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A whole life cycle performance-based ECOnomic and ECOlogical assessment framework (ECO2) for concrete sustainability

Hafez, Hisham; Kurda, Rawaz; Al-Ayish, Nadia; García-Segura, Tatiana; Cheung,Wai Ming; Nagaratnam, Brabha (Elsevier, 2021-04-10)

[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 ...
An agro-industrial model for the optimization of biodiesel production in Spain to meet the European GHG reduction targets

Escobar, Neus; Manrique-de-Lara-Penate, Casiano; Sanjuán Pellicer, María Nieves; Clemente Polo, Gabriela; Rozakis, Stelios (Elsevier, 2017-02-01)

[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 ...
Contribution to the environmental impact assessment of biodiesel in the context of Spain

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 ...
Efficient reduction of bromates using carbon nanofibre supported catalysts: experimental and a comparative life cycle assessment study

Yaseneva, Polina; Franch Martí, Cristina; Palomares Gimeno, Antonio Eduardo; Fan, Xiaolei; Morgan, Tobias; Perez, Pablo Saz; Ronning, Magnus; Huang, Fan; Yuranova, Tatiana; Kiwi-Minsker, Liubov; Derrouiche, Salim; Lapkin, Alexei A. (Elsevier, 2014-07-15)

[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 ...
Environment load of EFTE cushions and future ways for their self-sufficient performances

MONTICELLI, Carol; CAMPIOLI, Andrea; ZANELLI, Alessandra (Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2009-12-18)
Environmental analysis of selective laser melting in the manufacturing of aeronautical turbine blades

Torres-Carrillo, Sharon; Siller, Héctor R.; Vila, C.; López, Cecilio; Rodríguez, Ciro A. (Elsevier, 2020-02-10)

[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 ...
Environmental assessment of antimicrobial coatings for packaged fresh milk

Manfredi, Michelle; Fantin, Valentina; Vignali, Giusseppe; GAVARA CLEMENTE, RAFAEL (Elsevier, 2015-05-15)

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 ...
Environmental impact of submerged anaerobic MBR (SAnMBR) technology used to treat urban wastewater at different temperatures

Pretel, R.; Robles Martínez, Ángel; Ruano García, María Victoria; Seco Torrecillas, Aurora; FERRER, J. (Elsevier, 2013-12)

[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 ...
Environmental Performance of Hydrothermal Carbonization of Four Wet Biomass Waste Streams at Industry-Relevant Scales

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 ...
Evaluación ambiental de la producción de lemna: comparación con otras fuentes de proteína vegetal

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 ...
Evaluación energética de materiales de construcción a partir de la metodología Life Cycle Assessment

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 ...
Evaluating climate change mitigation potential of hydrochars: compounding insights from three different indicators

Owsianiak, Mikolaj; Brooks, Jennifer; Renz, Michael; Laurent, Alexis (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2018)

[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 ...
Evaluation of environmental sustainability threshold of “humid” and “dry” building systems, for reduction of embodied carbon (CO2)

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 ...
Life cycle assessment applied to different citrus farming systems in Spain and Italy

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 ...
Life cycle assessment applied to the sustainable design of prestressed bridges in coastal environment

Navarro Martínez, Ignacio Javier (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-01-07)

[ES] La sostenibilidad ha ido adquiriendo una presencia relevante en nuestra sociedad desde su primera definición en 1987 por parte de la Comisión Brundtland. Desde entonces, la comunidad científica ha llevado a cabo ...
Life cycle assessment of cost-optimized buttress earth-retaining walls: A parametric study

Zastrow, P.; Molina Moreno, Francisca; García-Segura, Tatiana; Martí Albiñana, José Vicente; Yepes, V. (Elsevier, 2017-01)

In this paper life cycle assessments are carried out on 30 optimized earth-retaining walls of various heights (4e13 m) and involving different permissible soil stresses (0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 MPa) in Spain. Firstly, the ...
Life cycle assessment of earth-retaining walls: An environmental comparison

Pons, J.J.; Penadés-Plà, Vicent; Yepes, V.; Martí Albiñana, José Vicente (Elsevier, 2018)

[EN] Earth-retaining walls are one of the most common structures in civil engineering, a discipline of the construction sector, which is known to produce one of the highest environmental impacts. Therefore, developing ...
Life cycle impact assessment of corrosion preventive designs applied to prestressed concrete bridge decks

Navarro, Ignacio J.; Yepes, V.; Martí Albiñana, José Vicente; González Vidosa, Fernando (Elsevier, 2018)

[EN] Chloride corrosion of reinforcing steel in concrete structures is a major issue in the construction sector due to economic and environmental reasons. Assuming different prevention strategies in aggressive marine ...
Life cycle sustainability assessment for multi-criteria decision making in bridge design: A review

Navarro, Ignacio Javier; Penadés-Plà, Vicent; Martínez-Muñoz, D.; Rempling, Rasmus; Yepes, V. (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 2020)

[EN] Sustainable design of infrastructures has become a major matter of study since the recent establishment of the Agenda 2030. This paper provides a systematic literature review on the use of multi-criteria decision ...
Life cycle toxicity assessment of pesticides used in integrated and organic production of oranges in the Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Juraske, Ronnie; Sanjuán Pellicer, María Nieves (Elsevier, 2011-02)

[EN] The relative impacts of 25 pesticides including acaricides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, and post-harvest fungicides, used in the production of oranges in Spain were assessed with current life cycle impact ...