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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"life cycle thinking"”.
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Life Cycle Thinking: Strategies for Sustainable Renovation of Existing Buildings
… point of view. Recent changes in human life style oblige to modify spaces in a quick way and this necessity has reduced the life of our buildings. For this reason it is fundamental operate on existing buildings reducing the waste production, by using the strategies of the design for …
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Sustainable Nanotechnology: Life Cycle Thinking in Gold Nanoparticle Production and Recycling
… about the fate and toxicity of nanomaterials. Life cycle assessment (LCA), a quantitative framework for evaluating the cumulative environmental impacts associated with all stages of a material or process, has emerged as a decision-support tool for analyzing the environmental burdens of …
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Responsibility in the Supply Chain: Interorganisational management of environmental and social aspects in the supply chain - Case studies from the textile sector
… critical if we are to realise the promise of life cycle thinking. A deeper understanding of this phenomenon is therefore of relevance not just for corporate practitioners but also for policy makers and any other group of stakeholders who seek to reduce the environmental impacts of products in …
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Energy and Environmental Tools for Process Sustainability Evaluation
… of production processes. Adopting an approach of Life Cycle Thinking allows to compare different technologies, both traditional and innovative ones, evaluating the best performance from an energy and environmental perspective. Currently there are many technologies that are presented as sustainable …
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Incorporating ecological considerations into industrial design practice
… industrial designers must consider the entire life cycle of products—an approach termed Life Cycle Thinking (LCT). This research proposes that industrial design practice allows two expansions to the traditional notion of ecodesign. Firstly, it can uncover new opportunities for creating value …
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Economic Enhancement of Architectural Heritage through Renewable Energy Communities (RECs): Opportunities, Scenarios and Evaluation Tools.
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