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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2006Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLC Authors: Ana Cláudia Dias; Isabel Capela; Luís Arroja;The environmental sustainability is one of the current priorities of the Portuguese pulp and paper industry. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was the methodology chosen to evaluate the sustainability of the printing and writing paper production activity. This paper grade represents about 60% of the total production of paper in Portugal and its production is expected to increase in the near future. The main goal of this study was to assess the potential environmental impacts associated with the entire life cycle of the printing and writing paper produced in Portugal from Eucalyptus globulus pulp and consumed in Germany, in order to identify the processes with the largest environmental impacts. Another goal of this study was to evaluate the effect on the potential environmental impacts of changing the market where the Portuguese printing and writing paper is consumed: German market vs. Portuguese market. The main stages considered in this study were: forestry, pulp production, paper production, paper distribution, and paper final disposal. Transports and production of chemicals, fuels and energy in the grid were also included in these stages. Whenever possible and feasible, average or typical data from industry were collected. The remaining data were obtained from the literature and specialised databases. A quantitative impact assessment was performed for five impact categories: global warming over 100 years, acidification, eutrophication, non-renewable resource depletion and photochemical oxidant formation. In the German market scenario, the paper production stage was a remarkable hot spot for air emissions (non-renewable CO2, NOx and SO2) and for non-renewable energy consumption, and, consequently, for the impact categories that consider these parameters: global warming, acidification and non-renewable resource depletion. These important environmental impacts are due to the energy requirements in the printing and writing paper production process, which are fulfilled by on-site fuel oil burning and consumption of electricity from the national grid, which is mostly based on the use of fossil fuels. The pulp production stage was identified as the largest contributor to water emissions (COD and AOX) and to eutrophication. Considering that energy consumed by the pulp production processes comes from renewable fuels, this stage was also the most contributing to renewable energy consumption. The paper distribution stage showed an important contribution to NOx emissions, which, however, did not result in a major contribution to acidification or eutrophication. The final disposal stage was the main contributor to the photochemical oxidant formation potential due to CH4 emissions from wastepaper landfilling. On the other hand, paper consumption in Portugal was environmentally more favourable than in Germany for the parameters/impact categories where the paper distribution stage has a significant contribution (non-renewable CO2, NOx, non-renewable energy consumption, acidification, eutrophication and non-renewable resource depletion) due to shorter distances needed to deliver paper to the consumers. For the remaining parameters/impact categories, the increase observed in the final disposal stage in the Portuguese market was preponderant, and resulted from the existence of significant differences in the final disposal alternatives in the analysed markets (recycling dominates in Germany, whereas landfilling dominates in Portugal). The pulp and paper production stages were found to be of significance for almost all of the inventory parameters as well as for the impact assessment categories. The paper distribution and the final disposal stages were only of importance for some of the inventory parameters and some of the impact categories. The forestry stage played a minor role in the environmental impacts generated during the paper life cycle. The consumption of paper in Portugal led to a decrease in the environmental burdens of the paper distribution stage, but to an increase in the environmental burdens of the final disposal stage, when compared with the consumption of paper in Germany. This study provides useful information that can assist the pulp and paper industry in the planning of future investments leading to an increase in its sustainability. The results of inventory analysis and impact assessment show the processes that play an important role in each impact category, which allow the industry to improve its environmental performance, making changes not only in the production process itself, but also in the treatment of flue gases and liquid effluents. Besides that concern regarding pollution prevention, other issues with relevance to the context of sustainability, such as the energy consumption, can also be dealt with.
