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Freight transport in the context of industrial ecology and sustainability: evaluation of uni- and multi-modality scenarios via life cycle assessment by Ingrao, Carlo, Scrucca, Flavio, Matarazzo, Agata, Arcidiacono, Claudia, Zabaniotou, Anastasia

“…Purpose This study aims at comparing, from an environmental point of view, four different scenarios of freight transport at the Italian level, on an equal base…”
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Energy Performance, Environmental Impacts and Costs of a Drying System: Life Cycle Analysis of Conventional and Heat Recovery Scenarios by Urbano, Dario Giuseppe, Aquino, Andrea, Scrucca, Flavio

“…High energy consumption is one of the main problems of drying, a critical process for many industrial sectors. The optimization of drying energy use results in…”
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Woodchips from Forest Residues as a Sustainable and Circular Biofuel for Electricity Production: Evidence from an Environmental Life Cycle Assessment by Scrucca, Flavio, Barberio, Grazia, Cutaia, Laura, Rinaldi, Caterina

“…Energy production from biomass represents a strategic solution for the achievement of global sustainability goals. In addition, the use of biofuels offers both…”
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Sustainability of Shallow Geothermal Energy for Building Air-Conditioning by Aquino, Andrea, Scrucca, Flavio, Bonamente, Emanuele

“…Geothermal heat pumps have a widespread diffusion as they are able to deliver relatively higher energy output than other systems for building air-conditioning…”
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Durum-Wheat Straw Bales for Thermal Insulation of Buildings: Findings from a Comparative Energy Analysis of a Set of Wall-Composition Samples on the Building Scale by Palladino, Domenico, Scrucca, Flavio, Calabrese, Nicolandrea, Barberio, Grazia, Ingrao, Carlo

“…The urgent need to make buildings more performant in energy and environmental terms has led to the increasing study of recycled and natural materials as viable…”
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A simplified methodology for estimating the Carbon Footprint of heat generation by forest woodchips as a support tool for sustainability assessment in decision-making by Scrucca, Flavio, Barberio, Grazia, Cutaia, Laura, Rinaldi, Caterina

“…Energy production from biomass is very strategic for the achievement of global sustainability goals and the use of biofuels for decentralized energy production…”
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A new method to assess the sustainability performance of events: Application to the 2014 World Orienteering Championship by Scrucca, Flavio, Severi, Claudio, Galvan, Nicola, Brunori, Antonio

“…Nowadays an increasing attention of public and private agencies to the sustainability performance of events is observed, since it is recognized as a key issue…”
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Innovative techniques for the improvement of industrial noise sources identification by beamforming by Baldinelli, Giorgio, Bianchi, Francesco, Costarelli, Danilo, D’Alessandro, Francesco, Scrucca, Flavio, Seracini, Marco, Vinti, Gianluca

“…An innovative technique based on beamforming is implemented, at the aim of detecting the distances from the observer and the relative positions among the noise…”
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Life cycle assessment of electricity production from renewable energies: Review and results harmonization by Asdrubali, Francesco, Baldinelli, Giorgio, D’Alessandro, Francesco, Scrucca, Flavio

“…A significant number of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) analyses of renewable energy technologies is available in the literature, even though there is a lack of…”
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On the role of sustainable buildings in achieving the 2030 UN sustainable development goals by Scrucca, Flavio, Ingrao, Carlo, Barberio, Grazia, Matarazzo, Agata, Lagioia, Giovanni

“…Built environment plays a series of key roles in the society and in everyday life and it is also worldwide recognised to be one of the main contributors to the…”
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Environmental impact of an Italian wine bottle: Carbon and water footprint assessment by Bonamente, Emanuele, Scrucca, Flavio, Rinaldi, Sara, Merico, Maria Cleofe, Asdrubali, Francesco, Lamastra, Lucrezia

“…The food sector represents one of the major impacting sectors from an environmental point of view and, among all the products, wine emerges as one of the most…”
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Uncertainty in LCA: An estimation of practitioner-related effects by Scrucca, Flavio, Baldassarri, Catia, Baldinelli, Giorgio, Bonamente, Emanuele, Rinaldi, Sara, Rotili, Antonella, Barbanera, Marco

“…The aim of the paper is to quantitatively analyse a main source of uncertainty in LCA practice, i.e. the one due to the LCA practitioner. The same life cycle…”
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Energy and carbon footprint assessment of production of hemp hurds for application in buildings by Scrucca, Flavio, Ingrao, Carlo, Maalouf, Chadi, Moussa, Tala, Polidori, Guillaume, Messineo, Antonio, Arcidiacono, Claudia, Asdrubali, Francesco

“…Construction is considered as one of the most relevant sectors in terms of environmental impacts, due to the significant use of raw materials, fossil energy…”
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A comparative Life Cycle Assessment of external wall-compositions for cleaner construction solutions in buildings by Ingrao, Carlo, Scrucca, Flavio, Tricase, Caterina, Asdrubali, Francesco

“…Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in buildings is usually performed at the envelope scale, mainly for comparison of several sample-solutions, and…”
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An energy and carbon footprint assessment upon the usage of hemp-lime concrete and recycled-PET façades for office facilities in France and Italy by Maalouf, Chadi, Ingrao, Carlo, Scrucca, Flavio, Moussa, Tala, Bourdot, Alexandra, Tricase, Caterina, Presciutti, Andrea, Asdrubali, Francesco

“…Energy efficiency and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are actual key issues in all the economic sectors and, in particular, in buildings which is…”
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Comparative life cycle assessment of an innovative CSP air-cooled system and conventional condensers by Asdrubali, Francesco, Baldinelli, Giorgio, Scrucca, Flavio

“…PURPOSE: In this paper, a first prototype of the innovative modular air-cooled condenser (MACC) proposed under the EU-funded MACCSol research project…”
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Mathematical models for the improvement of detection techniques of industrial noise sources from acoustic images by Asdrubali, Francesco, Baldinelli, Giorgio, Bianchi, Francesco, Costarelli, Danilo, D'Alessandro, Francesco, Scrucca, Flavio, Seracini, Marco, Vinti, Gianluca

“…In this paper, a procedure for the detection of the sources of industrial noise and the evaluation of their distances is introduced. The above method is based…”
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Bio-based and recycled-waste materials in buildings: A study of energy performance of hemp-lime concrete and recycled-polyethylene terephthalate façades for office facilities in France and Italy by Moussa, Tala, Maalouf, Chadi, Ingrao, Carlo, Scrucca, Flavio, Costantine, Georges, Asdrubali, Francesco

“…Global environmental issues are arising over the developed and developing world. Improving energy efficiency and reducing Green Gases emissions become the key…”
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The circular economy transition in urban areas and communities: ENEA’s approach by Morabito, Roberto

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