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Technical University of Denmark
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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2019
Publisher: Universidade Federal do Parana
Date: 28-10-2014
DOI: 10.5380/RELAINEP.V2I3.38413
Abstract: Com o acirramento da competitividade e a intensa e constante mudança tecnológica que o mercado vem sofrendo, a utilização de métodos que busquem otimizar a produção, quer seja no aspecto econômico, ambiental ou outro, se apresenta mais do que apenas um fator diferencial de competitividade. Nesta ótica o uso de ferramentas de pesquisa operacional na solução de problemas e otimização de processos é de extrema importância. Assim, este trabalho, um estudo de caso na indústria papeleira, objetiva minimizar a quantidade de resíduos gerada nas atividades de corte do processo de produção de bobinas de papel cartão de uma matriz (bobina) jumbo, em um mês de operação em uma unidade de uma companhia do ramo papeleiro da região dos C os gerais, por meio do uso de métodos de programação linear. Foi utilizada para solução do problema de corte unidimensional, inicialmente a modelagem matemática, construída com o auxílio da ferramenta LINGO. A solução ótima encontrada para o cenário estabelecido foi uma sobra de 685.000 m (e um comprimento fixo de 10.000 m), atendendo a todas as restrições impostas pelo modelo.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2021
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Date: 2022
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 08-12-2018
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 21-08-2023
DOI: 10.1002/ENG2.12757
Abstract: In the processing of buckwheat to produce flour, wastes account for approximately 20% of the whole grain. This article points out the potential routes for value recovery of the waste obtained in the processing of buckwheat during the production of flour, thus fomenting a circular bioeconomy. To that end, the following steps were taken: (a) characterizing the processing of buckwheat for flour production and the wastes generated (b) listing existing actions for different uses of the wastes obtained in the processing of buckwheat (c) categorizing the uses of buckwheat wastes according to the existing literature and (d) classifying the potential uses of the wastes obtained in the processing of buckwheat within the categories identified. Buckwheat wastes can be used to produce goods in the sectors of fertilizers food chemical pharmaceutical fabrics, yarns, and threads cements and asbestos hygiene and personal products and other products. Food (human and animal) products presented the greatest market attractiveness, followed by pharmaceutical products. However, potential for innovation considering the sectors' revenue point out that food and chemical products are the most promising. This study provides guidance on how to use innovation to guide opportunities for a more circular bioeconomy toward both environmental and economic benefits.
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Date: 2023
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 21-09-2020
DOI: 10.1002/CSR.2046
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2023
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Date: 2021
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2021
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2021
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 21-07-2019
DOI: 10.1002/SD.1982
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2021
Publisher: Revista Stricto Sensu
Date: 31-12-2016
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2021
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 18-02-2019
DOI: 10.3390/SU11041057
Abstract: The scarcity of natural resources and the generation of waste without adequate disposal are a worldwide concern related to the linear production model.These characteristics are present in the wood panel production. Faced with this problem, the present study aimed to identify in the literature, circular economy (CE) practices in the waste management of wood panel production processes and the possibilities for implementing new practices that incorporate circularity concepts. A systematic search was conducted to select the most relevant work on the theme. A search was done using the ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and Scopus databases by combining the following keywords: “Circular Economy” (and its possible variations), “Wood-based Panel”, and “Wood Waste”. The results evidenced circular economy practices on waste management already being used by the wood panel industry, besides potential practices to increase circularity. The changes go towards sustainable manufacturing and responsible consumption, which aims to “ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns”. Opportunities range from the extraction of raw materials to the disposal of wood panel waste at the end-of-life. The circular economy model is still recent and the process of transitioning is in its initial phase, as well as scientific research on the theme, mainly regarding the wood panel industry. Studies addressing the circular economy and wood panels are not yet widespread, pointing to a gap yet to be explored. The bibliographic review allowed identifying the existence of potential applications of circular economy in the wood panel industry yet, this piece of research points to a broad field of exploration.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2022