The International Jo... arrow_drop_down The International Journal of Life Cycle AssessmentArticle . 2006 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Springer TDMData sources: CrossrefThe International Journal of Life Cycle AssessmentArticle . 2006 . Peer-reviewedData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2022 SpainPublisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Mario Martín-Gamboa; Ana Cláudia Dias; Diego Iribarren;handle: 10115/24441
Dr. Martín-Gamboa would like to thank the Regional Government of Madrid for financial support (2019-T2/AMB-15713). Ana Cláudia Dias would like to thank FCT/MCTES for the contract CEECIND/02174/2017 and for the financial support to CESAM (UIDB/50017/2020+UIDP/50017/2020) through national funds. A key goal in sustainable supply chain management is the minimisation of risk across supply chains. However, this is jeopardised by underdeveloped aspects such as social risk management, especially in the case of energy systems as they involve complex supply chains. This article constitutes the first time that Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) is used to lay the foundation for a methodological framework to define, assess and prioritise strategies oriented towards the minimisation of social life-cycle impacts across the supply chain of energy products. This framework combines S-LCA, a novel approach to the definition of alternative supply chain strategies, and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). It was demonstrated through a case study of bioelectricity in Portugal by defining and assessing fifteen strategies on the specific supply chains of oil and fertilisers to check their suitability to enhance the system's social life-cycle performance. The weighted sum method (WSM) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) were used as MCDA tools to further support decision-making by prioritising strategies. According to the results for a set of six social indicators, the strategies proposed on the supply of oil and nitrogen-based fertilisers were deemed suitable trade-off solutions to mitigate the social life-cycle impact of the bioelectricity system.
Universidad Rey Juan... arrow_drop_down Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid: Archivo Abierto InstitucionalArticle . 2022License: CC BY NC NDFull-Text: https://hdl.handle.net/10115/24441Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2022License: CC BY NC NDData sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020 Spain, Spain, IrelandPublisher:Elsevier BV Publicly fundedGuido Sonnemann; Eoghan Clifford; Ana Cláudia Dias; Pedro Villanueva-Rey; Diego Méndez-Paz; Paula Quinteiro; Israel Ruiz-Salmón; Maria Teresa Moreira; Neil J. Rowan; Maria Leonor Nunes; María Margallo; Angel Irabien; Clémentine Anglada; Gumersindo Feijoo; Philippe Loubet; Jara Laso; Andrew P. Morse; Rubén Aldaco; Dolores Mariño; Jean-Christophe Martin; António Marques; António Marques; Ronan Cooney; Xesús Iglesias-Parga;handle: 10379/16535
The European seafood and aquaculture sectors are facing important challenges in terms of environmental threats (climate change, marine debris, resources depletion), social development (worker rights, consumer's awareness) or economic growth (market and nonmarket goods and services, global competitiveness). These issues are forcing all stakeholders, from policy-makers to citizens and industries, to move to more sustainable policies, practices and processes. Consequently, an improvement in collaborations among different parties and beyond borders is required to create more efficient networks along the supply chain of seafood and aquaculture sectors. To achieve this, a â nexus thinkingâ approach (i.e. the analysis of actions in connected systems) combined with a life cycle thinking appears as an excellent opportunity to facilitate the transition to a circular economy.
National University ... arrow_drop_down National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway: ARANArticle . 2021License: CC BY NC NDFull-Text: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/16535Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)Current Opinion in Environmental Science & HealthArticleLicense: CC BY NC NDData sources: UnpayWallRecolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2020License: CC BY NC NDData sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTACurrent Opinion in Environmental Science & HealthArticle . 2020 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Elsevier TDMData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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visibility 134visibility views 134 download downloads 281 Powered bymore_vert National University ... arrow_drop_down National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway: ARANArticle . 2021License: CC BY NC NDFull-Text: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/16535Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)Current Opinion in Environmental Science & HealthArticleLicense: CC BY NC NDData sources: UnpayWallRecolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2020License: CC BY NC NDData sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTACurrent Opinion in Environmental Science & HealthArticle . 2020 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Elsevier TDMData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2022Publisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Tamíris Pacheco da Costa; Paula Quinteiro; Luís Arroja; Ana Cláudia Dias;Sustainable Material... arrow_drop_down Sustainable Materials and TechnologiesArticle . 2022 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Elsevier TDMData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2019Publisher:Elsevier BV Paula Quinteiro; Luís Tarelho; Pedro Marques; Mario Martín-Gamboa; Fausto Freire; Luís Arroja; Ana Cláudia Dias;pmid: 31279204
Wood-fuelled systems are commonly used all over the world for residential heating, and recently wood pellets have been replacing traditional firewood. This article presents an environmental life cycle assessment of five wood-based combustion systems for residential heating: i) a pellet stove using maritime pine pellets; a wood stove using ii) eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.) and iii) maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) split logs; and a fireplace using iv) eucalyptus and v) maritime pine split logs. The functional unit is 1 MJ of thermal energy for residential heating. System boundaries include four stages: (1) forest management; (2) pellet and wood split log production; (3) distribution; and (4) thermal energy generation. Environmental impacts were calculated for seven impact categories from the ReCiPe 2016 midpoint method, and a sensitivity analysis was performed using the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) life cycle impact assessment method and modifying the distances travelled. Of the five heating systems analysed, the fireplace presents the worst performance for all the impact categories with the exception of freshwater eutrophication and marine eutrophication, when maritime pine split logs are burned in the fireplace. Comparing the pellet stove with the wood stove, neither system is better for all the impact categories analysed. Regarding sensitivity analysis, the use of an alternative characterisation method leads to similar trends in the results in comparison with those obtained from the ReCiPe method, while changes in transport distances do not affect the total impacts to a large extent.
