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The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment OnlineFirst articles

23-04-2024 | LCA FOR ENERGY SYSTEMS AND FOOD PRODUCTS

Life cycle assessment of an upcoming nuclear power plant decommissioning: the Fessenheim case study from public data

According to the International Energy Agency, nuclear energy is today’s second-largest source of low emissions (i.e., non-fossil-based) power generation, after hydropower (IEA 2022 ). In 2020, nuclear power made up about 10% of global electricity …

Authors:
Mehdi Iguider, Paul Robineau, Michal Kozderka, Maria Boltoeva, Gaetana Quaranta

22-04-2024 | LCA FOR AGRICULTURE

Assessing the environmental impacts of soilless systems: a comprehensive literature review of Life Cycle Assessment studies

Agriculture currently faces some critical challenges. First, the population growth is expected to reach up to 8.5 billion (FAO 2023 ), leading to an anticipated 35–56% increase in food demand (van Dijk et al. 2021 ). This surge in demand will …

Authors:
Antonio Licastro, Roberta Salomone, Giovanni Mondello, Grazia Calabrò

Open Access 19-04-2024 | SOCIETAL LCA

Implications of mineral price volatility on the outcome of social life cycle assessment interpretation—a battery material case study

Common wisdom suggests that it is possible to manage things that can be measured (Lowenstein 1996 ). The same phenomenon has been identified in relation to the management of sustainability in companies (Elgie et al. 2021 ; Lammerant et al. 2021 ).

Authors:
Anni Orola, Ville Uusitalo, Jarkko Levänen
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16-04-2024 | SOCIETAL LCA

Sustainability performance evaluation in the organic durum wheat production: evidence from Italy
Authors:
Giuliana Vinci, Sabrina A. Prencipe, Marco Ruggeri, Laura Gobbi, Gabriella Arcese

12-04-2024 | LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT

Visualisation of building life cycle assessment results using 3D business intelligence dashboards
Authors:
Diego Apellániz, Tizian Alkewitz, Christoph Gengnagel

Open Access 09-04-2024 | SOCIETAL LCA

Towards social life cycle assessment of food delivery: findings from the Italian case study

In recent decades, the concept of meal delivery has evolved into a value-based service provided by restaurants, driven by changing consumer habits characterized by a desire for time-saving options and a lack of culinary skills. This transformation …

Authors:
Marco Ruggeri, Mary Giò Zaki, Giuliana Vinci
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Open Access 08-04-2024 | LCA FOR AGRICULTURE

Environmental performance of an autonomous laser weeding robot—a case study

From a European Union (EU) perspective, the agricultural sector poses social, economic, and environmental challenges. One of the key aspects is the widespread use of herbicides, which can have an unintentionally negative impact on living organisms …

Authors:
Janusz Krupanek, Pablo Gonzales de Santos, Luis Emmi, Merve Wollweber, Hendrik Sandmann, Karsten Scholle, Duc Di Minh Tran, Joachim Jietse Schouteten, Christian Andreasen
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Open Access 06-04-2024 | ENVIRONMENTAL LCC

Exploring the total cost of whole fresh, fresh-cut and pre-cooked vegetables

Society’s shift towards an increasingly hectic lifestyle has affected eating habits, with increased consumption of ready-to-eat convenience foods (Wolfson et al. 2016 ; Halkier 2017 ). Vegetables are rich in bioactive compounds such as vitamins …

Authors:
Laura Rasines, Serni Morera, Guillermo San Miguel, Encarna Aguayo
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05-04-2024 | Correction

Correction: Freshwater consumption and domestic water deprivation in LCIA: revisiting the characterization of human health impacts
Authors:
Laura Debarre, Anne-Marie Boulay, Manuele Margni

03-04-2024 | LCA FOR AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND BIOBASED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS

Environmental and economic analysis of an olive mill wastewater treatment system integrated with microalgae production

Europe concentrates approximately 70% of the world’s olive oil production, and the olive industry represents an important economic and strategic asset in many regions of the Mediterranean basin. Besides the continuous research on the possible …

Authors:
Matteo Moglie, Giovanni Biancini, Luca Cioccolanti

Open Access 02-04-2024 | COMMENTARY AND DISCUSSION ARTICLE

Accounting for nutrition-related health impacts in food life cycle assessment: insights from an expert workshop

Sub-optimal dietary patterns make major contributions to the Global Burden of Disease and are among the most pressing issues affecting human health. Consequently, they are key to consider when assessing the human health and other environmental …

Authors:
Laura Scherer, Nicole Tichenor Blackstone, Zach Conrad, Victor L. Fulgoni, III, John C. Mathers, Jolieke C. van der Pols, Walter Willett, Peter Fantke, Stephan Pfister, Katerina S. Stylianou, Bo P. Weidema, Llorenç Milà i Canals, Olivier Jolliet
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02-04-2024 | LCA COMMUNICATION AND LCA FOR ISO LABELS

