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LCA on energy production from agricultural grown biomass
The final report of a joint research project funded by the German Badenova AG on the energy production (power and heat) from agricultural biomass and its implications on agriculture and environment is now released. Additional tables and figures are compiled in an annex. Unfortunately, both documents are only available in German language.
Feel free to download the report and the please click annex.
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Report on Life Cycle Indicators - Outcomes of Cyprus workshop
Following the 3rd International Life Cycle thinking workshop in Cyprus on “Sustainability and Decoupling Indicators: Life cycle based approaches”, main outcomes and discussions have been published as a EU Scientific and Technical Report "Recom- mendations for life cycle based Indicators for Sustainable Consumption and Production in the European Union".
The report can be downloaded here.
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The 13th SETAC Europe LCA Case Study Symposium - the Proceedings
The 13th SETAC Europe LCA Case Study Symposium on Environmental Product Declarations with focus on the building and construction sector has been a huge success.
The Proceedings of the of the 13th SETAC in Stuttgart you can find here.
For more Informations about the 13th SETAC and the presentations, please click here.
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Ecodesign Toolbox for Energy Using Products
PE was asked to provide the European Copper Institute (ECI) with an Ecodesign Toolbox for electric motors, transformers and cables, which can be tuned even by non-experts.
The results of the project were introduced to the public as invited session within the Care Innovation Congress 2006. The following three presentations can be downloaded:
The Ecodesign Toolbox Phase 1
Project Outline, Motivation on a Toolbox and Results
The Ecodesign Toolbox Phase 2
Outline and How Does It Work
The Ecodesign Toolbox Phase 2
Case Studies
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The Sustainability of Packaging Systems for Fruit and Vegetable Transport in Europe based on Life-Cycle-Analysis
The “Stiftung Initiative Mehrweg” (“Foundation for Reusable Systems”, a foundation under German Civil Law) ordered a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study to analyse the common packaging systems for fruit and vegetables in Europe with respect to the environmental impacts related to their use. Additionally, costs and selected social aspects were evaluated to address sustainability.
The study can be purchased from the Stiftung Initiative Mehrweg. Click here for the order form.
For the executive summary please click here.
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Enviromental Product Declarations (EPD) for construction products - Branch specific realisation of a type lll labelling scheme
This study, ordered by the German Federal Environmental Agency summarizes the current discussion on the content, methodology and procedure for quantitative, LCA Type lll environmental product declarations. This is achieved by a critical analysis of the development of environmental declaration programmes for construction products in Germany. The study was compiled by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Typ III-Kennzeichnung (PE INTERNATIONAL GmbH, Five Winds Europe GmbH, FZK, Zentralabteilung Technikbedingte Stoffströme).
If you like to download this study (unfortunately only available in German language), please click here.
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Project: Databases and product declarations for furniture
Professor Annik Magerholm Fet from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology gives a brief description of a EPD project within the Norwegian furniture industry. The goal of this project was to provide SMEs in the furniture industry with a tool that helped the companies to gather environmental information and to document this according to the requirements of ISO 14025.
If you like to download this documentation, please click here.
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LCA on SunDiesel
The eco-balance sheet study which was ordered jointly by Volkswagen and DaimlerChrysler comes to the conclusion that the use of so-called BTL-fuel (Biomass-To-Liquid), also known as SunFuel, can save between 61 and 91 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in comparison with conventional diesel over its complete lifecycle. In addition to the latter, hydrocarbon emissions, which contribute to summer smog, are reduced by about 90 percent by the use of SunFuel.
The Executive Summary of the eco-balance sheet study carried out by PE Europe can be downloaded here.
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PVC Recovery Options
By order of VINYL 2010 PE Europe conducted the study 'PVC Recovery Options, Concept for Environmental and Economic System Analysis'.
You can download the Final Report and Executive Summary with the following links.
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PVC Life Cycle Study
Ordered by the European Commission's Enterprise Directorate-General, the study was conducted by a consortium led by PE Europe GmbH.
The work's main aim is to provide an overview of the publicly available information on Life-Cycle Assessments (LCA) on PVC (polyvinyl chloride) and the main competing materials, for a variety of applications.
You will find the study on the following webpage of the European Commission:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/chemicals/sustdev/pvc.htm
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Guideline: Communication of environmentally relevant indicators for the wood industry
The aim of the study is to assist companies of the forest and wood-based industries as well as the wood-manufacturing industry to better communication their environmental advantages.
The guideline enables the wood industry to effectively prepare and profitably adopt internal established (environmental) information. Furthermore, it highlights how environmentally relevant data can be generated pragmatically, and provides most value for the company or business, its employees and customers, and finally the environment.
The "Leitfaden Kommunikation" (in German language only) can be downloaded at http://www.oekobilanzen-holz.de/Leitfaden.pdf.
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LCA "building block": Thermal use of wooden products - input dependant modelling of the End-of-Life processes of wood.
The study clearly illustrates how important the recovery of used wood is, and accentuates the necessity for developing utilization concepts for waste wood.
The study contributes by appraising the "end-of-life" processes of wood products. Consistent with the LCA of the production phase of wood products, opportunities for an LCA of wood product's end of life have been developed and edited. Until now, generally, only "cradle-to-gate" examinations have been conducted. PE Europe's study considers the "gate-to-grave" phase, allowing future LCAs to assess the entire life cycle of wood products, i.e. "cradle-to-grave".
The models, together with the results of the study, allow the life path of wood products to be described, thoroughly specific to the product. The advantages of the material, in its thermal application, can thereby be identified.
The "Ökobilanz-Baustein" (in German language only) can be downloaded at http://www.oekobilanzen-holz.de/ThermV.pdf
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