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Showing 1 to 20 of 334 for “"LCA"”.
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Early Design Stage Building Lifecycle Analysis (LCA) of Cost & Carbon Impact
… I have developed a building lifecycle analysis (LCA) workflow that recommends sustainable solutions based on the optimization of building lifecycle cost ($) and carbon impact (kgCO2eq). The workflow can analyze conceptual geometries in the early design stage when there is limited information. The …
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LCA: A Tool to Study Feasibility and Environmental Impacts of Substituting Asphalt Binders
… and that is where Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) comes in. LCA is a technique used to analyze and quantify the environmental impacts of a product, system, or process. LCA shows where the significant impacts occur and how improvements can be made while recommending better practices. Even with …
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Exploring the viability of probabilistic underspecification as a viable streamlining method for LCA
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has gained much interest in the field of product development and decision making. The resource intensiveness of conducting an LCA has slowed more widespread adoption of the methodology. Although some streamlined LCA methodology exists and are currently be applied, there …
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A generic approach to environmental assessment of microbial bioprocesses through life cycle assessment (LCA)
… little regard for full Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) analyses. This, in part, may be owing to the difficulty in obtaining the material and energy balance inventory required for such assessment at an early stage in process development. However, these studies are important in designing and …
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A new model for assessing sustainability of complex systems: Integrating LCA and RA for sustainability
… two analytical methods, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and risk assessment (RA), were found to have significant potential for addressing concerns regarding sustainability of complex systems as they were able to account for complex system characteristics. Thus LCA and RA were integrated in a new …
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An LCA study comparing e-books read on an Apple Air iPad to printed books in South Africa
A number of studies assessing the environmental impacts of print media systems in comparison to digital media systems offering the same services have been conducted in United States of America (USA) or Sweden. The most notable are studies done by Kozak (2003), Gard & Keoleian (2003), Enroth (2009), …
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Sustainable management of industrial capital: LCA and spatial analysis in decision making for beneficial use of industrial by -products
<p>The goal of this research was to broaden understanding of multiple impacts in assessing materials for construction. Life cycle assessment was used to this effect to understand the impacts from the use of industrial by-products for different applications on different spatial scales. The first two …
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Valutazione della sostenibilità ambientale di una discarica per RSU e assimilabili tramite applicazione della metodologia LCA (Life Cycle Assessment)
… ha riguardato l'applicazione della metodologia LCA ai fini della valutazione del livello di sostenibilità ambientale di una discarica di 1° categoria per il conferimento di Rifiuti Solidi Urbani. Il lavoro consta di uno studio principale riguardante il ciclo di vita di 1 tonn di rifiuti …
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Enhancing the Use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) to Better Enable Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in Sustainable Architectural Practice
… carbon accounting using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology. The research focuses on evaluating the Quality Control (QC) of industry-prepared BIM models within the Canadian Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, aiming to establish a practical framework for assessing …
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Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics as a Simulation-based Design Guide in a Microfluidic 3D Living Cell Array (3D LCA) Device
… device. A 3D Microfluidic Living Cell Array (3D LCA) wherein cells are embedded in a hydrogel is used as the model to perform the simulations on. It is shown that alterations of certain parameters (such as pore size) can have drastic effects on the nutrient supply and waste removal mechanics of …
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Reviewing the carbon footprint assessment of tourism: developing and evaluating life cycle assessment (LCA) to introduce a more holistic approach to existing methodologies.
… and appraises the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method whose merit in estimating the ‘indirect’ carbon impacts is broadly recognised. The evidence of the application of LCA in tourism is limited. To test the viability of a new technique in the tourism context, the study employs a case study …
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Establishment of checklist of design for safety (DfS), life-cycle analysis (LCA) and design for manufacturing (DFM) for IVD medical device based on IEC 60601
… safety MS IEC 60601 and Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) principles for environmental impact with real side-by-side industrial manufacturing requirement for injection molding process applied on a case study of jaundice meter casing. The checklist have help to minimize modification period thus comply …
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Leaving Certificate Applied and Beyond: A School-Based Investigation o f the Experiences o f Students who have taken the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme.
… study examined the senior cycle experience of LCA students in a second level school. It also investigated how these students progressed in further education and in employment following their graduation from second level education. The primary objectives of the research were to ascertain to what …
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Development and implementation of comprehensive regionalized pavement life-cycle assessment
The use of life-cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate the environmental impacts of pavement systems is a topic that stakeholders in academia, industry, and government have actively engaged with in the last two decades. The LCA methodology aims to provide quantitative environmental metrics such as …
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The evolution of AroA and MurA enzymes from Bacillus
… AroA and MurA from the last common ancestor (LCA) of Bacillus along with three intermediate Bacillus MurA ancestors were inferred using ASR. The reconstructed AroA and MurA ancestral enzymes show comparable kinetic properties to the contemporary enzymes. The thermal properties of Bacillus AroA …
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LIFE CYCLE DESIGN, A STRATEGY TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT IN AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
… methodologies such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Design (LCD) emerge as crucial tools. This thesis addresses the complex dynamics of sustainability in the agri-food system, exploring innovative approaches that integrate LCA, eco-design, and LCD to support the transition to more …
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A review of the theory and practice of life-cycle assessment in the car manufacturing industry
… theory and practise of life-cycle assessment (LCA) in the car manufacturing industry. Three levels of investigation were conducted, ranging from a broad industry scan, to a focus on four exemplary practitioners of LCA: DaimlerChrysler, Volkswagen, Volvo and BMW who becomes the subject of a …
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Learning Communities in Greek Houses
… the Learning Communities Assessment (LCA; Turrentine, 2001) to Greek students living in fraternity and sorority houses at a major research institution in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. Specifically, the study was designed to address the following research questions: 1. To what …
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Lífsferilsmat söluvara : hvert er eðli og umfang lífsferilsmats söluvara hjá 4 íslenskum fyrirtækjum og eru þau að nýta sér gæðastaðalinn ISO14040:2006E?
… söluvara (e. Life Cycle Assessment, LCA) hefur aukist mikið á síðustu örfáu árum. Fyrirtæki eru farin að sjá hag sinn í því að sýna fram á kolefnisspor sitt og birta fyrir viðskiptavini sína. Einhver fyrirtæki á Íslandi eru farin að skoða LCA söluvara sinna. Skoðað var í þessari …
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