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Environmental Footprint Accounting and Management

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2020) | Viewed by 8919

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Vanessa Bach

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Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Sustainable Engineering, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Interests: life cycle impact assessment; resource use; criticality; water foot-printing; LCA case studies; decarbonization; climate neutrality
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Considering the environmental pollution in many countries around the globe, the analysis and management of product systems and organizations with a focus on their supply chains has increased in the last decades. Therefore, this Special Issue intends to provide an overview of current environmental footprint methodologies as well as case studies focusing on footprints analyzing specific environmental issues like carbon and water footprints as well as the product environmental footprint of the European Commission, which considers 17 different environmental issues at the same time. Papers are welcome that discuss methodological (e.g. contradictions to other existing standards) as well as application (e.g. data gaps) challenges, opportunities/advantages of footprints, case studies as well as visions for future methodological development (e.g. social footprint) as well as possibilities for the application of existing footprints (e.g. for ecolabels).

Dr. Vanessa Bach
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • product environmental footprint
  • water footprint
  • carbon footprint
  • life cycle assessment
  • ecolabel

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From the Perspective of Battery Production: Energy–Environment–Economy (3E) Analysis of Lithium-Ion Batteries in China
by Yixuan Wang, Yajuan Yu, Kai Huang and Baojun Tang
Sustainability 2019, 11(24), 6941; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11246941 - 5 Dec 2019
Cited by 17 | Viewed by 5421
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With the wide use of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), battery production has caused many problems, such as energy consumption and pollutant emissions. Although the life-cycle impacts of LIBs have been analyzed worldwide, the production phase has not been separately studied yet, especially in China. [...] Read more.
With the wide use of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), battery production has caused many problems, such as energy consumption and pollutant emissions. Although the life-cycle impacts of LIBs have been analyzed worldwide, the production phase has not been separately studied yet, especially in China. Therefore, this research focuses on the impacts of battery production and builds an energy–environment–economy (3E) evaluation system. Two battery factories in China were selected for an applied research. Case 1 annually produces 0.22 GWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, while case 2 produces 0.024 GWh lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NCM) batteries. The results demonstrate that electricity consumption per GWh LIBs production is 5.24 × 104 and 4.13 × 104 kWh for case 1 and 2, respectively. Major water pollutant emissions come from employees’ lives, and domestic waste accounts for 82%–83% of the total waste. Material costs per GWh NCM battery are 2.77 × 105 yuan, which is more expensive than the LFP battery, whose cathode material is relatively cheaper. Moreover, the cradle-to-gate carbon footprints (CFs) of the GWh LIBs are 41392.17 and 32254.57 kg CO2eq. The lithium compounds are major contributors to carbon emission for two LIBs. Some measures such as cleaner production, scale expansion and increase of environmental protection investment can effectively promote the development of a 3E system for LIB factories. Full article
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Ecological Footprint and Water Footprint of Taipei
by Yung-Jaan Lee
Sustainability 2019, 11(20), 5714; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11205714 - 16 Oct 2019
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Taiwan suffers from many natural disasters and is vulnerable to climate change. A continuous increase in its ecological footprint (EF) would pose numerous threats to the city. Taipei is Taiwan’s most densely populated city. Whether its citizens are consuming more resources because of [...] Read more.
Taiwan suffers from many natural disasters and is vulnerable to climate change. A continuous increase in its ecological footprint (EF) would pose numerous threats to the city. Taipei is Taiwan’s most densely populated city. Whether its citizens are consuming more resources because of their high income and high degree of urbanization, thereby burdening the environment, warrants study. In contrast to most top-down EF analyses, in this study, 445 residents were surveyed to calculate their carbon, built-up land and water footprints. Gender, occupation, age, education level and personal annual income do not influence water footprint or EF. Moreover, an individual’s water footprint is not correlated with his or her EF. The built-up land footprint that is obtained in this bottom-up study is similar to that in Taiwan’s top-down national footprint account. However, the personal carbon footprint found herein is smaller than that in the national footprint account, because this study asked respondents only about consumption related to everyday activities. Since Taipei residents have a high income and high daily consumption, the water footprint herein is larger than the top-down water footprint. This bottom-up EF analysis reflects residents’ daily consumption patterns and can be used in future urban decision-making. Full article
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