Life cycle sustainability dashboard and communication strategies of scientific data for sustainable development

Camana, Daniela; Manzardo, Alessandro; Fedele, Andrea; Toniolo, Sara

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-823987-2.00006-4

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“…Already the DoS had the function to influence the public debate, support decision-makers, and help to rethink the strategies of governments, agencies, or development banks [13]. The application has been modified to assess complex data not only for countries and communities anymore but to extend it for districts and cities on the one hand and the other hand to apply it also for products, services, and organizations [15,17].…”

Section: Life Cycle Sustainability Dashboardmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To simplify this visualization process, it is indispensable to improve the communicability of the data which LCSD does through its visual presentation. The visualization makes it easier to interpret the results, provides a comprehensible picture of the aspects compared in LCSA, and ejects the positive and negative impacts of the assessment [13,17].…”

Section: Life Cycle Sustainability Dashboardmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Visualization and Interpretation of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment—Existing Tools and Future Development

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The aim of this study is the evaluation of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) visualizations, which have been gaining increasing relevance in recent years. Despite this, the final interpretation and visualization of LCSA are not yet sufficiently established. Three of the existing LCSA visualization tools, Life Cycle Sustainability Triangle (LCST), Life Cycle Sustainability Dashboard (LCSD), and Sustainability Crowns, are compared and discussed along previously established target criteria. Subsequently, a “new” visualization tool (LCSA-Wheel) is developed based on analysis results and tested within a case study. It became clear that the LCST and Sustainability Crowns are mainly used to help weigh the sustainability dimensions. Nevertheless, the Sustainability Crowns meet most of the defined target criteria and thus serve as a model for the development of a visualization approach. The LCSD maps a wealth of information but is more difficult to understand without a deeper dive into the topic. The proposed LCSA-Wheel adopts a clear structure and provides information needed to understand the visualization. Although further developments are still necessary for general applicability, there is a justified assumption, shown with the help of a case study, that the LCSA-Wheel will gain acceptance in science and practice and thus drive the use of the LCSA.

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Section: Life Cycle Sustainability Dashboardmentioning

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Section: Life Cycle Sustainability Dashboardmentioning

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Visualization and Interpretation of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment—Existing Tools and Future Development

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“…In a broader context, the combination of different environmental tools and frameworks is particularly interesting and desirable to have a more complete picture of the strategies analysed and to minimise rebound effects and promote fair communication 37 and true sustainability 38 .…”

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Investigating the integration between life cycle thinking, green chemistry principles and sustainability policies

2022

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Green chemistry and life cycle assessment are two methodologies used in environmental studies, both theoretically and practically. The purpose of this analysis was to assess whether and how green chemistry principles could be integrated into the life cycle assessment methodology and to local and international industrial policies to achieve sustainability goals at the territorial level. First, some contributions that life-cycle thinking gives to green chemistry and vice versa are proposed, based on existing research. Data are provided using tables to summarise contents and graphs to outline interconnections, also considering the four steps of life cycle assessment, showing some available references of previous studies. Secondly, some possible points of integration between the 12 principles of green chemistry and environmental policies are listed. For each principle of green chemistry, a possible integration with international and local strategies is proposed. A list of references that might be useful to investigate possible patterns of study for territorial and industrial uses, is provided too. The results show that life cycle thinking and green chemistry can be integrated into theoretical and practical case studies, since many interconnections exist. These interconnections permit one to use the best characteristics of each method to improve the reliability of the other method and, finally, to solve environmental, industrial, and engineering problems with a more comprehensive approach. In addition, green chemistry principles can be easily associated with main environmental policies at the international, national, regional, and local levels. This allows one to use results, knowledge, and expertise of the green chemistry framework and apply them to industries, territories, and communities. The similarities highlighted in this analysis need further investigation in future studies since they can help decision making process in sustainability policies.

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“…Sustainability does not comprehend only environmental issues, but also economic and social concerns (Camana et al, 2021e). In addition, the importance given to each aspect can be subjective.…”

Section: Sustainability Of Projectsmentioning

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“…As seen, value choices are present in the whole assessment process. Many instruments have been tested and numerous guidelines have been provided in the years to promote the sharing of data on sustainability among different non-expert stakeholders, including governors, entrepreneurs, and citizens (Camana et al, 2021e).…”

Section: Sustainability Of Projectsmentioning

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Assessing environmental sustainability of projects with different tools. A life cycle perspective.

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In recent years, industrial and civil projects and policies usually include improvement of sustainability performance. Many instruments, tools, and targets exist to assess environmental performance and sustainability. Life cycle assessment is one of the most used and robust tools. The aim of this analysis is to evaluate if different approaches can result in different environmental sustainability assessment results. Some case studies based on previous research are listed. Results of selected tools – carbon footprint, design for disassembly criteria, environmental product declaration targets, national targets of the Italian recovery plan, sustainable development goals, green chemistry principles, waste hierarchy objectives, material circular indicators – are compared to the outcomes of the life cycle thinking approach. The assessment of environmental sustainability performance of projects appears to depend on the tool used. Thus, the role of selected instruments, subjective choices, fair communication of results, and sustainability definition are investigated. Finally, future areas of study are indicated.

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Life cycle sustainability dashboard and communication strategies of scientific data for sustainable development

Cited by 5 publications

References 41 publications

Visualization and Interpretation of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment—Existing Tools and Future Development

Visualization and Interpretation of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment—Existing Tools and Future Development

Investigating the integration between life cycle thinking, green chemistry principles and sustainability policies

Assessing environmental sustainability of projects with different tools. A life cycle perspective.

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