Current trends and limitations of life cycle assessment applied to the urban scale: critical analysis and review of selected literature

N Mirabella, K Allacker, S Sala - The International Journal of Life Cycle …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose From 2010, more than half of human beings live in cities and global urbanization is
growing at a fast pace. This leads to threats for the associated potential environmental …

A network analysis for environmental assessment in wine supply chain

G Maesano, M Milani, E Nicolosi, M D'Amico… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the agri-food sector, the Life Cycle Assessment method (LCA) is used to evaluate the
environmental impact of a product. Within agri-food products, wine is among the most …

Environmental impact of an Italian wine bottle: Carbon and water footprint assessment

E Bonamente, F Scrucca, S Rinaldi, MC Merico… - Science of the total …, 2016 - Elsevier
The food sector represents one of the major impacting sectors from an environmental point
of view and, among all the products, wine emerges as one of the most studied by the …

Perception of Spanish consumers towards environmentally friendly labelling in food

A Eldesouky, FJ Mesias… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Food consumption is one of the most important areas to influence environmental
sustainability since it is responsible for one third of a household's total environmental impact …

Trickling filter systems for sustainable water supply: An evaluation of eco-environmental burdens and greenhouse gas emissions

H Abyar, M Nowrouzi - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the global water crisis, the significant potential of trickling filter systems as a crucial
auxiliary option for sustainable water supply has received insufficient attention. Therefore …

Water and carbon footprint of wine: methodology review and application to a case study

S Rinaldi, E Bonamente, F Scrucca, MC Merico… - Sustainability, 2016 - mdpi.com
Life cycle assessments (LCAs) play a strategic role in improving the environmental
performance of a company and in supporting a successful marketing communication. The …

Dust accumulation on the surface of photovoltaic panels: introducing the photovoltaic soiling index (PVSI)

K Menoufi - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
This article presents an empirical review of research concerning the impact of dust
accumulation on the performance of photovoltaic (PV) panels. After examining the articles …

Carbon and energy footprint of the hydrate-based biogas upgrading process integrated with CO2 valorization

B Castellani, S Rinaldi, E Bonamente, A Nicolini… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The present paper aims at assessing the carbon and energy footprint of an energy process,
in which the energy excess from intermittent renewable sources is used to produce …

Dust accumulation on photovoltaic panels: a case study at the East Bank of the Nile (Beni-Suef, Egypt)

K Menoufi, HFM Farghal, AA Farghali, MH Khedr - Energy Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
This article presents an evaluation of the electrical performance of Photovoltaic (PV) panels
after exposure to natural dust accumulation. The present article is considered to be the first …

Environmental performance of innovative ground-source heat pumps with PCM energy storage

E Bonamente, A Aquino - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Space conditioning is responsible for the majority of carbon dioxide emission and fossil fuel
consumption during a building's life cycle. The exploitation of renewable energy sources …