[EN] Concrete is the primary building material worldwide with a substantial impact on the built environment sustainability. Hence, it is necessary to assess concrete¿s combined functionality, economic and environmental ...
[EN] Right after the enforcement of the Directive (EU) 2015/1513, amending the Renewable Energy Directive of the European Union, the situation of the biodiesel sector in Spain is particularly uncertain. Although domestic ...
Pacheco-Blanco, Bélgica; Astorga-Mendoza, Francisco; Artacho Ramírez, Miguel Ángel; Cloquell Ballester, Victor Andres(AEIPRO, 2021-07-09)
[ES] El sector portuario incluye una serie de actividades claves para el desarrollo económico
de una región. Estas actividades proporcionan productos y servicios que generan una
serie de impactos al medio ambiente durante ...
[EN] This study describes the introduction of the life cycle assessment methodology to a postgraduate course through a flipped classroom. The analysis was carried out in the subject predictive models and optimization of ...
Martínez-Muñoz, D.; Martí Albiñana, José Vicente; Yepes, V.(MDPI AG, 2021-08)
[EN] Achieving sustainability is currently one of the main objectives, so a consensus between different environmental, social, and economic aspects is necessary. The construction sector is one of the main sectors responsible ...
Escobar Lanzuela, Neus(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-06-04)
[EN] In the last decade, there has been an increase in demand for biofuels, fostered by public policies. In the European Union, Directive 2009/28/EC (RED) establishes a 10% target for renewable energy use in the transport ...
[EN] Structured hierarchical catalysts were developed for efficient reduction of bromates in water. In the catalysts a small amount of active metal, 0.3 wt.% Pd, is supported onto carbon nanofibres grown either on sintered ...
[EN] The exponential growth of additive manufacturing technologies is not only improving production processes to achieve functional requirements for products, but it could also help to minimize environmental impacts. In ...
Planas Estañ, Iñaki(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-07-22)
[ES] Evaluación de la sostenibilidad del impacto medioambiental de las nuevas baterías de iones de litio y de las baterías de iones de litio renovadas en forma de kg de CO2 EQ. Revisión de la literatura sobre métodos de ...
Antimicrobial coatings are being increasingly used as a means to extend the shelf life of food products. This extension helps consumers cut down on the food waste generated at household level, while at the same time reducing ...
[EN] The objective of this study was to assess the environmental impact of a submerged anaerobic MBR (SAnMBR) system in the treatment of urban wastewater at different temperatures: ambient temperature (20 and 33 degrees ...
Owsianiak, Mikolaj; Ryberg, Morten W.; Renz, Michael; Hitzl, Martin; Hauschildt, Michael Z.(American Chemical Society, 2016-12)
[EN] Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of green waste, food waste, organic fraction of municipal solid waste (MSW), and digestate is assessed using life cycle assessment as a potential technology to treat biowaste. Water ...
Romero Clausell, Joan(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-06-08)
[ES] En todos los continentes, un rico patrimonio arquitectónico atestigua el uso de la tierra como apto para la construcción, acuciando unas bondades difícilmente alcanzables por sus homólogos contemporáneos. Hoy en día, ...
Garcia Llorens, Josep(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-03-11)
[ES] El esperado aumento en la población mundial supone un importante reto para los años venideros. La necesidad de alimentar a toda la población de manera sostenible hace necesaria la búsqueda de fuentes alternativas de ...
Cortina Anta, Daniel Alejandro(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-02-16)
[ES] En este trabajo se realiza un recorrido por el mundo de la sostenibilidad, haciendo hincapié en la sostenibilidad en el sector de la construcción con la finalidad de establecer y evaluar el impacto medio ambiental de ...
[EN] We employed life cycle assessment to evaluate the use of hydrochars, prospective soil conditioners produced from biowaste using hydrothermal carbonization, as an approach to improving agriculture while using carbon ...
Di Ruocco, Giacomo; Melella, Roberta(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-12-26)
[EN] The New Italian Procurement Code (Legislative Decree No. 50/2016), in compliance with the EU directives 26/02/2014, has introduced, among other things, the possibility of obtaining awards, during the awarding of the ...
Morales López, Jesús(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-07-13)
[ES] Utilizando la tecnología cada vez más popular y en constante crecimiento de las pilas de combustible basadas en hidrógeno, dadas sus ventajas ambientales sobre los combustibles fósiles. Más concretamente, partiendo ...
Nicolò, B. F.; De Salvo, Maria Cristina; Ramírez-Sanz, Clara; Estruch-Guitart, Vicente; Sanjuán Pellicer, María Nieves; Falcone, G.; Strano, A.(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
[EN] The increasing environmental awareness of the actors of agrofood
supply chains has led to the implementation of new tools
to analyze the impacts generated during agricultural practices.
The impacts depend not only on ...