Status of life cycle assessment (LCA) in Africa

S Karkour, S Rachid, M Maaoui, CC Lin, N Itsubo - Environments, 2021 - mdpi.com
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has received attention as a tool to evaluate the environmental
impacts of products and services. In the last 20 years, research on the topic has increased …

Classification of noise sources for port area noise mapping

L Fredianelli, M Bolognese, F Fidecaro, G Licitra - Environments, 2021 - mdpi.com
Maritime transportation is recognized to have advantages in terms of environmental impact
compared to other forms of transportation. However, an increment in traffic volumes will also …

life cycle assessments in Nigeria, Ghana, and Ivory Coast

M Maepa, MO Bodunrin, NW Burman, J Croft… - … International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Life cycle assessments (LCAs) are considered common quantitative
environmental techniques to analyze the environmental impact of products and/or services …

[HTML][HTML] Better practices for including traditional firewood in LCA: Lessons from a shea butter case study in Burkina Faso

A Benoist, C Lanvin, O Lefebvre, C Godard… - Environmental Impact …, 2024 - Elsevier
Firewood is a key energy source in developing countries, but its consideration for Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA) purposes suffers from both data and methodological issues. A specific …

Life cycle assessment of point-of-lay birds to frozen chicken production in a tropical environment

TA EWEMOJE, OP ABIMBOLA… - Journal of Engineering …, 2017 - jesr.ub.ro
The study examined four scenarios for reduction of environmental impacts with use of 100%
purchased electricity in all processing activities as first scenario while second scenario was …

Industrial applications of lifecycle tools in West Africa: an overview of trends

I Dunmade - Procedia Manufacturing, 2019 - Elsevier
Every product passes through various lifecycle stages from conception to retirement and
reincarnation. A set of tools has been developed by scholars and engineers to facilitate …

[PDF][PDF] Life cycle assessment of retrofitting process for a district

H Sözen - polen.itu.edu.tr
In the thesis, a case study area was examined based on energy consumption and
environmental impact during its life time via life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. There …