Thermography-enhanced LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) for manufacturing sustainability assessment. The case study of an HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) net company in Italy

Michele Dassisti, Francesca Intini, Michela Chimienti and Giuseppe Starace

Energy, 2016, vol. 108, issue C, 7-18

Abstract: LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) is nowadays a commonly implemented approach for evaluating resource consumptions and for benchmarking purposes. It suffers some limitations, mainly related to its assumptions on linear resource -consumption behaviour as well as on the non-context specific data. On the other hand, it is an extremely powerful tool for decision-making support in the sustainability assessment of manufacturing processes, providing its well-structured approach and widely accepted procedure. Deepening the assessment capabilities of such a tool is thus an important opportunity.

Keywords: Sustainability; LCA; Thermography; HDPE net; Agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.01.043

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