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 24-04-2020
DOI: 10.3390/SU12083486
Abstract: Ecodesign consists of integrating environmental considerations into the product development process by means of practices that involve the use of methods, techniques, tools, and guidelines. However, many published practices do not incorporate important environmental issues, often resulting in a product development process that is ineffective from an ecodesign standpoint. This paper’s aim is threefold: (i) Identifying environmental and operational criteria and determining weights to these criteria (ii) assessing and selecting quality function deployment (QFD)-based ecodesign methods using environmental and operational criteria, and (iii) analyzing the practitioners’ perception of the most suitable QFD-based method identified by the second aim. To that end, a comprehensive literature review of ecodesign practices based on QFD and its requirements was carried out, and a survey was conducted with environmental science and product development experts, whose answers enabled the prioritization of the characteristics those practices must meet from environmental and operational standpoints. Thereafter, a workshop was carried out with design engineers from an automotive company in Brazil. This study’s findings indicate that many QFD-based ecodesign methods fail to consider the life cycle perspective, do not assess environmental impacts, and have not been tested before being published. Another finding from industry designers suggests that ecodesign methods should be easy to use and not time-consuming.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 30-07-2019
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 29-06-2019
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Date: 2021
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-01-2022
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 26-12-2018
DOI: 10.1002/EP.13133
Publisher: Independent Journal of Management and Production
Date: 09-2014
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 11-02-2022
DOI: 10.3390/SU14042084
Abstract: The use of electricity from non-renewable sources increases environmental impacts. Therefore, several countries have committed to increase the use of renewable sources. Considering the importance of the Group of Twenty (G20), this article aims to identify trends in renewable electricity supply in these countries. The data collected are from the International Energy Agency (IEA) between 1990 and 2020. The methods measured the production of each type of electricity in the G20 matrices and identified the influence of the population, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and CO2 emissions in renewable electricity production using multiple linear regression. In terms of results, Brazil and Canada have the most renewable electricity matrices and higher per capita renewable production than non-renewable. Saudi Arabia presented the smallest renewable matrix throughout the analyzed period. All 20 countries have varied electrical production, with different amounts of solar, wind, hydro, biomass, geothermal, and tidal energy. Countries with the highest GDP are not necessarily the largest producers of renewable electricity. Hydroelectric energy, the biggest highlight in renewable production, is making room for other sources such as wind and solar, which grew the most in terms of participation in the electrical matrices. The waste, geothermal, and tidal energy participation have shown a timid but constant growth.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 26-10-2019
Publisher: Associacao Brasileira de Engenharia de Producao - ABEPRO
Date: 20-03-2016
DOI: 10.14488/BJOPM.2016.V13.N1.A12
Abstract: The Brazilian wooden panel industry has been growing over the last decades, what increases the concerns with its productive characteristics and the consequences of the practices adopted. The objective of this study is to present a discussion regarding the importance of the assessment on the environmental profile of wooden panels produced in Brazil, prioritizing the panels with bigger prominence in the segment, due to their potential damage to the human health resulting from their production processes and use. This paper focuses on the human toxicity category because this is one impact category on which the panels characteristics contribute to since the conception of raw materials even after its expedition and posterior use. In light of that, a set of potential improvements are proposed in order to reduce the environmental loads of the processes here approached, considering the hotspots identified in studies under the Brazilian conditions. For the human toxicity category, the hotspots were: consume of the binding agent, consume of electrical energy, consume of wood chips and transportation.
