Challenges with product environmental footprint: a systematic review

E Pedersen, A Remmen - The International Journal of Life Cycle …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose This paper aims to review the current literature on Product Environmental Footprint
(PEF) to answer the following questions:(1) What have the methodological issues been in …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle assessment in renewable energy: solar and wind perspectives

F Portillo, A Alcayde, RM Garcia, M Fernandez-Ros… - Environments, 2024 - mdpi.com
The growing urgency for sustainable energy solutions necessitates a deeper understanding
of the environmental impacts of renewable technologies. This article aims to synthesize and …

Assessing the environmental sustainability of food packaging: An extended life cycle assessment including packaging-related food losses and waste and circularity …

E Pauer, B Wohner, V Heinrich, M Tacker - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Food packaging helps to protect food from being lost or wasted, nevertheless it is perceived
as an environmental problem. The present study gives an overview of methods to assess the …

Improving the Process of Product Design in a Phase of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

A Pacana, D Siwiec, L Bednárová, J Petrovský - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
The early phases of product development effect fundamental changes in products
throughout their life cycle. Therefore, the objective of the investigation was to develop a …

Product environmental footprint (PEF) pilot phase—comparability over flexibility?

V Bach, A Lehmann, M Görmer, M Finkbeiner - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
The main goal of the European product environmental footprint (PEF) method is to increase
comparability of environmental impacts of products within certain product categories by …

Science mapping on the Environmental Footprint: A scientometric analysis-based review

S Martinez, M del Mar Delgado, RM Marin… - Ecological Indicators, 2019 - Elsevier
Over these past years, the degradation of the environment has led to an increasing
awareness of human impacts on nature. This review adopts the bibliometric and …

Product environmental footprints assessment for product life cycle

B He, Y Shao, S Wang, Z Gu, K Bai - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
As the product environmental footprint (PEF) has a profound impact on the environmental
sustainability, it is crucial to estimate PEF in the product life cycle. The existing researches …

Review of methodological choices in LCA-based textile and apparel rating tools: key issues and recommendations relating to assessment of fabrics made from natural …

KJ Watson, SG Wiedemann - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a key tool for determining environmental impacts for textiles
and apparel and is the basis for the publicly available Higg Material Sustainability Index …

Characterization of environmental labels beyond the criteria of ISO 14020 series

N Minkov, A Lehmann, L Winter… - The International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose ISO 14020 series of standards provide guidance for establishing ecolabels and a
classification based on three label types, I, II, and III. They also determine the consideration …

Harmonized rules for future LCAs on pharmaceutical products and processes

MW Siegert, A Lehmann, Y Emara… - The International Journal …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose The manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and their occurrence in the environment
generated growing concerns of stakeholders. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a suitable tool …