Essays on Life Cycle Assessment

Sustainable Built Environment

Introduction It seems that building development would present an impressive opportunity to reduce energy demand and also reduce carbon emissions effectively with combining current knowledge and expertise (Diakaki, & Kolokotsa, 2009). The highest cost-effectively feasible mitigation prospective is recommended to be found within the residential as well as the commercial sector. This is suggested to be producing a reduction of 29% in respect to the probable emission baseline for the year 2020. Life Cycle Assessment is also known as (LCA) is a technique for evaluating environmental pack of processes as well as products in their life cycle. It attempts to ...

There has been increasing awareness of the role of waste in the production of greenhouse gas emissions and its impacts on climate change. Diminishing natural resources has led to the recognition that what is discarded as waste has the potential to be reused as resources. Governmental legislation on prohibiting toxic materials and prevention and control of the volume of waste has helped in decreasing adverse environmental effects. There is a growing public awareness about waste prevention and its beneficial effects. The society has to replace the linear model of extract-produce-consume-dispose to closed Loop's approach of resource recovery and waste ...

Business managers in Nigeria lack understanding of the business development process needed for successful growth in quarry in Akamkpa, Nigeria.

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Introduction

A quarry is like an open pit mine from where minerals are extracted that are mostly used in the construction of buildings and civil engineering works. Quarrying is a part of mining but is slightly different as it has a close connection with the society because different builder of a region requires material that is extracted in order to complete their work. There are not many restrictions for quarrying as it is open for all the contractors. Due to this reason all the managers and developers at different levels need to ...

Introduction

Every product has a lifecycle that defines the impact it creates to the environment from the time of production, usage, and disposal. Life cycle assessment process assists in compiling and examining inputs and outputs of a product regarding materials and energy associated with its functioning throughout the life cycle. Life cycle assessment acts as an essential tool for decision support that helps policy makers and industries assess the cradle-to-grave of a product. The assessment analysis chemical production, material selection, design for environment and environmental impact, industrial ecology, and product lifecycle management (Yorzyk and Radzinski 1). The following paper assesses ...

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Introduction 1 Manufacturing Process 2 Structural Components 2 Electrical Components 4 Functional Components 4 Sustainable Industrial Systems 5 Industrial Reusability 6 Service Reusability 6 Remanufacturing 6 Solutions and Interventions 6 Modifying the Structural Size and Weight of the Current Components 7 Creation of a recycling and collection center 7 Using high quality materials for all components 7 Reuse of activities 7 Sustainability in the individual components 7 Conclusion 8

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Introduction In any manufacturing activity, there has always been the need for the implementation of an efficient materials use. These was down traditionally through recycling. As at present, the need ...

Introduction

When looked at from a life cycle perspective, international shipping is an activity that causes enormous damage to the environment. Furthermore, international shipping is widely accepted since it’s the cheapest mode of transport, large manufacturers greatly depend on these shipping lines. Consequently, the wide use of shipping lines globally leads to massive environmental pollution not only during their operation time but also including the times these vessels are being made (Therivel, 2004). During their manufacture, large quantities of raw materials are being extracted from the environment; moreover, the processes involved also pollute the environment (Schryver, 2010). Guinée, ...

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My research will examine techniques that optimize financial, environmental, quality, and energy aspects of contemporary architecture. The work of Norman Foster and Partners will be considered in detail. This award-winning firm has many high-profile projects concerned with energy efficacy. I will examine Foster designed buildings in order to better understand strategies for maximizing savings and encasing ecological conservation through passive solar design.

Principles of Passive Solar Building Design

Passive Heating is designed with Solar Geometry; solar geometry uses the natural path of the sun across the sky in both the summer and the winter to reduce the need for cooling by air conditioning, the provide ...

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Joe Thomas, the company’s previous vice president, recently unveiled the results of his management report for Clipboard Tablet Company to its Chief Executive Officer Sally Smothers. So far, the results are positive albeit not a little too stunning. In this paper, the author proposes his own strategic and management platform for the growth, sustainability, and improved profitability of Clipboard Tablet Company from the years 2012 to 2015. The said discussions will focus mainly on price strategy and research and development (R&D) strategies and their corresponding effects on the company’s performance. In order to support the theoretical effects ...

In the contemporary world, the need for enhanced performance in regard to environmental conservation has increased (Zamagni 2012). This has necessitated the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) to identify the effect of corporate processes on the environment. Essentially, LCA refers to the method used to analyze the impact that the production process and the product have on the environment (Diaz & Anton, 2014). According to Epstein & Buhovac (2014), corporates must ensure environmental diligence not only because there are government regulations, but also because it is part of the companies' moral obligations. In this light, therefore, Wal-Mart is among the ...

The design of a new product should always seek to achieve high quality. However, quality is a matter of perception and thus depends on the expectations created by said product. If a company decides to introduce to the market a mobile phone with a lifespan that is not expected to surpass 18 months, the ethical interrogations of this approach are related to how candid the company is towards its target customers. Does the marketing campaign for this mobile phone mention it is not designed to be long lasting? If so, then customers who purchase this phone will have done ...