Water–energy Nexus: a case of biogas production from energy crops evaluated by Water Footprint and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methods

Pacetti, Tommaso; Lombardi, Lidia; Federici, Giorgio Valentino

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.03.084

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“…These authors argue that classical LCA could benefit from WF methods by integrating water assessment with other environmental indicators. Recently, the WF concept has been combined with LCA to quantify the impact of water consumption in all of the stages in the life cycle of a product (Pacetti et al, 2015;Pfister et al, 2009). Along these lines, Pfister et al (2009) developed a method based on the WaterGAP2 model (Alcamo et al, 2003) that combines WF and LCA.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Multi-objective optimization of rainfed and irrigated agricultural areas considering production and environmental criteria: a case study of wheat production in Spain

Galán‐Martín

Vaskan

Antón

et al. 2017

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Multi-objective optimization of rainfed and irrigated agricultural areas considering production and environmental criteria: a case study of wheat production in Spain

Galán‐Martín

Vaskan

Antón

et al. 2017

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Results for Atlanta are shown in Fig. 1, and are given in points, where one point is equal to one thousandth of an average person's yearly environmental load and a higher number indicates a worse environmental impact and negative values indicate avoided impacts, as has been done in previous LCA studies [58]. As seen in Fig.…”

Section: Environmental Impactsmentioning

confidence: 88%

Influence of climate on the environmental and economic life cycle assessments of window options in the United States

Minne

Wingrove

Crittenden

2015

Energy and Buildings

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“…In order to approach the EWFN it is necessary to develop methods of analysis that can supply information on the complex relationships between water, energy and food [12,97]. Amongst the existing methodologies, this review focused on Life Cycle Assessment for reasons discussed in the following paragraphs.…”

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Overcoming Food Security Challenges within an Energy/Water/Food Nexus (EWFN) Approach

2016

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Abstract:The challenge of feeding nine billion people by 2050, in a context of constrained resources and growing environmental pressures posed by current food production methods on one side, and changing lifestyles and consequent shifts in dietary patterns on the other, exacerbated by the effects of climate change, has been defined as one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. The first step to achieve food security is to find a balance between the growing demand for food, and the limited production capacity. In order to do this three main pathways have been identified: employing sustainable production methods in agriculture, changing diets, and reducing waste in all stages of the food chain. The application of an energy, water and food nexus (EWFN) approach, which takes into account the interactions and connections between these three resources, and the synergies and trade-offs that arise from the way they are managed, is a prerequisite for the correct application of these pathways. This work discusses how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) might be applicable for creating the evidence-base to foster such desired shifts in food production and consumption patterns.

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Water–energy Nexus: a case of biogas production from energy crops evaluated by Water Footprint and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methods

Cited by 135 publications

References 20 publications

Multi-objective optimization of rainfed and irrigated agricultural areas considering production and environmental criteria: a case study of wheat production in Spain

Multi-objective optimization of rainfed and irrigated agricultural areas considering production and environmental criteria: a case study of wheat production in Spain

Influence of climate on the environmental and economic life cycle assessments of window options in the United States

Overcoming Food Security Challenges within an Energy/Water/Food Nexus (EWFN) Approach

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