The Science of The T... arrow_drop_down The Science of The Total EnvironmentArticle . 2019 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Elsevier TDMData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2012Publisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Luís Arroja; Ana Cláudia Dias;This study evaluates the environmental impacts associated with the production of eucalypt (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.) and maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) wood in Portugal. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology is used from cradle-to-gate. Three forest management scenarios, representative of different forest management intensities and logging equipment, were simulated for each species. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis was performed to evaluate the influence of adopting different values for the wood productivity. The results obtained for each impact category show a relatively wide range of variation when different management scenarios and wood productivities are taken into account. The impacts, except for those in the category photochemical oxidant formation, are much smaller in the less intensive scenario (40–88%). The impacts of using chainsaws and adapted farm tractors in logging operations instead of harvesters and forwarders do not significantly differ (less than 11%), except for the impact category photochemical oxidant formation for which there are significant differences. For the same type of management scenario, the impacts of eucalypt wood production are larger than those estimated for maritime pine wood. The logging stage, as well as fertilization, especially with nitrogen-containing fertilizers, plays a major role in all the impact categories. More accurate impacts could be quantified using the methodology adopted in this study when the provenance of the wood and, consequently, the forest operation type and frequency, and associated consumption of fuels, lubricants and fertilizers, are known.
Journal of Cleaner P... arrow_drop_down Journal of Cleaner ProductionArticle . 2012 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Elsevier TDMData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2019Publisher:Elsevier BV Tamíris Pacheco da Costa; Paula Quinteiro; Luís A.C. Tarelho; Luís Arroja; Ana Cláudia Dias;Abstract Ash generated during the combustion of woody biomass for energy production is an industrial waste that should be properly managed in order to minimise the respective environmental impacts. Woody biomass ash valorisation in construction materials to replace conventional materials is an alternative that has proven to be technically feasible. On the other hand, it can present potential environmental impacts that should be evaluated to support the choice of more sustainable alternatives. Thus, the purpose of this work is to assess the potential impacts of woody biomass ash valorisation of through incorporation in construction materials using life cycle assessment. The valorisation alternatives consider the incorporation of woody biomass ash in cement mortars, adhesive mortars, concrete blocks, and bituminous asphalts. In addition, a base scenario consisting of ash landfilling is also assessed. Four types of woody biomass ashes were considered, namely fly and bottom ashes generated in a vibrating grate and fly and bottom ashes generated in a fluidised bed. The impact assessment method used is that suggested in the International Reference Life Cycle Data System for selected impact categories. The results showed that the impacts of ash transport and pre-processing and the impacts of producing the avoided materials are factors that affect the net impact of the valorisation scenarios and should be considered in the end-of-life management of biomass ash. Nevertheless, all valorisation scenarios had a lower impact than landfilling in all the impact categories under study, resulting in a significant decrease of the environmental impacts in some scenarios.
