Environmental Footprint Neutrality Using Methods and Tools for Natural Capital Accounting in Life Cycle Assessment DOI Creative Commons
Benedetto Rugani,

Philippe Osset,

Olivier Blanc

et al.

Land, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 12(6), P. 1171 - 1171

Published: June 1, 2023

Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) is becoming a reference tool for an increasing number of organizations transitioning towards environmental impact neutrality. However, one NCA technique applicable to all types actors (individual, community, company, etc.) missing because the lack consensus on how quantify both their impacts and dependencies ecosystems. A coupled systematic non-systematic review grey scientific literature performed here (i) make extensive state-of-the-art methods, identifying current utilization limitations, (ii) discern prospects about challenges integrating Ecosystem Service in Life Cycle Assessment (ESA-LCA). While methods can extensively evaluate supply ES, they tend disregard quantification that imply demand ES. The ESA-LCA approach identified as robust solution balance ecosystem services NCA, allowing private public distance from neutrality targets. novel definition NC(A) LCA also formulated support these future efforts, promoting Mitigation Hierarchy-based strategy avoid, minimize, restore, offset impacts, outlining roadmap practitioners apply across multiple economic sectors.

Language: Английский

The role of hydrogen in a net-zero emission economy under alternative policy scenarios DOI
Hamed Kouchaki‐Penchah, Olivier Bahn, Hamed Bashiri

et al.

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 49, P. 173 - 187

Published: Aug. 8, 2023

Language: Английский

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How urban greening policy affects urban ecological resilience: Quasi-natural experimental evidence from three megacity clusters in China DOI
Chang Xu, Xinxin Huo, Yaoxiaoxue Hong

et al.

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 452, P. 142233 - 142233

Published: April 13, 2024

Language: Английский

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Integrating seasonal climate variability and spatial accessibility in ecosystem service value assessment for optimized NbS allocation DOI
Yoonshin Kwak, Shiyi Chen

Urban Climate, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 59, P. 102314 - 102314

Published: Jan. 23, 2025

Language: Английский

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Spatio-temporal metabolic rifts in urban construction material circularity DOI Creative Commons
Thomas Elliot,

Marie Vigier,

Annie Levasseur

et al.

Resources Conservation and Recycling, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 205, P. 107567 - 107567

Published: March 27, 2024

Global demand for resources currently exceeds Earth's carrying capacity. Representing a majority of global resource use, and associated environmental burdens, cities must address overconsumption by improving material circularity. This work explores the potential construction sector to reduce indirect impacts connected increasing circularity in coming years. An urban metabolism simulation tool based on system dynamics life cycle thinking is deployed estimate effects circularization impacts. Illustrating with case study Montréal (Canada), are disaggregated supplier nations, provinces territories. As increases over time, decrease sub-national international regions, but increase city due activities second valorisation. In especially Brazil, Mexico, Norway, between 80 100 % all 18 impact categories 2050. However, these decreases found be shared mostly among Canada's more developed trading partners, revealing an justice risk circular materiality disproportionally favour better-off. Five did not undergo spatial burden-shifting, at levels assessment, while 13 showed decreased remotely expense increased within Montréal.

Language: Английский

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Coupled life cycle assessment and business modelling to estimate the sustainability of using regenerated soils in urban forestry as nature-based solutions DOI Creative Commons
Benedetto Rugani, Bernd Pölling,

Martina Della Casa

et al.

Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 95, P. 128327 - 128327

Published: April 16, 2024

Using regenerated soils as a planting substrate in newly implemented green infrastructure is considered circular economy-oriented strategy alternative to traditional ways of depriving fertile from agricultural lands, and/or applying fertilizers and soil conditioners. However, knowledge on the environmental footprint regenerating such excavation urban brownfields quite fragmented. This study aims illustrate coupled application life cycle assessment (LCA) business modelling pilot nature-based solution (NbS) post-industrial area Turin, Italy. NbS configured afforestation intervention 1,200 sqm where trees shrubs are planted layer augmented with organic compost, zeolite powder biostimulants, called "New Soil". The rationale combining LCA strategic management Business Model Canvas (BMC) identify most relevant socioeconomic synergies trade-offs associated potential upscaling New Soil market. On one hand, use allowed estimate detrimental impacts generated along entire supply-chain implementation, well its performances comparison hypothetical business-us-usual scenarios. other results expertbased surveys formulated BMC provided necessary (and complementary) for prospecting sustainable pathway deployment. It was observed that both upstream downstream strategies reducing can be implemented, which may help saving between ~70% more than 100% compared conventional resource consumption streams. outcomes this useful prospect strengths challenges land managers need address possible deployment at large territorial scales.

Language: Английский

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The carbon footprint of future wood-based construction in Montreal DOI Creative Commons
Felicity Meyer, Thomas Elliot, Salmaan Craig

et al.