Life cycle assessment of an industrial gold mining in Mali

Mining is the foundation for the socio-economic development of many countries around the world. In Africa, many precious minerals, including gold, are heavily exploited. Gold has historically been one of the most coveted minerals due mainly to its …

Authors:
Zan Mary KONARÉ, Dickson Dare AJAYI, Sidy BA, Ademola Kabiru AREMU

Open Access 26-03-2024 | SOCIETAL LCA

Assessing the socio-economic impacts of tourism packages: a methodological proposition

Despite the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic halted international travel and had a significant negative impact on the sector’s development with losses of USD 4.5 trillion and 62 million jobs, prior to the pandemic the tourism industry accounted for …

Authors:
Cristina Casals Miralles, Mercè Boy Roura, Sergio Ponsá Salas, Laia Llenas Argelaguet, Joan Colón Jordà
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19-03-2024 | BUILDING COMPONENTS AND BUILDINGS

Towards net-zero carbon buildings: Investigating the impact of early-stage structure design on building embodied carbon

Considering the increasing repercussions of climate change on human life, dramatic reductions in greenhouse gases are required since their accumulation in the atmosphere is the primary cause of climate change (Lucon et al. 2014 ). In this regard …

Authors:
Mahsa Torabi, Ralph Evins

15-03-2024 | SOCIETAL LCA

Synergies and challenges of bottom-up and top-down approaches for assessing social impacts in mining operation

The extraction of mineral resources plays a crucial role in the modern global economy, by supplying numerous sectors with essential raw materials and metals (Vintró et al. 2014 ). The European mining sector, in particular, is important in providing …

Authors:
Andrea Di Maria, Claudia Di Noi, Yblin Román Escobar, Alberto Vázquez Ruiz, Andreas Ciroth

14-03-2024 | UNCERTAINTIES IN LCA

Identifying uncertainty in the global warming impacts of biomaterials: an analysis of biosuccinic acid

A transition to a bioeconomy is a crucial solution to address fossil fuel depletion and global climate change. As an alternative to petroleum-based products, biobased equivalents can reduce fossil fuel use and sequester CO 2 in biomass (Musonda et …

Authors:
Josh Dunlap, John R. Schramski, Gengyang Li, Ke Li

Open Access 30-01-2024 | SOCIETAL LCA

Hierarchization of social impact subcategories: towards a systematic approach for enhanced stakeholders’ representativeness

In the context of the energy transition, the installed capacity of offshore wind power is projected to increase significantly over the next decades, reaching up to 2000 GW by 2050 (IRENA 2021 ). Despite the widely accepted need to transition to …

Authors:
Jérémie Lehmann, Rhoda Fofack-Garcia, Thierry Ranchin, Paula Pérez-López
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Open Access 07-12-2023 | SOCIETAL LCA

Social performance and impact assessment of an autonomous system in the meat processing sector

Automation of repetitive physical work tasks is a long-running global trend. The number of industrial robot installations is estimated at 570,000 global units as of 2022. Between 2015 and 2021, installation of robots has more than doubled (IFR 2022 …). The food processing industry follows this trend (Romanov et al.

Authors:
Clara Valente, Rannvá Danielsen, Anna Woodhouse, Fredrik Moltu Johnsen, Ellen-Marie Forsberg
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Open Access 30-09-2023 | LCA FOR ENERGY SYSTEMS AND FOOD PRODUCTS

Extending the product-group-specific approach in nutritional life cycle assessment

For food LCA, the recent methodological development includes the integration of nutritional aspects into the assessment of environmental impacts (nutritional LCA, nLCA), which enables a comparison of the environmental impacts of food products …

Authors:
Venla Kyttä, Anna Kårlund, Tiina Pellinen, Hanna L. Tuomisto, Marjukka Kolehmainen, Anne-Maria Pajari, Merja Saarinen
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Open Access 07-08-2023 | LCA FOR AGRICULTURE

Regionalized life cycle inventory data collection and calculation for perennial forage production in Canada: methodological best practices and limitations

The Canadian beef, dairy, sheep, and horse sectors are highly dependent on forage production, with 95–99% of the forage crop consumed domestically each year (Bonnefield Research 2016 ). The Canadian beef industry consisted of 3.78 million head of …

Authors:
Sarah J. Pogue, Nicole Bamber, Hugues Imbeault-Tétreault, Adeline Baudoin, Aaron L. McPherson, Steven Kega, Madavine Tom, Roland Kröbel, Kim H. Ominski, Karen A. Beauchemin, Brenna Grant, Tim A. McAllister
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