Resources Conservati... arrow_drop_down Resources Conservation and RecyclingArticle . 2019 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Elsevier TDMData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Funded by:FCT | CESAM, FCT | CESAMFCT| CESAM ,FCT| CESAMAuthors: Mario Martín-Gamboa; Ana Cláudia Dias; Luis Arroja; Diego Iribarren;doi: 10.1039/d0se00919a
Social life cycle assessment of a bioelectricity system encompassing more than 400 processes within seven tiers of the supply chain.
Sustainable Energy &... arrow_drop_down Sustainable Energy & FuelsArticle . 2020 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Royal Society of Chemistry Licence to PublishData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2013Publisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Érica Geraldes Castanheira; Luís Arroja; Sara González-García; Ana Cláudia Dias;pmid: 23178782
Milk and dairy products constitute an important ingredient in the human diet. Ultra-high temperature (UHT) milk is the main dairy product consumed in Portugal and its production entails large inputs of resources which derive on negative environmental effects such as nutrient enrichment of the ecosystem and climate change. In this study, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology was considered for the environmental assessment of packaged UHT milk produced in Portugal, including simple (whole, semi-skimmed and skimmed) and cocoa milk from a cradle-to-gate perspective and to identify the environmental hot spots. Results showed that the production of the raw milk in the dairy farm is the main hot spot in almost all the categories under assessment mainly due to the emissions from enteric fermentation, manure management and fertilisers production and application. Furthermore, on-site emissions derived from dairy factory are remarkable together with the packages and energy requirements production. The values reported in this study are in the range of other related papers. However, differences were also identified due to several reasons such as allocation approach, data sources, characterisation factors, farm management regimes and assumptions considered. Therefore, these aspects should be carefully addressed and sensitivity to the assumptions and uncertainty of the results should be evaluated.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2003Publisher:Elsevier BV E Lopes; Ana Cláudia Dias; F Pereira; Isabel Capela; Luís Arroja;Abstract In this paper, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology is applied to Portuguese printing and writing paper in order to compare the environmental impact of the use of two kinds of fuels (heavy fuel oil and natural gas) in the pulp and paper production processes. The results of inventory analysis and impact assessment show that the pulp and paper production processes play an important role in almost all of the analysed parameters, which do not always result in an important contribution to the corresponding impact categories. The substitution of heavy fuel oil by natural gas in the pulp and paper production processes seems to be environmentally positive.
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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2006Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLC Authors: Ana Cláudia Dias; Isabel Capela; Luís Arroja;The environmental sustainability is one of the current priorities of the Portuguese pulp and paper industry. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was the methodology chosen to evaluate the sustainability of the printing and writing paper production activity. This paper grade represents about 60% of the total production of paper in Portugal and its production is expected to increase in the near future. The main goal of this study was to assess the potential environmental impacts associated with the entire life cycle of the printing and writing paper produced in Portugal from Eucalyptus globulus pulp and consumed in Germany, in order to identify the processes with the largest environmental impacts. Another goal of this study was to evaluate the effect on the potential environmental impacts of changing the market where the Portuguese printing and writing paper is consumed: German market vs. Portuguese market. The main stages considered in this study were: forestry, pulp production, paper production, paper distribution, and paper final disposal. Transports and production of chemicals, fuels and energy in the grid were also included in these stages. Whenever possible and feasible, average or typical data from industry were collected. The remaining data were obtained from the literature and specialised databases. A quantitative impact assessment was performed for five impact categories: global warming over 100 years, acidification, eutrophication, non-renewable resource depletion and photochemical oxidant formation. In the German market scenario, the paper production stage was a remarkable hot spot for air emissions (non-renewable CO2, NOx and SO2) and for non-renewable energy consumption, and, consequently, for the impact categories that consider these parameters: global warming, acidification and non-renewable resource depletion. These important environmental impacts are due to the energy requirements in the printing and writing paper production process, which are fulfilled by on-site fuel oil burning and consumption of electricity from the national grid, which is mostly based on the use of fossil fuels. The pulp production stage was identified as the largest contributor to water emissions (COD and AOX) and to eutrophication. Considering that energy consumed by the pulp production processes comes from renewable fuels, this stage was also the most contributing to renewable energy consumption. The paper distribution stage showed an important contribution to NOx emissions, which, however, did