Publisher: IBICT
Date: 31-12-2019
Abstract: A importância de avaliar os impactos ambientais causados por produtos e atividades tem-se tornado mais expressivo a cada ano. A partir disso, uma importante ferramenta que mensura os potenciais impactos ambientais é a Avaliação do Ciclo de Vida (ACV). Aliar essa ferramenta ao planejamento estratégico pode dar maior suporte a sistemas baseados em sustentabilidade. Portanto, o objetivo deste estudo é revisar a literatura de avaliações feitas a partir da ACV baseada em ações de planejamento estratégico. Para isso, foi elaborada uma revisão do estado da arte da literatura a fim de identificar as principais áreas correlatas, autores, lacunas de pesquisa e potenciais estudos. Utilizou-se o Methodi Ordinatio para ordenar os estudos encontrados na literatura. Os resultados apresentam uma revisão de literatura onde foram discutidos os principais avanços, fornecendo perspectivas do tema. Além disso, as principais tópicos que relacionam-se com a presente abordagem de ACV e planejamento estratégico foram biomassa, resíduos sólidos, sistemas hídricos e desenvolvimento de produto. Logo, este estudo contribui com a literatura, fornecendo informações ao setor produtivo e à academia.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-12-2021
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2023
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-28839-5_76
Abstract: The objective of this study was to identify the main environmental impacts of thermoacoustic panels manufactured from agricultural byproducts and thereafter propose measures to improve the environmental performance of this product system. The life cycle assessment (LCA) technique was used to account for the environmental impacts in 10 impact categories. The environmental hotspots were the consumption of electricity at the manufacturing stage, and the use of wheat bran as main input. To improve the environmental performance of the system it was suggested the use of different feedstocks throughout the year, thus accounting for seasonality of agricultural byproducts. Another suggestion was to acquire more energy-efficient equipment, on their own or share the equipment with a partner, or acquire a specific energy mix from the local energy carrier or a third party.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 05-04-2022
DOI: 10.1002/BSE.3074
Abstract: Circular economy principles are usually dissociated from strategic planning practices, and there seems to be no guidance on how to decide on competitive strategies to establish circular business models. Therefore, this article aimed to propose a strategic planning decision framework oriented to circular business models (SPDF‐CBM) and test it by conducting a case study of a Brazilian company from the cosmetic sector. The SPDF‐CBM framework comprises five stages: (A) circular trends analysis (B) circular vision and goals definition (C) current circular business status (D) competitive strategy for a circular economy definition and (E) competitive strategies for a circular economy prioritization. Based on a number of tools to assist going through Stages A, B, and C, businesses get to know their current circular status and define their desired future state. In Stages D and E, businesses define their competitive strategy and spot circular business models (and strategies) they can pursue. After testing the proposed framework in a Brazilian startup from the cosmetic sector, results from SPDF‐CBM suggested that the startup pursues a competitive strategy based on differentiation and a CBM aimed at promoting renewable options. It was also pointed out that other CBMs in decreasing degree of fit with the business were maximizing material and energy efficiency, extending resource value and product life, pursuing sufficiency, and delivering functionality rather than ownership. By using the SPDF‐CBM framework, organizations can increase both their competitiveness and circularity at the same time.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 15-01-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2021
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 16-04-2020
DOI: 10.3390/SU12083214
Abstract: Brazilian silk production is amongst the five largest in the world. Nonetheless, there is no life cycle assessment study on silk cocoon production and its upstream processes, pertaining to the mulberry production (fundamental upstream process for silk production), in the existing literature. The objective of this study was to identify opportunities to improve the environmental profile of mulberry and silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions. To that end, a life cycle assessment was conducted for the core processes of mulberry and silk cocoon production and upstream processes of raw material production, using the ReCiPe method for life cycle impact assessment using nine impact categories. Overall, the mulberry production showed greater impacts than the cocoon production for the impact categories analyzed. A few opportunities for improving the environmental profile of mulberry and silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions included replacing the Kraft paper used to cover the rearing beds, replacing the standard tractor used to fetch mulberry leaves, replacing light bulbs, conducting a more sustainable mulberry and cocoon production, and setting a reverse logistics system for plastic and paper packaging waste. Nevertheless, many of these measures are long-term strategies. Besides, many of them need further economic feasibility assessment.