Environmental Research Infrastructure and Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4(1), P. 015012 - 015012

Published: Jan. 22, 2024

Abstract Engineered wood (EW) has the potential to reduce global carbon emissions from building sector by substituting carbon-intensive concrete and steel for carbon-sequestering wood. However, studies accounting material use embodied in buildings rarely analyse city-scale or capture connections between city supplying hinterlands. This limits our knowledge of effectiveness decarbonising cities using EW its adverse effects, such as deforestation. We address this gap combining bottom-up construction materials with life cycle assessment land occupation future residential Montreal, Canada. compare demand environmental impacts recent at neighbourhood, urban scales under high- low-density growth scenarios. estimate that baseline per capita across Agglomeration Montreal is 3.2 tonnes dioxide equivalents (CO 2 eq.), but ranges 8.2 CO eq. areas large single-family housing 2.0 where smaller homes predominate. A Montreal-wide transition may increase footprint up 25% certain scenarios, varies widely tempered through densification. Likewise, a results less than 0.1% transformation Quebec’s timbershed. Moreover, sustainable logging practices sequester can actually produce carbon-negative stock if not re-emitted when are demolished repurposed. To decarbonise construction, should enact policies simultaneously promote denser settlement patterns work firms ensure they source timber sustainably.

Language: Английский

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Impact of Biogenic Carbon Neutrality Assumption for Achieving a Net-Zero Emission Target: Insights from a Techno-Economic Analysis DOI
Hamed Kouchaki‐Penchah, Olivier Bahn, Kathleen Vaillancourt

et al.

Environmental Science & Technology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 57(29), P. 10615 - 10628

Published: July 11, 2023

Global pathways limiting warming to 2 °C or below require deep carbon dioxide removal through a large-scale transformation of the land surface, an increase in forest cover, and deployment negative emission technologies (NETs). Government initiatives endorse bioenergy as alternative, carbon-neutral energy source for fossil fuels. However, this neutral assumption is increasingly being questioned, with several studies indicating that it may result accounting errors biased decision-making. To address growing issue, we use budget model combined system model. We show including sequestration alleviates decarbonization effort. discuss how management strategy high capacity reduces need expensive technologies. This study indicates necessity establishing most promising before investing capture storage. Finally, describe neutrality lead decision-making because allows more biomass without constrained by biogenic CO2 emissions. The risk higher regions have lower coverage, since available cannot sink emissions short term, importing could worsen situation.

Language: Английский

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Climate change substitution factors for Canadian forest-based products and bioenergy DOI Creative Commons
Thomas Cardinal,

Charles Alexandre,

Thomas Elliot

et al.

Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 160, P. 111940 - 111940

Published: March 1, 2024

Evaluating the climate change mitigation potential of forest sector requires a holistic approach based on carbon (C) sequestration, C storage in harvested wood products (HWP) and substitution markets. High uncertainty is associated with factors, that express avoided fossil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from use forest-based replacement GHG-intensive materials fuels. Few studies have focused development factors Canada, resulting unrepresentative generic data. Here, we provide framework to reduce uncertainties related for primary Canadian context. A life cycle assessment used quantify GHG baseline wood-intensive scenario. For solid product substitution, construction analyzed range innovative buildings steel reinforced concrete as alternative materials. We found non-weighted averages 0.80 tC/tC sawnwood 0.81 panels. energy cases different specifications biomass product, facility type fuel source non-residential heat production biofuel transportation sectors. average 0.51 transportation, can be interpreted 0.91 heavy oil, 0.69 light oil 0.68 natural substitution. These results benchmark help guide management strategies mitigation.

Language: Английский

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An Assessment Framework for Mapping the Air Purification Service of Vegetation at the Regional Scale DOI Open Access
Yu Liu,

Wudong Zhao,

Liwei Zhang

et al.

Forests, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(2), P. 391 - 391

Published: Feb. 19, 2024

Efficiently mitigating the severe air pollution resulting from rapid progress is crucial for sustainable development of socio-ecological system. Recently, concerns about nature-based solutions have emerged in research on treatment pollution. Studies purification PM2.5 using vegetation currently concentrate individual scale tree species or urban vegetation, ignoring regional scale, which could better assist ecological governance. Therefore, taking Fenwei Plain China as study area, an assessment framework service’s spatial distribution reflecting was constructed. The dry deposition model and GeoDetector were used to quantify spatial-temporal pattern explore natural driving factors removal PM2.5. results showed that (1) services offered by various types exhibit notable variations. average rates 0.186%, 0.243%, 0.435% 2000, 2010, 2021, respectively. (2) Meanwhile, a wide range mismatch exists between concentration removal. Insufficient supply regions account 50% Plain. (3) strongly influenced Normalized Vegetation Index (NDVI), followed Digital Elevation Model (DEM), less affected meteorological factors; strong joint effect shown among factors. findings this provide new perspective management at scale.

Language: Английский

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Review: The Economics Landscape for Building Decarbonization DOI Open Access

Ali Madadizadeh,

Kamran Siddiqui, Amir A. Aliabadi

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(14), P. 6214 - 6214

Published: July 20, 2024

As efforts to mitigate climate change become increasingly urgent, the need address environmental impact of built environment has gained significant attention. Buildings, as major contributors Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, have a substantial embodied and operational carbon footprint resulting from their construction materials, practices, lifetime operation. This paper examines economic landscape strategies policies aimed at reducing buildings on global scale, with specific case studies various national contexts. It delves into innovative approaches, including analysis techniques, market instruments, demands, role government incentives reduce buildings. The study highlights crucial policies, financial incentives, forces in promoting sustainable practices fostering adoption low-carbon alternatives. By shedding light dimensions buildings, this research aims facilitate informed decision-making by policymakers, engineers, other stakeholders, ultimately contributing more climate-resilient environment.

Language: Английский

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