not result in a major contribution to acidification or eutrophication. The final disposal stage was the main contributor to the photochemical oxidant formation potential due to CH4 emissions from wastepaper landfilling. On the other hand, paper consumption in Portugal was environmentally more favourable than in Germany for the parameters/impact categories where the paper distribution stage has a significant contribution (non-renewable CO2, NOx, non-renewable energy consumption, acidification, eutrophication and non-renewable resource depletion) due to shorter distances needed to deliver paper to the consumers. For the remaining parameters/impact categories, the increase observed in the final disposal stage in the Portuguese market was preponderant, and resulted from the existence of significant differences in the final disposal alternatives in the analysed markets (recycling dominates in Germany, whereas landfilling dominates in Portugal). The pulp and paper production stages were found to be of significance for almost all of the inventory parameters as well as for the impact assessment categories. The paper distribution and the final disposal stages were only of importance for some of the inventory parameters and some of the impact categories. The forestry stage played a minor role in the environmental impacts generated during the paper life cycle. The consumption of paper in Portugal led to a decrease in the environmental burdens of the paper distribution stage, but to an increase in the environmental burdens of the final disposal stage, when compared with the consumption of paper in Germany. This study provides useful information that can assist the pulp and paper industry in the planning of future investments leading to an increase in its sustainability. The results of inventory analysis and impact assessment show the processes that play an important role in each impact category, which allow the industry to improve its environmental performance, making changes not only in the production process itself, but also in the treatment of flue gases and liquid effluents. Besides that concern regarding pollution prevention, other issues with relevance to the context of sustainability, such as the energy consumption, can also be dealt with.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2022 SpainPublisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Mario Martín-Gamboa; Ana Cláudia Dias; Diego Iribarren;handle: 10115/24441
Dr. Martín-Gamboa would like to thank the Regional Government of Madrid for financial support (2019-T2/AMB-15713). Ana Cláudia Dias would like to thank FCT/MCTES for the contract CEECIND/02174/2017 and for the financial support to CESAM (UIDB/50017/2020+UIDP/50017/2020) through national funds. A key goal in sustainable supply chain management is the minimisation of risk across supply chains. However, this is jeopardised by underdeveloped aspects such as social risk management, especially in the case of energy systems as they involve complex supply chains. This article constitutes the first time that Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) is used to lay the foundation for a methodological framework to define, assess and prioritise strategies oriented towards the minimisation of social life-cycle impacts across the supply chain of energy products. This framework combines S-LCA, a novel approach to the definition of alternative supply chain strategies, and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). It was demonstrated through a case study of bioelectricity in Portugal by defining and assessing fifteen strategies on the specific supply chains of oil and fertilisers to check their suitability to enhance the system's social life-cycle performance. The weighted sum method (WSM) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) were used as MCDA tools to further support decision-making by prioritising strategies. According to the results for a set of six social indicators, the strategies proposed on the supply of oil and nitrogen-based fertilisers were deemed suitable trade-off solutions to mitigate the social life-cycle impact of the bioelectricity system.
Universidad Rey Juan... arrow_drop_down Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid: Archivo Abierto InstitucionalArticle . 2022License: CC BY NC NDFull-Text: https://hdl.handle.net/10115/24441Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2022License: CC BY NC NDData sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020 Spain, Spain, IrelandPublisher:Elsevier BV Publicly fundedGuido Sonnemann; Eoghan Clifford; Ana Cláudia Dias; Pedro Villanueva-Rey; Diego Méndez-Paz; Paula Quinteiro; Israel Ruiz-Salmón; Maria Teresa Moreira; Neil J. Rowan; Maria Leonor Nunes; María Margallo; Angel Irabien; Clémentine Anglada; Gumersindo Feijoo; Philippe Loubet; Jara Laso; Andrew P. Morse; Rubén Aldaco; Dolores Mariño; Jean-Christophe Martin; António Marques; António Marques; Ronan Cooney; Xesús Iglesias-Parga;handle: 10379/16535
The European seafood and aquaculture sectors are facing important challenges in terms of environmental threats (climate change, marine debris, resources depletion), social development (worker rights, consumer's awareness) or economic growth (market and nonmarket goods and services, global competitiveness). These issues are forcing all stakeholders, from policy-makers to citizens and industries, to move to more sustainable policies, practices and processes. Consequently, an improvement in collaborations among different parties and beyond borders is required to create more efficient networks along the supply chain of seafood and aquaculture sectors. To achieve this, a â nexus thinkingâ approach (i.e. the analysis of actions in connected systems) combined with a life cycle thinking appears as an excellent opportunity to facilitate the transition to a circular economy.
