Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Dimitrios Mathioudakis, Panagiotis Karageorgis, Konstantina Papadopoulou, Thomas Fruergaard Astrup, Gerasimos Lyberatos
Summary: The aim of this paper is to examine the environmental and economic performance of alternative household fermentable waste (HFW) management scenarios. The current waste management system in Greece involves disposing HFW in landfills, while this study proposes a series of alternative approaches based on source separation. The results indicate that these alternatives outperform the existing scenario in terms of both economic and environmental performance.
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Business
Rita Mura, Francesca Vicentini, Ludovico Maria Botti, Maria Vincenza Chiriaco
Summary: In this paper, the environmental and economic performance of a circular business model (CBM) in the wine industry is measured using a combination of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) methods. The results show that by implementing a sustainable CBM, a firm can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 8% to 90% and save 6% to 63% of its economic costs.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
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Construction & Building Technology
Rizal Taufiq Fauzi, Patrick Lavoie, Audrey Tanguy, Ben Amor
Summary: Buildings have a significant impact on the environment, with the choice of attributional or consequential approach affecting the results. The application of consequential LCA and LCC methods in the building sector is limited, but necessary for policy-making and uncovering hidden impacts.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Paola Federica Albizzati, Davide Tonini, Thomas F. Astrup
Summary: The study indicates that reuse for human consumption and animal feed is the most preferred option in food waste management, and in most cases, nutrient recycling and energy recovery are favored over material recycling. However, the research also suggests that improvements are needed in biochemical pathways to enhance competitiveness.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jose Pedro Carvalho, Fernanda Schmitd Villaschi, Luis Braganca
Summary: This study aims to develop a BIM-based decision-making tool to evaluate the environmental, economic, and functional performance of different building construction solutions. By creating various simulation scenarios in Autodesk Revit and utilizing Dynamo to automate life cycle analysis, significant reductions in time, errors, and efforts in LCA and LCC analysis can be achieved. This research contributes to utilizing BIM for sustainability purposes and providing designers with real-time decision support data.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yuanhao Zhao, Changbo Wang, Lixiao Zhang, Yuan Chang, Yan Hao
Summary: This study evaluated the environmental impacts and economic competitiveness of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil in China using life cycle assessment and life cycle cost modeling. The results showed that compared to conventional fossil diesel, waste cooking oil-based biodiesel has lower endpoint environmental impacts but higher impacts on climate change and other factors. The life cycle cost of the biodiesel is mainly influenced by waste cooking oil collection.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Alexandra Pena, Rosa Rovira-Val, Joan Manuel F. Mendoza
Summary: This study analyzes the economic viability of tomato production in urban agriculture systems and provides cost analysis and solutions. The results show that labor costs, greenhouse structure, pest control, and rainwater consumption are the main cost drivers for tomato production.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
I. Josa, A. Petit-Boix, M. M. Casanovas-Rubio, P. Pujadasd, A. de la Fuente
Summary: In recent years, policies and technological solutions have targeted the construction sector to reduce its environmental impacts. Reusing materials in construction, specifically in trenches for protecting services, has shown promising potential for increasing sustainability and circularity. This research study assesses the economic and environmental impacts of four scenarios of trenches, concluding that the eco-trench system, which reuses all materials, can significantly reduce both environmental and economic impacts.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Susanna Andreasi Bassi, Alessio Boldrin, Giammarco Frenna, Thomas F. Astrup
Summary: The study found that the use of biorefinery-based production can outperform traditional fossil fuel plastics in terms of environmental impacts and societal costs, but further improvements are needed to enhance biorefinery performance.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Herbert Jacobson, Annelie Carlson, Mattias Lindahl
Summary: Functional sales, as a rising business model, has legal, environmental, and economic implications. Despite its potential for promoting resource-efficient technologies, the lack of legal regulation may pose barriers to its implementation.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Souraya Benalia, Giacomo Falcone, Teodora Stillitano, Anna Irene De Luca, Alfio Strano, Giovanni Gulisano, Giuseppe Zimbalatti, Bruno Bernardi
Summary: Anaerobic codigestion of olive mill wastewater for renewable energy production is a promising process to overcome management and environmental issues. Biochemical methane potential tests were performed to assess biogas and biomethane production. Results showed higher biogas and methane production when using a higher amount (30%) of olive mill wastewater. Life cycle assessment indicated better ecoprofile when using 20% of olive mill wastewater, with economic analysis confirming the profitability of the process, especially with 20% olive mill wastewater.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yabin Dong, Shelie A. Miller
