LCA Case Study to LED Outdoor Luminaries as a Circular Economy Solution to Local Scale

José Adolfo Lozano-Miralles, Manuel Jesús Hermoso-Orzáez, Alfonso Gago-Calderón and Paulo Brito
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José Adolfo Lozano-Miralles: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Jaén, 23071 Jaen, Spain
Manuel Jesús Hermoso-Orzáez: Department of Graphic Engineering Design and Projects, Universidad de Jaén, 23071 Jaen, Spain
Alfonso Gago-Calderón: Department of Graphic Expression, Design and Projects, Universidad of Málaga, 29016 Malaga, Spain
Paulo Brito: I.P Portalegre, Campus Politécnico, 10, 7300-555 Portalegre, Portugal

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: The replacement of luminaires with discharge lamps with high luminous efficacy and long life-time LED based equipment is a reality worldwide promoted by policies that favor their gradual substitution. There is a great concern in this manufacturing industry to develop new luminaires with low environmental impact during the manufacturing and transportation processes and its end-of-life disposal (reducing greenhouse gas emissions, toxic or hazardous components, …). Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a very extended tool used to provide information on the quality and quantity of environmental impacts in the life cycle phases of any product, system, or service. This article includes all phases of the LCA analysis of a selected streetlight LED luminaire manufactured by a SME where a landfill deposit is the end-of-life scenario. In a second phase, alternatives are sought for the reuse of the most significant elements that improve its local economy. The results are classified and sorted according to the ISO 14040 standard.

Keywords: life cycle assessment; LED lighting; streetlight waste; recycling; circular economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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