Goal and Scope in Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis: The Case of Hydrogen Production from Biomass

Milena Stefanova, Concetta Tripepi, Alessandra Zamagni and Paolo Masoni
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Milena Stefanova: Life Cycle Assessment and Ecodesign Laboratory—ENEA (Italian National Agency for new Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), via Martiri di Monte Sole 4, Bologna 40129, Italy
Concetta Tripepi: Life Cycle Assessment and Ecodesign Laboratory—ENEA (Italian National Agency for new Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), via Martiri di Monte Sole 4, Bologna 40129, Italy
Alessandra Zamagni: Life Cycle Assessment and Ecodesign Laboratory—ENEA (Italian National Agency for new Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), via Martiri di Monte Sole 4, Bologna 40129, Italy
Paolo Masoni: Life Cycle Assessment and Ecodesign Laboratory—ENEA (Italian National Agency for new Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), via Martiri di Monte Sole 4, Bologna 40129, Italy

Sustainability, 2014, vol. 6, issue 8, 1-13

Abstract: The framework for life cycle sustainability analysis (LCSA) developed within the project CALCAS (Co-ordination Action for innovation in Life-Cycle Analysis for Sustainability) is introducing a truly integrated approach for sustainability studies. However, it needs to be further conceptually refined and to be made operational. In particular, one of the gaps still hindering the adoption of integrated analytic tools for sustainability studies is the lack of a clear link between the goal and scope definition and the modeling phase. This paper presents an approach to structure the goal and scope phase of LCSA so as to identify the relevant mechanisms to be further detailed and analyzed in the modeling phase. The approach is illustrated with an on-going study on a new technology for the production of high purity hydrogen from biomass, to be used in automotive fuel cells.

Keywords: technology map; life cycle sustainability analysis; technological mechanisms; context definition; hydrogen; biomass (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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