Comprehensive assessment tools are needed that reliably describe environmental impacts
of different agricultural systems in order to develop sustainable high yielding agricultural …

Purpose Building on the rhetoric question “quo vadis?”(literally “Where are you going?”), this
article critically investigates the state of the art of normalisation and weighting approaches …

Recent analyses of the evolution and structure of trade in virtual water revealed that the
number of trade connections and volume of virtual water trade have more than doubled over …

Different LCA methods based on monetization of environmental impacts are available.
Therefore, relevant monetization methods, namely Ecovalue12, Stepwise2006, LIME3 …

Purpose Characterizing environmental impacts at the global scale is crucial to define
references against which compare the environmental profile of products and systems. Within …

Abstract Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is globally recognized as one of the most complete
methods for environmental assessment of buildings. Literature assumes that its applications …

Purpose Version 3 of ecoinvent includes more data, new modeling principles, and, for the
first time, several system models: the “Allocation, cut-off by classification”(Cut-off) system …

Abstract Nowadays Life Cycle Assessment is usually adopted to evaluate the carbon
footprint and water footprint of packaged foods considering the whole supply chain, but not …

The methodologies, approaches and indicators for assessing the impacts of freshwater
usage are still evolving. The development of the water footprint concept has been an …

Using bamboo-based construction materials has been identified as a potential way of
reducing pressure on resources and on the environment. These materials have …