National University ... arrow_drop_down National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway: ARANArticle . 2021License: CC BY NC NDFull-Text: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/16535Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)Current Opinion in Environmental Science & HealthArticleLicense: CC BY NC NDData sources: UnpayWallRecolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2020License: CC BY NC NDData sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTACurrent Opinion in Environmental Science & HealthArticle . 2020 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Elsevier TDMData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2022Publisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Tamíris Pacheco da Costa; Paula Quinteiro; Luís Arroja; Ana Cláudia Dias;Sustainable Material... arrow_drop_down Sustainable Materials and TechnologiesArticle . 2022 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Elsevier TDMData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2019Publisher:Elsevier BV Paula Quinteiro; Luís Tarelho; Pedro Marques; Mario Martín-Gamboa; Fausto Freire; Luís Arroja; Ana Cláudia Dias;pmid: 31279204
Wood-fuelled systems are commonly used all over the world for residential heating, and recently wood pellets have been replacing traditional firewood. This article presents an environmental life cycle assessment of five wood-based combustion systems for residential heating: i) a pellet stove using maritime pine pellets; a wood stove using ii) eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.) and iii) maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) split logs; and a fireplace using iv) eucalyptus and v) maritime pine split logs. The functional unit is 1 MJ of thermal energy for residential heating. System boundaries include four stages: (1) forest management; (2) pellet and wood split log production; (3) distribution; and (4) thermal energy generation. Environmental impacts were calculated for seven impact categories from the ReCiPe 2016 midpoint method, and a sensitivity analysis was performed using the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) life cycle impact assessment method and modifying the distances travelled. Of the five heating systems analysed, the fireplace presents the worst performance for all the impact categories with the exception of freshwater eutrophication and marine eutrophication, when maritime pine split logs are burned in the fireplace. Comparing the pellet stove with the wood stove, neither system is better for all the impact categories analysed. Regarding sensitivity analysis, the use of an alternative characterisation method leads to similar trends in the results in comparison with those obtained from the ReCiPe method, while changes in transport distances do not affect the total impacts to a large extent.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2012Publisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Luís Arroja; Ana Cláudia Dias;This study evaluates the environmental impacts associated with the production of eucalypt (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.) and maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) wood in Portugal. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology is used from cradle-to-gate. Three forest management scenarios, representative of different forest management intensities and logging equipment, were simulated for each species. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis was performed to evaluate the influence of adopting different values for the wood productivity. The results obtained for each impact category show a relatively wide range of variation when different management scenarios and wood productivities are taken into account. The impacts, except for those in the category photochemical oxidant formation, are much smaller in the less intensive scenario (40–88%). The impacts of using chainsaws and adapted farm tractors in logging operations instead of harvesters and forwarders do not significantly differ (less than 11%), except for the impact category photochemical oxidant formation for which there are significant differences. For the same type of management scenario, the impacts of eucalypt wood production are larger than those estimated for maritime pine wood. The logging stage, as well as fertilization, especially with nitrogen-containing fertilizers, plays a major role in all the impact categories. More accurate impacts could be quantified using the methodology adopted in this study when the provenance of the wood and, consequently, the forest operation type and frequency, and associated consumption of fuels, lubricants and fertilizers, are known.