Summary: The cold chain, which is rapidly expanding in China, has significant environmental impacts that are not well-studied. Research shows that refrigerated warehouses, the first refrigerated transportation, and the retail stage are the main sources of post-agriculture emissions in the cold chain.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Carmen Ferrara, Valeria Migliaro, Francesco Ventura, Giovanni De Feo
Summary: The main aim of this study was to compare the environmental and economic performance of different wine packaging systems in Italy. Aseptic cartons and bag-in-box systems were found to be the most sustainable alternatives, while glass bottle systems had the poorest performance due to their high weight and energy consumption during production. The size of the containers was a key factor that impacted both the environmental and economic results.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Alireza Fathollahi, Stephen J. Coupe
Summary: This study introduced a new LCA and LCC method that considers inventories from four main phases in the life cycle impact assessment for urban drainage systems. It was found that normalization to drainage system size was more appropriate for systems with higher flow rate capacities. Swales, wetland, and retention ponds had the lowest environmental impacts and life cycle costs.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Davide di Summa, Jose Roberto Tenorio Filho, Didier Snoeck, Philip Van den Heede, Sandra Van Vlierberghe, Liberato Ferrara, Nele de Belie
Summary: This research uses Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Cost analysis to evaluate the differences between concrete containing SuperAbsorbent Polymers (SAPs) and a reference solution in terms of ecological and economic aspects. The results show that using SAPs can reduce environmental burdens and costs.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Alessia Lombardi, Domenico Carlucci, Carla Cavallo, Bernardo De Gennaro, Teresa Del Giudice, Giacomo Giannoccaro, Antonio Paparella, Luigi Roselli, Riccardo Vecchio, Gianni Cicia
Summary: The study found that only about 36% of Italian consumers truly understand authorized health claims on extra-virgin olive oil. Consumers' understanding is related to their socio-demographic, personal, and psychographic characteristics, as well as their attitudes towards using food as medicine. The role of nutrition knowledge was also shown to be central in affecting the understanding of health claims.
FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Estevan Felipe Pizarro Munoz, Paulo Andre Niederle, Bernardo Corrado de Gennaro, Luigi Roselli
Summary: Small-scale farmers' movements in Latin America advocating for agroecology face dilemmas balancing economic opportunities from organic food market expansion with their political principles. The survey results show how social movements navigate between mainstream market pressures and efforts to build civic food markets as alternatives.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Bernardo Corrado De Gennaro, Luigi Roselli, Francesco Bimbo, Domenico Carlucci, Carla Cavallo, Gianni Cicia, Teresa Del Giudice, Alessia Lombardi, Antonio Paparella, Riccardo Vecchio
JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Michele Pansini, Angelo Cappi, Vincenzo Monetti, Enrico Di Clemente, Maurizio de Gennaro, Marco D'Amore, Rosa Buccino, Pierpaolo Santimone Nuzzi, Bruno de Gennaro
Summary: The thermal expansion behavior of six zeolite-bearing rocks and other building materials was analyzed through thermodilatometry, revealing that factors such as water content and mineral genesis affect the expansion properties. The decay mechanism of zeolite-building materials was further elucidated.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sarah Stempfle, Domenico Carlucci, Bernardo Corrado de Gennaro, Luigi Roselli, Giacomo Giannoccaro
Summary: Circular economy is seen as a promising paradigm for transitioning agri-food systems towards more sustainable production and consumption models. This contribution provides a framework for applying CE principles to the olive oil supply chain, identifying available pathways and discussing main issues and technology readiness levels. The study aims to advance circularity in the specific olive oil supply chain, exploring strategic opportunities and barriers for fostering the transition.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sossio Fabio Graziano, Chiara Zanelli, Chiara Molinari, Bruno De Gennaro, Gaspare Giovinco, Cecilia Correggia, Piergiulio Cappelletti, Michele Dondi
Summary: This study evaluates different lightweight concretes formulated with lightweight expanded aggregates produced from industrial waste for the first time, demonstrating the feasibility of using waste-based aggregates in lightweight concrete design.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Danijela Smiljanic, Aleksandra Dakovic, Milena Obradovic, Milica Ozegovic, Francesco Izzo, Chiara Germinario, Bruno de Gennaro
Summary: This study tested composites for the adsorption of salicylic acid, a common contaminant, showing that the bilayer composite of IZ CLI and CPyCl achieved the highest adsorption. Kinetic runs indicated that the adsorption process followed the pseudo-second order model.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Francesco Izzo, Alessio Langella, Bruno de Gennaro, Chiara Germinario, Celestino Grifa, Concetta Rispoli, Mariano Mercurio
Summary: The technological performance of a chabazite-rich rock from the Campanian Ignimbrite formation in southern Italy was evaluated for the sorption and release of ibuprofen sodium salt after surface modification using chlorinated surfactants. The results showed that the maximum sorption capacities of the modified geomaterial were compatible with the concentrations of ibuprofen in wastewaters, suggesting a possible sustainable exploitation of this rock as a sorbent material.
