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Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of a Novel Bio-Based Multilayer Panel for Construction Applications
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Barrio, Aitor Francisco, Fernando Burgoa Leoncini, Andrea Wietschel, Lars Thorenz, Andrea |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | The bioeconomy can be integral to transforming the current economic system into one with reduced environmental and social impacts of material consumption. This work describes a bio-based multi-layer panel that is based on residual coniferous bark. To ensure that the presented bio-based panel positively contributes to environmental protection while remaining competitive with conventional products and meeting high social standards, the development of the panel is accompanied by a life cycle sustainability assessment. This study performs a comparative LCA and LCC of the developed panel to conventional benchmark panels, as well as a qualitative social life cycle assessment. While the panel performs only economically marginally weaker than the benchmarks, the results are more heterogeneous for the environmental dimension with benefits of the bio-based panel in categories such as climate change, acidification, and ozone formation and detriments in categories including eutrophication. The S-LCA analysis shows that all of the involved companies apply social principles in direct proximity; however, social responsibility along the supply chain could be further promoted. All results need to be viewed with the caveat that the manufacturing processes for the new panel have been implemented, to date, on a pilot scale and further improvements need to be achieved in terms of upscaling and optimisation cycles. |
| Starting Page | 98 |
| e-ISSN | 20799276 |
| DOI | 10.3390/resources10100098 |
| Journal | Resources |
| Issue Number | 10 |
| Volume Number | 10 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-09-29 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Resources Bark-based Biorefinery Bio-based Material Construction Material Insulation Polyurethane Biophenolic Resin |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