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2019Publisher:Elsevier BV Tamíris Pacheco da Costa; Paula Quinteiro; Luís A.C. Tarelho; Luís Arroja; Ana Cláudia Dias;Abstract Ash generated during the combustion of woody biomass for energy production is an industrial waste that should be properly managed in order to minimise the respective environmental impacts. Woody biomass ash valorisation in construction materials to replace conventional materials is an alternative that has proven to be technically feasible. On the other hand, it can present potential environmental impacts that should be evaluated to support the choice of more sustainable alternatives. Thus, the purpose of this work is to assess the potential impacts of woody biomass ash valorisation of through incorporation in construction materials using life cycle assessment. The valorisation alternatives consider the incorporation of woody biomass ash in cement mortars, adhesive mortars, concrete blocks, and bituminous asphalts. In addition, a base scenario consisting of ash landfilling is also assessed. Four types of woody biomass ashes were considered, namely fly and bottom ashes generated in a vibrating grate and fly and bottom ashes generated in a fluidised bed. The impact assessment method used is that suggested in the International Reference Life Cycle Data System for selected impact categories. The results showed that the impacts of ash transport and pre-processing and the impacts of producing the avoided materials are factors that affect the net impact of the valorisation scenarios and should be considered in the end-of-life management of biomass ash. Nevertheless, all valorisation scenarios had a lower impact than landfilling in all the impact categories under study, resulting in a significant decrease of the environmental impacts in some scenarios.
Resources Conservati... arrow_drop_down Resources Conservation and RecyclingArticle . 2019 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Elsevier TDMData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Funded by:FCT | CESAM, FCT | CESAMFCT| CESAM ,FCT| CESAMAuthors: Mario Martín-Gamboa; Ana Cláudia Dias; Luis Arroja; Diego Iribarren;doi: 10.1039/d0se00919a
Social life cycle assessment of a bioelectricity system encompassing more than 400 processes within seven tiers of the supply chain.
Sustainable Energy &... arrow_drop_down Sustainable Energy & FuelsArticle . 2020 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Royal Society of Chemistry Licence to PublishData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2013Publisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Érica Geraldes Castanheira; Luís Arroja; Sara González-García; Ana Cláudia Dias;pmid: 23178782
Milk and dairy products constitute an important ingredient in the human diet. Ultra-high temperature (UHT) milk is the main dairy product consumed in Portugal and its production entails large inputs of resources which derive on negative environmental effects such as nutrient enrichment of the ecosystem and climate change. In this study, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology was considered for the environmental assessment of packaged UHT milk produced in Portugal, including simple (whole, semi-skimmed and skimmed) and cocoa milk from a cradle-to-gate perspective and to identify the environmental hot spots. Results showed that the production of the raw milk in the dairy farm is the main hot spot in almost all the categories under assessment mainly due to the emissions from enteric fermentation, manure management and fertilisers production and application. Furthermore, on-site emissions derived from dairy factory are remarkable together with the packages and energy requirements production. The values reported in this study are in the range of other related papers. However, differences were also identified due to several reasons such as allocation approach, data sources, characterisation factors, farm management regimes and assumptions considered. Therefore, these aspects should be carefully addressed and sensitivity to the assumptions and uncertainty of the results should be evaluated.
The Science of The T... arrow_drop_down The Science of The Total EnvironmentArticle . 2013 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Elsevier TDMData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2003Publisher:Elsevier BV E Lopes; Ana Cláudia Dias; F Pereira; Isabel Capela; Luís Arroja;Abstract In this paper, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology is applied to Portuguese printing and writing paper in order to compare the environmental impact of the use of two kinds of fuels (heavy fuel oil and natural gas) in the pulp and paper production processes. The results of inventory analysis and impact assessment show that the pulp and paper production processes play an important role in almost all of the analysed parameters, which do not always result in an important contribution to the corresponding impact categories. The substitution of heavy fuel oil by natural gas in the pulp and paper production processes seems to be environmentally positive.
Journal of Cleaner P... arrow_drop_down Journal of Cleaner ProductionArticle . 2003 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Elsevier TDMData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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