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Domenico Carlucci, Luigi Roselli, Giacomo Giannoccaro, Carla Cavallo, Teresa Del Giudice, Riccardo Vecchio, Gianni Cicia, Bernardo Corrado De Gennaro
Summary: This study investigates consumer acceptance of innovations in the production process of extra-virgin olive oil. The results show that the type of technology significantly affects consumer acceptance. The study identifies three consumer segments with different response patterns.
BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Bruno de Gennaro, Angelo Cappi, Maurizio de Gennaro, Nicola Bianco, Alessio Langella, Piergiulio Cappelletti, Antonello Marocco, Paolo Aprea, Michele Pansini
Summary: This study investigated the thermal energy capture and storage of four zeolite-bearing materials and found that zeolite 13X is the most suitable material for thermal energy storage. It suggests the use of zeolite 13X in capturing and storing thermal energy derived from waste heat.
Article
Agronomy
Giacomo Giannoccaro, Luigi Roselli, Ruggiero Sardaro, Bernardo C. de Gennaro
Summary: This study proposes a novel agri-environmental payment scheme aimed at saving irrigation water, with findings showing that farmers are willing to respond to such a scheme to save water. The study suggests that factors such as farm crop specialization and groundwater salinity map have significant impacts on farmers' choices.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Sarah Stempfle, Luigi Roselli, Domenico Carlucci, Alessandro Leone, Bernardo Corrado de Gennaro, Giacomo Giannoccaro
Summary: While there has been extensive research on the theoretical aspects of circular economy and socio-technical transition, the practical implementation of circular models is still limited. This study provides insights on how an existing business model can be transformed into a circular one through a case study, focusing on the olive oil supply chain. The analysis is based on the Circular Business Model Canvas (CBMC), which identifies the elements and factors that facilitate the transition towards circular economy.
FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Economics
Ruggiero Sardaro, Luigi Roselli, Vincenzo Fucilli, Giacomo Maringelli, Bernardo De Gennaro
ECONOMICS AND ENGINEERING OF UNPREDICTABLE EVENTS: Modelling, Planning and Policies
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lars odegaard Bentsen, Narada Dilp Warakagoda, Roy Stenbro, Paal Engelstad
Summary: This study investigates uncertainty modeling in wind power forecasting using different parametric and non-parametric methods. Johnson's SU distribution is found to outperform Gaussian distributions in predicting wind power. This research contributes to the literature by introducing Johnson's SU distribution as a candidate for probabilistic wind forecasting.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xing Liu, Qiuchen Wang, Yunhao Wen, Long Li, Xinfang Zhang, Yi Wang
Summary: This study analyzes the characteristics of process parameters in three lean gas ethane recovery processes and establishes a prediction and multiobjective optimization model for ethane recovery and system energy consumption. A new method for comparing ethane recovery processes for lean gas is proposed, and the addition of extra coolers improves the ethane recovery. The support vector regression model based on grey wolf optimization demonstrates the highest prediction accuracy, and the multiobjective multiverse optimization algorithm shows the best optimization performance and diversity in the solutions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Cairong Song, Haidong Yang, Xian-Bing Meng, Pan Yang, Jianyang Cai, Hao Bao, Kangkang Xu
Summary: The paper proposes a novel deep learning-based prediction framework, aTCN-LSTM, for accurate cooling load predictions. The framework utilizes a gate-controlled multi-head temporal convolutional network and a sparse probabilistic self-attention mechanism with a bidirectional long short-term memory network to capture both temporal and long-term dependencies in the cooling load sequences. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method, which can serve as an effective guide for HVAC chiller scheduling and demand management initiatives.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhe Chen, Xiaojing Li, Xianli Xia, Jizhou Zhang
Summary: This study uses survey data from the Loess Plateau in China to evaluate the impact of social interaction on the adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) technology by farmers. The study finds that social interaction increases the likelihood of farmers adopting SWC, and internet use moderates this effect. The positive impact of social interaction on SWC adoption is more pronounced for farmers in larger villages and those who join cooperative societies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chenghua Zhang, Yunfei Yan, Kaiming Shen, Zongguo Xue, Jingxiang You, Yonghong Wu, Ziqiang He
Summary: This paper reports a novel method that significantly improves combustion performance, including heat transfer enhancement under steady-state conditions and adaptive stable flame regulation under velocity sudden increase.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)