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 04-10-2019
DOI: 10.1108/IJSHE-11-2018-0206
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to report on a life cycle assessment (LCA)-based ecodesign teaching practice via university-industry collaboration in an industrial engineering undergraduate course. A new course was designed and taught in the Industrial Engineering undergraduate course of a Federal University in Brazil. The course comprised explanatory lectures and a practical project developed in a partnership between the university and an industry partner where students had to develop Ecodesign proposals based on LCA to improve the environmental profile of both solid and reticulated paint brushes. To that end, students used the LCA software tool Umberto NXT v.7.1.13 (educational version), where they modeled the life cycle of four plastic brushes and assessed it using the impact categories of climate change and resource consumption, and the Ecoinvent v.3.3 database. After course completion, students, professors and industry collaborators were asked to provide feedback on the project performance and expectations. The course design used was welcomed by both students and the industry partner. Students found the novel approach intriguing and useful to their future careers. The results also exceeded the industry partner’s expectations, as students formulated valuable insights. Professors observed that learning was made easier, as content was put into practice and internalized more easily and solidly. The approach was found to be a win-win-win. Students acquired a fair share of knowledge on sustainability issues and potential existing trade-offs, which is valuable to industrial practices. The industry noticed the valuable contributions that academia can provide. The university profited from providing students with a real case challenging traditional teaching methods. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the first case studies to show how LCA and ecodesign teaching practice can support sustainability learning in an industrial engineering undergraduate course.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 18-03-2021
Publisher: Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
Date: 28-07-2017
Abstract: Initiatives toward Lean and Green Manufacturing are given mainly due to organisational response to current market’s economic and environmental pressures. This paper, therefore, aims to present a brief discussion based on a literature review of the potential two-way influence between Lean and Green Manufacturing and its role on the main organisational areas with a closer relationship to such approaches, which were observed to be more extensively discussed in the literature. Naturally lean practises seem more likely to deploy into green outcomes, though the other way around can also occur. There is some blur on the factual integration of both themes, as some authors suggest. Notwhithstanding, they certainly present certain synergy. Thereupon, further research is needed to unveil the real ties, overlaps and gaps between these approaches.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2021
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 18-05-2022
DOI: 10.1177/09504222221100343
Abstract: This article aims to identify the challenges and opportunities in cross-program problem-based learning (PBL) in higher education, based on an Industry 4.0 case with undergraduate and graduate students studying for engineering degrees. The method for this research comprised a cross-program course structured to bring together undergraduate and graduate students using a PBL approach. Five Industry 4.0-related projects were developed in collaboration with four multinational companies. The authors present the results of the projects and feedback from students, professors and industry partners. The results and feedback led to empirical findings on the challenges and opportunities of cross-program PBL in higher education. The findings contribute to the design and implementation of teaching and learning practices and educational policies at undergraduate and graduate levels. In the approach adopted, the undergraduate students acquired hands-on experience while the graduate students had the opportunity to supervise applied research and practice. The study highlights practices that can help to better prepare future industry professionals.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2020
Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC
Date: 02-2022
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 19-06-2022
DOI: 10.1177/0958305X221108495
Abstract: Pig waste can be used to generate energy through biogas and has been gaining importance for being a renewable energy source. The resulting biogas can be used in many forms, such as to produce electricity and supply local networks using microgrids. This helps bring greater stability and energy security to local electricity supply networks. Under this light, this article aims to (i) report on socio-environmental impacts, (ii) present lessons learned (from a circular economy and territorial intelligence perspective), and (iii) point out future business opportunities of value recovery from waste in rural properties. To that end, a case study was carried out in a rural property in Paraná, Brazil. The authors conducted local visits and surveys, and consulted documents provided by the property owners about projects making use of biogas produced from pig waste and used to generate electricity. Different partnerships between the property and public and private bodies enable business opportunities arising from projects that range from the commercialization of carbon credits, decentralized energy generation, to sale of energy to the State's energy provider and establishing Microgrids. From those projects, direct and indirect environmental and social benefits are primarily related to the replacement of non-renewable energy with renewable energy from waste, and impacts avoided from the inadequate handling of pig waste. The results show that it is possible to explore the energy potential of rural properties, based on livestock waste, by developing partnerships with public and private actors, producing energy from biogas, from circular economy and territorial intelligence perspectives.
Start Date: 2017
End Date: 2019
Funder: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
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