominent fields for future research were the communication of LCSA results [37,39,40] and data availability [7,37].…”

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Review of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Potential for Its Adoption at an Automotive Company

2017

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Abstract:The aim of this paper is to guide the next steps of a PhD thesis through a structured review of the state of the art and implementation of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA), and to identify challenges and potentials for its adoption at an automotive company. First, the structured literature review was conducted on LCSA to screen the current methodological and practical implementations and to identify the main research needs in the field. Second, a research on the current status of LCSA within the automotive industry was carried out by means of investigation of published sources of 15 Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM). By combining the results of both steps and consulting with decision makers, the challenges and potential for adopting LCSA at an automotive company were identified. The main challenges for adoption of LCSA were found to be: (1) the consistent execution of the three life cycle based assessment methods; (2) the comparatively low maturity of Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA); and (3) the adequate presentation and interpretation of results. Next steps towards implementation would be a case study to gather experience on the combined execution of the three life cycle based assessments at an automotive company. Furthermore, it should be determined what the needs of decision makers at an automotive company are regarding the aggregation and interpretation of environmental, social, and economic impacts.

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“…Keller et al [6] discussed the adoption of Integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (ILCSA) as ex-ante decision support tool. ILCSA has already been applied in five large EC-funded projects: its scope is to support decision-makers through a structured discussion of results, facilitating the extrapolation of concrete conclusions and key recommendations, but maintaining the necessary flexibility to focus on those sustainability aspects relevant in the respective decision situation.…”

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Life Cycle Assessment of Algae Biofuels: Needs and challenges

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Integrated life cycle sustainability assessment – A practical approach applied to biorefineries

Cited by 83 publications

References 20 publications

Life Cycle Sustainability Evaluations of Bio-based Value Chains: Reviewing the Indicators from a Swedish Perspective

Life Cycle Sustainability Evaluations of Bio-based Value Chains: Reviewing the Indicators from a Swedish Perspective

Review of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Potential for Its Adoption at an Automotive Company

Life Cycle Assessment of Algae Biofuels: Needs and challenges

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