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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Sustainability Agenda of Renewable Energy Sources

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 September 2022) | Viewed by 3471

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Seyed Mojib Zahraee

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Department of Manufacturing, Materials, and Mechatronics, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Carlton VIC 3053 Melbourne, Australia
Interests: biomass supply chain; sustainability; supply chain management; transportation and logistics; statistical analysis; lean manufacturing
Dr. Seyed Ehsan Hosseini

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Combustion and Sustainable Energy Laboratory (ComSEL), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Arkansas Tech University, 1811 N Boulder Ave, Russellville, AR 72801, USA
Interests: renewable energy; energy conversion; sustainability; emissions and environmental issue; biomass

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, global warming (GW) is known as one of the most critical issues across the world. Many efforts have been made by many international communities to diminish greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to slow down the GW process. As a result, developing energy sources sustainably can have a great effect on the success of global policies adopted worldwide for the reduction of GHG emissions; the basic idea in this sense is to replace the fossil fuels. The increase of alarms regarding the GHG-induced climate changes and energy security has given scholars strong encouragement to conduct research into exploring potential sources for generating renewable energies. Something that can have a great effect in this context is bio-energy, which refers to any biological material that is derived from living or recently living organisms. Bio-energy can be considered as one of the alternate renewable carbon-based fuels that can decrease environmental footprints in different applications. The commercial-scale production of these energy sources requires careful consideration of several issues that can be broadly categorized as raw material production, technology, by-products, etc. The further expansion of renewable energies would help meet the global energy demand, and therefore can play a significant role in environmental and socio-economic improvements in rural and metropolitan communities. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is an effective tool that can be used in assessing different renewable energy sources for their sustainability and can help governments and policy makers select the optimum energy source for specific goal. The supply of sustainable renewable energy is one of the most serious challenges that humankind will have to confront over the coming decades, particularly because of the need to address climate change.  The main barriers in sustainable renewable energy development are the high cost of feedstock, lack of reliable supply, and transportation and logistics issues and uncertainties. This Special Issue focuses on the model development, different method application, and life cycle assessment to address the sustainability development goals (SDGs) for renewable energy sources.

This Special Issue aims to invite colleagues to submit their recent research on life cycle assessment and the sustainability agenda of renewable energy sources, to reduce the GHG emissions, maximize the profit and waste minimization, and strategies for improving the social contexts. The scope of this Special Issue covers but is not limited to the following topics:

  1. The effect of renewable energy sources on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  2. Life Cycle Analysis of environmental impacts
  3. Water-Energy Nexus (WEN) and GHG emissions
  4. Renewable energy and sustainable shipping
  5. Resource location, cost analysis, and job opportunities
  6. Policy, strategies, technology, and investment considerations for Renewable Energy sources
  7. Decision-making for future energy generation and conversion management
  8. Simulation modeling, optimization approaches and multicriteria decision makings of renewable energy efficiency

Dr. Seyed Mojib Zahraee
Prof. Dr. Seyed Ehsan Hosseini
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Keywords: Renewable energy
  • Sustainability
  • Life Cycle Assessment
  • Decision making
  • Cost-benefit analysis

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Analyses of the Life Cycles and Social Costs of CO2 Emissions of Single-Family Residential Buildings: A Case Study in Poland
by Gabriela Kania, Klaudia Kwiecień, Mateusz Malinowski and Maciej Gliniak
Sustainability 2021, 13(11), 6164; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13116164 - 30 May 2021
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Comprehensive environmental impact assessments of buildings and construction as a whole consider the preparation of construction and finishing materials, their transportation, the process of erecting buildings, long-term operations—including the consumption of electricity, water, and fuels—and the management of the waste generated during the [...] Read more.
Comprehensive environmental impact assessments of buildings and construction as a whole consider the preparation of construction and finishing materials, their transportation, the process of erecting buildings, long-term operations—including the consumption of electricity, water, and fuels—and the management of the waste generated during the demolition of facilities. In terms of the above-mentioned elements, the most negative environmental impact on a building’s life cycle is in its exploitation stage. In order to reduce this impact, modern sustainable construction uses renewable energy sources. In the area of the Polish building market, analyses of CO2 emissions, the application of LCAs for building materials, and assessments of the social impacts of modern buildings are still very limited. The aim of this study is to evaluate the environmental life cycles and social costs of the CO2 emissions of single-family residential buildings, in which four different systems providing energy (heat and electricity) from renewable and nonrenewable sources are used. In this research, it was found that the annual CO2 emissions per square meter of building surface area in the analyzed objects were in the range of 30 to 176 kg CO2. The greatest contributor to the environmental effects was energy consumption (58% to 90%). The CO2 analysis conducted showed that facilities that use a heat pump are characterized by an environmental effect that is six times lower than that of facilities that are powered by coal combustion and electricity from the network. Similarly, the social costs associated with CO2 emissions were significantly lower in the case of the use of renewable energy sources. Full article
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